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Mental Health Mirage

New Podcast with Dr. Karin Hodges

We speak with educators, physicians, and others who want to reform society’s approach to kids. Our primary concern is society’s focus on symptom reduction. While neglecting kids’ needs, society wants them to be calm, think in certain ways, and be well-organized. This approach neglects to address the root causes of childhood suffering, such as educational neglect, sleep deprivation, poor exercise, nutritional deficiencies, and a scarcity of skilled, warm adult leaders in kids’ lives. We ask each guest “ Can we tackle the mental health crisis by reforming society’s approach to kids?”

Dr. Stevens latest book offers an alternative model of psychotherapy, using the patient’s emotions as the focal point of treatment.

 

This unique text approaches emotions as the primary source of intervention, where emotions are appreciated, experienced, and learned from as opposed to being regulated solely.

 

This book is essential reading for clinicians practicing psychotherapy, social workers, and licensed mental health counselors, as well as anyone interested in the emotional science behind the brain.

Available now! Order here

About

About

Dr. Stevens graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from Tennessee State University and completed his internship in Clinical Psychology at the University of Rochester Counseling Center. Dr. Stevens research focuses on the anterior cingulate cortex, a unique region of the brain located between the prefrontal cortex and limbic system brain areas.

 

Dr. Stevens has taught at several colleges and universities in the Boston, MA area including Wheelock College, Boston College, and Harvard University. Dr. Stevens has a long scholarship record in clinical affective neuroscience, publishing widely in journals such as Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.

 

Additionally, Dr. Stevens has presented his work on emotion in therapy at multiple conferences. Dr. Stevens is on the executive committee of the Boston Neuropsychoanalysis Workshop, which develops models of empirically supported psychotherapy based on neuroscience. Dr. Stevens has a private practice and is a psychologist in Worcester, MA. His practice focuses on utilizing emotion for therapeutic change.

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