Special Encore Presentation: Talking Back to Dr Phil: Alternatives to Main Stream Psychology
April 2, 2013
Hosted by Mary Waldon, LCSW
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Episode Description
In the age of reality-TV-show-based interventions that attempt to "heal" everything from obesity and hoarding to infidelity and addiction, it is not difficult to find video footage of people being shamed into changing their behavior. In his book "Talking Back to Dr. Phil: Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology," David Bedrick challenges the punitive edge of pop psychology and introduces instead a love-based psychology to help us understand both our feelings and our behaviors. Tune in for an in-deph discussion of what this fresh perspective means in terms of gaining understanding of ourselves and feeling better.
The Mary Waldon Show: Raising and Empowering Young Women, Mind, Body, and Spirit
Archives Available on VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel
The Mary Waldon Show is aimed at enriching North America's mental health conversation. Specifically, our show targets the interests and needs of young women, their parents, and a rapidly changing culture. How can our highly pressurized, social media-intense society raise strong, self-aware, self-empowered young women? How do we address the increase in depression, self-harm, eating disorders, and the accompanying decline in self-worth among our daughters? Our guests will include mental health professionals, authors, artists, academics, and successful women with a story to share. Join Mary Waldon, LCSW for an hour dedicated to helping young women discover who they are and all that they are capable of becoming.
Mary Waldon, LCSW
Mary Waldon, MSW, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in change-oriented psychotherapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for teenagers, young adults, and their families. She works extensively with mother/daughter relationships, helping women and their daughters improve communication and strengthen their connection during the challenging teen years. She helps teens move past self-harm behaviors including cutting and damaging eating behaviors. Mary also helps girls and young women develop a strong sense of self, personal empowerment, and lasting behavioral changes. She sees patients privately, leads skills groups, and develops staff trainings for social service agencies, middle schools, and high schools on the North Shore of Chicago.
Mary earned a Bachelor of Science from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and is a graduate of the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and the clinical social work internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Stone Institute of Psychiatry and the Outpatient Treatment Center.
Episode Directory
April 2013
- 4/16/2013: Special Encore Presentation: Experiencing Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Listen Now
- 4/9/2013: Blind to Betrayal: Why We Fool Ourselves Listen Now
- 4/2/2013: Special Encore Presentation: Talking Back to Dr Phil: Alternatives to Main Stream Psychology Listen Now
