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To Hell and Back

This podcast series, “To Hell and Back,” is focused on the nature of hellish experiences in life, how people get into them, and to present and discuss tools for coping with hell and getting out. The various podcasts will move back and forth between different varieties of hell in life, and different tools for coping. The tools will be drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), from other treatments, and from other life experiences.

The DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol – A conversation with Melanie Harned PhD (part 1 of 3) – Episode 16

May 3, 2018

Charlie talks for three consecutive podcasts with Melanie Harned, the developer of DBT-Prolonged Exposure, an evidence-based therapy for PTSD, in order to discuss the essential ingredients of that treatment, and to explore life lessons Melanie has learned in doing PTSD treatment, from which we can all benefit in coping with trauma in our lives.

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Interbeing and Being Dialectical in the Presence of Adversity – Episode 14

Mar 30, 2018

The discussion of the principles of acceptance is concluded with a focus on “interbeing,” and the focus then shifts to the five principles of being dialectical in coping with hell.

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Coming to Terms with a Suicide in the Family – A Conversation with Cedar Koons (3 of 3) – Episode 10

Mar 1, 2018

Charlie speaks with Cedar Koons about her sister’s death by suicide, and how she coped with the shocking events, the disruption of her life, and her profound grief.

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Coming to Terms with a Suicide in the Family – A Conversation with Cedar Koons (2 of 3) – Episode 8

Feb 1, 2018

Charlie speaks with Cedar Koons about her sister’s death by suicide, and how she coped with the shocking events, the disruption of her life, and her profound grief

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Coming to Terms with a Suicide in the Family – A Conversation with Cedar Koons (1 of 3) – Episode 7

Jan 21, 2018

In this and two upcoming podcasts, Charlie speaks with Cedar Koons about her sister’s death by suicide, and how she coped with the shocking events, the disruption of her life, and her profound grief.

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