Psychjourney Podcast

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews  Mr. Nick Reding, author of Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town published by Bloomsbury USA.

Nick Reding was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and received his B.A. in Creative Writing and English Literature from Northwestern University in 1994. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from N.Y.U., where he was a University Fellow from 1995 til 1997. He lived in New York City for thirteen years, where he worked as a magazine editor, a graduate school professor, and a freelance writer. His first book, The Last Cowboys at the End of the World, was published by Crown in 2002. Methland is his second book. He has written for Harper’s, Food and Wine, Outside, Fast Company, and Details. He lives with his wife and son in Saint Louis.  Visit his website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Darren Littlejohn, author of The 12-Step Buddhist: Enhance Recovery From Any Addiction published by Atria Books/Beyond Words. 

Darren Littlejohn is a recovering addict and a practitioner of Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, as well as a former mental health specialist. He earned a BA in Psych in 1991 and worked in chemical dependency and acute psychiatric care facilities during college. Darren took 2 years of graduate school and earned All But Thesis of a Master’s degree in Research Methods for Psychology. He has been a Buddhist practitioner since the mid 80’s.

A spiritual crisis led to a relapse in 1994 with 10 years of sobriety. After regaining sobriety in 1997, Darren worked on recovery with a new zeal, incorporating many years of psychotherapy, 12-Step work, Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practices. While relapse with long-term sobriety is common, returning for a sustained duration is extremely rare. Darren’s program, which became the basis for the book The12-Step Buddhist, is an integrated approach that is hard one over a span of more than twenty years.

Darren, a jazz guitarist and dog lover, now lives in Portland, Oregon, with his life partner of more than 10 years, Tysa Fennern and their two dogs. He’s been involved with many community projects, including the fight against smoking, creating dog parks, community television and a spiritually driven jazz program. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Michael Stein about his book The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year published by William Morrow.

Michael Stein is the author of The Lonely Patient, which won a Christopher Award and a Nautilus Award. He has also written five highly acclaimed novels. He has been treating addiction for more than twenty years and is a professor of medicine and community health at Brown University. He lives with his family in Providence, Rhode Island. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Patricia Holloran, RN, author of Impaired: A Nurse's Story of Addiction and Recovery published by Kaplan Publishing.

Patricia Holloran, RN, has been a nurse for more than 30 years. She has served as Chairperson of the Recovering Nurse Community of Connecticut, a committee that oversees the anonymous support group, Nurses for Nurses. She speaks regularly about issues of addiction as a guest lecturer for various levels of nursing education and at conventions. She lives with her husband in Connecticut, and has three grown sons.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Michael Burke, author of Never Enough: One Lawyer's True Story of How He Gambled His Life Away published by American Bar Association.

Michael J. Burke practiced law for twenty-five years in Howell, Michigan where he was raised with his nine brothers and sisters. Michael and his wife purchased the family home and it was there that they raised their two daughters. He was actively involved in the community, enjoyed a successful law practice and was a devoted father.

On June 18, 2001, he was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his victims in the amount of 1.6 million dollars. Michael is a compulsive gambler.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Benoit Denizet-Lewis, author of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life published by Simon & Schuster.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis is an award-winning contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. Formerly a senior writer at Boston Magazine and staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, his work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, Details, Slate, Spin, Out, and others. A former Alicia Patterson Fellow, Denizet-Lewis lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Allen Berger, author of 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery: Avoiding Relapse Through Self-Awareness and Right Action published by Hazelden.

Allen Berger, PH.D. has a reputation as a no-nonsense therapist and inspiring teacher. He has private practices in California and Tennessee, and he has authored several professional publications, including his most recent, Love Secrets Revealed.  For the past thirty-six years, he has been on his own personal journey in recovery while helping thousands of others discover a new way of life, free from addictions and its insanity.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Pat Olsen, co-author of Sober Siblings: How to Help Your Alcoholic Brother or Sister-and Not Lose Yourself  written by Patricia Olsen and Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A. and published byDa Capo Press.

Pat Olsen writes on business, health, education, and general interest subjects from her New Jersey home. She's a lead writer for the popular New York Times column, "The Boss" and also writes a 1st-person executive column for On Wall Street and Family Business magazines. (Her New York Times byline is Patricia R. Olsen.)

 Her feature articles, essays, and profiles have appeared in numerous national publications, including Forbes, Executive Woman, the Chicago Tribune,USA Weekend, Financial Planning, Hemispheres (United's inflight magazine), the San Francisco Chronicle magazine, MORE, Remedy, and Diabetic Living, among others. Visit her websites Pat Olsen.com  and Sober Siblings.com.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Scott M. Davis, M.D., author of Living Jonathans Life: A Doctors Descent Into Darkness & Addiction published by Health Communications, Inc.

Scott M. Davis, M.D., is an internist and addiction medicine specialist. A graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Davis has served as the only full-time Addiction Medicine Physician in the world renowned Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage. Dr. Davis is widely regarded as a leading expert in the field of addiction medicine, garnering requests from numerous professional organizations including the California Board of Registered Nursing, American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM), and the U.S. Government's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). At the Betty Ford Center, he developed a protocol for opiate detoxification, which has become recognized as the national model of treatment for opiate addiction. He has been published in The Journal of Addictive Diseases, The American Journal of Cardiology, and Men's Health magazines.  Visit his blog.

Deborah Harper President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Brenda Iliff, M.A., author of A Woman’s Guide to Recovery published by Hazelden.

Brenda Iliff is the director of clinical services for the Hazelden Women's Recovery Center in Center City, Minn. Before that she was the executive director of Hazelden's Fellowship Club in St. Paul for six years. Iliff has had clinical experience with women at all levels of care, from assessment to continuing care.  Visit the Hazelden website. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction published by Houghton Mifflin Co.

David Sheff's books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying. His many articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere.  His piece for the New York Times Magazine, “My Addicted Son,â€? won an award from the American Psychological Association for “Outstanding Contribution to Advancing the Understanding of Addiction.â€? Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.  Visit his website. 

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Jennifer Storm, author of Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America published by Hazelden.

Jennifer Storm was born and raised near Allentown, PA and attended Northampton High School. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Services and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from The University of Phoenix.

In August 2002, Ms. Storm joined Victim Witness Assistance Program as the organization’s second Executive Director. Before joining VWAP, Ms. Storm was the first full time director of the Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition, a non-profit coalition dedicated to securing and defending fully inclusive civil rights for LGBT people in Pennsylvania. During her tenure at Pennsylvania Rights Coalition, Ms. Storm worked diligently on obtaining inclusive hate crime legislation. In 2002, the Pennsylvania legislature passed one of the most inclusive hate crime statues in the country. In 2002, Governor Edward G. Rendell appointed Ms. Storm as a commissioner to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Mr. John Prin author of Secret Keeping: Overcoming Hidden Habits and Addictions published by New World Library.

John Howard Prin, BA, LADC, brings passion and vision to TrueYouRecovery. John's talents as a counselor and educator inspire individuals in recovery groups and treatment centers. Participants of his audience-centered lectures, both clients and professionals, find them interactive and entertaining. At Hazelden, he served as a clinical case manager and unit counselor. Currently he serves out-patient treatment centers in the Twin Cities metro area.

John has published numerous articles on addiction/recovery topics in addition to authoring Stolen Hours and Secret Keeping.  Both books address the ways people get trapped in unhealthy secret habits. They offer effective methods to reduce the harm of leading double lives while restoring the health of the Secret Keeper as well as loved ones. John's career began with his own recovery from chemical addictions in 1996.  Visit his website  http://trueyourecovery.com

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Laurence M. Westreich, M.D., author of Helping The Addict You Love: The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment published by Fireside.

Laurence M. Westreich, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of patients with addictions to alcohol and drugs of abuse, and those dually diagnosed with addictions and mental disorders.

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich has served since 1992 on the faculty of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, New York University of Medicine. His responsibilities there include teaching psychiatry residents, fellows in addiction psychiatry, and attending psychiatrists on the Bellevue Wards.

Dr. Westreich is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the treatment of addiction, presents regularly to professional groups, and is board certified by the American Board on Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry, and as an addiction specialist by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich is the consultant on drugs of abuse to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and serves on the Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the drug-testing agency for the American Olympic Athletes. Dr. Westreich lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Susan Shapiro, author of Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, And Everything Else I Love in Life Except Sex published by Delta.

Susan Shapiro has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Boston Globe, The Nation, Salon. com, Village Voice, and many other media.  She is the co-editor of the anthology "Food for the Soul," and the author of the acclaimed memoirs "Lighting Up" and Five Men Who Broke My Heart which was optioned for a movie by Paramount Pictures. She has appeared on the Today Show, Dateline, Good Day New York, E!, Entertainment, and prime time documentaries on ABC and the Oxygen network. Susan lives in Greenwich Village with her husband, a TV/film writer and teaches journalism at NYU, the New School, and Mediabistro.  Visit her website.

An interview with Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney about the saga of her daughter's drug addiction and recovery.

Deborah is interviewed by Dr. Tammie Bryam-Fowles, author of   BirthQuake: The Journey to Wholeness

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An interview with Dr. Lea Goldstein, PhD, co-author of Drugs and Your Kid: How To Tell If Your Child Has A Drug/Alcohol Problem and What To Do About It.

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An interview with Dr. Dave Greenfield, author of Virtual Addiction

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