OCD & Frumkeit (Part 1)

Join us this episode for a brief introduction to the concept of drugs and alcohol in hashkafa and mental health.  This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

Tune in and listen to our thoughts and ideas on comparative emotional and physical pain. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

Join as as we expand our understanding of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and see some examples of how it exists in the life of a frum person.  This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

Join us as we respond to some feedback and begin a discussion about OCD as a frum person. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

Listen to an exciting LIVE recorded Q & A at Congregation Zichron Eliezer. Moderator: Yosef Zoimen. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

Join Binyomin and his guest, Dr. Minna Fischer, PsyD as they explore the intersection of modesty and it's impact on mental health. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

The question of who we should see for psychotherapy is a complicated one. Join us as we explore the conundrum of whether we need to see someone from our own community, exploring the ideas pro and con with our colleague, Dr Lindsay Armitage, PsyD, an experienced and talented psychologist who has treated members of our community. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

In this episode we discuss how in therapy we learn how to approach drives and desires in a healthy way, and what happens if we don't, with a healthy dose of Torah about the yetzer hara.  Ideas and people mentioned in the episode.... Psychoanalysis: In the psychoanalytic approach, the focus is on the unconscious mind rather than the conscious mind. It is built on the foundational idea that your behavior is determined by experiences from your past that are lodged in your unconscious mind.   Carl Jung: (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology.    The Shadow: the repressed, therefore unknown, aspects of the personality including those often considered to be negative. Check out our friends at the Cincinnati Jewish Journal: cincinnatijewishjournal.com This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

What is depression? Is it sadness? Is it a lack of emuna? Come hear us hash it out! Clarification of terms: CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - A form of talk therapy where one can Gain an understanding of the issue: At the start of therapy, you’ll discuss challenges you’re dealing with, symptoms you’ve noticed and any concerns you have. If you’ve been diagnosed with a mental health condition, tell your therapist. This important first step will help you set goals for your therapy. Ask a series of questions: Depending on your situation, your therapist may ask you questions. You might discuss an incident in your past, fears or phobias, troubling behaviors or your thoughts and feelings. Together, you’ll explore your answers so you can gain insight into how you respond to challenges in your life. Help you recognize problematic thoughts and behaviors: Through interactive question-and-answer sessions, your therapist will encourage you to pay close attention to how you respond to tough situations. You’ll work together to identify unhealthy emotions, beliefs or behaviors that may be contributing to your troubles. Your therapist may ask you to keep a journal of these situations and your responses to them. Work with you to adjust your thoughts and behaviors: Your therapist will help you find ways to change negative emotions, thoughts and habits. You can change your perspective and adopt positive thought patterns and behaviors. Then, you can apply those skills to future situations. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic therapy focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering. Its hallmarks are self-reflection and self-examination, and the use of the relationship between therapist and patient as a window into problematic relationship patterns in the patient’s life. Its goal is not only to alleviate the most obvious symptoms but to help people lead healthier lives. DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - DSM-5-TR is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com

In this episode we begin to explore how a person knows to be pursuing therapy. Is it possible to not realize and only be told by those around you? Is it different for a frum person? Tune in and find out. This is the Ortho Docs Podcast! Available everywhere you listen to all your favorite podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Check out more at: maverickpodcasting.com