The Philosophy and Therapy Podcast

Mark O'Connell is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City.  He is the author of The Performing Art of Therapy  (Routledge, 2019) and Modern Brides & Modern Grooms (Skyhorse, 2014), as well as numerous academic and popular articles. He holds an MSW from the Silberman School of Social Work and an MFA in Acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory.  Website: http://markoconnellth...

Dr. Michael Levin is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Utah State University. He is a leading researcher on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and has been an innovator in developing web and mobile-based ACT interventions. He is co-Director (with Dr. Michael Twohig) of the ACT Research Group at Utah State. He received his PhD from University of Nevado, Reno under the direction of Steve...

Dr. David Ireland is a Senior Research Scientist at at the Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO.  He does research on a broad range of issues, from therapeutic technology for speech and language disorders to the general theory of AI. He holds a Ph. D. in Engineering and Computer Science from Griffith University. About David Ireland: Profile at CSIRO Research page on Google Scholar Papers, po...

Dr. Abhijit Nadkarni is an addictions psychiatrist as well as a global health researcher.  He is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Director of the Addictions Research Group at Sangath in Goa, India. About Abhijit Nadkarni: Profile at Centre for Global Mental Health Profile at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Twitter: @abhiloquacious Res...

Elliot D. Cohen, PhD, is the President of the Logic-Based Therapy and Consultation Institute, and co-founder and Executive Director of the National Philosophical Counseling Association (NPCA).  He is one of the leading figures in philosophical counseling in the United States and the author of a number of books and articles on that and many other subjects. Some of Elliot D. Cohen's projects di...

Chadi El-Moussawi is the CEO and Co-Founder of Terap.io. Terap.io is "an online marketplace for psychotherapy services," based in the Czech Republic, and founded in 2019. Chadi joins The Anomalous Mind to discuss the importance of providing therapy online, and shares insights gained from building an online therapy platform in the Czech Republic. About Terap.io: Website: terap.io Instagra...

Shrenik Jain is the CEO and Founder of Marigold Health. Marigold Health "combines the relatability of peer support groups with clinical mental health and substance use care." Along with his fellow founder Ravi Shah, he was recently named by Forbes as one of the "30 Under 30" in healthcare. About Marigold Health: Website: www.marigoldhealth.com Twitter: @MarigoldHealth "Mob...

Minha Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at the Eidhoven University of Technology. Her work explores "how we can design interactions with conversational agents like robots or chatbots as our moral mirrors for exploring moral emotions and concepts like compassion or fairness." Her paper "Caring for Vincent: A Chatbot for Self-Compassion" (co-aut...

Dahyana Schlosser is a therapist, a nurse, and the co-founder of Pinnacle Partnerships, an organization devoted to supporting the social, emotional, and physical health of children and families. We discuss the vital work that Pinnacle Partnerships has been doing in Brockton and beyond, how Pinnacle Partnerships has pivoted in 2020, and how the field of pediatric mental health is changing today. Pi...