37 episodes
Finding Our Minds Dr. Margaret Arnd-Caddigan
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5.0 • 23 Ratings
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In Finding Our Minds, Dr. Margaret Arnd-Caddigan (she/her) LCSW, Associate Professor of Social Work at East Carolina University, discusses her mind-centered depth approach to therapy with her co-host Leah Faye (she/they). Season 1 defines the use of the word "mind" in the therapeutic field. Season 2 uses that lens to examine what goes on in a relationship between a narcissist and their victim. In season 3 the co-hosts unpack how we define the self, and tie this together with how this impacts the therapeutic alliance between a therapist and their clients.
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Season 3 Wrap Up
It's (finally) the final episode of the season! Dr. Mac and Leah wrap up this season's discussion on "the sense of self." Why is the medical model not the best way to look at mental un-wellness and the healing journey? How can we help our clients without infantalizing them? How dose a mind-centered depth-approach therapy allow for an individual's healing journey to inform the therapeutic process, better than evidence-based practice? This and more on today's episode.
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Self Work
Today's final episode of this season's lecture series, Dr. Arnd-Caddigan discusses what it takes for inner change to occur in an individual, and how other people are involved in the process.
Works discussed in today's episode include:
Benjamin, J. (2004). Beyond doer and done-to: An intersubjective view of thirdness. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 73, 5-46
Benjamin, B. (1988). Bonds of love: Psychoanalysis, feminism, and the problem of domination. Pantheon.
Chessick, R. G. (1990). Self-analysis: A fool for a patient? Psychoanalytic Review, 77, 311-340.
Fonagy, P., Gergely, G., Jurist, E. & Target, M. (2005). Affect regulation, mentalization, and the development of the self. Other Press.
Stern, D. (1985). The interpersonal world of the infant: A view from psychoanalysis and developmental psychology. Basic Books.
Tronick, E. Z., Bruschweiler-Stern, N., Harrison, A. M., Lyons-Ruth, K., Morgan, A.C., Nahum, J. P., Sander, L. & Stern, D. N. (1999). Dyadically expanded states of consciousness and the process of therapeutic change. Infant Mental Health Journal, 19, -
Character
Our final installment of discussing identity, personality, and character, Dr. Arnd-Caddigan discusses what makes up one's character. She goes on to review personal ethics in the context of forming identity and character, and how this relates to treating mental suffering in the therapeutic context.
Works cited in today's episode:
Carol Gilligan (1982) In a Different Voice
Johathan Haidt, Fredrik Björklund, and Scott Murphy (2000). Moral Dumbfounding: When Intuition Finds No Reason. https://polpsy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/haidt.bjorklund.pdf
Hursthouse, Rosalind and Glen Pettigrove, "Virtue Ethics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = .
Nel Noddings (1984). Caring: A Relational Approach to Ethics and Moral Education -
More on Personality
Today's episode is a review of personality through the lens of developing a healthy self. How does this relate to identity, character, and development? Dr. Arnd-Caddigan and Leah Faye discuss.
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Identity
In this episode Dr. Arnd-Caddigan and co-host Leah Faye discuss the various ways in which those suffering from mental illness choose to identify. Today's lecture unpacks how mental suffering can arise when a society chooses to project an identity onto an individual whose sense of self is at conflict with the societal projection.
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Meditation: The Self
This meditation is meant to be paired with episode 5, and focuses on our sense of self.
Customer Reviews
I’m not even a psychologist
I am not a psychologist, I actually have a long history of terrible relationships with my therapists and always followed my intuition out of the room. Listening to this podcast has helped me understand what I need to ask of my therapists and how I can go into these relationships to better my experience. I think this is a great podcast for folks, like me, who are having trouble understanding how to interact with such a stigmatized topic. They do a great job of bringing you in & Dr. Arnd-Caddigan is a wonderful lecturer who keeps things real & understandable! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
A great walkthrough of consciousness theory
Having some familiarity with Jungian psychology and psychoanalytic theory, this felt like both a refresher and a deep examination for many concepts. Dr. Margaret moves through complex topics fluidly and grounds large philosophical concepts in practical experience/graspable metaphors. Leah’s caps at the beginning and end make for great warm up/cool down to the dense topics as well. A great exercise in walking through a holistic concept of consciousness both for people new to these concepts and those of us more familiar with the ideas.
Great expansion of psychotherapy as we currently know it!
Does such a great job bridging the gap between therapy and the psychological field and what we experenience, where it comes from, and how to further access it.