Hystericology Andrea Hanson, Elizabeth Beckmann

Former staff member for two adolescent teen treatment center talks about his experiences witnessing abuse in the teen treatment industry with therapists Andrea Hanson and Elizabeth Beckmann. Andrea and Elizabeth are passionate about mental health and serving their clients. This has driven them to be outspoken about what is going wrong in the mental health field both for therapists and clients that is at the very least holding the field back, and at worst, actively creating a revolving door of trauma. *****Disclaimer message from Andrea: I experienced a dissociative trauma response and was not able to be fully mentally present throughout the recording. I am grateful that Elizabeth was able to move the conversation forward and that I at least made sense when I was able to speak according to Elizabeth. After going back and forth between not publishing or re-recording the audio, we decided to move forward with publishing the content as vulnerable honesty is important in these situations. Although I was able to get to a much better place shortly after we finished recording, I have not been able to bring myself to listen back to the recording yet. I hope I don't say anything too out of left field. If I do, I apologize and ask for your grace and understanding. If you find yourself in a similar space listening to this or any of our recordings, please pause and seek support. You are under no obligation to revisit the past if it does not benefit you. *****

Andrea Hanson LCMHC went to a treatment center as a teen. Holly Stuart-Caines LCSW was lead staff there at the time. Now, both as licensed therapists, they have come together to talk about their experiences in adolescent residential treatment. Together they explore: Are adolescent treatment centers helpful or harmful? Do therapeutic boarding schools traumatize teens? What needs to happen for the teen treatment industry to improve? Tell us in the comments what you would like to hear us address. If you are a licensed therapist and want to share your perspective on our show, please comment or contact Andrea. Learn more about Holly or hire her as your therapist by visiting: https://pursueyourpeace.com/about/ Learn more about Andrea by visiting https://www.andreahanson.net/ Follow Andrea on any platform @andreahansonpsych ​

The average process goes: feel off, see a mental health professional, get diagnosed, and then prescribed treatment whether that is a medication, therapeutic intervention, or both and so on and so on. The beginning of that process typically involves something called informed consent. Informed consent is meant to give clients all of the information they need about the process so that they can choose whether or not they want to engage in the process despite the potential negative impact. Standard practice for informed consent in mental health practices is severely lacking, which is directly contributing to individual and societal harm. In this episode, Guest speaker Dr. Damian Wilde who has been interviewed on this topic for news articles in the UK discusses with Elizabeth Beckmann DMFT and Andrea Hanson LCMHC the holes in the informed consent process, why they are there, the damage they cause, what needs to change, and urge clinicians to engage in and advocate for an ethical informed consent process.Learn more about Dr. Damian WildeWebsite: http://wildepsychology.co.uk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdamianwilde/ Twitter: @DrDJWilde Learn more about Andrea Hanson LCMHCWebsite: https://www.andreahanson.net/LinkedIn, FB, Insta, TikTok @andreahansonpsychLearn more about Elizabeth Beckmann DMFTWebsite: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/elizabeth-a-beckmann-sandy-ut/444379TikTok: @dr.e.dmft
Disclaimer: The Hystericology Podcast and/or any speakers, guests, etc are not offering medical advice, are not establishing a professional relationship with listeners, and do not replace personalized medical/mental health treatment. The views expressed on this platform are strictly those of the individual speaking and do not reflect the views of any organizations they might be affiliated with in the past, present, or future.

"The dictionary definitions of "normal" are all entirely beguilingly tautological. To know what is normal you have to know what is abnormal. And guess how "abnormal" is defined in the dictionaries - those things that are not normal or regular or natural or typical or usual or conforming to a norm. Talk about circular tail chasing - each term is defined exclusively as the negative of the other; there is no real definition of either, and no meaningful definitional line between them." - Saving Normal: An insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM - 5, Big Pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life. Allen Frances, M.D. Chair of the DSM-IV Task Force. With the DSM 5 drastically loosening diagnostic boundaries, diagnostic inflation is in full swing. While reducing stigma around mental health and seeking care for distress is positive, we find ourselves in an culture where not only does almost everyone have a diagnosis, but having a diagnosis seems to be "in vogue". Elizabeth Beckmann DMFT and Andrea Hanson LCMHC discuss this phenomenon in comparison with Dr. Seuss's Star Bellied Sneetches and share the downsides of this cultural phenomenon from a clinical and personal perspective.Learn more about Andrea on YT, TikTok, Insta, FB, and LinkedIn: @andreahansonpsychLearn more about Elizabeth on TikTok; @dr.e.dmft

Why are rates of mental illness and suicide so high in Utah? Are the current popular therapy interventions in Utah enough? What can therapists do to help? The therapy culture in Utah is very talk therapy heavy. There is an emphasis on intellectualizing distress and making changes to thoughts in order to feel better. Therapists that engage in well-researched deeper brain and body modalities such as somatic processing, experiential work, interoceptive yoga, etc are not the norm in Utah, whereas, according to guest therapist Sarah MacCombie, these highly effective modalities are taught much more common in the state she was trained in, California. Elizabeth Beckmann DMFT LMFT , Andrea Hanson M.Ed LCMHC, and Sarah MacCombie OTL ACMHC explore how Utah's religious culture impacts mental health culture and interventions in Utah and encourage therapists to explore bridging the mind-body gap within themselves and their clients in session. Learn more about Sarah's Neurodiversity Clinic by calling (385) 220-8890.Connect with Andrea by following @andreahansonpsych on FB, Insta, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. #utah #utahculture #mormon #exmormon #religioustrauma #somatics #somatics #therapy #talktherapy #therapists #lds #mentalhealth #deconstruction

Earlier this week the news of a murder-suicide committed by Parth Gandhi, a neuropsychologist in Utah shocked the local community. A year prior, Utah therapist David Hamblin was charged with ritualistic child abuse.In 2019 news broke of two therapists, Jarrid Wilson and Gregory Eells taking their own lives within the same week.What happens when therapists aren't ok? What does the mental health field and culture get wrong when it comes to taking care of their own and what can be done about it?Andrea Hanson LCMHC and Elizabeth Beckmann LMFT dive into the reality of suicide and abusive acts rates among mental health professionals.They speak candidly about their own experience with dark thoughts and impulses while navigating being mental health professionals fielding shame and stigma from systems, educators, supervisors, and peers as well as the barriers to effective, honest help, urging the field to do better for the sake of therapist wellbeing and the safety of others.Donate to Om Moses Gandhi's memorial fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/om-moses-gandhi-memorial-fundFor mental health support, call 988Learn more about Andrea Hanson here: https://www.andreahanson.net/Or follow: @andreahansonpsych