How We Can Heal

Understanding Interpersonal-Relational Psychoanalysis & Dissociation with Shelly Itzkowitz

• Lisa Danylchuk • Season 2 • Episode 11

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Today on the How We Can Heal Podcast, Lisa Danylchuk chats with New York State Licensed Psychologist, Professor, Author (and more) Sheldon Itzkowitz. The pair go in-depth on Dissociation, Sheldon’s work with DID patients and discrimination, understanding evil, and more. Tune in to keep talking about how we can heal.

Outline of the episode:

  • [04:21] How Dr. Itzkowitz chose his career in Psychology
  • [12:12] We’re not Freud bashing, but…
  • [26:40] Working with DID patients and why it’s meaningful
  • [37:42] The awful treatment of DID patients and Dr. Itzkowitz’s “why”
  • [44:46] Where to go to start learning about Dissociation
  • [49:46] Do you answer this common therapist question correctly?
  • [57:12] Identifying your different “Self States”
  • [1:05:24] Understanding evil in people
  • [1:15:34] What’s giving Dr. Itzkowitz hope right now


Resources:

Website: https://www.sheldonitzkowitzphd.com/

Book: Psychoanalysts, Psychologists and Psychiatrists Discuss Psychopathy and Human Evil

ISSTD: ISSTD - International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation

Full Transcript at howwecanheal.com/podcast

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