Voices In The Family Archive
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Voices In The Family This Week5/21/12 Genealogy is growing in popularity in the United States. There's been a mini love affair developing between PBS viewers and the program "Faces of America" -- about family roots with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Recentyly WHYY-TV's news magazine "First" pulled together a two-parter that explores the genealogy of Newsworks.org Feed Blogger Shannon McDonald. Overall, these tellings can be surprising... and the reveals, at times, are emotional. In his new book DNA USA: A Genetic Biography of America, geneticist Bryan Sykes acknowledges genealogy is big business in America — more of us crave information about our past...and, of course, now we can create genetic portraits of who we are. Dr. Dan Gottlieb discusses our thirst for connection and identity and the process of looking back genetically with Bryan Sykes and Phillip Hammack, Jr. Bryan Sykes, Ph.D. is a Professor of Human Genetics at Wolfson College in Oxford and the chairman and founder of Oxford Ancestors. Phillip Hammack, Jr., Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at University of California, Santa Cruz. He's the author of Narrative and the Politics of Identity: The Cultural Psychology of Israeli and Palestinian Youth (Oxford, 2011). We'll also hear blogger Shannon McDonald's story about exploring the life and heritage of her grandfather. Recent Voices In The Family shows5/14/12 
Picking up the pieces after the death of a child can feel like an impossible experience for parents. Forming a new sense of what it means to be family takes time, but that's hard to do while having to address the needs of surviving children. Dr. Dan Gottlieb explores what it means to parent after the loss of a child. Dan's guests include Kathleen O'Hara and Jennifer Scalise. Kathleen O'Hara is a psychotherapist who specializes in Traumatic Grief counseling and Victim's Rights advocacy. A survivor of a family homicide herself, Kathleen O'Hara has become recognized as an important voice in the field of trauma-informed care. Jennifer Scalise is the author of "Mother's Journey of Love, Loss & Life Beyond." An ATV accident claimed the life of her daughter Brooke. Photo by Flickr user Brian Leon. Part of the photo essay showing the grief of the loss of his son Nicholas Kennedy Leon. 5/7/12 
Happy, healthy lives begin early in childhood. At risk behaviors, poverty, and unmet emotional needs are things that can do a number on kids' mental health and derail them from succeeding in school, at work, or in their communities. This week marks National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. On the next Voices in the Family with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, we'll look at mental health as an essential part of a child's overall well-being and development. We'll discuss care and prevention, with an eye on resiliency. Dan's guests include: Pamela Hyde, Anthony Biglan, Salome Thomas-El, and Becky Espanol. Pamela Hyde is the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Anthony Biglan, Ph.D., is a senior scientist at Oregon Research Institute, Director of the Center on Early Adolescence, and the Co-Director of the Promise Neighborhood Research Consortium. Salome Thomas-El (Principal El) is the head of school at Thomas Edison Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware. His latest book is "The Immortality of Influence." He has paired up with Dr. Oz to educate America about the importance of living healthy inside and out. Becky Espanol is an advocate for Parents Involved Network of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia branch. 4/30/12 
Millions of adults experience ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), yet only 11% are in treatment. And why is that? Generally ADHD begins in childhood and can look like distractibility. In adolescents, it can look like extreme moodiness. Adults often don't get diagnosed because, while they're good at multitasking, they aren't good at regulating their emotions. It's when the career and family life suffer that a need for help is clear. Of course, there are many people who are diagnosed with ADHD who really have something else. New research now brings this condition into focus, with increasing attention being paid to emotions and self-regulation. On the next Voices in the Family with Dan Gottlieb: ADHD - findings and treatments with psychiatrist Tony Rostain. Rostain is Medical Director of the University of Pennsylvania Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program. He's a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. 4/23/12 
These days, medical professionals are increasingly technologically savvy, but how are they when it comes to good old-fashioned bedside manner? On the next Voices in the Family with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, a conversation with Philadelphia psychologist Mohammadreza Hojat, the pioneer of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy. He worries bedside manner is undervalued as a key to understanding a patient's inner experience -- and writes about ways to increase physician empathy in a recent edition of American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Dr. Mohammadreza Hojat is a research professor in the Jefferson Medical College Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and the director of Jefferson Longitudinal Study. 4/16/12 
We never really know the impact it has when we openly talk about uncomfortable feelings we have or our physical or mental challenges. And while we may fear and deem these things as shameful, they may be conduits for something else -- like a path to healing or creativity...or a dialogue that validates, strengthens, and supports us. On the next Voices in the Family with Dr. Dan Gottlieb: our relationship with our vulnerabilities as we head toward self-acceptance. Dan's guests are Brené Brown and Kristen Neff. Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Brené spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and empathy, and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. Kristen Neff, Ph.D., is the author of "Self-Compassion" which comes out in paperback this summer. She is an associate professor in human development and culture at the University of Texas at Austin. She and her family were featured in the award-winning documentary and best selling book: "The Horse Boy." Neff says the film is a journey with autism, horses, and healing. 4/9/12 
The headlines capture our attention: a JetBlue Airways pilot goes berserk in midair...a U.S. soldier is sought in the killings of Afghan civilians in Kandahar. These acts muddle our understanding of human behavior, leaving us confused and searching for answers. What causes assumed good guys or regular people to appear to suddenly lose it? Is there a build up to their actions that their closest friends, colleagues, and neighbors miss or dismiss? On the next Voices in the Family with Dan Gottlieb: insights into why some people seem to snap and how we cope in the aftermath of their aggressive or violent behavior. Dan's guests include: Drs. Peter Ash, Carla Rodgers, and Roderick Orner. Peter Ash is a forensic child psychiatrist and associate professor at Emory University in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He writes, presents, and conducts research on issues in forensic psychiatry. Carla Rodgers is on the teaching faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. She, too, is a forensic psychiatrist and fitness for duty consultant. Roderick Orner is a clinical psychologist and visiting professor at the University of Lincoln. Psychotraumatology has been Dr. Orner's special clinical and research interest since the mid 1980s. |
Dan Gottlieb Around the InternetDan is now writing for The Hufffington Post. Enjoy his occasional columns here. Dan holds weekly chats on the Christopher Reeves Foundation website Tuesdays from 3pm to 4pm EST. About the Program Voices in the Family now celebrating 20 years of thoughtful discussions dealing with the many aspects of personality, psychology, and inter-personal relationships. Dan Gottlieb Ph.D, host of Voices in the Family, is a family therapist in private practice. He is a nationally recognized lecturer in the field of mental health, and a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Zip across the radio dial in almost any city and you're likely to find self-help programs that claim to solve listeners' problems. But few offer the straightforward, authoritative advice on family health issues available on Voices in the Family, a weekly public radio program hosted by Dan Gottlieb, Ph.D. Each week Gottlieb and guest experts, joined by thoughtful callers, discuss issues that affect individuals and society. The show covers the emotional and psychological implications of everything from children and religion to sexual abuse and the law, sibling relationships, hate groups and the impact of natural disasters. Voices admits listeners to unseen worlds, presenting an author's firsthand description of schizophrenia, for instance. Voices offers a mix of solid information — beginning with Gottlieb's thorough interview of his guest, followed by intelligent, sympathetic responses to audience inquiries. He guides callers through a series of questions that clarify both their own experience and its broad implications. Sprinkled throughout are bits of humor that come with listeners acknowledging our common foibles. |
