Peplau's Ghost
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNP) discussing using psychotherapy within their practice. Four PMHNP program directors and a biostatistician from across the Unites States sharing their passion on how psychotherapy can help people with nearly all their emotional problems.
Peplau's Ghost
Latest Episodes
A PMHNP Explains How Love Becomes Clinical Skill with Kristen Richardson
Fear can drive a lot of psychiatric care, and not just on the patient side. We sat down with Kristen Richardson, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in private practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to talk about the part of mental health w...
Dr. Benzo Talks Trauma Not Benzos with Dr Rene Buenzow
A routine med refill visit can hide a much bigger story and if we miss it, the consequences can land far outside the clinic. We’re joined by Dr. Rene Buenzow, a dual-certified family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practi...
From Immigrant CNA To Psych NP Leader with Dr Kemi
You can hear it in Dr. Kemi’s voice: psychiatric nursing is not just a job, it is a long practice of showing up for people with skill and humanity. We sit down with Dr. Kemi, a DNP prepared psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and owner...
SPECIAL EPISODE World Mental Health Day For Nurses
Mental health care doesn’t improve because we post the right graphic once a year. It improves when we listen to real people, then change what we do next. Dr. Dan Wesemann and Dr. Kemi mark World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2026 with a clea...
How PMHNPs Protect Time For Real Care with Dr Wendy Lind and Dr Keri Shady
Seven minutes is not mental health care, it’s a transaction. We sit down with two working psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, Dr. Wendy Lind and Dr. Keri Shady, to talk about what actually changes outcomes when the schedule is tight,...
