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
You Cannot Prescribe Your Way Out Of Suffering with Dr Josh Waddell
You can feel it in your gut when a plan looks perfect on paper but fails in real life and rural mental health care is full of those moments. We sit down with Dr. Josh Waddell, PMHNP and host of the Mental Maps Podcast, to talk about what actual...
Psychiatric NPs Need Both Meds And Meaningful Talk with Dr Paula Alloca
The fastest way to miss what matters in psychiatric care is to treat the visit like a transaction. We talk with Dr. Paula Allocca, director of a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program and founder of an integrative functional medic...
What If Medication Management Started With Trust with Dr. Kris Vandenberg-Harrison
If you’ve ever left a psych visit thinking, “I wish I had more information,” you’re not alone and you’re not failing. We sit down with Dr. Kris Vandenberg- Harrison to talk about what real psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner practice l...
The Prescription Has Meaning with Dr Kathleen McDermott
A prescription can land like a lifeline or like a verdict and we rarely ask what it means to the person holding it. We sit down with Dr Kathleen McDermott to unpack “psychodynamic psychopharmacology,” an approach to medication management that t...
How A Dual-Certified NP Connects Mind And Body with Dr Jen Wittman
Anxiety, anger, brain fog, panic, “can’t focus” days, and a body that feels like it’s betraying you often get treated like separate problems in separate clinics. That split can be costly. We’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Wittman, a dually certified...
