In this week's episode I speak with Dr. Pninit Russo-Netzer, who is the head of the academic training program for logotherapy in Israel and co-developer and co-instructor of the Mindfulness-Based Meaning Program, amongst other things.

I really enjoyed the conversation touching on spirituality and meaning.

If you want learn more about Dr. Russo-Netzer, you should check out her website.

In this week’s episode, I speak with Amy Bucciere, who is a therapist focused on relationships and sex therapy with a particular specialization in Imago therapy and EMDR.

I really enjoyed getting the chance to explore the complexity of relationships, how the nature of relationships can change, whether the transactional lens is a useful one to assess relationships, and discussing what Imago Therapy is with Amy. We also touched on the idea that the term itself carries some baggage and it’s important to think about any connections with other people as relationships. The word isn’t just for families or partners. 

Learn more about Amy here

The guest this week is Dr. Paul Wong, who is a Professor Emeritus of Trent University and President of the International Network on Personal Meaning. Paul has published across topics relating to meaning related therapies and we touch on his journey getting to the work of Viktor Frankl and logotherapy as a starting point. 

We spent some time talking about how dealing with depression is not an indicator that a person is ‘broken’ or ‘flawed’ and we got into how we can best repurpose that energy and experience to something positive in the end. We also got to talk about the PURE model that Dr. Wong created and talked about Meaning Therapy and how it differs from Existential and other meaning-oriented therapies more broadly. 

Here are some links to learn more about Paul and his work: 

http://www.drpaulwong.com/

http://www.meaningtherapy.com/ 

Be well!