60: What Is Integrative Mental Health?
Therapy Chat
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
4.4 • 728 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2016
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back! In Episode 60, the first in the series on Integrative Mental Health, Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews James Lake, MD, an integrative psychiatrist in California who has authored four books, including 2009’s Integrative Mental Health: A Therapist’s Handbook. Dr. Lake is a leader in the field of integrative mental health, as you will hear in this interview.
Dr. Lake discusses how he uses complementary and alternative medicine (“CAM”) in his clinical practice, and how Master’s-level therapists can use integrative methods in their practices, within their scope of practice. He discusses use of supplements in psychotherapy practice, collaboration with alternative and complementary practitioners as well as allopathic medicine physicians as well. He shares information on his E-book series on integrative mental health and how practitioners can use it.
This is the Episode 1 of the series on integrative mental health, which will continue on alternating weeks through the next few months. On the opposite weeks you will hear the series on trauma and attachment, with one exception. The next episode will be a special holiday episode focused on self care. Thanks for listening to Therapy Chat. Please get in touch and let host Laura Reagan know what you thought of this episode!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
American Psychiatric Association Caucus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine website: http://www.intpsychiatry.com/
International Network for Integrative Mental Health website: https://inimh.org/
Find Dr. Lake’s e-book series here: http://theintegrativementalhealthsolution.com
Dr. Lake’s website: http://progressivepsychiatry.com
Here’s the link to find out about clinical supervision and consultation with Laura Reagan, LCSW-C and the Trauma Therapist Community: http://www.laurareaganlcswc.com/for-professionals/
Visit Therapy Chat website at Http://therapychatpodcast.com and send host Laura Reagan a voice message letting her know what you think of Therapy Chat! Did you like this episode? Did you dislike it? Let her know!
Thank you for listening!
Welcome back! In Episode 60, the first in the series on Integrative Mental Health, Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews James Lake, MD, an integrative psychiatrist in California who has authored four books, including 2009’s Integrative Mental Health: A Therapist’s Handbook. Dr. Lake is a leader in the field of integrative mental health, as you will hear in this interview.
Dr. Lake discusses how he uses complementary and alternative medicine (“CAM”) in his clinical practice, and how Master’s-level therapists can use integrative methods in their practices, within their scope of practice. He discusses use of supplements in psychotherapy practice, collaboration with alternative and complementary practitioners as well as allopathic medicine physicians as well. He shares information on his E-book series on integrative mental health and how practitioners can use it.
This is the Episode 1 of the series on integrative mental health, which will continue on alternating weeks through the next few months. On the opposite weeks you will hear the series on trauma and attachment, with one exception. The next episode will be a special holiday episode focused on self care. Thanks for listening to Therapy Chat. Please get in touch and let host Laura Reagan know what you thought of this episode!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
American Psychiatric Association Caucus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine website: http://www.intpsychiatry.com/
International Network for Integrative Mental Health website: https://inimh.org/
Find Dr. Lake’s e-book series here: http://theintegrativementalhealthsolution.com
Dr. Lake’s website: http://progressivepsychiatry.com
Here’s the link to find out about clinical supervision and consultation with Laura Reagan, LCSW-C and the Trauma Therapist Community: http://www.laurareaganlcswc.com/for-professionals/
Visit Therapy Chat website at Http://therapychatpodcast.com and send host Laura Reagan a voice message letting her know what you think of Therapy Chat! Did you like this episode? Did you dislike it? Let her know!
Thank you for listening!
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| 0:00.0 | Therapy Chat Podcast, episode 60. |
| 0:03.3 | This is the Therapy Chat podcast. |
| 0:07.5 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed |
| 0:12.6 | mental health professional. |
| 0:15.0 | And now, here's Laura Reagan, L-C-S-W-C with today's episode. |
| 0:34.3 | Hi, welcome back to therapy chat. This is 60, which is the first episode in the Integrative Mental Health series. Back in 2015, I started looking into integrative mental health using holistic and alternative methods in therapy practice. I was interested in |
| 1:00.4 | acupuncture, mindfulness, essential oils, Reiki, different forms of movement therapy. |
| 1:12.9 | And as I've learned more and more about these complementary and alternative medicine approaches, |
| 1:22.0 | I have become really fascinated with their effectiveness as complement to traditional mental health treatment. |
| 1:34.3 | So today I'm really excited because I have a very special guest, James Lake, M.D., who is a psychiatrist in California who practices complementary and alternative medicine |
| 1:51.3 | in addition to traditional allopathic medicine in his psychiatry work. Dr. Lake has written |
| 1:58.6 | four books, the one that came to my attention that made me want to talk |
| 2:04.4 | with him on therapy chat is called Integrative Mental Health, a Therapist's Handbook. And so you're |
| 2:11.9 | going to hear him talk about the work of integrative mental health, how he uses it with his patients, and that book, as well |
| 2:20.6 | as an e-book series he did on the subject. So I think you're going to find this really interesting. |
| 2:28.6 | I did, and I really appreciate Dr. Lake taking the time to come and talk with us on Therapy Chat today. |
| 2:36.6 | So let's go ahead and get started. I hope you'll enjoy my interview with Dr. James Lake. |
| 2:41.5 | Hi, welcome back to Therapy Chat. Today I'm really happy to have a guest with me who is an author |
| 2:48.5 | of many books and a medical doctor, James Lake, MD. |
| 2:52.5 | Thank you so much for being here today. |
| 2:55.1 | It's my pleasure. |
| 2:56.7 | I'm really excited because I first learned about you with your book, Integrative Mental Health Care, |
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