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Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

E.136 Reuniting the Mental Men: Wisdom from the Front Lines of Therapy and the Power of Connection

Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

Steve Bisson

Self-improvement, Counseling, Psychology, Mental Health, Honest, Substance Use, Education, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Send us a text Picture a reunion decades in the happening; the Mental Men—Dennis Sweeney, Robert Cherney, Patrick Rice, and Andrew Kang—reconvene, swapping tales from the trenches of mental health practice. Their voices are rich with the wisdom of experience, from Pat's pivot toward the nexus of spirituality and grief counseling to our collective metamorphosis from clinical collaboration to sharing laughs on the golf course. It's not just a trip down memory lane; it's a celebration of persona...

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to finding your way through therapy. The goal of this

0:07.4

podcast is to demystify therapy, what can happen in therapy, and the wide

0:12.0

array of conversations you can have in and about therapy.

0:16.8

Through personal experiences, guests will talk about therapy, their experiences with it, and

0:22.2

how psychology and therapy are present in many places in their lives.

0:27.0

With lots of authenticity and a touch of humor,

0:30.0

here is your host, Steve Bisson.

0:39.0

Merce bocou. Thank you so much and welcome to episode 136 of finding your way through therapy. If you haven't listened to 135 yet, please go back and listen to it because it is a very important conversation about

0:44.8

antisemitism.

0:46.2

Malka talks about all these important things and then some, so please go back and listen

0:51.2

to that.

0:52.2

But episode 136 is returning from episode 108 and 122.

0:56.7

So we'll call this mental men three. Mental men are Dennis Sweeney, Robert Churney, Patrick Rice, and Andrew Kang.

1:05.7

We had again a good time recording this.

1:08.1

I'm recording post-interview.

1:11.6

So taking away a little bit of the magic here but I hope it makes sense

1:14.5

again as Sweeney Pat Bob and Andy all have the private practice we've been on and off doing this for 20 years. I haven't been

1:24.4

revolved for 20 years, but this goes back to all the way back to Dennis and Pat

1:28.8

doing it. So I hope you enjoyed the interview because I certainly enjoy it. I like to immortalize these moments of people I truly, truly respect so I hope you enjoy the interview and here it is.

1:39.0

Well, hi everyone and welcome to episode 136.

1:43.0

You recognize these faces,

1:45.0

so if you're on YouTube and go ahead

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