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Amy and Allie chat with Dr. Dori Hutchinson, Sc. D. today. Dori is The Executive Director of the Centre of psychiatric rehabilitation in Boston University since 1984, Besides serving as Director of Services, Dr. Hutchinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University. Dr. Dori Hutchinson also sits on several community mental health center advisory boards both locally in Massachusetts and nationally. Allie Middleton is a Licensed Psychotherapist, Yoga Teacher & Therapist. Allie is interested in building relationships with influencers in adjoining fields of healthcare. Allie feels that the field of Yoga Therapy has much to learn from the field of Behavioral Health. Allie is an expert in Theory U process, Social Presencing, and has been meditating and practicing yoga for over 45 years. 

The field of yoga therapy is about 30 years behind the field of Behavioral Health and we can learn from their professional trajectory. They discuss behavioral health, Psychiatry and Yoga therapy and what they have in common, and also what Yoga Therapy can learn from behavioral health and these other fields, Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

They talk about the following:

·        The concept of an interrupted life and how we can find meaning and purpose

·        The potential of Yoga Therapy in Psychiatric Rehabilitation

·        Dori’s Recovery Education Program and how it has helped the Mental Health field

·        Dori’s observation on the effects of Yoga in her program within Behavioral Health and the potential for Yoga Therapy to spread in this arena

·        How helping people with burnout and resilience is the key to our success as we grown the field of Yoga Therapy

·        Principles and practices of the recovery and resilience model

·        The motivation behind Dori’s vision for her Dept. at Boston University

·        The benefits of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and how when you help someone, often times their family is willing to be a benefactor to support your cause

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Book mentioned in the podcast

Yoga Radicals: A Curated Set of Inspiring Stories from Pioneers in the Field launching on the 19^th of August 2021

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XSGX1QF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Meet Dori https://cpr.bu.edu/bio/dori-hutchinson/

Meet Allie https://alliemiddleton.com/

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