Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso (A Creativity Podcast) Mental Health: Therapy vs. Medication + Believe in Yourself & Build Resilience w/ Psychiatrist, Dr. Domenick Sportelli
Our first episode for Mental Health Awareness Month! Dr. Domenick Sportelli is a board certified adult and child psychiatrist and well-known media expert in behavioral health. Aside from having his own medical practice & making tv appearances on shows like “The Doctors” on CBS, he hosts his own amazing podcast, called “Psych Unfiltered” which you should totally check out. And if that wasn’t enough, Dr. Dom is also an actor, producer, and brilliant musician.
From this conversation you’ll learn:
- How to embrace the multi-hyphenate in you and let go of the labels
- The role culture plays in mental health
- The importance of resilience & perseverance in achieving your dreams
- How your pain points can evolve into a passion
- How to know if you’ve found your calling
- Why psychiatric meds are a tool, NOT a solution
- Why your age shouldn’t stop you from doing what you love
- What we can learn from the terminally ill
- How to believe in yourself when you’re surrounded by non-believers
- Why the grades don’t make the student
- Creative solutions for landing your dream job
- Art & the mystical experience
- The link between creativity & mental health
- Where to start if you’re struggling with your mental health
- The importance of talk therapy
- How to deal with irrational fear & why fear is useful
- How to find a therapist
- How to differentiate between psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and therapists
- Tried & true therapy methods that WORK
- Why you don’t have to be on medication forever
- And so much more!
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