Dr. Tim Read is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author based in London.
He joins us on the show to discuss the deep unconscious, complexes, being triggered, and why we need a new way to treat mental illness. We talk about the difference between spiritual crisis and psychosis; how modern psychiatry is broken; and why psychiatrists should undergo psychedelic therapy.
Additionally, we explore the difference between being in process and processing; how our triggers are an opportunity to step into our healing journey; the role of relationships in our healing; how to help shift culture and community to better support people in crisis; how to support people in psychotic delusion (without colluding in their delusions); and the point at which we should involve psychiatric intervention.
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Episode Breakdown
- (0:00) Opening
- (1:51) Overture
- (5:31) Patron Thanks
- (6:46) Interview begins
- (8:28) The deep unconscious, COEX/complexes, and being triggered
- (12:45) Why we need a new way to treat mental illness
- (14:03) A bit more into COEX systems and processing being triggered
- (21:16) Being triggered distorts our perception of reality
- (22:40) Being triggered offers us an opportunity to heal (in process vs processing)
- (24:48) Getting stuck in a trigger
- (30:33) Triggers are an opportunity to step into our healing journey
- (33:30) How to process being triggered
- (36:30) The role of relationships in our healing process
- (40:40) How do we help shift culture and community to better support people in crisis
- (43:12) Why psychiatrists should undergo psychedelic therapy
- (44:35) Modern psychiatry is broken
- (48:10) A definition of Spiritual Emergency, Spiritual Crisis
- (51:34) The difference between spiritual crisis and psychosis
- (56:34) Mental illness is not biologically rooted (bipolar, psychosis, and schizophrenia)
- (1:00:07) Exploring the root of mental illness from a Jungian perspective
- (1:13:55) The deepest personal touches the transpersonal
- (1:15:36) The challenge of touching the transpersonal
- (1:17:40) The point at which we should involve psychiatric intervention
- (1:21:07) Psychiatric medication can be necessary at times | don’t let ideology get in the way of common sense
- (1:26:04) How to support people in psychotic delusion (without colluding in their delusions)
- (1:29:59) It’s all about love | Love is the key ingredient
- (1:32:07) Follow-up links
- (1:34:00) Outro
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