Psych Up Live

Thursday at 11 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2506/psych-up-live

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This show turns up your perspective on life. With a wide variety of guests, Host Suzanne Phillips invites you to consider how we live, love, learn and laugh from a psychological perspective. She explores our relationships from dating to marriage to our special bond with pets. In a conversational style, Suzanne and her guests translate the latest in psychology to exemplify ways of coping with trauma, bullying, loss, illness, depression and anxiety. She engages her guests with questions, often voicing her own thoughts or sharing related stories. What is particularly exciting about Psych Up Live is the opportunity for you to call in with your own stories, questions and opinions. Psych Up Live captures your attention as it considers life issues that will intrigue and inform you each Thursday at 11 AM Pacific Time, 2PM Eastern Time on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel.
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Psych UP Live is intended as information and entertainment. It is not intended as treatment. If treatment is needed anyone listening is encouraged to go to their closest emergency room or to use the link for Find a Therapist provided by the American Psychological Association http://locator.apa.org

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All Episode

  • October 31, 2024

    From Bystander to Responder: Facing War, Disaster and Loss
    We witness world-wide devastation from War, Natural Disasters, Empidemics, Violence, Social and Racial Injustice. We are Victims, Bystanders and Responders often struggling to cope, wanting to help bu …
  • October 24, 2024

    Encore Why Do We Fall for Conspiracy Theories?
    In this show, Dr. Frank McAndrew returns to Psych Up Live to answer the question, “Why Do We Fall For Conspiracy Theories? In addressing this question he also addresses the issue of why we hang on to …
  • October 17, 2024

    Encore Understanding and Responding to Anger in Children
    In this show, Dr. Deborah Serani, psychologist, award winning author and media expert returns to Psych-Up Live to discuss her new children’s book “ Sometimes When I‘m Mad.” She invites listeners to un …
  • October 10, 2024

    Encore Infertility – A Journey Of Loss, Hope, Fear, Grief And Resilience
    When you want to have a child but it is more difficult than you and your partner expected, it can feel devastating- especially in a world that seems filled with beautiful children, pregnant women and …
  • October 3, 2024

    A First Responder Shares His Journey of Healing and Resiliency
    While we hear the news and read the headlines of Fires, Accidents and Disaster, rarely do we understand the day to day, often hour to hour impact on those who serve as our First Responders. Those who …
  • September 26, 2024

    Encore Dealing with Worry – At Any Age!
    Whether you are 8, 18 or 81 years old, there’s a good chance you know what it is like to worry. You may even be someone for whom worry has taken up too much space in your story. This show is going to …
  • September 19, 2024

    Encore Why Do We Fall for Conspiracy Theories?
    In this show, Dr. Frank McAndrew returns to Psych Up Live to answer the question, “Why Do We Fall For Conspiracy Theories? In addressing this question he also addresses the issue of why we hang on to …
  • September 12, 2024

    Encore Build Your Resilience – Master Life's Challenges
    There is clear evidence that life can be challenging and at times quite traumatic. Many have faced the horror of war, school shootings, pandemics, a life-threatening diagnosis, racism, hate crimes or …
  • September 5, 2024

    Encore School Shooters: Warning Signs That Can Save Lives
    Since the Columbine massacre, there have been a total of 368 school shootings. Since January,2023 there have already been 30 school shootings that caused deaths and injuries. This show addresses the h …
  • August 29, 2024

    Encore Why Losing a Dog Hurts So Much!
    There is little question that when a person suffers the death of their dog, the loss is excruciating. Why? In this episode, Dr. Frank McAndrew, evolutionary and social psychologist, draws upon his per …

Encore: Understanding and Overcoming Binge Eating

March 14, 2019

In this show Jennie Kramer, LCSW-R draws upon her experience in treating all forms of eating disorders and her co-authored book, Overcoming Binge Eating for…Read more

Encore: The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality

March 7, 2019

In this show noted journalist, Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth: The Gap Between our Fantasies and Reality, invites us to look more closely…Read more

Encore: A Transgender Journey: When Our Son Became a Daughter

February 28, 2019

Jane Baker, author of the book, Trading Places: When Our Son Became a Daughter, will share the insider experience of parenting her son while he…Read more

Conquer Trauma: An Online Course Offers a Healing Journey

February 21, 2019

In this show, Savannah Sanders M.S., author of Sex Trafficking Prevention: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Parents and Professionals shares her experience of offering a year-long…Read more

The 27 Wrong Reasons Society Blames You for Being Single

February 14, 2019

This show is a tribute to all singles who would like to be in a relationship but have not yet found the right person.Read more

Postpartum Depression Misunderstood and Overlooked

February 7, 2019

Postpartem Depression is suffered by 20 percent of women. But it is misunderstood and overlooked by many new mothers who suffer, as well as those…Read more

The Relationship Between Suicide Prevention and Gun Safety

January 31, 2019

In this episode, Dr. Michael Anestis, clinical psychologist, and award winning researcher discusses his powerful book, Guns and Suicide: An American Epidemic.Read more

Encore: Making Mindful Self-Compassion Work for You

January 24, 2019

Dr. Kristen Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer, renowned experts in self-compassion and mindfulness, have just released a new book, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven…Read more

Taking Revenge A Better Way

January 17, 2019

There are few people who have been injured or wronged by another who don’t think about and want to mollify their psychic pain with revenge.Read more

Encore: Owning Bipolar Disorder - A Guide for Patients and Family

January 10, 2019

In this show Michael Pipich, MS,LMFT, therapist and national speaker on Bipolar Disorder, draws upon his new book, Owning Bipolar: How Patients and Families Can…Read more
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