Dr. Scarlet had the opportunity of being interviewed for Yahoo Lifestyle for the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. you can read the article and see the interview Here.
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
Join host Dustin McGinnis and Dr. Janina Scarlet in the very first episode of the Harry Potter Therapy Podcast. In this episode they explore origin stories, Hagrid’s heroic portrayal of positive male grief, the symbolism of Harry’s scar, and deeper interpretations of Dumbledore’s Put-Outer.
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ST Podcast Ep. 21: Crimes of Grindelwald
Dr. Scarlet and Dustin discuss the power of villainous charisma and other psychological connections to the new Fantastic Beasts film. **Spoiler Alert!**
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Trigger Warning: Holocaust
My family and I are refugees. We moved to the United States to escape violence related to being Jewish. With the recent rise of Anti-Semitism, I was already feeling threatened. Last Saturday, an angry man with a gun claimed 11 lives of innocent elderly human beings, one of whom, Rose Mallinger, was a 97-year old Holocaust survivor. My heart shattered that day. Continue reading Surviving Real Life Horrors
Two weeks ago my best friend of 17 years permanently removed me and over 70 other people from their life. There was no warning. There were neither signs nor conflicts leading up to this. There wasn’t an opportunity for a discussion, an agreement, or closure.
Sometimes loss has no rational explanation. Sometimes an end of a friendship, relationship, job or career, can feel like a part of us died. Jim Butcher, the author of the best-selling Dresden Files, describes a scenario in which his main protagonist, Harry Dresden, a wizard/private investigator discusses heartbreak as if someone’s soul is being ripped apart with a barbed wire on the inside. Continue reading Overcoming the pain of disconnection
When Bruce Wayne’s parents are murdered in a dark alley, his life is forever changed by this tragedy. Bruce spends many years of his life and many of his resources to become Batman, the hero of Gotham City, to ensure that no one suffers the same fate he does. Similarly, when T’Challa witnesses the death of his father in Vienna, he elects to fight for his right to become the Black Panther, in order to protect the people of Wakanda from travesty and invasion.
Although these stories are fictional, they demonstrate how we may be able to use our origin stories to develop a narrative to become our version of a Superhero in real life (IRL).
The accident happened 15 years ago. I injured my knee during a rehearsal for a dance competition and after months of physical therapy my doctor told me that I would never run or dance again.
Next month I will set off on my first official Europe book tour during which I will be presenting workshops to mental health professionals on Superhero Therapy and Therapy Quest.
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That expression, “depression hurts,” doesn’t quite do it justice.
It doesn’t hurt.
Did you ever feel like you don’t belong? Like you are somehow different from the people around you? Did you ever wish you could escape to Hogwarts and find connection like Harry Potter did? I did.
I spent most of my life feeling like an outsider and wanting so badly to belong. Not fit in. But to truly belong. To be a part of something that was bigger than myself. Loneliness has been my biggest tormentor and my closest friend. I remember trying to explain to my family that I was feeling lonely even when I was around my friends. I remember feeling more connected to the characters in the fantasy books I was reading than to the kids around me on the playground. Continue reading Therapy Quest
