ST Podcast Ep. 52: Superhero Therapy for First Responders and Health Care Professionals
A special tribute episode for the everyday superheroes who have been risking their lives daily to save the world – Health Care Providers and First Responders.
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Dr. Scarlet was honored to have been interviewed by Forbes about tips for surviving Blue Monday: “The Most Depressing Day of the Year.” You can read this fascinating article Here.
Dr. Scarlet was so honored to be interviewed by Anime for Humanity for a very important article regarding the best way to mend those Post-Con Blues. You can check out the article Here
Dr. Scarlet and Superhero Therapy were mentioned in an article regarding 6 Unique Organizations You can Check Out to Find Peer Mental Health Support. You can check the article out Here.
ST Podcast Ep. 18: DC Superheroes
Join host Dustin McGinnis, Dr. Janina Scarlet, and special Guest: Dr. Travis Langley as they discuss the psychology of DC Superheroes and the importance of accurate mental health depictions in pop culture.
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Many of us like talking about pop culture, whether it’s comics, TV shows, movies, books, or video games. For those of us in the mental health field (and for many outside of this field), it may be fun to occasionally speculate about a fictional character’s psychological perspective. Perspective taking can actually help foster empathy building and compassion toward others. However, diagnosing characters or people whom therapists have not evaluated in a session can be risky. Continue reading Mental Health Representation Matters
(Guest post by Asher Johnson, M. A.)
Ever since I was a child, I was strangely attracted to the way the good guys thought. I saw them as smart, self-controlled, kind, patient, and wise. I thought it was naturally harder to do the right thing, and found it fascinating how easily taken for granted heroes were. Now, to put things in perspective, I will need to age myself because the good guys I grew up watching are, in many ways, unlike the anti-heroes of today (e.g. Jax from Sons of Anarchy, Nurse Jackie, Walter White, Tony Soprano, or Kevin Spacey’s brilliant role as Francis Underwood).
Did you ever wish that you could have amazing Superpowers or that you would suddenly discover that you were really a witch or a wizard? Many of us often wish for special powers, especially when times are rough and we might just want to find our strength in something. It’s often for this reason that we tend to relate to fictional characters that have undergone similar experiences to us. Continue reading Did you ever want to be a Superhero? What do Batman, Harry Potter, and The Doctor teach us about facing our fears
