Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics
by Craig Heacock MD
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Summer Special Part 2-- Laura Mae Northrup and her treatment journey
Aug 14, 2026
1h 13m 47s
BFTA Summer Special: Healing sexual trauma with psychedelics and entheogens-- Laura Mae Northrup shares her journey
Jul 31, 2026
30m 53s
Season 7 Wrap-up...plus a farewell and a big change coming for BFTA
May 15, 2026
10m 49s
Complex PTSD vs Classic PTSD-- Healing medical trauma with MDMA assisted therapy
May 1, 2026
1h 00m 02s
Complex PTSD vs Classic PTSD-- Medical trauma and MDMA assisted therapy
May 1, 2026
1h 00m 02s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/26 | Summer Special Part 2-- Laura Mae Northrup and her treatment journey | In this second of two parts, Laura Mae Northrup shares stories of how she found a healing path through connection, therapy, and psychedelics. Support the show Laura Mae Northrup https://www.lauramaenorthrup.com/ Elemental Psychedelics https://www.elementalpsychedelics.com/ Explore every episode through themes, domains, formats, and speakers. The BFTA CODEX is a listener-built and curated field guide to the podcast. https://bfta-codex.org BFTA episode recommendations/Podcast page https... | 1h 13m 47s | ||||||
| 7/31/26 | BFTA Summer Special: Healing sexual trauma with psychedelics and entheogens-- Laura Mae Northrup shares her journey | This is the first of a two part summer special with Laura Mae Northrup, who was first featured in the original BFTA summer special back in 2022. In this first episode, in an excerpt from her wonderful podcast called Inside Eyes, we hear Laura describe her long and grueling battle with suicidality, which emerged as a result of childhood sexual abuse. In the second episode in two weeks, Laura and Dr. H dive deep into her personal healing journey— what worked, what didn’t, and how she was able t... | 30m 53s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 | farewellpodcast changes+3 | — | BuzzsproutTimber Choir+1 | — | BFTApodcast wrap-up+3 | — | 10m 49s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Complex PTSDClassic PTSD+4 | Tracy | — | — | PTSDMDMA therapy+5 | — | 1h 00m 02s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Complex PTSD vs Classic PTSD-- Medical trauma and MDMA assisted therapy | Amidst a long catalog of previous BFTA stories featuring complex or developmental PTSD, today’s story is one of classic DSM-style PTSD, it’s a story of both medical and parenting trauma, of facing the fear of annihilation and death. In this three part story, first we hear Tracy tell of the increasingly severe medical challenges of her children, then Tracy flashes back to describe her own terrifying emergency hospitalization as a 5 year old, then finally we trace Tracy’s treatment ... | 1h 00m 02s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | positive countertransferencepsychotherapy+3 | — | Buzzsprout | Ft Collins | positive energycountertransference+3 | — | 14m 02s | ||
| 4/3/26 | bipolar disorderTHC+4 | Whitney | bipolar disorderTHC+1 | — | bipolar disorderTHC+5 | — | 49m 06s | ||
| 3/20/26 | suicide preventiongun access+3 | — | Donna's Law | — | suicideguns+5 | — | 1h 01m 10s | ||
| 3/6/26 | griefsomatic therapy+3 | Darci Meyers | Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in StoriesBuzzsprout+1 | — | somatic therapygrief+4 | — | 1h 04m 50s | ||
| 2/20/26 | psychedelic-assisted therapyadoption+3 | Kari | — | — | psychedelicstherapy+3 | — | 47m 52s | ||
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| 2/6/26 | addictiongrief+3 | Kate | The Coleman Institute | — | addictiongrief+5 | — | 1h 04m 48s | ||
| 1/23/26 | psychopharmacologymedication management+3 | Dr. H | BuzzsproutBringing Therapy into Med Management | Ft Collins | psych medspsychiatry+3 | — | 22m 57s | ||
| 1/9/26 | Transcranial Magnetic StimulationKetamine+4 | Dr. Elizabeth Fenstermacher | TMS Clinic at the University of Colorado- Anschutz | — | TMSketamine+5 | — | 1h 11m 12s | ||
| 12/26/25 | psychiatric illnessautoimmune responses+5 | — | PANDASPANS+1 | — | psychiatryautoimmune+5 | — | 1h 20m 45s | ||
| 12/12/25 | psychotherapyhere and now+3 | — | Back from the AbyssBuzzsprout | Ft Collins | psychotherapyhere and now+4 | — | 16m 11s | ||
| 11/28/25 | Is DID real? Parts, alters, exiles, and what's allowed in the therapeutic space | Dr. H sits down with Jade Miller, a peer support specialist and advocate for public education about DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). In the first part of this episode, Jade shares her story and how she came to understand that the puzzling gaps and often frightening incongruities in her life were caused by her rotating through a number of dissociated identities or alters, initially protecting her… but eventually leaving her powerless to stop repeated traumatization. Jade and Dr. H t... | 1h 07m 37s | ||||||
| 11/14/25 | Parenting through the storm-- Adoption, trauma, acceptance, and humility | BFTA storyteller Frank shares the joy, confusion, chaos, utter fear, and deepest gratitude when he and his partner Brad adopted and raised two boys, ages 4 and 2, from the foster care system. Twenty years ago, when Frank adopted the boys, trauma was not in the public awareness as it is today, and he was told that these little boys, who had spent some time in a meth house, might well have some challenges…..but he never could have expected what awaited. Can love overcome trauma? Can stability a... | 1h 01m 04s | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | When our minds forget our bodies remember-- A trauma therapist comes back to life | Rachael, a trauma therapist and today's storyteller, describes how her early childhood abuse was buried by the protective mechanism of dissociative amnesia. As Rachael wrote to Dr. H, “The only way I could continue to live, with no way out, with no one to tell, with no words even to describe what was happening to me, was to forget what was happening to me….when our minds forget, our bodies remember.” Rachael saved herself by forgetting, then was forced to finally face what happened to h... | 1h 13m 41s | ||||||
| 10/17/25 | Treatment-resistant bipolar disorder-- Finding stability at last | This story is a mirror to Elizabeth’s story from season 1 episode 1. Today’s storyteller Sarah was so moved by Elizabeth’s story that it helped her to trust Dr. H's recommendation to take a pretty scary medication, the extremely powerful antipsychotic and mood stabilizer called clozapine. So why tell this story again? As they say, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does often rhyme, and Sarah’s story rhymes beautifully with Elizabeth’s. Both had severe and treatment resistant bipolar... | 54m 40s | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | Hiding in plain sight-- Life, work, and therapy on the autistic spectrum | In today’s story we explore what it’s like to be on the autistic spectrum, and more specifically, how a later life diagnosis can totally change the way you view the world and yourself. Aurelie, our storyteller today, was an autism expert, a clinical psychologist who had trained with some of the premier autism experts in the country…yet she didn’t discover her own autism until she was 40 years old. This episode explores why women on the spectrum are so often missed, how women on th... | 1h 05m 04s | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | Trapped in secrecy and shame-- A boy, his coach, and healing trauma with MDMA | How do you rebuild trust amidst the ashes of trauma? This is the story of Sean, an up and coming star tennis player whose coach carefully selected him and then groomed him for years of sexual assault. His trust destroyed, Sean had to find a way to try to trust again…..and after many years of hiding and pretending and near self-destruction, Sean finally was able to share the details of what happened to him. Thus began his therapeutic journey of finding compassion for himself and trust toward o... | 1h 36m 25s | ||||||
| 8/14/25 | BFTA Summer Special-- The Wisdom of the Psychedelic Therapy Underground | In this fourth annual summer psychedelic special, Dr. H sits down to hear some hard-earned wisdom from a therapist colleague who has been doing underground MDMA and psilocybin work for years. Support the show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/396871/support "I Love You, I Hate You, Are You My Mom?" An intensive experiential workshop exploring transference with Dr. H and Dr. Hillary McBride, Feb 4th-6th 2026 in Joshua Tree, CA https://www.craigheacockmd.com/i-love-you-i-hate-you-ar... | 1h 01m 39s | ||||||
| 6/6/25 | Chris, Craig, and Special Guest Fish in Fishbowl 6 | Chris and Craig invite Antonio Sacre, an LA-based professional storyteller, author, and BFTA super-advisor into the Fishbowl to deconstruct season 6. BFTA episode recommendations/Podcast page https://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/ "I Love You, I Hate You, Are You My Mom?" An intensive experiential workshop exploring transference with Dr. H and Dr. Hillary McBride, Feb 4th-6th 2026 in Joshua Tree, CA https://www.craigheacockmd.com/i-love-you-i-hate-you-are-you-my-mom/ Suppo... | 1h 51m 33s | ||||||
| 5/23/25 | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in the Treatment Landscape | Craig sits down with his mentee and colleague Mandy Bliss, a psychiatric NP in Louisville KY, to explore the compelling and complex challenges of meeting the ever-expanding need for psychiatric care. Unlike in psychiatric residencies, much of the current training of psychiatric NPs is done online. Does this constitute adequate training? And what of psychotherapy? Mandy Bliss MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC https://blisspsych.com/ BFTA episode recommendations/Podcast page https://www.craig... | 1h 02m 13s | ||||||
| 5/9/25 | The Enneagram in the Therapeutic Relationship | Craig sits down with Colorado-based psychotherapist and Enneagram expert Joy Gribble (Elemental Psychedelics; Reflective Healing) to explore how the Enneagram can predict the strengths, fears, and blind spots of both the therapist and the client/patient in the complex dynamics of therapy. Joy Gribble https://www.reflectivehealing.com/about-joy-gribble-fort-collins "I Love You, I Hate You, Are You My Mom?" An intensive experiential workshop exploring transference with Dr. H and Dr.... | 1h 18m 09s | ||||||
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Chart history for Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics
Peaked at #13 in Finland, currently #13 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| KE | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| IS | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| Brazil | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| Norway | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| India | — | #57 | #57 | — |
| GR | — | #79 | #79 | — |
| United States | — | #84 | #84 | — |
| Finland | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| CZ | — | #108 | #108 | — |
| Sweden | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #116 | #116 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #119 | #119 | — |
| Australia | — | #121 | #121 | — |
| PL | — | #122 | #122 | — |
| Canada | — | #128 | #128 | — |
| IL | — | #167 | #167 | — |
| KE | — | #174 | #174 | — |
| AR | — | #182 | #182 | — |
| Denmark | — | #188 | #188 | — |
Chart Positions
22 placements across 20 markets.
Chart Positions
22 placements across 20 markets.