Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 4-8-26

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of mental health and the role of psychotherapists in challenging conventional psychiatry.

The future of mental health in America and the world may depend on a growing number of brave psychotherapists like our guest today, Dr. Teralyn, who defy conventional psychiatry by voicing their own opinions on the shortcomings and dangers of psychiatric drugs. These criticisms are grounded in hundreds and thousands of hours of meetings with psychotherapy clients, meeting face to face an hour at a time and hearing the stories of their patients which places them in a better position than prescribers, who spend much less time with the people they are medicating and who have much less insight into how much medications interfere with human relationships and with love. Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD, is a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in understanding mental health when standard explanations and treatments fall short. Her work integrates psychology with principles from nutritional psychiatry and functional medicine, examining how brain health, sleep, stress, and medication effects shape emotional and cognitive health. Dr. Teralyn is particularly interested in long-term outcomes, informed consent, and helping people make sense of mental health decisions. She is the author of Your…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Peter Breggin

Guest: Dr. Teralyn Sell

Topics covered

• mental health
• psychiatry
• psychotherapy
• medication
• functional medicine
• nutritional psychiatry

Keywords

• mental health
• psychiatry
• psychotherapy
• medications
• brain health
• informed consent
• emotional health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Gaslit Truth Podcast

Books & works: Your Best Brain

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