Dan Harris
Ten Percent Happier
An Ace Therapist Gives Dan A Run For His Money | Dr. Jacob Ham
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An Ace Therapist Gives Dan A Run For His Money | Dr. Jacob Ham

Sometimes part of healing trauma means learning how to be human. 

This episode is the last episode of our Mental Health Reboot series to mark Mental Health Awareness Month. Dr. Jacob Ham, who was introduced in Stephanie Foo’s episode earlier this week, helped Stephanie through her case of complex PTSD and discusses how to live with the hardest things that have happened to you. 

Dr. Ham is the Director of the Center for Child Trauma and Resilience and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He sees children, youth, adults, and families across the age range and for a variety of issues. 

In this episode we talk about: 

  • What Dr. Ham says may be the “most important thing he’s discovered” as a therapist

  • Why he shuts down his clients’ attempts to intellectualize their experiences

  • Kairos versus kronos 

  • Why Dr. Ham says the Incredible Hulk is so important to him

  • The concept of mentalization

  • What it means to love exquisitely

  • And whether or not we have to learn to love ourselves before we can learn to love others

Content Warning: Explicit language.

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Dan Harris
Ten Percent Happier
Dan Harris is a fidgety, skeptical journalist who had a panic attack on live national television, which led him to try something he otherwise never would have considered: meditation. He went on to write the bestselling book 10% Happier. On this show, Dan talks with eminent meditation teachers, top scientists, and even the odd celebrity.