Drones, Loneliness Can Kill You, Self-Destructive Behavior

Drones, Loneliness Can Kill You, Self-Destructive Behavior

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 55

  • Mar 25, 2015 1:00 pm
  • 2:12:54 mins

New FAA Drone Guidelines (11:35)  Patrick Egan editor of the Americas Desk at sUAS News and host and Executive Producer of the sUAS News Podcast Series and Drone TV. Dr Matt and Patrick Egan discuss the FAA’s new guidelines and how drones are being used in all forms of business. Patrick Egan sees drones as the future of aviation and can be of benefit if drones are used safely  Loneliness Could Kill You (1:07:18)  Professor Timothy Smith is the Department Chair of Counseling Psychology and Special Education at Brigham Young University. Recent research shows that loneliness, living alone and social isolation are dangerous to your health—in fact, their effect are comparable to obesity! And the real problem is that more people are living alone now than ever before. Dr Matt and Professor Smith discuss how to avoid the adverse effects of loneliness.  Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors (1:42:18)  Dr. Lisa Ferentz has been in private practice for over 30 years and specializes in adolescent and adult survivors of trauma, abuse and neglect. She is the Founder and President of The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training and Education. Dr. Ferentz is also the author of "Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician's Guide," and "Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing." Dr. Lisa Ferentz, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, says that, “Millions of people engage in self-destructive behaviors… it is a means of coping, because they have not learned more compassionate ways of soothing themselves in times of distress.”

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