For Clinicians
Mind Dive, A Podcast for Mental Health Professionals
Welcome to Mind Dive, Menninger's podcast for mental health professionals, with Robert Boland, MD, senior vice president and chief of staff, and Kerry Horrell, PhD. 
Podcast Focus
Each month, they dive into topics that fascinate them as clinical professionals and hopefully fascinate you, too. They examine dilemmas faced by professionals here at Menninger and colleagues across the nation while working with some of the most challenging cases. They explore the latest research and other trending topics on the minds of psychiatrists, psychologists and others who are interested in the treatment and study of the mind. Drs. Boland and Horrell make it a goal to cover information that gets little attention in formal training programs.
Most Recent Episodes
Episode 80: Supporting a child with an eating disorder
We dig into the heart of his book, End the Food Fight: Replacing Control with Connection to Help Your Child Heal from an Eating Disorder, and why it’s designed as a steady companion for parents working alongside family-based treatment, refeeding plans, and clinical care. Dr. Wooldridge breaks down three practical pillars that support eating disorder recovery at home: emotional attunement, self-regulation, and reflection. We talk about how a stance of curiosity can soften power struggles, reduce shame, and help a child feel held in mind while they face the terrifying loss of “control” that refeeding can bring.
We also translate mentalization into real-life parenting language, including what happens when families slip into teleological thinking (“if they just eat, everything is fine”) or go emotionally offline while trying to follow the plan. Finally, we explore the “unspoken conversation” in families, generational body messages, puberty and weight anxiety, plus how to think about social media and peer influence without pretending there’s one perfect rule for every kid.
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Transcript
Meet the Hosts
Dr. Boland is an educator at heart with decades of experience teaching and mentoring psychiatry residents. In addition to his roles at Menninger, he is the executive vice chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.
A psychologist specializing in young adults, Dr. Horrell also loves teaching. She completed a predoctoral internship and postgraduate fellowship at Menninger and Baylor College of Medicine.
Both are well read, love canines (and have to resist rescuing too many) and are curious about many subjects.
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We hope you’ll join us on our podcast journey. And if you have a topic in mind that you would like us to dive into, drop us a note.
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