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 81: Supporting a partner with depression
We delve into what partners most often get wrong, not because they do not care, but because they reach for the “fix-it reflex”. Dr. Dozois explains why “connect first” matters, how validation changes the emotional tone, and how advice delivered too soon can feel invalidating. We also talk about depression symptoms like withdrawal, fatigue, and anhedonia, and how understanding the symptom picture can reduce personalization and reduce conflict.
From there we zoom out to relationships and mental health through a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy lens, including Dr. Dozois’s dyadic partner schema model and how our beliefs about a partner shape interpretations, reactions, and relationship distress. We also name the hardest part out loud: partners have needs too, and there is no simple formula for knowing when you have reached your limit. The conversation closes with actionable tools, including checking thoughts against facts, problem solving, behavioral activation, and acceptance strategies for what cannot be changed.
If you want evidence-based tips for supporting a depressed partner while protecting your own wellbeing, listen now, then subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more couples can find the show.
If this helped you, subscribe to Mind Dive, share the episode with a parent or clinician who needs steadiness today, and leave a review so more families can find these tools.
Subscribe, share this with a colleague or friend who cares about the future of mental health care, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.
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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