Episode 9, Season 5: Shut Your Mouth & Open Your Ears - The Real Deal with the Righting Reflex
Guest: MAJ Abby Diehl
In this episode of Practical for your Practice we are joined by motivational interviewing maven and one of our USU colleague besties, Dr. Abby Diehl, who challenges us to become more aware of our righting reflex - or our tendency, as behavioral health providers, to become problem detectors who offer immediate solutions to eradicate said problem(s).
Sometimes easier said than done when one tries to operate in the larger (quick) “fix it” culture many of us find ourselves in. Her advice? Shut your mouth and open your ears and listen to understand. You might just be surprised how just being with people and deeply listening can lead to deeper connection and ultimately profound change. You’ll definitely want to keep your ears open for this not to miss episode.
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Show Notes:
Abby Diehl, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board-certified clinical health psychologist. Dr. Diehl is the Director, Military Psychology Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Medical and Clinical Psychology Department & the Department of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Diehl is a behavioral health consultant to the Transgender Health Medical Evaluation Unit (THMEU) in San Antonio, TX. Since 2017, she has provided gender affirming behavioral health care services to individuals and groups of service members, as well as worked with the THMEU medical team to provide education on gender affirming health care to command teams and health care providers across the DoD. She is a graduate of the Malcolm Grow (USAF) Medical Center Psychology Residency Program and the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (USAF) post-doctoral program in Clinical Health Psychology. She has served on active duty as a psychologist in the United States Air Force since 2013. Dr. Diehl graduated from Southwestern University with a BS in psychology, from Texas State University with a MA in health psychology and received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Texas Tech University.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Motivational Interviewing Training offered through CDP: https://deploymentpsych.org/training
- Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2023). Motivational interviewing: helping people change and grow. Fourth edition.
- Not About the Nail (video): https://jasonheadley.com/INATN.html
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