United States of PTSD

About United States of PTSD

Season One: Mental health concerns are on the rise in the United States. This podcast will look at the influencing factors contributing to the decline of our culture. With the rise of school shootings, political divisiveness, increasing levels of hate, and a chronic war of peoples' rights, we have entered a domestic war that never ends. Our podcast will look at whether this is done by design or is it an abject failure. We will discuss it from a clinical and common-sense perspective. Secondarily we will discuss ways to protect yourself from being further traumatized. Hosted by Matthew Boucher LICSW LCDP (licensed in RI) who has over 20 years of experience working with people who have addictions and trauma with a specialty of pregnant/postpartum women. Co-host Wendy Picard is a Learning and Development consultant with 15 years of experience, lifelong observer of the human condition, and diagnosed with PTSD in 1994. Season Two: Is joined by Donna Gaudette and Julia Kirkpatrick BSW. Julia is currently working on obtaining her MSW and her LCSW. She is a welcome addition to the podcast. Season Three: Cora Lee Kennedy provided research and worked as a temporary co-host. Dr. Erika Lin-Hendel joins as a co-host for season 3.

Publisher

Matthew Boucher LICSW LCDP and Co-host Dr. Erika Lin-Hendel

Category

education · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Apr 2023

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   S4 E: 13 Guest Speaker Marcus Palumbo

   Send us Fan Mail Erika and I have the chance to interview a local person running for state office in Ct. Marcus Palumbo is running for state representative in Connecticut's 47th District on a platform of lowering costs, and un-rigging the economy so it actually works for middle-class families, and not just the people at the very top. His priorities include breaking up the Eversource Monopoly to lower electric bills, and lowering your property taxes by reforming education funding a...

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   S 3 E: 12 P!nkwashing and crying on stage; Hasbara in action.

   Send us Fan Mail A three-word chant can expose an entire system. We take the Macklemore “Free Palestine” moment and trace what happens next: the sudden claims of feeling “unsafe,” the propaganda language that blurs criticism of the Israeli government into attacks on identity, and the way a humanitarian demand gets relabeled as “too political.” If you’ve felt whiplash watching pop culture try to talk around Gaza and Palestine, you’re not alone, and you’re not imagining the pressure. We talk a...

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   13 Sept 2026

   S 4 E: 11 Hasbara And The Power Of Words

   Send us Fan Mail Ericka and I talk about the impact of Hasbara and how it is used to reroute or hijack your empathy. We dissect some of the political language, media framing, and repeatable slogans can make extreme violence sound ordinary, and how Hasbara functions as a public diplomacy strategy that shapes what audiences see as reasonable, tragic, or just “the cost of doing business.” Examples include the “most moral army” claims to the erroneous use of “war” language when the correct word i...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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