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In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast

Cristiano Bacchi, Giacomo Piselli Fioroni

Is a philosophy of mental health possible? And what would it look like? Let’s join together and reflect, in front of the mirror. About us: Hello, we’re Giacomo and Cristiano! We are Master’s students in philosophy and cognitive sciences, at the ‘Berlin School of Mind and Brain’, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Giacomo strives for pursuing a path as a philosopher of mind and mental health. Cristiano dreams of becoming a psychotherapist, one day. Together, we’re committed to cultivating this

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00:23:51

Naming suffering: What is a diagnosis?

In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast ·

2026/01/12

Sooner or later, in life, we have all received a diagnosis.An expert comes to us, or we go to them, and they utter some words that can sometimes change the course of our lives, for better or for worse.Words like “cold,” “gastritis,” “sore throat,” “ADHD,” or “major depression.” Well then, what do these words have in common? Why do we call all of them “diagnoses”?Every other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: ⁠mirror_podcast_⁠Substack: ⁠In front of the mirror⁠This project exists in Italian as

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00:38:01

#12 Christmas Special: Our paths

In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast ·

2025/12/22

It's Christmas. We are all very tired.Today, we are bringing you a special episode: we talk about ourselves, our paths, and how we got here.Every other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: mirror_podcast_Substack: In front of the mirrorThis project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in italiano

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00:37:08

#11 Making complexity compelling: Psychiatry and its...

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2025/12/08

The possibility of being offered and exposed to a multiplicity of frameworks reflects and respects the complex nature of mental health phenomena. Rather than finding themselves encapsulated within the neat confines of only one narrative, the person would benefit from choosing and adopting one or more stories and narratives that make sense to them. In light of this, we ask: are there frameworks that do more good than others? To what extent should the clinician guide, direct, or even impose particular

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00:37:31

#10 Making sense of psychiatric symptoms: from lived...

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2025/11/24

Mental health crises might be investigated from a variety of perspectives. The lived experience of mental health conditions can be considered an irreplaceable source of knowledge. It is through lived experience that we become aware of aspects that are often neglected, such as the ways our bodies try to communicate with us and alert us, or how our personal histories are revealed to us through the very phenomena we tend to call "symptoms".Jazmine Russell is a mental health educator, writer,

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00:42:06

#09 On the nature of psychiatric symptoms

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2025/11/10

What are hallucinations, depressive episodes, or panic attacks?We know what they are, of course - psychiatric symptoms. The problem is that we don’t know what they are - ontologically.Which is to say: are they the manifestations of a compromised neurobiological mechanism? Or perhaps phenomena carrying a meaning to be deciphered? Adaptive strategies, defense mechanisms?The ninth episode is a philosophical inquiry into the nature of psychiatric symptoms and the power of the conceptual lenses we wear

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00:38:41

#08 What does change mean? Self, identity, and the...

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2025/10/27

The question of all questions: What do we mean when we say that therapy brings about change?Then, if there are different types of therapy, are there also different kinds of change?And furthermore, when it comes to the person - "who" is changing? And, where should we start if we want to build the sense a person has of being themselves? References:Kellog S., Torres A. (2021) Chairwork invites you to shift perspective on who you are. Aeon Kiverstein J, Rietveld E, Denys D. (2021) World Wide

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00:41:52

#07 A philosophical obsession and the search for...

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2025/10/13

When do we become who we are? What makes me the person I am, and not someone else?How far back should we go, to find that out?And what does it mean to embrace our destiny, to own our story?Today we are thrilled to discuss these topics with Susi Ferrarello, philosopher, Professor at California State University, East Bay, and philosophical counsellor.Susi's book: Ferrarello, S. (2024). The Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Ethical, Social, and Psychological Perspectives (1st ed.)

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00:36:09

#06 Having or being? Questions of ontology pt. 2

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2025/07/28

It has even been said that depression, anorexia, and phobia are not something we ‘have’, rather they are modes of being of the person. But what does ‘being’ depressed, anorexic, or phobic mean?It has even been said these pathologies do not happen to the person, they are worlds instead, which persons inhabit. So: one does not have autism, one is autistic. Or, at least, this is what they say.It has even been said that one has become schizophrenic, as if it were the culmination of a personal, and

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00:32:04

#05 Having or being? Questions of ontology pt. 1

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2025/07/14

One says that depression, anorexia and phobia is something we ‘have’, and ‘suffer from’. But what does ‘having’ a psychiatric condition mean?One says these pathologies happen to the person, and are foreign to them. So: one is not autistic, one has autism. Or, at least, this is what they say.One says that this formulation is first and foremost a moral conquest. In assuming so, we stop blaming the person. But can this really alleviate the stigma?In this episode Giacomo will be the spokesperson of the

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00:29:00

#04 From a medical point of view: between...

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2025/06/30

"Is this pathology neurological or psychiatric?". Physicians often wonder about it. How can they identify and distinguish between these two categories?What if the two are entangled, as the case of organic pathologies with psychiatric symptoms shows?And since when are shoes part of psychiatric semeiotics?Today we are pleased to discuss these topics with David Tèstérini, physician and neurologist.About the guest:David Tèstérini holds a degree in medicine with a specialization in functional

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00:32:20

#03 What is "disordered" in 'psychiatric disorder'?...

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2025/06/16

What makes a pattern of behavior, thinking and feeling a disorder, a pathology?Is it the presence of a dysfunction, suffering, a conflict with societal norms?Can these criteria truly demarcate what is defined as pathological from what is not?In this episode, Cristiano will scrutinize these very criteria, questioning them.This episode continues the analysis that Giacomo began in the previous one, between normality and normativity.References:Bortolotti, L. (2023). Why Delusions Matter. Bloomsbury

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00:30:11

#02 What is "disordered" in psychiatric disorder?...

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2025/06/02

When one claims that something or someone is normal, what do they mean?And when one claims that is not, normal?Could investigating what a norm is, or what a rule is, ever help us make sense of all of it?In this episode, Giacomo embarks on a journey through the concepts that underlie and support our idea of normality. In the next episode, Cristiano will continue by talking about boundaries.References:Carrère E. (1993). I am alive and you are dead. A journey into the mind of Philip K. Dick. Picador

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00:22:50

#01 What is "psychiatric" in 'psychiatric disorder'?

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2025/05/19

When one claims that a disorder is psychiatric:What is the intrinsic nature of this adjective? What makes some kinds of experiences psychiatric, instead of something else? And, in what way do these experiences affect the person who goes through them?References:de Haan, S.(2020). Enactive Psychiatry. Cambridge University Press.Dennett, D. C. (2013). Intuition pumps and other tools for thinking. Penguin Books.Freud, S. (1940). An outline of psycho-analysis. The International Journal of

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00:20:35

#00 Sigmund Freud and a new form of human relatedness

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2025/05/05

What was Sigmund Freud's greatest discovery?What's the difference between a psychotherapist, and your trusted hairdresser?And what makes the therapeutic relationship truly unique?We discuss all this and more in our pilot episode!References: Ogden, T. H. (2005). This art of psychoanalysis. Dreaming undreamt dreams and interrupted cries. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.Freud, S. (1940). An outline of psycho-analysis. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 21, 27–84.Eagle, M. N

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00:01:27

Trailer - In Front of the Mirror

In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast ·

2025/05/01

Trailer - In Front of the Mirror

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