The Hanley Effect
The Hanley Effect
Podcast Description
Welcome to the Hanley Effect, a podcast by Hanley Foundation designed to educate, change minds, and save lives. Our goal is to inspire you, showcase our innovations, and change the conversation about addiction and mental health. Join us as we unravel stories of resilience, recovery, and hope.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
This podcast focuses on themes of addiction recovery, mental health, and trauma-informed care. Episodes explore topics such as the complexities of treating older adults, the intersection of spirituality and recovery, and innovative programs like Casa Flores, which supports mothers in recovery. Specific episodes highlight personal recovery journeys, community support mechanisms, and the critical role of family involvement in healing.
The Hanley Effect is a weekly addiction recovery and mental health podcast hosted by Dr. John Dyben, Chief Clinical Officer at Hanley Center, and Dr. Rachel Docekal, CEO of the Hanley Foundation.
This trauma-informed podcast explores substance use disorder (SUD), addiction treatment, neuroscience, co-occurring mental health disorders, overdose prevention, adolescent mental health, and long-term recovery through evidence-based conversations with leading experts, clinicians, policymakers, and individuals with lived experience.
Featured guests include leading neuroscientists, healthcare executives, policymakers, law enforcement leaders, and nationally recognized advocates shaping the future of addiction treatment and prevention.
Produced by the Hanley Foundation, a nonprofit leader in prevention, education, treatment, and advocacy, The Hanley Effect delivers trusted insight, practical tools, and real-world perspectives for behavioral health professionals, educators, first responders, families, and people in recovery.
Grounded in science and compassion, this podcast helps listeners better understand addiction, reduce stigma, and build stronger, healthier communities.
In this episode of The Hanley Effect, hosts Dr. John Dyben and Dr. Rachel Docekal sit down with Dr. Christal Badour, PhD, clinical psychologist, academic researcher at the University of Kentucky, and founder of Science for Survivors.
Dr. Badour has spent her career studying how people recover from trauma and how science can make that recovery more compassionate and effective. Her research focuses on the intersection of trauma, PTSD, and substance use, including the best treatment approaches for individuals facing co-occurring mental health and addiction challenges.
Drawing from her work as a therapist, professor, researcher, and forensic psychological evaluator, Dr. Badour explains how traumatic experiences affect the brain, why triggers and retraumatization occur, and how survivors can begin to process and integrate their experiences.
The conversation also explores how public perception and cultural narratives impact survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, why victim-blaming remains a barrier to healing, and how media coverage of violence can retraumatize individuals who have experienced similar events.
Dr. Badour also discusses the impact of trauma on children and families, including the ways trauma can show up differently in young people through withdrawal, behavioral challenges, or risk-taking behaviors later in life.
For families and loved ones, she shares practical guidance on how to respond when someone discloses a traumatic experience, including why the most powerful response is often simply listening, validating, and saying “I believe you.”
This thoughtful and compassionate conversation offers both science-backed insight and hope, reminding listeners that trauma may always be part of someone’s story — but it is never the whole story.
To learn more about Dr. Christal Badour and her work, visit: ScienceForSurvivors.com
Learn more about Hanley Foundation at hanleyfoundation.org or call 844-502-4673.
Disclaimer
This podcast’s information is provided for general reference and was obtained from publicly accessible sources. The Podcast Collaborative neither produces nor verifies the content, accuracy, or suitability of this podcast. Views and opinions belong solely to the podcast creators and guests.
For a complete disclaimer, please see our Full Disclaimer on the archive page. The Podcast Collaborative bears no responsibility for the podcast’s themes, language, or overall content. Listener discretion is advised. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more details.