What If Psychiatry Meant Medicine For The Soul Again | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr. Teralyn Sell & Therapist Jenn Schmitz
What If Psychiatry Meant Medicine for the Soul Again is a thought-provoking episode of The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz that challenges the way modern psychiatry often dismisses lived experience. The conversation begins with an uncomfortable reality: gaslighting in mental health care is common—and it can cause people to doubt their own pain rather than heal it.
Psychiatrist Dr. Hector introduces a different approach he calls medicine for the soul, grounded in the White Butterfly ethos and inspired by Greek mythology. Using tools like SPECT imaging, he explains how recognizable brain patterns can reflect trauma and chronic stress without reducing individuals to diagnostic labels. The discussion explores how prolonged gaslighting and long-term stress can impact the brain as deeply as a single traumatic event—and why validation is often the first step toward real change.
The episode then turns practical, highlighting the importance of collaborative psychiatry, where psychiatrists, therapists, and medical providers work together to support deeper healing modalities like EMDR. Dr. Hector also discusses targeted supports such as GABA and tyrosine to regulate arousal and motivation without numbing emotions therapy needs to access.
At its core, this episode reframes psychiatry as relational, human, and integrative. By emphasizing connection as a clinical tool, shared humanity, and safety in the therapeutic relationship, The Gaslit Truth Podcast asks a vital question: what if psychiatry truly became medicine for the soul again?
