From Navy Psych Tech To Nurse Leader: What Truly Heals In Mental Health with Dr Sean Convoy

Описание: Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/tex...)


The number that surprised us wasn’t just the downloads. It was how clearly the most-played conversations pointed to one idea: listening changes more than medication ever could. We close the year with a wide-angle reflection and a deep dive into Sean’s journey from Navy psychiatric technician to nurse leader, tracing how psychotherapy, narrative, and cultural humility shape outcomes that stick.

We start with what resonated: candid talks on when pills aren’t enough, a fresh look at psychoanalysis, and a grounded tour of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Then we pivot to the craft behind the care. Sean explains how studying English and Latin sharpened the way he uses metaphor to translate complex concepts for patients and how writing notes is not clerical work but clinical reasoning in action. Creativity isn’t a side hobby here—it’s a clinical asset. Nursing narratives, he argues, can teach nuance better than slides, preserving the lessons that actually help at the bedside.

The heart of this episode lives in two stories. One is a hard truth about suicide that underscores our limits and the need for rituals of meaning in psychiatric care. The other is a simple kindness—a weekend of laundry duty—that became a patient’s lowest point and pivot toward long-term recovery. We connect these moments to Peplau’s interpersonal theory and share field stories from deployments that reveal how context matters: a grieving woman mislabeled “crazy” needed space, not meds; a patient eating a blanket needed food, not a diagnosis. Across it all, we make a case for protecting psychotherapy training in advanced practice nursing and for holding onto the slow skills that build trust.

If you’re here for mental health insights that are practical, human, and unvarnished, you’re in the right place. Subscribe, share this episode with a colleague who needs the reminder that presence is treatment, and leave a review telling us the small act that changed your practice.


Let’s Connect


Dr Dan Wesemann


Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


Website: https://nursing.uiowa.edu/academics/d...


LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wesemann (  / daniel-wesemann  )


Dr Kate Melino


Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


Dr Sean Convoy


Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


Dr Kendra Delany


Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


Dr Melissa Chapman


Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])