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Ellen Bassuk and Daniel Schoonover - A Mother’s Love for Her Son

  • S3E11
  • 25:05
  • February 7th 2026

ELLEN BASSUK, MD, is a psychiatrist, researcher, clinician, and advocate whose five-decade career has focused on mental health, homelessness, and vulnerable populations, especially families and children. She served as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School for nearly forty years. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, she has received numerous honors, including an honorary doctorate from Northeastern University, the Blanche F. Ittleson Award for the Promotion of Children’s Mental Health, and the American Psychological Association Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award. She lives in Boston.

DANIEL SCHOONOVER is a devoted animal lover and volunteer, committed to supporting overlooked creatures and communities. With hands-on experience in herpetology and marine life care—including work at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium and the MSPCA—he has spent much of his life nurturing the natural world. He is currently studying at the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. 

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