Behavioral Health Today

In celebration of our second anniversary, we’re re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from the past year. What the patient needs most is the ability to be themselves, but for them to see themselves, as therapists, we need to know ourselves fully first. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor continues the discussion with Dr. Guy Macpherson, clinical psychologist, creator of the Trauma Therapist Project, and the host of the Trauma Therapist Podcast, about the Inner-Work for the New Trauma Therapist Course and the importance of understanding your journey and bringing that awareness into session. This course will walk practitioners through a personal discovery process to help give them as therapists a sense of who they are. The goal to empower therapists to believe who they are is enough but getting there can be very challenging within the context of working with someone who’s been impacted by trauma. “It's about being a human being with another human being”.

 

For more information about Trauma Therapist 2.0, please visit: https://the-trauma-therapist-project.teachable.com/p/trauma-therapist-2-0-1

For more information on the Trauma Therapist Podcast, please visit: https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcast

For more information about The Inner Work for New Trauma Therapists, please visit: https://the-trauma-therapist-project.teachable.com/p/inner-work-for-the-new-trauma-worker

In celebration of our second anniversary, we’re releasing the second of two new episodes this week. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Dr. Deb Hordon. Deb has a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University and as over 23 years of experience, that includes consulting global exposure and certification through the International Coach Federation and Emotional Freedom Techniques, International. In her work, Deb is the founder of Cultivating Greatness, her private practice that provides services and leadership, coaching team effectiveness, career change, and organizational culture. Today, Graham and Deb discuss who might benefit from this type of therapy, the process of EFT and developing emotional muscle to find their emotional platform, and the benefits for both patients and a tool for self-care for practitioners.

Sign up for EFT Self Care: https://www.wellness-institute.org/emotional-freedom-techniques-eft-tapping  Learn more about EFT Tapping: https://www.wellness-institute.org/more/eft-training 

For more information about Dr. Deb Hordon, please visit: https://www.debhordonleadership.com

For more information about EFT International, please visit: https://eftinternational.org

To read the article Don’t Let Your Trigger Sabotage Your Leadership, please visit: https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/features/don’t-let-your-triggers-sabotage-your-leadership

To read the article Clinical EFT Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health, please visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381429/

In celebration of our second anniversary, we’re re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from the past year. At its core, spirituality is a connection and a relationship, but a disposition that flows from that. Therapy is spiritual work. In this episode, we proudly welcome our newest member to our podcast and today’s host Dr. Erin Elmore. Erin is joined by Daniel Kim, LMFT, who has 12 years of experience working with clients who struggle with trauma, relational problems, and spiritual issues. Dan has also worked with members of the clergy who struggle with deep personal issues. Together, Erin and Dan, discuss integrating faith with therapy practice, viewing therapy as spiritual work, working with pastors in therapy, and advocating for therapists to do their own personal work to become better at helping their clients. When we are helping people in our sessions experience unconditional positive regard, compassion, and love as a therapist, and treat our clients with worth and dignity, we help our clients love themselves with self-compassion and acceptance. That is spirituality.

 

For more information about Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy by P. Scott Richards, PhD and Allen E. Bergin, PhD, please visit: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317077

For more information about How God Changes Your Brain by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman, please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/120938/how-god-changes-your-brain-by-andrew-newberg-md-and-mark-robert-waldman/

For more information about Building Moral Intelligence by Michele Borba, Ed.D, please visit: https://www.micheleborba.com/books/building-moral-intelligence/

For more information about Soul Searching by Dr. William Doherty, please visit: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/soul-searching-15

For more information about Daniel Kim and his private practice, please visit: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/daniel-c-kim-la-mesa-ca/475310

In celebration of our second anniversary, we’re releasing the first of two new episodes this week. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Ami Roeschlein and Terence Fitzgerald. Amy is a licensed marriage and family therapist and consultant for the national council for mental wellbeing. She has over 25 years of experience training providers, leading healthcare teams, designing innovative behavioral health programs, and using implementation science to create change equality and social justice within organizations, cities, and states. Terence has a racial scholar and Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern California. Terrence has experience spanning from education as a School Social Worker to social justice grassroots organizations, focusing on marginalized, children and families, and professional experience aligning the curriculum of midwest school districts for the purpose of meeting state and federal requirements. His research on racism and sexism can be seen in his books, White Prescription: the Dangerous Social Potential for Ritalin and Other Psychotropic Drugs to Harm Black Males and his most recent book, Black Males and Racism: Improving the Schooling and Life Chances of African-Americans. Together, Graham, Ami, and Terence discuss the programs that have impacted communities toward greater equity, the importance of cultivating cultures and creating an environment to identify bias and overcome bias collectively in teams, and the positive outcomes from addressing biases toward greater equity.

 

For more information about the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org

For more information about National Council Racial and Equity Resource Page, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/resources/addressing-health-equity-and-racial-justice/

For more information about the NeuroLeadership Institute, please visit: https://individuals.neuroleadership.com/?hsLang=en

For more information about Learning for Justice, please visit: https://www.learningforjustice.org

For more information on The Reality of Diversity, Gender, and Skin Color by Kimberly Finney and Terence Fitzgerald, please visit: https://titles.cognella.com/the-reality-of-diversity-gender-and-skin-color-9781516542994

In celebration of our second anniversary, we’re re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from the past year. Trauma and traumatic events can impact us, and those effects can ripple to other aspects of our lives that we may not be aware of. In today’s episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT, and president of the Board of Directors for EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). Together they discuss the impact of trauma and the ways the brain stores a traumatic event, like issues in avoidance, betrayal of self, substance use, shame, and the biological and physiological effects of our own body. We also discuss how trauma can ripple into our family system and impact relationships in your life, show up in how you parent your children, and the risks of secondary trauma. We want to encourage the importance of seeking treatment, so once trauma does it negatively affect those in your lives, around you nor limit your potential in life.

 

For more information about EMDR International Association

https://www.emdria.org

For more information about Wendy Byrd and her private practice, please visit:https://www.wendybyrd.com

There's been an awakening and awareness to the things that input into holistic wellness. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Aaron Williams. Aaron works as the integrated care consultant and senior advisor for the National Council of Mental Wellbeing. Aaron has more than 18 years of experience providing training and technical assistance and behavioral health services with an emphasis on substance use treatment and prevention, workforce development, and the implementation of evidence-based practices and clinical settings. Together Graham and Aaron discuss the National Council and its focus, services, and goals. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is an advocacy organization that provides advocacy on Capitol Hill, public education, technical assistance in integration of mental health and primary care, programs for ethnic and racial equity in healthcare, and commitment to providing resources to help implement programs and training for the improvement of the nation’s mental wellness. National Council is assisting providers who are doing significant work to make sure that people have the potential and the ability to really engage with the world.

 

For more information about the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org

For more information about NatCon22, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s annual conference, please visit: https://eventscribe.net/2022/NatCon22/

For more information about the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Technology Transfers Center, please visit: https://www.samhsa.gov/technology-transfer-centers-ttc-program

For more information about PCSS and providing opioid use disorder services or medications for addiction, please visit: https://pcssnow.org

For more information about the Opioid Response Network (ORN), please visit: https://opioidresponsenetwork.org

This episode resumes the conversation with Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Jana Martin. In our last episode, we discussed the nuts and bolts of setting up one's private practice. In today’s episode, we discuss nuts and bolts of planning for retirement from a mental health practice. Dr. Jana Martin is the CEO of the American Insurance Trust, a provider of malpractice insurance and other products for psychologists and allied healthcare professionals. Jana's clinical experience includes many years of working in hospitals and mental health clinics, as well as independent practice in which she worked with children, adolescents, and adults. Together they discuss using your license in a myriad of opportunities for professional and personal expression, balancing your private practice with other areas of interest, planning for retirement and savings plans, understanding your malpractice insurance and other aspects of insurance, and finally the grief process in giving up your practice. Success doesn't happen by accident. You make it happen and that's important for practitioners to think about. If you are considering retirement, please view the recommended checklists in the resources below.

 

For more information about the Trust, please visit: https://www.trustinsurance.com/For more information about retirement plan services, please visit: https://parma.trustinsurance.com/Products-Services/Retirement-Plan-ServicesFor a checklist to closing your practice, please visit: https://www.apaservices.org/practice/good-practice/Spring08-Closing.pdf?_ga=2.121453387.277493456.1615834482-261152715.1586437412Or alternatively, another checklist can be found here: https://www.apaservices.org/practice/business/management/tips/closing.pdf?_ga=2.53860459.277493456.1615834482-261152715.1586437412

Today's podcast is part one of a two-part series, focusing on one's private practice in today's podcast, we'll be addressing the nuts and bolts of the early stages of setting up one's private practice. And part two, we're going to be addressing the thoughts and considerations and nuts and bolts regarding planning for retirement and one's life. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Dr. Jana Martin. Jana is the CEO of the American Insurance Trust, a provider of malpractice insurance and other products for psychologists and allied healthcare professionals. Jana's clinical experience includes many years of working in hospitals and mental health clinics, as well as independent practice in which she worked with children, adolescents, and adults. Together they discuss self-care, transitioning from clinic to home, finding a great location for your office, how to make yourself known in your community, finding mentors or professional network, the importance of a consultation group, risks of malpractice, and protection of insurance, and the responsibility and privilege to helping others. Connections are very powerful. Keep in mind, that you never know if someone that you meet today will be someone who can forward your career tomorrow.

 

For more resources for students and early career practitioners, please visit: https://parma.trustinsurance.com/Resource-Center/Student-Early-Career-Resources

For more information about Professional Liability Insurance for Psychologists, please visit: https://www.trustinsurance.com/Insurance-Programs/Professional-Liability

For more information about Professional Liability Insurance for Allied Healthcare Professionals, please visit: https://www.trustrms.com/Insurance-Products/Professional-Liability-for-Allied-Healthcare

For more information about Telepsychology Competencies Credential, please visit: https://parma.trustinsurance.com/Independent-Learning/Telepsychology-Competencies-Credential

For more information about the Trust, please visit: https://www.trustinsurance.com/

A little over 12 million adults think about suicide a year, a little over 3 million make a plan and a little over a million attempt suicide. Then about 600,000 people received medical attention and the number of people who died by suicide is around 46,000. So, at each ideation to action spectrum, we need something different, and we need responses that look different based on the imminence of risk in a moment. In today’s episode, Dr. Erin Elmore is joined by Ryan Lindsay. Ryan is an associate professor of practice at Washington University in St. Louis at the Brown School, where he chairs, teaches, and advises the students within the mental health concentration in the Master of Social Work program. Ryan specializes in several evidence-based treatments and is currently a certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist and expert in the application of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for complicated PTSD. His work also includes community-level intervention through his involvement in school-based suicide prevention and community-based suicide prevention efforts. Together Erin and Ryan discuss the unique perspective of social work training to look at individuals within the context of systemic access to resources and equity of access, the nuances of suicidality, gaps in our mental health training for risk assessment, and envisioning of new systems of suicide prevention.

 

If you are in crisis please contat the National Suicide Hotline. Please text CNQR to 741-741 or call 1-800-273-8255. (+1 for military or veterans)

 

For more information about suicide prevention, please visit the National Suicide Prevention Resource center at https://sprc.orgFor more information on the National Institute of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, please visit: https://www.nimh.nih.govFor more information about the Trevor Project, please visit: https://www.thetrevorproject.orgFor more information about the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, please visit: https://brownschool.wustl.edu

This episode resumes the conversation with Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Joe Parks. In our last episode, we discussed his work with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHCs) and the innovative delivery of health systems. In today’s episode, we discuss Joe's work with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, where he serves as their medical director. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing works to address policy and social change on behalf of nearly 3,500 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults, and families that they serve. Together Graham and Joe discuss the National Council’s advocacy for equitable access to high quality services and promotion of greater mental wellbeing, the biggest challenges our nation faces in terms of mental health and substance use, CCBHC technical assistance center to help integrate these various systems of care, and the value mental health first aid.

 

For more information about the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org

For more information about Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/our-work/ccbhc/

For more information about the Center for Excellence in Integrated Health Solutions, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/program/ccbhc-e-national-training-and-technical-assistance-center/

For more information about Health Equity and Racial Justice Service Center, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/resources/addressing-health-equity-and-racial-justice/

For more information about Mental Health First Aid, please visit: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org