Beyond Risk & Back

Dr. Joseph Luciani (Dr. Joe) has been a practicing clinical psychologist for more than forty years. He’s the internationally bestselling author of the Self-Coaching series of books, published in ten languages. His books are available as audiobooks (each read by Dr. Luciani) and e-books. His articles have been featured in numerous national magazines and newspapers, including Redbook, Cosmopolitan, O, The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Fitness, Health, Shape, and Body and Soul. He appears regularly on national TV, radio, and online.

How do we get from children seeing suicide as an option to ZERO suicides? Chris Lehman is a licensed marriage and family therapist and addictions counselor and he talks us through strategies to change the paradigm in the community. He's the Director of Co-Occurring Services at Crossroads Turning Points.

Dr. Shaler specializes in working with the partners, exes, adult children & co-workers of the relentlessly difficult, toxic people she calls “Hijackals®.”

Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, The Relationship Help Doctor, offers urgent and ongoing care for relationships in crisis through consulting, speaking, video, and podcasting. She particularly focuses her expertise on the partners, ex’s, adult children, and co-workers of the relentlessly difficult, disturbing people she calls Hijackals®. Dr. Shaler makes it easy for you to talk with her through Zoom video conferencing worldwide.

Working with people struggling with life, death, and relationship for over thirty years in Canada and the United States, Dr. Shaler has brought hope, comfort, strength, new direction, and success to countless people who honestly believed it was impossible. Even the United States Marines have used her services!

Dr. Debbie Patz sits down with Host Aaron Huey and discusses a tough subject... Harm Reduction. Can an addict just use less? Can a self Harming child just cut themselves less? Can an addict abstain from the internet, food, and sex if that is the addiction? Tough talk and straight to the core of the issues, Dr. Patz brings another tool to the parents of teens that struggle! Powerful show!

Luke is a small town boy from Poland, Ohio who became a college football star at Kent State University. Following his college career Luke actually made it to the 2014 NFL draft— following the draft he was signed as a free agent to the New Orleans Saints. But, there was a dark side to Luke’s story. During his college years he had suffered two serious injuries on the field and had been prescribed opioid medication for the pain. He became hooked, and little to anyone’s knowledge, by the time he made it to training camp with the Saints he had a full blown addiction to heroin. Eventually he got kicked off the team and he lost his lifelong dream at having an NFL career. This young man who had such a promising future eventually became homeless on the streets of Cincinnati. But now, Luke has nearly three years sober and works in the addiction treatment industry. He shares his amazing story in hopes of helping others facing the same demons that he once fought. He travels the country speaking at universities, prisons, on media segments, and at community events to raise awareness on the resources that are available to those who are struggling.

Dr. Bader has worked in the field of mental health and addiction for more than 16 years. She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2007 with a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and specialization in sport psychology and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Chemical Dependency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

She is a Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Addiction Counselor, in addition she also a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. Her areas of expertise include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma Focused – CBT (TF-CBT), Trauma Recovery Protocol (TRP), Biofeedback, and the treatment of dually diagnosed clients.

My childhood friend Aaron Christensen takes parents on a journey of frugality without suffering. Aaron's life and career have been a focus on loving what you do and MAKING the low-income work... to the point of doing what you want, eating where you want, and buying what you want. The discipline pays off, without the feeling of "lack. Such a great episode for parents and anyone who wants to learn how t "make their dollar holler"!

Being a Mind FULL parent of a teen that's struggling... isn't your mind already full? How can you possibly find peace and serenity when all around is chaos?

John Bruna tells his AMAZING story of finding this peace in the chaos and teaches YOU in this podcast! No...you don't have to live in a cave, 10 minutes is all you need.

John was one of 9 kids and a single mom. Life was tough at best. Throw drugs into the mix and 22 years later, John battles his way through his addictions and back into his daughter's life. The podcast is inspirational and the message is pone of true ease and becoming centered in yourself. A must listen!

Sarah Forest has spent her WHOLE LIFE going to mental Health Conferences and meeting, listening to and learning from the top experts in the field of mental health, addiction, and recovery. WHY? Her parents created the Psychotherapy Associates Winter Symposium, one of the largest yearly events in the US. Now her children roam the isles doing the same as she and her family continue the legacy of sharing the experts with everyone. A touching episode!

Your host, Aaron and Dr. Barry Weinhold get together again to discuss trauma and how it affects development. Dr. Weinhold is a WEALTH of knowledge on every aspect of counseling and Human Services. In 1971, Barry founded the Counseling & Human Services Program in the College of Education at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. He served many of his 30 years at UCCS as department chair and helped create a very successful counselor education curriculum for M.A. level students. He is the author of 66 (you read that right) books.