...But, Have You Considered Therapy?

Trigger Warning: This episode contains a detailed description of a sexual assault in the military, as well as the aftermath, and continued harassment of the survivor. This may be difficult for some folks to listen to, so we wanted to give you a warning. We believe this is a powerful and important story, and invite those who can tolerate it to listen.

Friend of the pod, Fergie, sits down with Mel to discuss her time in the United States Navy and the incident that would change the course of her life for years after.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

https://www.minorityvets.org/

https://studentveterans.org/

Our producer, Sam, sits down with Mel to discuss the animosity and anxiety around Election Day and what you can do for yourself to prepare.

Friend of the pod, Joel, talks with Mel about his experience with "Sexual Orientation Reparative Therapy" or conversion therapy as you might know it. Joel walks us through what it was like to experience and recover from this traumatic experience.

Resources Mentioned:

https://www.amazon.com/Torn-Rescuing-Gospel-Gays-vs-Christians-Debate-ebook/dp/B0076DFG5S

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1413067/

https://www.waterloocounseling.org/

https://www.sagestudioatx.com/

In this episode, Mel chats with DeLinda Spain, LCSW, about the ways in which our current brand of mental health essentially pathologizes the behavior of trauma survivors. They also discuss the way that this intersects with the current Civil Rights movement, and the way that diagnosis can be helpful, or harmful, depending on how and why it is applied.

Mel sits down with Bri Jenkins, host of The Tea with Bri. Briona discusses quarantine, mental health, and the current civil rights movements, Black Lives Matter. She shares her current experience of what it's like to live through this current time being a queer black woman in Austin.

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

https://www.theteawithbripodcast.com/episodes

https://www.brionajenkins.com/

https://www.measureaustin.org/

https://austinjustice.org/

http://grassrootsleadership.org/

https://allgo.org/

https://thelovelandfoundation.org/

https://btac.blacktrans.org/

https://www.rachelcargle.com/