Conversations with KidsPeace

The latest issue of KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine looks at the impact COVID-19 has had on mental health in America, and proposes a new way to look at safeguarding our mental wellness in the face of the stress of the pandemic. On the Conversations with KidsPeace podcast, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Matthew Koval discusses how we can adopt a set of actions to protect ourselves against the effects of COVID-19 – call it “mental health protective equipment,” or MPE. Bob Martin hosts.

It’s a role-playing game that’s been around for more than forty years, but Dungeons & Dragons is finding new popularity these days -- and at KidsPeace, it’s also found a new role in helping young people with autism. On the latest installment of Conversations with KidsPeace, therapist Rob Harvey describes how he’s turned his passion for Dungeons & Dragons into a surprisingly successful approach to learning and practicing social skills and teamwork for his clients – who are having fun at the same time! Bob Martin hosts.

The heart of KidsPeace’s TeenCentral.com service lies in the stories shared by visitors, and the therapeutic support responses they receive. In the latest installment of our podcast series Conversations with KidsPeace, host Bob Martin talks with KidsPeace Board of Directors chair Dr. Scott Reines about his family’s donation to the service aimed at keeping its heart beating for future visitors.

Amid COVID-19 and other challenges that are dividing our society, the latest edition of Conversations with KidsPeace podcast tells an inspirational story of connection.

Host Bob Martin talks with a recreational therapist about how kids in our residential treatment program found a way to share a message of hope with residents of local nursing homes, as both face the stress of pandemic lockdowns.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, KidsPeace is rolling out a unique initiative to help people connect across the divide of social distancing – The KidsPeace Virtual Hug.

Vice President Ann McCauley joins host Bob Martin in a new special edition of “Conversations with KidsPeace” to explain how an offhand comment from a client in treatment led to the Virtual Hug – and to demonstrate it by sending one out to a special group of heroes.

A mental or behavioral health crisis is terrifying enough for an individual or their family in the best of times, but it’s even worse during a global crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. KidsPeace’s outpatient offices in the Lehigh Valley and Monroe County offer free walk-in assessments for those in crisis – providing guidance on their next steps in resolving the crisis while keeping them out of hospital emergency rooms at this critical time.

KidsPeace Outpatient Program Manager Harvie Oliver discusses what happens during one of these assessments, in a special episode of the “Conversations with KidsPeace” podcast. Bob Martin hosts.

On a special edition of the “Conversations with KidsPeace” podcast, we discuss KidsPeace’s TeenCentral.com service and the role it can play amid the COVID-19 crisis.

TeenCentral.com leader Jodi Whitcomb offers insights into how her team is providing specific information on coping with COVID-19, while continuing to give young people a safe place to ask questions, share stories and seek advice in a time when they may feel more alone than ever before. Bob Martin hosts.

The Conversations with KidsPeace podcast returns for its third season just in time for Valentine’s Day 2020 – and examines the phenomenon of “young love”…

Therapist Breannah Allen discusses how young people deal with romantic attraction and attachments, and ways parents can help them navigate those situations.  Bob Martin hosts.