In this episode, Lily the Social Worker, and I have an insightful conversation with Kody Green aka @schizophrenichippie, a motivational speaker and content creator with over 1 million followers on TikTok on his experience with Undifferentiated Schizophrenia and how he overcame drug addiction and serious mental health issues. Kody has shared his story and raised awareness of Schizophrenia and other thought disorders and mental health issues for his followers via social media and motivational speeches. In this ETC LIVE podcast, Lily and I have a chance to know more about his experience in launching his social media accounts, how he understands his disorder and symptoms, and how a therapist can support their client from his perspective. I believe it is important to learn from the insider's perspective and the conversation with Kody inspires us a lot on improving the treatment for clients. Also, I invited Lily to share her own insider experience working as an inpatient psychiatric social worker who works with patients struggling with the hallucinations and delusions that come with thought disorders.    Follow Kodi at 💎 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schizophrenichippie/💎 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schizophrenichippie💎 Website: www.kodygreen.com  ----------- GET IN TOUCH: If you want to learn more about addiction, mental health and social relationship with Evan the Counselor, please click SUBSCRIBE Evan's Youtube channel and follow him on other social media: 💎 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@evan.the.coun... 💎 My Blog: https://evanthecounselor.com/💎 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evan.the.co... 💎 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/evanthecounselor💎 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/evanthecounselor

Welcome to episode 2 of my ongoing attempt to create my own sex and love advice podcast. Perhaps we should call it "Do as I say not as I do" All kidding aside, I continue to answer your sex, love, and romance questions in this episode. So many great topics were brought up, including a follower who was debating dating her best guy friend after a divorce. This an much more on ep2. 

And don't forget to stick around for everyone's favorite segment "Bad Advice" where I satirically tell you to do things you probably shouldn't... 

I present to you the first episode of TikTok LoveLine, where your pal ETC answers your sex, dating, and romance questions on a Livestream. I have always wanted to start an advice show. And now that I have the platform to do that, why not? This was a ton of fun, and I intend to keep it going. In this premiere episode, we hit on some of the following topics.

I hope you enjoy,

-ETC

I am beyond excited to bring you today's episode with my long-time social media buddy Avisha also known as "Distilled Science" on TikTok. Avisha is a COVID scientist/researcher who has been a reliable source of information to many and hundreds of thousands of others throughout this pandemic. He has an excellent track record of dismantling misinformation in a fun and engaging way. With the fast pace of change this virus presents, he is able to use his platform to provide frequent updates on what we know to be true and false at any given moment using sound scientific rigor. I have been following this pandemic quite closely and have done my best to stay informed, but I still had so many questions that I felt would benefit me and the rest of you all as a layperson. Below are but a few of the topics we covered.

I am confident you will enjoy this as much as I did!

-ETC

I'm back baby!!! I finally got the chance to chat with one of my fellow content creators and man-crush, Dr. Ashvin Sood, aka. The Psych Doc of TikTok. Dr. Sood is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working out of New York City. I was most excited to talk with Dr. Sood about an important topic I haven't seen discussed elsewhere: the importance of collaboration between therapists and med providers. Therapy and medications are the two most common tools for treating mental health disorders. Many of my clients are on medications, and I refer clients for med consults. The same goes for med providers referring to therapists.

This was a fantastic conversation that lasted way longer than we expected. Still, there was no break in the conversation and plenty to talk about. We went deep on many great discussion topics and had quite a few laughs along the way. Some of what we discussed are as follows.

I hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I did. I think you will learn a lot as well.

Please check out my new newsletter through Substack. I am writing articles going deeper into the topics I discuss on TikTok. Some of my favorite journalists like Matt Taibi and Bari Weiss are on Substack so I thought I'd join. 

When I first saw Haley's content on TikTok, @your.psych.pharmacist, I was blown away. I had never heard of a Pharmacist who specializes in psychiatric medications. Haley works full-time as a Pharmacist at a psych hospital and is able to communicate and break down how these medications work like I have heard no one else do. Naturally, I needed to have her on the show and luckily she agreed.  Haley also happens to be a hilarious and delightfully quirky person as you will see from the microphone dangling from her glasses. She made me laugh harder than any guest especially with all the technical difficulties that became comedically ridiculous. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!  -ETC

In this discussion series, we talk about why celebrities, who seem to have it all, suffer at addiction rates far above the average population. We go through a list of the different stars who have been open about their addictions and recovery and what we can learn from each story. We discuss how money and power, in general, affect our behavior. We even leave a little time in the end for some follower Q&A on any topic. In the end, we randomly did a deep dive into the behavior of black bears because why not? I wasn't sure how this episode would go, but it far surpassed my expectations, and we had a great discussion. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

-ETC

In today's episode, I have the honor of interviewing Dr. Patrick Kennedy MD. Dr. Kennedye is a specialist in ADHD practicing out of Oklahoma City. I have never met anyone as knowledgeable about this topic and we dive DEEP into the neurochemistry and behavioral symptomatology of ADHD. ADHD is one of the most popular topics on mental health social media. We discuss why that is and the latest research into the disorder., and much more. I'd like to think I know a thing or two, but I learned more in this hour and a half than I have anywhere else on the topic. If you are a nerd like me or have an interest in ADHD you will love this episode!

There is no relationship between two humans similar to that of the therapist/client dynamic. There is a unique set of rules and norms that protect its therapeutic nature. I believe this is one of the most important topics in mental health that is not discussed enough with individuals on the client-side. In this video, I will break down the therapeutic relationship and answer questions such as, "what if I am attracted to my therapist?" I even talk about the taboo question of what if a therapist is attracted to their client?! 😱   Don't miss this one!