I've chosen five of my favorite episodes (out of so many!) to share with listeners. This is the second one that brought a colleague and I in touch with one another to become friends.

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I was incredibly fortunate that my guest, Bhavna Raithatha had time on her day off to sit and chat with me for this episode.

Bhavna is a force of nature: teaching, speaking, volunteering. She's got an incredible survival journey through her life of multiple traumas and experienced racism since she was a young girl, and she's using her voice to advocate and educate folx. And even if my power messed up a chunk of the chat with Bhavna, there's so much of her journey she tells that I feel gives yet another perspective of a lived experience.

PLEASE NOTE:
We discuss the following topics that may be distressing to listeners - various trauma experiences, stalking and violence, loss, abuse, medical issues, suicide/suicidal ideation, racism.

More info on Bhavna:
Bhavna Raithatha BSc, MSc, MBACP (Accred) is a Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Speaker, Coach, Critical Debriefer & Trainer, and Pride 365 Champion. Bhavna provides inclusive and affirming therapy for marginalised communities including BAME LGBTQIAA+ individuals. She also provides personalised coaching and support packages to clients at all levels in the corporate, private and voluntary sectors.

Website: www.justbeyourself.co.uk

http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/bhavna-raithatha

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavna-raithatha-mindset-coach

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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

I've chosen five of my favorite episodes (out of so many!) to share with listeners. This is the first one that came to mind as I've lost my ability to taste chocolate after a long bout with Covid in 2023. It's still a delight of an episode to listen to.

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This episode is just a lovely chat and ramble with the spouse of one of my favorite people. Sebastian Polhill digs in with me about some of the subjects I could talk for ages about: world history, Roman history, development of society and language, and most important, food. 

Grab a snack and your favored beverage, y'all. You're going to be peckish by the end of this episode!

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More about Sebastian:
Sebastian was born and raised in a single-parent family - Mum and 3 brothers. After doing reasonably well at school and then university he joined the British Army as an Education Officer, reaching the rank of Major over a 17 year career. This was followed by his second career as a High School Teacher of Mathematics, teaching at a variety of schools in both the UK and the USA.  He also took a 4-year sabbatical in the middle of this time to work in the construction industry as everything from labourer to site manager while he took a second bachelor's degree in Construction Management. 

Sebastian moved to the USA in order to marry his girlfriend of three years (refers to their relationship, not his girlfriend's age!) four-and-a-half years ago, following a two-year ordeal with the US Immigration Services, during which he was deported back to the UK twice!  He's now working in his retirement gig, and living very happily back in the UK with his wife, Lynn, and her son, Brody.

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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

This the experimental episode where I drop it as it was recorded. No. 1 Child goaded me into it, and well, here we are. I think I need that soundbite: "Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation and you know what, I am too."

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As promised, two folx to check out:

Ze Frank

https://youtube.com/@zefrank?si=UsLM9LTnWTNqeFZ_

Franklin Habit 

https://www.instagram.com/franklin.habit/

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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay - WTF Grad School Didn't Teach Us
Part 3 with guest, Erika Hansen
Orginally aired: 12/18/2023

PLEASE NOTE: This podcast episode is solely focused on suicidal ideation, plan, intent, completed suicides, and how grad school did not cover as well as crisis mental health.

Erika Hansen, LMHC LPC,  The Rebel Therapist and owner of Hobein Counseling Services is back in the house! Erika and I discuss what grad school didn't cover specific to suicide assessments and dealing with crisis in the field.

You can find Erika here:
https://www.hobeincounseling.com

https://www.instagram.com/the_rebel_therapist

For more information on SASS in the state of Illinois:
https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=92597
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If you are in crisis and need of support for suicidal ideation/plan/intent, please reach out for assistance or go to your nearest emergency department.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 
Dial: 988
https://988lifeline.org
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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay - WTF Grad School Didn't Teach Us
Part 2 with guest, James Boomhower
Orginally aired: 11/14/2023

This episode, my guest James Boomhower and I chat about what he's been through in grad school and is currently working on finishing up his grad school program.

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More info about James:
James Boomhower, MS(c), FP-C, NR-P, C- NPT, CCISM has been involved in EMS for over 20 years in a variety of health systems throughout New England. 

He currently functions in the role of Critical Care Transport Specialist-Paramedic/ Lead Peer Support Director with Boston Medflight of Bedford, Massachusetts

His desire to bring mental health awareness to the EMS arena has spurred him to create the Stay Fit 4 Duty platform as well as work to implement a peer support program in his workplace. James promotes recognition, management and acceptance of acute stress in EMS providers throughout the world as a graduate intern of clinical psychology in Framingham, MA.

More information available on his website:
https://www.stayfit4duty.org/

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Social media/podcast episodes are not intended to replace therapy with a qualified mental health professional. All posts/episodes are for educational purposes only.
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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay - WTF Grad School Didn't Teach Us
Part 1 with guest, Jennifer King
Orginally aired: 10/31/2023

Grad school for a lot of us is the pinnacle of our education. It's supposed to prepare us for the careers we've chosen to enter. 

Basics? Check!

More complicated information and experiences?
*insert cricket sounds*

Jennifer King, tLMHC,  is my colleague, and she has *thoughts* on her experiences as I do, too. This is another perspective of a professional therapist that had so many questions than the grad school experience failed to provide answers.

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More info about Jennifer:
Jennifer is a Temporary Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in the state of Iowa. Jennifer’s career began in acute inpatient psychiatric care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She continued her crisis care at St Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids through her journey in graduate school. During this time, Jennifer practiced as a Recreation Therapist and later received her Masters Degree at Northwestern University to become a practicing clinician. Jennifer provides individual therapy services for adults who have experienced trauma, body image concerns, relationship difficulties, and men’s mental health. Her passion is to spread awareness of trauma and the impact it has on each and every one of us. She believes the best therapeutic relationships start with comfortability and humor. Jennifer is the owner of Soothe Your Soul Therapy, PLLC. 

Website: Sootheyoursoul.my.Canva.site/
TikTok: comfycozytherapist
Instagram: sootheyoursoultherapy 

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Need resources about building your private practice? I highly recommend checking these out. No, they're not sponsors, I utilized their information and support to build my practice.

Allison Puryear - Abundance Party
https://www.abundanceparty.com/

Watch Allison's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Abundancepracticebuilding

Tiffany McLain - Lean In. MAKE BANK
https://leaninmakebank.com/fwfcalculator/

Listen to a great interview about money with Tiffany McLain as the guest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4nXnS_uxos

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Social media/podcast episodes are not intended to replace therapy with a qualified mental health professional. All posts/episodes are for educational purposes only.
*****
Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay 
Fuck The Rules Podcast
Orginally aired: 11/28/2023

It's hard being a human when your brain be a bastard. Sometimes that's because we're also struggling with health issues. In this episode, my colleague Alyssa talks about her area of expertise that encompasses functional nutrition and mental health.

There's loads of good information here!

Resource:
Dr. Korn
https://drlesliekorn.com

For the Brainbow Blueprint:
https://drlesliekorn.com/books

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Info about Alyssa:
I am a mother, counselor, friend, daughter and lover of all things summer and fitness. When I am not supporting individuals in their mental health journey, I am spending time with my friends and family, working out, learning and trying new things, and hoping to laugh so hard that I cry as often as possible.

Alyssa works with:

Individuals
Couples
Family therapy
Children, ages 2+

And specializes in:
Parenting, trauma, behavior issues in children and youth, anxiety, substance use and abuse, relationship issues and domestic violence, health and wellness, life transitions, depression, LGBTQIA+ affirmative.

For more information:

fortheloveofyou.org

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*****
Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay 
Fuck The Rules Podcast
Orginally aired: 11/06/2024

I was so pleased when my guest this week, Dontea' Mitchel-Hunter, reached out to me recently to discuss her guesting on my podcast. I've wanted to reach out to her and am so grateful she was able to spend time with me for this episode!

PLEASE NOTE: there is discussion about family estrangement and suicidal ideation in this episode.

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More info about Dontea':
Dontea’ Mitchell-Hunter is a self-worth coach, therapist, and speaker that helps women get out of unfulfilling relationships and recreate self-love & happiness - single or partnered. She wants women to know their worth doesn’t come from being in a relationship nor what others think of them.

Dontea’ is also the CEO of Soirées In Therapy, an online private practice, and the host of Situationsh!t Podcast, where she fearlessly tackles those common mental health hangups that we've all experienced. Feeling like you're too much or not enough? She's got your back! Tune in to her show for a dose of straightforward conversations, hilarious anecdotes, and lightning-fast tips on how to kickstart your mental health healing journey.

Social media links:

IG/TikTok: @soireesintherapy

 Link to my Situationship Quiz 

www.dontea.co/quiz

- for anyone who feels they are stuck in toxic relationship cycles and want to get out of them.

Podcast: Situationsh!t

www.dontea.co/podcast

Booking a coaching session with me:

https://calendly.com/selfworthconsult/coaching-consultation

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Social media/podcast episodes are not intended to replace therapy with a qualified mental health professional. All posts/episodes are for educational purposes only.
*****
Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay - Therapy Info Series
Fuck The Rules Podcast
Orginally aired: 09/09/2024


Hey y’all! It's been a hot minute since a super fresh episode dropped!

In this episode, I asked a colleague, Catherine Bass LISW LSW, to sit with me and chat about Play Therapy. My knowledge is just the basics from when I was in my master’s program and I work exclusive with adults 18 years and older. So I really wanted to know more about Play Therapy and its benefits for those kids under the age of 12 years. 

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Catherine Bass, LISW LSW, is the founder and owner of Playful Minds Therapeutic Services, PLLC. She’s a child therapist who is dedicated to providing compassionate, trauma-informed therapy to children and families, using the language of children (PLAY!). 

“I specialize in child therapy utilizing the power of play as a primary intervention for social emotional and/or behavioral concerns including anxiety or depression, aggression and anger management, grief and loss, life transitions, low self-esteem, general parenting support, and trauma, abuse or neglect. I believe every child and family has the right, and the ability, to succeed; and I am passionate about working as a partner with the families I serve to help them achieve their goals.”

You can find more about Catherine on her website:

https://www.playfulmindsqc.com

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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.

Hiatus Replay - Therapy Info Series
Fuck The Rules Podcast
Orginally aired: 01/23/2024

My guest, Sarah Wagener, tLMHC is back for another episode. It's the final episode in the series "WTF Is (therapy type)?" In Season 4.

Sarah is working specifically in perinatal care and reproductive health, in addition to several other behavioral health disorders, and I knew I wanted to chat with her about her what perinatal mental health looks like in her office and educating other health professionals, as well as discussing Trauma Informed Care.

PLEASE NOTE:
We discuss the following topics that may be distressing to listeners - various trauma experiences, pregnancy/birth, loss, abuse.

More info on Sarah:
Sarah is a mental health counselor located in Davenport, Iowa, where she was born and raised. She specializes in perinatal mental health, which encompasses mental health during or after pregnancy, birth trauma, postpartum, infertility, and loss. Sarah came to perinatal mental health through her prior work in labor, delivery, and postpartum as a registered nurse. She also offers an area of speciality for healthcare workers. Sarah runs Wagener Therapy with her husband Brandal, who is also a mental health counselor. In her spare time, she enjoys loving on her two dogs, reading, playing video games, and buying more plants than she has the space for.

Resources
Postpartum Support International: postpartum.net

Wagener Therapy: wagenertherapy.com

Trauma Informed Care Resources for Providers:
What Is Trauma Informed Care?
https://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/what-is-trauma-informed-care/

Trauma Informed Care: A Sociocultural Perspective
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207195/


Trauma Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (pdf)
https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sma15-4420.pdf


Infographic: 6 Guiding Principles To A Trauma-Informed Approach
https://www.cdc.gov/orr/infographics/6_principles_trauma_info.htm

Trauma Informed Care Resources for Patients:
How to Find a Trauma-Informed Provider and Get Safe, Supportive Care
https://www.goodrx.com/healthcare-access/patient-advocacy/what-is-trauma-informed-care

The Beth Israel Deacones

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*****
Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.