One of our most downloaded guests, counselor Steven Welch joins us to discuss the topic of Colorism.

1. What is colorism ?

2. Why do we need to know about colorism as mental health practitioners?

3. What are some examples of colorism?

4. What is the connection between colonialism and colorism?

5. What are your automatic thoughts when you see a dark skinned black man?

6. How does colorism impact self-esteem?

7. What are some examples of colorism in the media?

8. Where else is colorism practiced around the world?

9. How is colorism expressed in your household?

10. What are some resources to learn more about colorism?

Please enjoy the full blog article here.

Today our guest is Leslie Vernick, a clinical social worker, relationship coach, speaker and author. We discuss her best-selling book The Emotionally Destructive Marriage.  

Questions for Leslie:

1.  How would you define or describe an emotionally destructive marriage?

2.  We all do things that are hurtful sometimes, when is the line crossed? 

3.  What are the three important components to a healthy marriage?

4.  There are different types of destructive marriages. What are the other characteristics of a destructive marriage?

5.  How do misunderstandings of headship and submission contribute to abuse in marriage?

6.  You tell women that trying harder to be a good wife in the traditional way will make their destructive marriage worse. What do you mean by that?

7.  You teach women how to build four CORE strengths. What are they and why are they important?

8.  You talk about implementing consequences. Why is this so crucial in a destructive marriage?

9.  Describe the difference between unconditional love and unconditional relationship.

10. What are necessary changes if the marriage is going to be healed?

11. Why is safety a crucial component in healing a destructive marriage?

12. How would a couple know that they are on the right path toward healing? 

13. What should a wife do if her husband refuses stop his destructive behaviors?

Enjoy the full blog article here with Leslie's Bio and where to purchase her books.

Charles "Drew" Settles, Product Analalyst, joins us from TechnologyAdvice, a technology marketing and research firm dedicated to educating, advising, and connecting buyers and sellers of business technology. In his work, Charles has extensively written and researched topics related to healthcare IT, business intelligence, and other emerging technologies.

Drew joins us to cover topics related to health IT, business intelligence, and other emerging tech trends: HIPAA, Meaningful Use, Branding, and the list goes on.

We refer to Drew as "The Brain" and will have him on the show periodically to discuss what is trendng in healthcare IT. 

Enjoy his bio and full blog article on Mental Health News Radio.

Author and therapist Christine Louis de Canonville is back to discuss No Contact and Low Contact with Cluster B personality types.

Join us on Mental Health News Radio as we discuss Narcissism and Narcissistic Abuse with Dr. Linda Martinez-Lewi. She is a published author and behavioral health provider specializing in the treatment of narcissistic abuse. We leave no stone unturned regarding this topic. Get ready to take notes and enjoy the show!

Why is this field of study important to you?What was the impetus to writing a book about narcissism?There is much talk about going No Contact. Why is this important and how can this be achieved when children are involved?Why does recovery take so long?Every survivor we’ve spoken to thinks at some point they are the narcissist and that they are insane. Why is this part of the healing process?Many survivors believe they were targeted by their abusers. Is there any validity to that statement?How long have you been working with victims/survivors of Cluster B personality disordered people?Can a narcissist recover? Why not?What is it so hard for survivors to come to grips with the fact that narcissists will stay in this cycle of abuse forever? Why do they continue to try and reason with the unreasonable?What happens to survivors when they do break contact, heal, and move on with their lives?

To read the full blog article, order her book, and find out how to reach Dr. Martinez-Lewi click here.

Scott Lloyd, President of MTM Services, National Council for Behavioral Health Consultant, and the author of Using Data to Drive Your Service Delivery Strategies: A Toolkit for Healthcare Organizations joins us on Mental Health News Radio to discuss the following:

What is MTM Services and why Behavioral Healthcare ?

What was your take on this year's National Council for Behavioral Health conference?

What are the trends you are seeing regarding Behavioral Healthcare?

What about Behavioral Healthcare technology?

What is your take on EHR vendors holding patient data hostage or charging fees for providers to have access to that data when a provider leaves a system?

What areas of Behavioral Health does MTM cover?

How would a Behavioral Health organization contact you and what are the steps an agency needs to take to engage your company for services?

What kinds of services do you provide?

Enjoy the full blog article here.

Join us for a discussion about the therapeutic benefits of using horses in Behavioral Health therapy. All of us at Mental Health News Radio are animal lovers with a passion for animal-assisted therapy. Our very own Melanie Vann will be co-hosting a series of radio shows interviewing the passionate human beings that devote their time to this unique therapeutic effort. Our guests, Kristin Fitzgerald and Melanie Vann, discuss the benefits, roots, and models for Equine Assisted Therapy. More information is included in their accompanying blog article.

Some of the questions we ask are listed below:

Share a little about the history of using equines as tools for therapy. 

How does horse behavior relate to therapy? 

Why horses?

What is EAP? 

Explain to us what the EAGALA MODEL represents

What does an EAGALA Session look like? 

What have some of your EAP session looked like? 

What is the treatment population for the use of equine therapy? 

Do you have any sessions that stick out in your mind?

Share with us some empirical research that supports equine therapy. 

If you have any questions please read the full blog article here.

The show everyone has been waiting for.  Join our frequent and most popular guest Christine Louis de Cannonville, author of The Three Faces of Evil, Michelle Mallon, faculty at Ohio State University, and Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW.

Three leading educators about Narcissistic Victim Syndrome.  We discuss Christine's book which is set to publish and be available on Amazon in May of 2015, the most common question asked by all survivors of this form of abuse, and what's in store for the future regarding the pandemic: Narcissistic, Pychopathic, and Sociopathic abuse.

For more information about our guests please visit here.

Editors note: On the show we state that Christine Louis de Canonville has a Masters in Medical Anthropology. This is incorrect. Please visit the blog article for the correction.  We also mention that Michelle Mallon is a professor at Ohio State University. She is a teacher and on the faculty.  Thank you and we regret the error.

We've been excited about this show for quite some time and honored to work with one of the leading addiction recovery centers in the United States, Addiction Campuses. Olivia Quintanilla, Market Director, and Brian Sullivan, Public Relations Manager, from their Tennessee and Texas campuses join us for a heartfelt, candid, and startling discussion about what is happening in the United States for anyone struggling with addiction issues.  

Please visit our blog for the full article and contact information.

Some of the questions Olivia and Brian answered on our show are listed below:

 

1. What would you say is the addiction that you get the most calls about?

2. What do you believe is the answer to the nation’s epidemic?

3. Your company also is a leader in addiction education and awareness. What specific campaign are you currently working on?

4. Tell us more about your new Texas campus?

5. What about cost for your program?

6. How does an educated mom in an upper middle class neighborhood start an addiction to drugs like heroin?

7. What area do most of your calls come from?

8. Do you all believe it’s better to go away for rehab or stay close to home?

9. A lot of people feel like because they don’t have insurance or money that they have nowhere to turn. What would you say to them?

10. What do you all hope to accomplish in your awareness campaigns?

Our website is www.addictioncampuses.com. We have LIVE chat available. Our hotline is 24 hours a day 7 days a week at 1.888.614.2251.

Integrity Support is a North Carolina based electronic health record software company created for Behavioral Health providers. They have a unique and browser-based product. The founding members are comprised of a clinical psychologist and software engineer.  Please read their accompanying blog article here.  We interviewed both their CEO and Vice President on our show and covered the questions below:

1. How and why did you get started?

2. Why the name Integrity Support? 

3. Why do you do what you do?

4. What are your company strengths? 

5. What makes your Checkpoint software different from other EHR’s? 

6. What are your biggest challenges?

7. How have you competed with the big EHR’s? 

8. You’ve said that the most common feedback you hear about your Checkpoint software is that it is the easiest system available. Why is that?

9. How sustainable is Checkpoint by Integrity Support for the future?