Mental Health Quest: The therapists office and beyond!

You’re adventuring through the wilds of your therapeutic practice when the DM asks you to make a “COUPLE’S THERAPY CHECK” and you’re not sure you’ve got enough ranks in that skill…

…we discuss the importance of getting proper training when working with couples and children, figuring out your environment, and how to be therapist in this second part of our special episode with Hannah Espinoza & Brittany Brownfield of Popcorn Psychology

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So you’re not sure what type of therapy you want to try, so you ask the DM. “MAKE A THERAPY CHECK,” they respond. You roll the d20 and it lands on…

You see it’s terrible claws… Swishing tail in the darkness… and that terrible, blood-curdling sound… “Meow!” 

So, okay. Let’s say you want to get over your fear of kittens. Special guest Dr. Yoni Sobin explains how exposure therapy can help! 

Follow Dr. Sobin on IG @nerd_therapist & at https://www.sobinpsychology.com/ 

You’ve been working on changing some habits and have been making good progress. You settle in, when suddenly… EXTINCTION BURST APPEARS, threatening to derail your progress.

Never fear! Special guest Dr. Isaac Taitz tags in to help you defeat this psychological mini boss and offers insight into Image Rehearsal Therapy (IRT), intention setting, sleep hygiene, and lucid dreaming.

Learn more about Isaac @All Mind Health on all of the socials and at https://allmindhealth.com

Roll a Nat. 20 for your mental health using therapeutically-applied roleplaying games!

Hey, what's up with Boromir? What's going on with Hobbit families? Why IS Gandalf grey? Listen and find out! 

Dr. Janina Scarlet is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, an award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and a creativity coach. She immigrated to the United States from Ukraine at the age of 12 with her family and later, inspired by the X-Men, developed Superhero Therapy to help patients with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Dr. Scarlet is the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award by the United Nations Association for her work on Superhero Therapy.  Her work has been featured on Yahoo, BBC, NPR, Sunday Times, CNN, CW, ABC, The New York Times, Forbes, and many other outlets. She regularly consults on books and television shows, including HBO’s The Young Justice. She was also portrayed as a comic book character in Gail Simone’s Seven Days graphic novel. Dr. Scarlet currently works at the Trauma and PTSD Healing Center in San Diego.

Patricia Elizarraraz is a licensed clinical social worker. She has over 15 years of social work experience across hospital, community, and private practice settings.

Drawn to the field of mental health early on, Ms. Elizarraraz completed her Bachelor of science in Human services at cal state university Fullerton in 2006. She then obtained her Masters of Social Work from cal state university Fullerton in 2009.  She has experience working with schizophrenic clients in a hospital and mental health setting for over 10 years. She has gone on to complete additional training in a wide variety of areas, including trauma focused behavioral cognitive therapy, parent child interaction therapy and functional family therapy. 

When she’s not seeing patients, Ms. Elizarraraz enjoys hiking, dancing, and travelling as often as possible.

As always thank you to our Audio Editor Natalie Jones! You can find her portfolio at natjonesdesigner.com

Natalie is an Associate Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Work from California State University, Fullerton. She works from a non-judgemental, collaborative, trauma-informed, attachment based lens. She has experience working with individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety, substance abuse issues, co-dependency, relationship issues, survivors of trauma bonds/abusive relationships, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, grief, ADHD, PTSD, and complex PTSD. Natalie uses an open, integrative form of psychotherapy that adapts to the unique needs of each specific client.

Follow her on Instagram @therapy.with.natalie_

As always thank you to our Audio Editor Natalie Jones! You can find her portfolio at natjonesdesigner.com

As always thank you to our Audio Editor Natalie Jones! You can find her portfolio at natjonesdesigner.com