More Than Therapy

Jessica Salazar has a discussion with Simone Knego, best-selling author of The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, who is a speaker, entrepreneur, and mother to six children. Sharing her journey of adopting three of her children, her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, and all of the funny, scary, and inspiring stories that came along the way, Simone instills with us the powerful lesson that what you do matters.

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Maia Crumbie of NCCU Interviews Felipe Blue, MA, LCAS, CSI Regarding His Role as an Addictions Specialist

1. Demographic Information: length of time in the field, professional focus/training, percentage of clients receiving marital/family work, and those focusing on substance abuse issues.

2. What is your theory of treatment with the substance abuse population?

3. What is your assessment process?

4. What are common techniques you use?

5. What are ethical issues/dilemmas you confront in your practice?

6. How do you maintain records in family work? (e.g. notes on all or just primary clients)

7. Do you treat individuals, couples, or families differently around substance abuse issues and if so, how are they different?

8. How do you view the culture of the client having an impact on substance abuse issues?

9. Name of interviewer, date, and time of the interview.

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Sin and Blue, along with Sin's father, Blue's friend, and other guests discuss Black Men's Mental Health Issues.

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Musical guest: Big Phill Baby with his song..."Turn Me Up Something"

@EricOSuaveee joins Sin and Blue on the first episode of She Said/He Said in 2021. The topic is modern dating and how to navigate this plain of low morals and post pandemic. 

Special guest - Ms. Bre

Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC) is a therapist residing in Santa Fe, NM whose primary modality is Feminist Adventure Therapy. Amy works for the Pueblo of Nambé as their lead clinician, providing administrative development as well as individual, couples, and family therapy. She moved to New Mexico from Nebraska (where she obtained a BA in Psychology at the University of Nebraska) six years ago in order to attend graduate school for Counseling at Southwestern College. Since moving to Santa Fe she has acted as the Executive Director of a non-profit that serves adults with intellectual disabilities, and she spent three years practicing therapeutic adventure and Adventure Therapy at The Mountain Center. Amy has fifteen years of experience providing case management, direct support, and training in the human services field. In addition to Amy’s professional and clinical skills, she is a person who lives with anxiety and depression. Her personal experience provides her with enhanced insight and understanding that contributes to her expertise in this area.

Interview by Felipe Blue, MA, LCAS, CSI of More Than Therapy, a FAEJ Foundation program.

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It was by no accident that John Giordano chose addiction treatment as his life’s work. Growing up the son of a heroin dealer and trying to cope with the trauma of being molested as a young boy, he fell hard into drugs and alcohol. Over thirty-five years ago, at the urging of his family, John entered rehab. He emerged a changed man - committed to helping others afflicted by this terrible disease.

His new path required new knowledge. He has since earned many degrees and certifications including Certified Addiction Professional (CAP), Master Addiction Counselor (MAC), Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified Criminal Justice Specialist, Master in Neurolinguistics Programming, Certified Practitioner of E.M.D.R, Certified Sentence Mitigation Specialist, Certified Mindfulness and Powerful Mind-Body Awareness Therapy Skills, International Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor, and in 2008 he was honored with a Doctor of Human Letters from Sinai University in Jerusalem Israel.

As he began his career in addiction treatment he became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of care he observed in treatment facilities. John decided to set out on his own and with only $300 he opened an addiction treatment facility that evolved into the highly awarded G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment in North Miami Beach, Florida which eventually sold for $45,000,000.

John has authored two books “How To Beat Your Addictions And Live A Quality Life", “Proven Holistic Treatment For Addiction & Chronic Relapse” and was a contributing author for ‘Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction Recovery: The 12 Steps Program and Fellowship’. with the esteemed Dr. Blum and Dr. Gold. He has also contributed to over 73 scientific research papers. Research Gate ranks him as one of the top researchers in the world.

John’s achievements have not gone unnoticed; he is one of the media’s most sought after addiction expert. Mr. Giordano has appeared on countless notable national and local TV programs such as CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, FOX Mornings with Mike and Juliet, Tom Brokaw NBC News, ABC News, CNN Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, Geraldo, and “Interventions” on A&E as well as many other national and local TV and radio shows.

Giving back to his community has always been the core principle of Mr. Giordano’s. His efforts to better his community have also been recognized. Florida State Congresswoman Carrie Meek presented Mr. Giordano with the distinguished “Martin Luther King Award” for his work in the community. He was also awarded the Certificate of Appreciation from the Homeless Community of Dade County and the Humanitarian Award from South Florida Public Television Station, WPBT.

In addition to his daily responsibilities; John has provided counseling and trauma recovery services to law enforcement officers and Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. He is a state and federal expert witness and also the Chaplain of the North Miami Police Department. As a 10th-degree black belt and National Karate Champion, he also trains law enforcement officers and Green Berets in self-defense and negotiation techniques.

- interview by Felipe Blue, MA, LCAS, CSI of More Than Therapy, a program of FAEJ Foundation in Durham, NC.

The two most important days in a person’s life is when they are born and when they discover why.

Growing up in Louisiana, Kyle was modeled hard work and treating others how you want to be treated. With a passion for sports since being a young child playing multiple sports throughout growing up and even competed as a D1 athlete in college.

Unfortunately, everything isn’t always as it seems. Falling in a destructive pattern of drugs and alcohol, he fell into selling drugs in college that ultimately led him to hitting rock bottom and it was in the bottom that Kyle found a relationship with Jesus.

For the last 11 years, he has led in multiple multi-million dollars organizations ranging from 150 people to well over 5,000 helping people of all backgrounds, ages, and levels of success through team development and personal coaching through pastoring in those organizations.

Since starting his company, Unleash the Champ, his core belief is there is a Champion inside everyone and his mission is to unleash as many champions into the world as possible through the messages of belief, potential, and personal growth.

Focusing on helping people “P.R.E.P.” for success, this framework helps people make a championship run in the areas that matter most.

Simply put, Kyle is on planet earth to be your friend that unlocks the cage to the champion you were born to be.

www.kylejsullivan.com

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Recorded in Durham, NC by Felipe Blue, MA, LCAS of the non-profit FAEJ Foundation's "More Than Therapy" program.

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Have you found a lasting peace within yourself?

Recorded in Durham, NC by Felipe Blue, MA, LCAS of the non-profit FAEJ Foundation's "More Than Therapy" program.

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What is creativity to you?

How do you work to develop your creative side? How do you exercise it and help it to grow?

Have you ever tried just letting something happen through you rather than try to make it happen through your own will? How did it feel?

Recorded in Durham, NC by Felipe Blue, MA, LCAS of the non-profit FAEJ Foundation's "More Than Therapy" program.

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