Welcome to the PaPSC podcast relaunch! In our first shorter form episode we tackle the art of speaking (on and off the mic), the struggles of facilitation, and why co-facilitation can be a life saver. Plus, Odin, the French Bulldog, makes his podcast debut as our unofficial mascot and designated chew toy tester!

Richard Blews from the Grapevine Center drops by our podcast to discuss all of the great work they are doing in Butler County and to share some of his insights from his journey of recovery.

This month we welcome Kathy Quick, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers' Association, as our guest. We have a very candid conversation about PMHCA and the state of Pennsylvania's recovery services.

In this month's episode our guests talk about the unique challenges facing youth and young adults and how they are working to improve behavioral health services for this group.

In this episode, Drew Neal, a Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) drops in to discuss recovery services, the differences and similarities between a CRS and a Certified Peer Specialist, as well as some of the challenges facing the CRS world currently.

In this episode two Certified Peer Specialists discuss their experiences with coming full circle from being an individual receiving services to working to support others.

This extra episode is intended to give you an opportunity to get to know us better as hosts. We hope you enjoy getting more familiar with us.

Chris Lunsford, a member of the Call for Change Steering Committee, joins us to discuss the updates being made to this essential document guiding us toward a recovery-oriented system. Chris is a CPS from the Lehigh Valley and works for PMHCA (Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumer's Association) in a position funded by the PaPSC Appalachian Regional Commission grant.

Wendy Heatley joins us to discuss the power in language and how we can all learn to use respectful language within the behavioral health field.

In our second episode about Managed Care Companies and their relation to individual recovery, we sit down with Kim MacDonald-Wilson and Tracy Carney from Community Care Behavioral Health.