Our Hosts:

• YOLANDI RAUSE, MS, LCMHC - Counselor
  • As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Associate, Yolandi has a heart for students and young adults. She has experience in the school system, working alongside families and educators by compassionately processing life's hardships and moving towards holistic healing and growth.
• STEVEN PRICE, MA, LCMHC - Counselor
  • Steven is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor committed to understanding each person's story. Steven seeks to engage in past memories of struggle and pain in order to make sense of the whole person and work towards healing individually and in relationship. Steven has experience in many areas of therapy, but he also offers coaching as life has many transitions and sometimes hard changes.
• CAROLINA AGUILAR, MA, LCMHCA, TRCC - Counselor
  • As a bilingual Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, Carolina enjoys working with clients on their specific goals and aims to incorporate her psychotherapy training and/or theological approaches to therapy. She hopes to provide a space which feels safe and empowering as well as give understanding to each client's story.

In today's episode: 

• Even during the pandemic, with a big shortage of people working in mental health care, our offices at LifeCare have continued to expand.
• We talk about our latest office to open up, which is in Wake Forest, and our staff which is growing fast and now has at least 30 people.
• What is therapy?
• What is the role of a therapist or counselor?
• What is the role of a client?
• According to the American Psychiatric Association, psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is a way to help people with a broad variety of mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. Psychotherapy can help eliminate, control, or diminish troubling symptoms so a person can function better and can increase wellbeing and healing. 
• We discuss the therapeutic relationship. It is exactly that, a relationship.
• We discuss the importance of understanding that your diagnosis is not your identity. 
• Therapy requires courage.
• What is the difference between a psychologist and a counselor?
• We discuss how to determine who you need to see when seeking help with your mental health. 
• We want our clients to grow, and if we don't feel like we are a good fit or they could benefit from someone with a specialty we don't have, we will refer them to another specialist to help them experience growth.  
• Research shows that 70% of therapy's success is going to be based on the match between the client and therapist.