Tag: behavioral health

Dr. Carl J. Sheperis joins our host Kristin Sunanta Walker to discuss the National Board for Certified Counselors and why their work is imperative to growing field of mental health services.

Carl J. Sheperis, PhD, NCC, ACS, CCMHC, MAC, LMHC, LPC, professional life has spanned more than 20 years. He is committed to the advancement of professional counseling through mentorship, teaching, research, and service. He has over 100 professional publications and has authored seven textbooks, including Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals (8th ed.), Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods (2nd ed.), and Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Fundamentals of Applied Practice. His textbooks are used at hundreds of universities throughout the world. Dr. Sheperis is the secretary of the Board of Directors for the National Board for Certified Counselors and an associate editor of the Journal of Counseling & Development. He is also a past president of the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. Dr. Sheperis has received numerous awards for his work, including the ACA Counselor Educator Advocacy and the SACES Outstanding Counselor Educator Award. Dr. Sheperis conducts research on pediatric mental health and has obtained over $2 million in research funding. He is currently focusing on the neuroscience of autism. Dr. Sheperis is considered an expert in pediatric mental health and autism intervention. He has been cited in The Denver Post, Disney Family, Parenting, and other media outlets.

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Our host, Kristin Sunanta Walker, and Samantha Dahlborg talk bullying and mental health on this episode of Mental Health News Radio.

Samantha Dahlborg is a 25 year old visionary, professional model, former Miss Maine USA and current self-love junkie. She runs her own personal development blog called, SHE FEELS CITRINE, that’s designed to uplift, inspire and motivate young women to find their passions and live their best life.

She often keeps an open communication with her followers on social media, reminding them that not every day is the best day, but it’s how we make the best of every day. She posts behind the scenes of photoshoots, pictures from her travels and her art!

When she’s not modeling, blogging or traveling, you can find her at home with her boyfriend, Tyler and dog, Oakley dreaming up their next big adventure. If she’s not there, she’s probably at HomeGoods in the decor/candle isle.

Samantha takes pride in who she is, was and is becoming and hopes that in a world where you can’t escape social media, her platform will empower and create a connection with others.

https://www.shefeelscitrine.com/

Join the hosts of Beyond Risk and Back, Aaron and Maia Huey, with Kristin Sunanta Walker as we talk about that infamous Gillette commercial https://gillette.com/en-us/the-best-men-can-be.

Aaron Huey is the co-founder of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center in beautiful Colorado. He works with teens that are struggling with addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, depression, and more. www.firemountainprograms.com.

Maia Huey is Aaron’s daughter, a senior in college receiving her Bachelors in Marketing, and is the founder of Sonder Marketing and Events LLC.

Maia can be contacted at info@sondermarketingllc.com

Join our hosts Kristin Walker and The Mental Health Comedian, Frank King, for a wonderful discussion about grief – we’d say a unique one. Jan Warner joins us and we quickly experienced why her book and her discussions about grief are so popular.

About Jan Warner

When my husband died I thought I would miss him very much and be sad. i didn’t know I would feel totally devastated. After the first chaotic year I needed to find meaning again in a life that seemed meaningless without him. I decided to honor him by being available to grieving people the way he, as a recovering alcoholic, was available to alcoholics and addicts. I started a blog and then the Facebook page Grief Speaks Out. My goal was to reach one person. I had no idea that the Facebook page would become a supportive community of over 2 million people from almost every country in the world. Now I have a written a book to be able to share my experience in how to be fully alive with grief.

I believe that honoring grief is honoring love. I want my husband’s life to matter more than his death but I will always grieve his loss. My goal was to have more productive moments and more joyous moments. I love being a grandmother. I have produced plays and documentary films. I love to travel around the world and have been to all seven continents. Even after nine years there are days when everything falls apart. I have a letter from my husband telling me how he watches me fall down and then get back up again. He writes that he loves me and is proud of me for this. I hope I am still making him proud.

It seems impossible that I have lived on so long without him. Yet, within that impossibility, I have had many adventures I never could have imagined. What I have been told most often is that I articulate what other people are thinking and cannot find the words to say. Whatever brought you to this page, whatever you are feeling is exactly where you should be. Whatever changes you wish you could make, you can – but in your own time – when you are ready. Together we can find ways to have our grief inspire us rather than deaden us.

I have a Master’s in Counseling Degree and have studied NLP, Ericksonian hypnotherapy and Neo-Ericksonian Hypnotherapy. I have been doing my FB page www.Facebook.com/GriefSpeaksOut for over 5 years. It is humbling to think that I have created such a loving, supportive, international community for myself and fellow grievers. i hope Grief Day by Day will also be a loving support for grief warriors everywhere.

Welcome Erin Mahone and her incredible podcast to our network. Someone who you zing with immediately because she is so talented and caring – the best kind of charm oozes from her being. Her podcast is #ifyoucouldseeme at www.ifyoucouldseeme.com or https://www.mentalhealthnewsradionetwork.com/our-shows/ifyoucouldseeme/.

For over a decade Erin Mahone has worked to build a stronger, more inclusive world. Her work is inspired by a childhood growing up in a family touched by mental illness, years working in the arts and in the mental health field, and her own experiences with anxiety and depression. Erin learned from her grandparents the value of humility, humor, and acceptance. She believes that life’s struggles, no matter how severe, do not define, or limit, a person’s capacity for greatness, achievement, or love. Every person has a distinct story that is worthy of respect. Erin combines storytelling, writing, music, and other elements to share and teach this message with unique and inspiring offerings for audiences large and small.

Using storytelling, visual art, mindful self-compassion and group support, #IfYouCouldSeeMe projects are scalable community based art and performance programs that can impact conversations on inclusion, diversity, and acceptance in unique and powerful ways! These events help participants reframe experiences of pain, shame and disappointment to find their innate power. Sharing in this practice can be an integral step in healing, taking back control, releasing ourselves from feelings of victimhood, forgiving ourselves for not being perfect, and letting go of anger and resentment for those who have hurt us. Participants and audiences alike have expressed the impact they have felt from being part of #IfYouCouldSeeMe.