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Johnny Crowder began exhibiting symptoms of mental illness at the ripe young age of 3, and it didn't let up for a decade or two. His abuse-ridden adolescence was sprinkled with suicidal thoughts, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and some pretty eye-catching acne. In short, it wasn’t pretty—and neither was he. Crowder pursued a degree in psychology from UCF—that is, until his band, Dark Sermon, got signed and he left campus to tour the universe. Although he finished his degree on the road, he learned more about the human psyche through his travels than he ever could in a classroom. After years of intense therapy and heavy medication, Crowder is now functioning healthily without the use of either. In their place, he's developed effective strategies that allow him to maintain a sound mind and body throughout his journeys with his new band, Prison, whose music addresses his difficult past and encourages others to persevere.www.copenotes.com https://www.facebook.com/prisonfl

Dr. Mark Leeds joins us with The Rehab, a new podcast on our network that is about overcoming drug addiction. The topics range from medical treatment to spiritual fellowships and psychotherapy. Other forms of therapy will be explored as well. The underlying theme is that everyone is different and we cannot apply a single method of treatment to all people and expect it to work. Listening carefully to what works and does not work for an individual, treating people with respect and understanding that behaviors caused by addiction are the result of a medical condition are important. Patients presenting for treatment of addiction should be addressed with caring, compassion and understanding.Dr. Leeds runs a micro medical practice by the beach in Fort Lauderdale, providing concierge medical care to the residents of the Galt Ocean Mile. He also provides medication assisted treatment (MAT) for the treatment of opioid dependence and addiction. Opioids and opiates include heroin, fentanyl, carfentanyl and many prescrip

Our guests join host Kristin Walker to discuss their collaboration as therapist and client, as well as, co-authoring a book together about that journey. Their book Healing from Incest: Intimate Conversations with My Therapist is available on Amazon.Geri Henderson, PhD considers herself, first and foremost, a teacher and mentor but loves her rolesas sister, aunt, and friend. Geri hastaught music privately and in a US university but has taught in universities all over the world. Her interests include a passion for music. She is currently teaching literatureand writing Germany for the University of Maryland University College.Seanne Larson Emerton, L.M.F.T., L.I.M.H.P., has been in private practice for over twenty five years and is the owner of a group counseling practice and EAP called Family Resources of Greater NE, P.C. She enjoys her work as a marriage and familytherapist and a strategic life coach. She especially appreciates the power of working with systems, whetherfamily or organizational, using emotional

Finally it's here! The Animal Effect podcast with host Adam Clark on Mental Health News Radio Network. Adam and our host, Kristin Sunanta Walker, talk about animals and mental health, empathy, life, you name it! Adam Clark, LCSW, AASW is a published writer, educator, and adjunct professor at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work. Adam focuses his work on the psychology behind the human-animal bond, specializing in endings and transitions. He is passionate about reducing the cultural stigma associated with pet loss, supporting pet owners, and educating veterinary professionals. Additional information on Adam and his current projects can be found at www.lovelosstransition.com.Adam is also a very popular writer for Psychology Today.www.theanimaleffect.com

Join our cohost and guest Dr. Paolo Molino from his office in Florence, Italy as we discuss Codependency and Dependency.What is the difference? How relationships can dip in and out of both?How does narcissism play a role?And more....Paolo is fluent in English, French, and Italian which allows him to work with travelers, expats, and students.  Please enjoy the blog article here.Dr. Paolo MolinoVia Antonio Scialoja 68Tel: +39 3311064726E-mail: paolomolino@gmail.comweb: www.paolomolino.com

Rakhel Shapiro has over a decade of dedicated mindfulness practice in the insight meditation and Unified Mindfulness traditions. Her approach draws from Shinzen Young’s "four quadrants" of practice: to appreciate self and world, transcend self and world, transform self and world, and express the benefits of practice in our thoughts, words, and actions. She balances an insight/liberation driven focus with cultivation of deep caring, empowering students to transcend unnecessary suffering, and nourish connected and meaningful lives.Rakhel specializes in one-on-one Meditation Mentorship for emotional and relational intelligence, living by authentic values, and deep insight practice. Her work is informed by specialized training in attachment-oriented mindfulness practices and Motivational Interviewing.Rakhel is a certified Meditation Mentor through Mettagroup and Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, and a teacher in Shinzen's Unified Mindfulness system. She holds a BA with Highest Honors from Vassar Col

What a delight this discussion was with Dr. Thelma Reese, author of The New Senior Woman: Reinventing the Years Beyond Mid-Life and author of The New Senior Man. She wrote the follow up book to satisfy the numerous requests from men who wanted their own book.  Thelma Reese, Ed. D., retired professor of English and of Education, created the Advisory Council for Hooked on Phonics and was its spokesperson in the '90's. In that role, and as director of the Mayor's Commission on Literacy for the City of Philadelphia, she appeared frequently on television and hosted a cable show in Philadelphia. She was a founder of Philadelphia Young Playwrights, chaired the Board of Children’s Literacy Initiative, and organized the World Symposium on Family Literacy at UNESCO in Paris in 1994. She is co-author, with Barbara M. Fleisher, of The New Senior Woman: Reinventing the Years Beyond Mid-Life (Rowman & Littlefield) in 2013 and The New Senior Man: Exploring New Horizons, New Opportunities (Rowman & Littlefield) in 20

Join our host Kristin Walker with author and counselor Lucille Zimmeran discussing her wonderful book and how trauma impacts your entire life. Lucille Zimmerman has a passion to help hurting people. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in Littleton, CO. She taught psychology and counseling courses at Colorado Christian University and is the author of Renewed: Finding Your Inner Happy in an Overwhelmed World. She lives in Colorado with her husband, and her favorite place is anywhere she can put her feet on her husband’s lap and talk about the day. www.lucillezimmerman.com 

Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. Since 2012, she has been a contributing editor of the online addiction and recovery magazine TheFix.com. She’s also written for the Good Men Project, The Frisky, Refinery 29, and has been a regular contributor to Addiction.com and PsychologyToday.com, where she has her own addiction blog entitled “Coming Clean.” “My Fair Junkie” is her debut book.She joins our host Kristin Sunanta Walker for candid talk about her journey through addiction.www.amydresner.comwww.mhnrnetwork.com

Join hosts Radhika Iyer and Melanie Vann for an interview with Prabha Sankaranarayan, the President and CEO of Mediators Beyond Borders, www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org, an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to build local skills for peace and promote mediation worldwide.A conflict transformation practitioner who has mediated, facilitated and trained in Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA, her public and private sector work includes conflict analysis for public/private partnerships, consultation & assessment for industrial development zones, design and implementation of trainings for multinational corporations; inter faith dialogues as well as facilitation of multi-stakeholder mediations. Prabha is actively involved in regional, national and international civic activities focused on civil liberties, sexual violence prevention, conflict mitigation & mediation and the recovery & rehabilitation of trauma survivors. She is an Adjunct Professor at Washington and Jefferson College.

Erika Reva is a writer and mental health speaker, who until recent years worked as a photographer. She has always been apart of the arts in some capacity. She lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder, OCD & other mental illnesses that accompany DID. Her and her parts strive to end the stigma surrounding mental illness, specifically trauma based disorders. She works with various groups and individuals on an ever growing global scale spreading awareness about DID, in an attempt to alter (only a little pun intended) the stigmatizing beliefs surrounding dissociative disorders. “It took far too long and is unfathomable to me that people, like myself, living with DID are often cast aside or re-traumatized while on their respective journeys to recovery. It’s asinine. No more!”Now with the help of her parts and support system they’re applying their own experiences to written word and in the realm of public speaking with the goal that others living with DID will have their voices heard. She has written a seven we

Dr. Killion stopped by the media room at Converge Autism by Springbrook Behavioral Health to discuss his work as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and why this field has been his inspiration that continues to this day!Dr. Killion possesses 40 plus years of direct experience with individuals with developmental disabilities including autism. He possesses a B.S. in Speech Pathology with a minor in Psychology, a M.Ed. in Special Education and a PhD in Developmental Psychology. He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). He is the author of the Functional Independence Skills Handbook or F.I.S.H. Developmental Program.www.mhnrnetwork.com

Jeff Cohn works diligently with Springbrook Behavioral Health and is a popular presenter at their Converge Autism conference. He joins us again to discuss a new program he created and the importance of listening to the needs of the autistic child.With a BS and MS in Occupational Therapy, Jeff has a deep well of educational professional experience. As lead OT in a pediatric development outpatient clinic, lead OT in CA school districts, experience in long and short term rehab facilities, and now with experience in the Autism Program at Springbrook Behavioral Health, Jeff brings a wide range of real-world patient and clinical experience with a specialization in Autism.www.mhnrnetwork.com

Dr. Victoria Naumann joins us live from the Converge Autism conference by Springbrook Behavioral Health in Greenville, South Carolina. She is the Executive Director & Owner of Greenville's Brain Balance center and an exhibitor of this event. She stops by the media room to discuss how her center works with all children including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Dr. Naumann became part of the Brain Balance team in 2008 .  Her background in health care as a chiropractic neurologist and the training she has had with Dr. Robert Melillo led her leave the health care field and focus on children with challenges.  She has never looked back and seeing children go from can’t do to can do during their sessions at Brain Balance is the reason. Along with being part of the Greenville, Charlotte and Cornelius Brain Balance Centers Dr. Naumann also enjoys her family, being outside with horses, and furthering her knowledge about neurology. www.mhnrnetwork.com

Join us for an impromtu podcast about the dangers we see in behavioral health regarding patient privacy. Stephen Kavalkavich of Rescue the Rescuer, Dr. John Huber of Mainstream Mental Health and Brian Cuban (Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Advocate and Best-Selling Author of The Addicted Lawyer) join our host, Kristin Sunanta Walker, to discuss how social media can become a nest of patient rights violations. Using possible examples from real life each guest dissects how one post can shame someone in a very delicate place in their lives struggling with addiction and mental health issues. What can this do to the person seeking help? How does this affect any business possibly associated with the violation of patient rights? Is there a difference between sharing a history of abuse at the hands of others and sharing information about someone's addiction?www.mhnrnetwork.com

Mike Rowley joins us live at Converge Autism to discuss the advocacy and self-education parents have gained as services were not available. He is the CEO at SpringBrook Behavioral Health. SpringBrook is 112 psychiatric hospital offering short term acute psychiatric services for adults, long term services for children with behavioral and psychiatric issues and long term services for children with Autism.

Kimberly Kizito stopped by the media room where Mental Health News Radio was broadcasting podcasts live from the 2nd annual Converge Autism conference with Springbrook Behavioral Health. Kim serves as an advocate for parents of children with autism. She works closely with parents by attending school IEP and 504 meetings to ensure proper accommodations for the child. She is a parent mentor for the South Carolina Autism Society. 

Rachel Groesser is a recreational therapist with Beacon Speech Pathology Sensory Learning Center. She stopped by Mental Health News Radio in the media room at the Converge Autism conference by Springbrook Behavioral Health. She and host, Kristin Walker, discussed why she became a recreation therapist and what drew her to the field of behavioral health.Beacon joined this amazing venue as an exhibitor of this fast growing conference in Greenville, South Carolina.

Live at the 2nd annual Converge Autism conference by Springbrook Behavioral Health we speak with Dr. Celene Saulnier. Celene is one of the presenters at the conference. Celene is with Marcus Autism Center.Dr. Saulnier obtained her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Connecticut, after which she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center under the mentorship of Dr. Ami Klin. After her postdoc, Dr. Saulnier joined the Yale faculty, where she became both the Clinical Director and the Training Director for the Autism Program, managing and supervising multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluations on individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from infancy through young adulthood. At Marcus Autism Center, Dr. Saulnier is the Director of the Clinical Assessment Core for the NIH Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) grant, overseeing clinical and diagnostic evaluations on infants and toddlers with and at risk for ASD. In addition to her research on early detection, Dr. Saulnier’

Listeners - We started using it. Our podcasters are excited. We love products and services that actually help aid in mental well being. Listen to our host, Kristin Walker, as she interviews the President of Fisher Wallace, Chip Fisher. They talk about this powerful device. This is NOT a boring technology show (not that we think behavioral health technology is boring). This is straight talk about something that should be utilized with every person suffering from depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, and more. Chip is honest about his own struggles with depression and he also uses the device himself. For twenty years now, Fisher Wallace Laboratories has been working to improve the awareness of cranial electrotherapy stimulation in the medical community and to reduce dependencies on medications. To that end, the company, led by founder Chip Fisher, has marketed its Cranial Stimulator, a drug-free device available through prescription from any health practitioner licensed for electrotherapy in the United State