Behavioral Health Today

Anniversary Special: Teen & Adolescent Mental Wellness with Michael Klinkner, LCSW – Episode 216

In celebration of our third anniversary, we’re re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from the past year. Nobody has a reference for parenting teens. For many, this is the first time doing this, so what are the right answers? Let alone what are the right answers for what you’re comfortable with. If you as a parent are doing the best you can, with the best intentions then you’re parenting fine. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Michael Klinkner. Michael is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 22 years of experience helping children, adolescents, and adults in therapy. Michael has specialty training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Neurolinguistic Programming. Currently, Michael is working with Evolve Counseling in Arizona where he treats a variety of issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and ADHD, focusing primarily on children, teen and adolescent populations. Together Graham and Michael discuss the challenges around teen mental health, the changes in positive socialization, as well as the dangers of social media and how to guide your child’s relationship with technology as they mature, and finally encouraging parents to be proactive and have the difficult conversations to establish trust with your teen and ensure they’re getting the right information. Most parents are doing the best they can, given their resources. If they had better resources they’d do better. We’re not perfect parents. What are the small, but important things you can do today?

 

For more information about Michael Klinkner and Evolve Counseling, please visit: https://www.evolvecounselingaz.com

Connect with Michael on Instagram at michael_klinknercouseling, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/evolvecounseling_AZ/

Finally, connect with Michael on Facebook at michaelklinknercounseling, or visit: https://www.facebook.com/michaelklinknercounseling

Recovery Capitol & Recovery Supports with Aaron Williams, MA – Episode 215

Treatment's only going to be as good as these sustaining constructs are in place to sustain it. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Aaron Williams. Aaron works as the integrated care consultant and senior advisor for the National Council of Mental Wellbeing. Aaron has more than has more than 18 years of experience providing training and technical assistance in behavioral health services with an emphasis on substance use, treatment, and prevention. Aaron has written and contributed to numerous articles and reports on drugs of abuse, primary care and substance use integration. Today we're going to be talking about treating substance abuse and understanding recovery capital. Recovery capital in these constructs is universal, all of us have them to some degree in our lives are things that one can developed and build. It's truly an empowering model.

For more information about the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, please visit:https://www.thenationalcouncil.org
For more information about customized training and technical assistance from National Council, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/program/ccbhc-e-national-training-and-technical-assistance-center/
For more information about Aaron Williams and his articles, please visit: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/people/aaron-williams-ma/
For more information about the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence, please visit: https://peerrecoverynow.org

Part 2: Working with High-Risk Teens with Dr. Jaimee Arnoff – Episode 214

This episode resumes our conversation with Dr. Erin Elmore and her guest Dr. Jaimee Arnoff. In our last episode, we defined high risk behavior and the signs to look for to separate normal teen behavior to something that’s more serious and could benefit from therapy. We discussed the importance of early intervention for high-risk or at-risk teens and the first steps to welcoming youth clients into therapy and giving them a locus of control to feel comfortable and participate in therapy. We’ll resume our talk today by discussing the therapy environment, how to make it a safe space to get vulnerable, and a way to build trust.

 

For more information about Jaimee and BFF Therapy, please visit: https://www.bfftherapy.com
Connect with BFF Therapy on Instagram at bfftherapy, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/bfftherapy/
Or connect on Twitter @BFFTherapy, or visit: https://twitter.com/BFFTherapy
If you are a parent or guardian and looking for therapeutic help, please find a therapist on Psychology Today, or visit: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/

Part 1: Working with High-Risk Teens with Dr. Jaimee Arnoff – Episode 213

In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Dr. Jaimee Arnoff. Jaimee is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience with both assessment and therapy, focusing on children and adolescents with internalizing disorders in multiple hospital-based settings, residential treatment centers, and community-based outpatient mental health clinics. In addition to co-founding a private therapy practice specializing in high-risk youth, for the past few years she has developed and delivered school presentations for children, parents, and school staff, as well as trainings for clinicians and other providers on Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. We’re excited to have Jaimee back with us. Previously she joined us for a conversation around Pain Reprocessing Therapy, which is another one of Jaimee’s certifications. If you’re interested in hearing our conversation around that, please listen to that episode in our archive at www.triadhq.com/bht. Today our conversation will focus on Jaimee’s experience working with children and adolescents, and specifically working with high-risk teens.

 

For more information about Jaimee and BFF Therapy, please visit: https://www.bfftherapy.com
Connect with BFF Therapy on Instagram at bfftherapy, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/bfftherapy/
Or connect on Twitter @BFFTherapy, or visit: https://twitter.com/BFFTherapy

Addiction Recovery & the Transformative Change in Discovering Ourselves with Jason Shiers – Episode 212

To feel peace and change, research shows we need two things: one is knowledge, two is an experience, a corrective experience. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Jason Shiers. Jason is a Psychotherapist and Certified Transformative Coach who has been working with addictions and mental health for over 25 years. He has a personal story of addiction and mental health struggles spanning four decades both as a consumer of mental health services and as a professional. Jason is open to sharing his personal experiences so today we will hear more about his struggles and how they ultimately led to him developing an innovative approach to treating addiction and mental health issues called the Infinite Recovery Program. Together Erin and Jason discuss, the journey of change, spiritual awakening, the power of self-discovery of your true self after deconstructing beliefs. Never stop seeking.

 

For more information about the Infinite Recovery Project, please visit: https://www.infiniterecoveryproject.com
For more information about Misunderstandings of the Mind Podcast, please visit:https://www.misunderstandingsofthemind.com

Intergenerational Trauma & Child Development with Dr. Amy Conrad – Episode 211

A child’s experience or health is interdependent with the involvement of family. But, from a child’s perspective, in the context of what their brain needs as it develops, trauma can be very subtle, more relational in nature, and that tends to be more transgenerational transmission of these traumas. The more we can understand ourselves as parents, the more we can control and have awareness into what we're doing for our kids. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Amy Conrad. Amy is a pediatrician, mom, and founder of Kinder Digital Pediatric Clinic, the only digital pediatric platform that connects families with their own pediatrician from anywhere. Amy is also the podcast host of “Ask Doctor Amy”, where her goal is to empower listeners with evidence-based science with attention to nutrition, mental health, and lifestyle information to create a healthy and healthy childhood. Together Graham and Amy discuss the perspective of how intergenerational trauma shows in pediatric medicine, the impact of this trauma on children, and an encouragement for parents to improve their awareness, managing their triggers, and a vicarious healing that takes place for parents when they’re giving their children a different way to join them in childhood. It's never too late to become aware and how quickly that change happens.

 

For more information about Amy F. Conrad, MD, please visit: https://www.askdoctoramy.com
For more information about Amy’s podcast Ask Doctor Amy, please visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-doctor-amy/id1594424048
For more information about Amy’s YouTube channel for parents, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/askdoctoramy
Connect with Amy on Instagram at askdoctoramy, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/askdoctoramy/
Finally, for more information about Dr. Nicole LePera on Instagram at the.holistic.psychologist, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/the.holistic.psychologist/

Part 2: Crush Your Test Anxiety with Dr. Ben Bernstein – Episode 210

This episode resumes our conversation with Dr. Graham Taylor and his guest Dr. Ben Bernstein. In our last episode, we discussed the causes for performance anxiety, the various levels of anxiety, how stress can affect us, how to reclaim our locus of control, and the power of breath to control our physiological effects against anxiety. We’ll resume our talk today by discussing how to regain your equilibrium and focus. These are skills that can replace old habits that we've developed but interfere now with our learning process and cause unnecessary anxiety. These skills can be taught, and people can reclaim some of these things that can really help them be successful and reach their potential.

 

For more information about Dr. Ben Bernstein’s website B Your Best Performance Coaching, please visit: https://www.drbyourbest.com
For more information about Dr. Bernstein’s Crush Your EPPP Online Course or Crush Your Test Anxiety Online Course, please visit: https://courses.drbyourbest.com
For more information about Crush Your Test Anxiety by Dr. Ben Bernstein, please visit: https://www.drbyourbest.com/product/crush-your-test-anxiety/

Part 1: Crush Your Test Anxiety with Dr. Ben Bernstein – Episode 209

In preparing for licensure and certification exams most of us typically prepare the same old way we did throughout our educational process, utilizing the same old study process that got us through and doing our best to manage our stress, our anxieties, and our fears. But what if there had been a way for us to not just become better test takers, but to have a way to have crushed our test taking fears and anxieties? In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Ben Bernstein. Ben is a psychologist, teacher, and performance coach whose career has spanned 40 years in education, psychology, and the arts, including coaching in such diverse settings as psychiatric hospitals, prisons, primary schools, and universities. Ben is the author of three books, A Teen’s Guide to Success, Stressed Out! For Parents, and Crush Test Anxiety: How to Be Calm, Confident, and Focused on Any Test. Together Ben and Graham discuss the causes for performance anxiety, the various levels of anxiety, how stress can affect us, and how to reclaim our locus of control. We will resume this conversation in our next upcoming podcast.

For more information about Dr. Ben Bernstein’s website B Your Best Performance Coaching, please visit: https://www.drbyourbest.com
For more information about Dr. Bernstein’s Crush Your EPPP Online Course or Crush Your Test Anxiety Online Course, please visit: https://courses.drbyourbest.com
For more information about Crush Your Test Anxiety by Dr. Ben Bernstein, please visit: https://www.drbyourbest.com/product/crush-your-test-anxiety/

3HQ Approach to Realizing Your Fullest Self with Hilary DeCesare – Episode 208

Is your life being lived in line with your design? Are you living a relationship with your most authentic and genuine self? Are you working towards aligning your values and your passions in such a way that you realize your fullest self and the potential that lays within you? In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Hilary DeCesare. Hilary is an award-winning business expert, esteemed author, and pioneer of female powerhouses in Silicon Valley. Hilary is the founder of ReLaunch Co. and widely recognized for her work in neuropsychology as it relates to business and life. She has been selected as AlwaysOn’s Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch in 2010, 2011, 2012 and was honored with the 2010 DEMOgod Award, and 2012 Golden Bridge Women Founder of the Year Award. Hilary has been featured on ABC’s hit TV series Secret Millionaire, where she shared stories of people who have overcome difficult circumstances. Her insights have been seen on NBC and mentioned in The Huffington Post, The Hallmark Channel, and Fox. Together Hilary and Graham discuss the challenges of transitioning in midlife, the tune-in process using the head, heart, higher-self (3HQ) approach, commitment to change, identifying and transforming your limiting beliefs, and connecting with your higher self to reignite your personal power.

 

For more information about Hilary DeCesare and The Relaunch Co., please visit: https://therelaunchco.com
For more information about Hilary’s international bestselling book Relaunch Spark Your Heart to Ignite Your Life, please visit: https://www.therelaunchbook.com
To take the entrepreneur quiz, please visit: https://therelaunchco.com/3hqquiz/
For more information about The Relaunch Co. courses, please visit:  https://www.therelaunchcocourses.com
Connect on Instagram at thereleaunchco, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/therelaunchco/

Shifting Your Breath to Create Calm with Todd Steinberg – Episode 207

We typically take about 23,000 breaths per day. Most of the time we do so unconsciously, and for the most part we get by. But what if there is a way to breathe better, more consciously, such that we can increase the control we actually have over our bodies, like being able to calm our nervous system, reduce our stress hormones, lower our heart rates, decrease our blood pressure, lower our anxiety, and reduce our stress levels, improve our sleep and our focus, increase our peace of mind, and extend our lifespan. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Todd Steinberg. Todd is the president of Komuso Design, a wellness company and maker of The Shift, a necklace device that slows your exhale to calm your nervous system. Komuso Design was created in 2017 with the simple intention of providing people with a new tool to access peace of mind. Their mission is to become the architect of fashion wellness and transform lives in the process. Together Graham and Todd discuss the creation of Komuso Design and the thinking behind their breathing device The Shift, the research behind the benefits of breathing, and the techniques to breathing better.

 

For more information about Komuso Design, please visit: https://www.komusodesign.com
To contact Todd, please email todd@komusodesign.com
Finally, for more information about Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nester, please visit:  https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath-book

Healing Power of Binaural Beats with Wayne Altman – Episode 206

Music can help you take charge of your mood. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Wayne Altman.Wayne is an entrepreneur and founder of Melody Clouds. After suffering from tinnitus and looking for relief to all the noise experienced because of this illness, Wayne became aware of binaural beats. Because of the frequencies of binaural beats, he can give himself a respite from the noise. From this experience Wayne has created Melody Clouds, a subscription relaxation website and app with over 8,000 hours of Solfeggio, Binaural Beats, Guided Meditation, and audiobooks all designed to relax and educate its subscribers. Together Erin and Wayne discuss how music can help with healing, sleep, and relaxation, the healing power of binaural beats, and how Melody Clouds can be a helpful tool to transform your mood.

 

For more information about Melody Clouds, please visit: https://melodyclouds.com/
If you would like to contact Wayne Altman, please email: waynealtman@melodyclouds.com

The Post-Pandemic Development Gap in Early Childhood with Dr. Shaana Berman – Episode 205

In this post-pandemic environment, students have dealt with trauma. They have dealt with a lot of familial instability and security. Because of this, children are coming into school developmentally stunted and not ready to learn. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Shaana Berman.  Shaana is a board-certified Behavior Analyst with over 20 years of experience, working directly with children who have autism and other conditions that impact behavior and learning. Together Shaana and Graham discuss the developmental gaps and behavior in early childhood, the importance of school as a safe space for children can get their needs met, evaluating student’s readiness to learn, issues pertaining to the absence of social interaction, and other ways to support students. There is hope that we can heal. If we can understand the residual leftovers from this pandemic and find ways we can cultivate a readiness to learn, there is an opportunity within both the school and the family systems to help kids catch up.

 

For more information about Dr. Shaana Berman, please visit: https://metamindmagic.com
Connect with Dr. Shaana Berman on Instagram @metamindmagic, or  visit: https://www.instagram.com/metamindmagic

Holistic Coaching, Ayurvedic Medicine, & Your Life Purpose with Vish Chatterji – Episode 204

When we are aligned with our inner calling that's when things begin to flow. Things come to us because there's an openness. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Vish Chatterji. Vish provides holistic life coaching for executives and small business owners on how to create personalized daily routines in nutrition, exercise, scheduling, and sleep to nurture fulfilling work, joy, and life harmony. Vish is the author of The Business Casual Yogi: Take Charge of Your Body, Mind, and Career which teaches how to create micro-rituals for optimal health and leadership success. Together Graham and Vish discuss the parallels between yoga wisdom and coaching wisdom, how a coach becomes a facilitator for the coachee’s innate wisdom, the process of walking clients through their path toward greater awareness, and the importance of our connection to our true selves. The ultimate karmic test is when a challenge comes your way, and when you can just sit through it, you’ve passed that test and that challenge won’t happen again.

 

For more information about Head & Heart Insights, please visit: https://www.headandheartinsights.com

To learn more about The Business Casual Yogi by Vish Chatterji, MBA & Yogrishi Vishvketu, Ph.D., please visit: https://businesscasualyogi.com

Connect with Vish on social media:

• On Instagram at Business Casual Yogi, or visit: https://www.instagram.com/thebusinesscasualyogi/
• On LinkedIn, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vish-chatterji-b3b2681/
• On Facebook at Business Casual Yogi, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/businesscasualyogi
• On YouTube at The Business Casual Yogi, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZQxBbwd6SaRR9y0aUmoLw

Radical Emotional Acceptance with Dr. Alex Wills– Episode 203

What if our painful, uncomfortable emotions are actually our best friends and they're there to help us? How would life be different? How could life be better? In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Alex Wills. Alex is a board-certified psychiatrist and author of Give a Fuck Actually, Reclaim Yourself with the 5 steps of Radical Emotional Acceptance. Alex is a graduate of the Sackler School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship training in Hawaii with additional training from Columbia University. He is the owner of Perma Mental Health, a private psychiatric practice with offices across Idaho. Alex’s clinical days are spent using the Radical Emotional Acceptance method to help patients heal from issues ranging from past traumas to interpersonal struggles in their marriages. Give a F*CK, Actually is based on that experience. Together Graham and Alex discuss the concept of radical emotional acceptance, creating that shift in mindset that we can learn from our painful emotions, and the five steps outlined in the book of radical emotional acceptance process.

 

For more information about Give a F*CK, Actually by Alex Wills, please visit: https://radicalemotionalacceptance.com

For more information about the Give a F*CK official store, please visit: https://radicalemotionalacceptance.com/shop

 

Men’s Health, Depression, and Male Suicide with Dr. John Ogrodniczuk– Episode 202

There's about 30,000 people committing suicide in the U.S. each year. If we took a full airplane, 300 people, that's a hundred airplanes per year going down. That's 52 weeks. That's two planes per week going down. And no one's saying this is alarming. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. John Ogrodniczuk. John is the founder of HeadsUpGuys, a leading online resource for supporting men with depression. John is also a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychotherapy Program at the University of British Columbia, one of North America’s largest medically based psychotherapy training programs. He’s also past president of the North American chapter for the Society for Psychotherapy Research. His research focuses on a wide variety of topics including men’s mental health, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and personality disorders, which has led to more than 300 publications. He also maintains a private practice through Optimum Life Consulting. Together Graham and John discuss the creation of HeadsUpGuys, the impact of suicide and overwhelming statistics on male suicide, the signs and symptoms that lead to suicide ideation, the need to reconceptualize masculine socialization and importance of mental health literacy. We know that suicidal ideation is transient. So, if we can get support to men to help them through these transient periods when they feel disconnected, we can help them turn things around and get them a path to a better life and give them hope.

 

For more information about HeadsUpGuys, please visit: https://headsupguys.org

To watch Josh’s story of recovery on HeadsUpGuys, please visit: https://headsupguys.org/depression-suicide-video-story/

Take a self test to get a better sense of the symptoms of depression, please visit: https://headsupguys.org/mens-depression/self-check/

If you are a Friend or Family and would like to learn how to support someone with suicide ideation, please visit: https://headsupguys.org/for-supporters/

If you would like to find a therapist, please visit: https://headsupguys.org/depression-tips/find-a-therapist/