Mental Health News Radio

Pierluigi Mancini, PhD is one of the presenters at the 2018 National Council of Behavioral Health conference speaking about the need for a multicultural focus in behavioral health. El Doctor Mancini is a platform created to manifest change in access to services for those afflicted with mental health and substance use disorders. We will advocate to correct and change current policies, laws, rules and regulations that create barriers for those with limited English proficiency and/or different cultural understanding of behavioral health. www.eldoctormancini.com

Greg Dee Dicharry is at the annual National Council for Behavioral Health Conference to support the film Suicide: The Ripple Effect with co-producer and co-director Kevin Hines. Greg is a native of Louisiana who in 1993 moved to Hollywood and began living his vision of working in the film industry. Several years later that career path was derailed by mental illness and drug addiction. For the last 9 years he has been leading one of the nation’s leading youth programs focused on empowering young people with mental health, substance abuse and foster care challenges. Since 2010 Greg has been combining these two passions and has produced, directed and edited numerous mental health related PSA's and videos designed to educate and inspire. In his previous film career Greg held a variety of positions including production assistant, assistant director, director, and producer on independent, and major studio feature films, music videos, commercials, and short films. Greg has produced, and directed numerous commercials, film, and video projects including the TV pilot  Tribe TV, which received a regional EMMY Award. He produced Heroin the Real Deal, a prevention film featuring surviving members of the band Sublime. Go Cat Go - an EPK for music legend Carl Perkins, and a 35mm music video. Greg has continued to sharpen his producing skills by producing large scale youth festivals MY Fest, and other community events throughout the country. He has produced 20 MY Fest events nationally with budgets totaling over five hundred thousand dollars. They have attracted over 50,000 attendees and reached thousands more via social media and news coverage from Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, COX and Comcast TV affiliates, as well as numerous major radio networks.

Villa Director of Community Partnerships Craig Hedley is known all over Richmond for his work with children and youth.  Having served as Hermitage High School track coach for 13 years and at St. Joseph’s Villa for 30 years, Hedley’s caring and good-humored spirit has changed countless lives.  For this reason, Hedley was recently recognized in CBS 6’s weekly “Heroes Among Us.” As Director of Community Partnerships, Hedley is often the first point of contact in aiding families in crisis or in need of help. Learn more about Craig in this video on the CBS 6 website. Craig Hedley joined many of the 5,000 visitors to that annual conference of The National Council for Behavioral Health.  www.neverstopbelieving.org www.thenationalcouncil.org www.mhnrnetwork.com

Erin Lawler of Goodness Chick joins us to discuss her podcast on Mental Health News Radio Network: Goodness Chick. She discusses the journey of parenting as we go through the process of parenting teens, the trends they face, and family dynamics.Goodness Chick is focused on relaying relevant issues that pertain to parenting teens, family dynamics as well as addressing mental health issues. Knowledge is power. Whether it be depression, prescription pill addiction or the challenges of being a single parent; each of us face our own challenges. When we collaborate the journey seems less daunting. www.goodnesschick.com

Join Dr. Paul Meier, Melanie Vann, and Kristin Walker for a round table discussion on what it means to live a conscious life - an enlightened life. Dr. Meier is the founder of The Meier Clinics, Best Selling author of over 100 books, and practicing psychiatrist.  Dr. Meier's heart lies in helping people all over the world. He is a nationally renowned speaker and has been in many countries throughout the world, including: Israel, Greece, Cuba, Peru, France, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Turkey. www.meierclinics.com

Dr. Omar Manejwala and Kristin Walker discuss his presentation at The National Council for Behavioral Health's annual conference. Addiction is a treatable disease. But we need to break down barriers to care and make effective treatment the path of least resistance. Omar Manejwala applies his background in psychiatry, addiction medicine, leadership and organizational development to tackle this national crisis. His ability to translate complex medical issues into understandable terms has led to national television appearances and quotes in leading print media. In his best-selling book, Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to Get Enough, Dr. Manejwala explores how and why our brain drives behavior, how to change the part of our brain that fuels our cravings, the warning signs that craving is evolving into addiction and why craving is the most difficult component of addiction.    www.manejwala.com  

Dr. Stuart Ablon joins host Kristin Walker to discuss his parcipitation and presentation at The National Council for Behavioral Health's annual conference. J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., is the Director of Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also Associate Professor and the Thomas G. Stemberg Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ablon is author of the books Changeable: The Surprising Science Behind Helping Anyone Change, Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach, and The School Discipline Fix. Dr. Ablon received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and completed his training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. A dynamic and engaging speaker, Dr. Ablon was ranked #5 on the list of the world’s top rated keynote speakers in the academic arena. Dr. Ablon trains parents, educators, and clinicians, and helps organizations throughout the world implement the Collaborative Problem Solving approach.  

Percy Howard joins host Kristin Walker to discuss how CiBHS is transforming the business side of behavioral healthcare. We will be podcasting from their conference The 18th Annual Behavioral Health Informatics Conference and Exposition held near San Diego, California May 2nd through 3rd, 2018.  Percy Howard, LCSW is the President and CEO of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. Over the past five years, Percy has been a key player and leader in California’s drive to implement recovery-oriented and family-directed Evidence-Based Practice. During the course of his 32 year work history, Percy has worked for County Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Systems, Private healthcare providers, Non-Profit CBOs and in Juvenile Justice Settings. This experience has served him well in his current role as a leader in one of California’s premier Training and Implementation and Systems Improvement Organizations. In his free time, Percy is a competition licensed Racing Driver as well as a singer and composer who has recorded and performed with members of Living Color, King Crimson and Guns N Roses. www.cibhs.org Read the full article here.

Join Dr. Linda Martinez-Lewi and Kristin Walker for a deep discussion about how vital self-care is after narcissistic abuse. Taking the time to slow down your life after it's been in such turmoil being involved with an emotional predator is a difficult but one of the greatest paths to post traumatic growth. Linda's new book Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist is available on Amazon and her website. Her work involves helping individuals who have suffered from the cruelties of narcissistic abuse to heal, restore and restart their lives along new pathways of freedom, creativity, restoration and transformation. She is a licensed psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and an expert on the Narcissistic Personality.  She offers international telephone consultation to clients who are dealing with and suffering from psychological and emotional abuse by narcissistic personalities. Clients find that telephone consultation is an excellent way for them to begin the process of recovering from the narcissist so that they can move forward as unique individuals with the full use of their creative energies and gifts. They experience a strength, balance and calmness in their lives that they richly deserve.

Join host Kristin Walker with fellow podcaster Sean Conohan of TemaTalks. Two podcasters sharing their journey with trauma and what Sean’s experience has been being on duty as an emergency services worker. Being the first person to help other’s in pain can take its toll on anyone who chooses to be a first responder. Sean talks about his experiences. How the work finally reached a tipping point in terms of his physical and mental well-being. He also shares his journey with podcasting. Sean Conohan (formerly of Uptalk Podcast) chips away at the stigma associated with mental illness in the first responder world, one inspirational guest at a time. The #TemaTalks Podcast is brought to you by The Tema Conter Memorial Trust – Canada’s leading provider of peer support, family assistance, education and training for our emergency services, public safety, military personnel, and their families. Read the full article here.  

Robin Stern, Ph.D., is the associate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She is a licensed psychoanalyst, educator, and author, with over twenty-five years of experience treating individuals, couples, and groups. Robin holds a doctorate in applied psychology from New York University and a postdoctoral certificate in psychoanalytic group psychotherapy from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. She is on the faculty of Teacher’s College, Columbia University, where she co-teaches a class on emotional intelligence. Robin is a co-developer of RULER, as well as a co-creator and a lead facilitator for Yale’s Institutes. At the Center, Robin is a principal investigator for the RULER for Parents project, which aims to increase parent involvement in children’s emotional intelligence education. She also works on High School RULER, adapting the curriculum for older students, and on a project to explore the intersection of self-awareness, emotion, and the arts. In collaboration with Facebook, she created a reporting process for cyberbullying incidents and a help center for bullied children. She is currently analyzing the data from that project to gain a deeper understanding of cyberbullying. Robin serves on the advisory board of Crisis Text Line, I”ll Go First, and Project Rebirth, is a member of the Emotionally Intelligence Consortium, and has authored three books. She is a founding member of the Woodhull Institute, where she spent 15 years creating and facilitating development programs for women leaders. She has been a guest on many local and national radio shows and has traveled widely to lecture on emotional intelligence. In 2014-15 Dr. Stern was a fellow in the Public Voices Fellowship, which led to publications in Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Time.com, etc. www.robinstern.com

Mr. DeWitt is a professional Graphologist and a certified Graphoanalyst, who shows how you can get a grasp of the fundamental rules of handwriting analysis and find out about yourself and others. Since his early years in the US Army, he has been lecturing publicly on handwriting analysis to organizations, clubs, schools and colleges. The book you are now reading represents more than eight years of research on the part of the author, including talks on ‘discovering your vocational potential’ by applying handwriting analysis to high school and college students across New England. Visit his website and purchase his book here.  

Ross Trowbridge joins our host Kristin Sunanta Walker to discuss Borderline Personality Disorder and #Project I Am Not Ashamed.  Ross Trowbridge has Borderline Personality Disorder and is not ashamed. Having mental illness most of his life, he speaks publicly about his struggles and successes through blogs, podcasts and the media to keep the conversation going about mental illness. His goal is to educate and inspire others and help stop the mental health stigma, one person at a time. You can follow Ross on Twitter @bpdinwaterloo or email him atborderlineinwaterloo@gmail.com. https://borderlineinwaterl.wixsite.com/projectiamnotashamed  

Join one of the regular hosts of www.theclinicalchristian.com, Dr. Lisa Day, discussing her career as an registered nurse and clinical psychologist. She shares her love of the mental health profession and her work with Meier Clinics.  Lisa Day, RN, PhD has over 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families struggling with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, behavioral/medical issues, addiction, relationship struggles, interpersonal boundary concerns, work/life balance, major life adjustments, divorce recovery, crisis, grief, forgiveness, and loss. She has worked in a variety of settings, including working with adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient programs as well as working as a coach in assisting individuals to identify and reach their full potential in their social and occupational endeavors. Dr. Day is an expert in assisting clients to develop healthy boundaries, integrating healthy communication skills, and utilizing mindfulness in applying healthy coping skills to deal with the stressors contributing to their challenge. Dr. Day works with eating disorders ranging from anorexia and bulimia to compulsive overeating.  In addition to being a licensed psychologist, Dr. Day is also a licensed registered nurse. This allows her to treat the whole person and understand how various stressors affect people both physically and emotionally.  www.mhnrnetwork.com

Join the founder of The Global Touch Foundation and host of The Social Networking Effect podcast, Jonathan Bertrand, discussing how social media is impacting our mental well-being. Your host, Kristin Walker, talks to Jonathan about addiction to social media, how to use it for good work in the world, and why healthy breaks are necessary.  They discuss the one year marker since making history at National Council of Behavioral Health in 2017, introducing Social Media Awareness and the effect on Mental Health. Kristin is the founder of MHNR Network, the first network of its type to focus solely on Mental Health. Jonathan is the first globally to speak on Social Media Awareness utilizing the MHNR Network platform to reach as many around the world as possible. www.mhnrnetwork.com