Beyond Risk and Back

“Fix my kid.” is a set up for failure. The kid is not broken, the system is broken and parents need support to rebuild the system. Join Kevin Petersen and Aaron Huey of Firemountain Residential Treatment Programs as they discuss what "fix my kid" actually is about.  Kevin Petersen, MA, LMFT was born and raised in Palo Alto, CA. Kevin graduated from Palo Alto High School and enrolled at The University of Southern California in 1982. After living in the south of Spain and working on a farm as a tractor driver in 1983, he came back to USC and graduated in 1994 with a degree in Social Sciences and moved to Denver, CO in 1995. Kevin had a successful career in sales and marketing and then in 2008 he enrolled in the Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy program at Regis University and was part of the first class that graduated from that program in 2011. He then spent three and a half years working at Arapahoe Douglas Mental Health Network as an in home therapist, case manager, crisis evaluator and outpatient therapist for Child and Family Services, he also worked part time for The Bridge House, ADMHN’s Acute Treatment Unit, as a Mental Health Technician and Counselor. Kevin opened his private practice, Petersen Family Counseling, in 2014 and specializes in working with families and individuals struggling with addictions, codependency, and parenting. https://petersenfamilycounseling.com/

Dr. Charles Fay and Aaron Huey review the essentials of Love and Logic and how it can provide a clear path of boundaries, consequences, and responsibility for ANY child. Dr. Fay is a parent, internationally recognized author, consultant and highly skilled public speaker. Millions of educators, mental health professionals, and parents world-wide have benefited from his practical and down-to-earth solutions to the most common and frustrating behaviors displayed by youth of all ages. These solutions come directly from years of research and clinical experience serving severely disturbed youth and their families in psychiatric hospitals, public and private schools, and homes. His interest in education and psychology were peaked as a child from years of exposure to some of our nation’s most dynamic experts in these fields. This early exposure came as a result of participation in training events with his father, Jim Fay. Jim is one of the nation’s leading experts on child discipline and has over fifty years of experience in public education. The internationally recognized Love and Logic approach was literally developed around Charles Fay as he grew. Now he jokes, “I think that’s why I became a psychologist…just to figure out what they were doing to me as a kid. But…let me be clear…I absolutely adore my mom and dad as a result.” Dr. Fay currently works full time as an author, consultant, public speaker and CEO of the Love and Logic Institute. Because of his high-powered sense of humor and story-telling skills, audiences experience the most memorable and life changing form of learning: learning that’s mentally connected to joy and real-life examples. www.loveandlogic.com

Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center has another discussion with parents about kids and running away. Teens are known for risky behavior and getting into trouble. Some of this is normal rebellion and testing limits and boundaries. Sometimes, however, the limit-testing and boundary-pushing can go too far, and kids find themselves in situations and lifestyles that aren't what they intended. All of a sudden, they are facing consequences at school, with the law, and at home. Some end up running away, …Read More

Join as host Aaron Huey of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center gives a quick take on the realities of relapse in both children & adults. What is the reality of relapsing & what do you do when it occurs. Relapse is a part of recovery. The old dragon will show up in some form or another after your treatment. The goal is to see it! Read More www.firemountainprograms.com

Your teen is in need of an intervention...but how do you find the right one? Do you even need one? Is it like the interventions on TV? Once a teens says yes, how do you get them to the facility? Join Intervention Specialist Rob Lohman for a discussion with host Aaron Huey about the process of interventions. Rob Lohman is an Addiction Interventionist and Recovery Coach. He is also the Founder of Lifted From The Rut providing Addiction Services to families across the country. Lifted From the Rut arose from a culmination of his life experiences, successes, failures, redirected dreams and a resurrection of hope for a better life. www.liftedfromtherut.com

Join host Aaron Huey on a live recording with parents discussing contracts and consequences! Helping teens & parents gain true insight & understanding of natural consequences to behaviors of teens while giving them the plans to take action and be their child's best ally.  If your boundaries are not firm, they are suggestions. As adults, when we set boundaries, we are supposed to mean it. If not we should not have set the boundary. Adults set loving boundaries in loving ways. Another important Love And Logic concept is to delay the consequences. Wait until the heat of the moment is over. https://youtu.be/65ajObC27H8…Read More www.firemountainprograms.com

Creating a behavior contract with a teen my sound strange, but it provides clarity, life lessons, and a clear understanding of what happens when agreements aren’t kept! Join host Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Programs on a live recording with parents discussing contracts and consequences!  

Is there a wound that cannot be healed? Why is there such a high percent of adopted kids in recovery? How does an adoptive parent navigate the loss that a child feels but cannot put into words? Your host Aaron Huey and Aaron Schneider worked together and alongside children who have experienced what is known as the “Primal Wound” and discuss effective treatment and support for families who adopt. Aaron Schneider is a former massage therapist and is currently a body-centered psychotherapist located in Baltimore. Trauma has always been a passion of his and has extensive training in PTSD and trauma therapy. He is currently pursuing a certification in Hakomi Mindfulnes-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy. Ever the spiritual seeker, he was ordained as a minister by Reb Zalman Schachter Shalomi, the founder of the Jewish Renewal movement. In his current practice, he focuses on empowering his clients by helping them realize that emotional pain is not something to cure, but a healthy message from the body asking for powerful change. Aaron has a passion for working with Orthodox Jews who wrestle with their religious identity, families and children with adoption issues, developmental and shock trauma, depression, anxiety and OCD. In his spare time, Aaron loves running, farming, spirituality, healthy eating, and self-empowerment exercises. He is proud to come from three generations of adoption: his aunt, his two sisters and his two children are all adopted.  

Raw and real, Hannah tells how she wound up in 9 adolescent psychiatric programs and 3 residential programs. Heartbreaking and honest, Hannah talks about, without fear, why recovery takes a lifetime...one day at a time. Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center and host of Beyond Risk and Back discusses Hannah's journey on this poignent and refreshingly honest show.  

Marijuana has gone from being the “Devil’s Weed” to “Harmless” but what is the truth? Is there propaganda on both sides? Is it REALLY addictive? Is it REALLY medicine? Is marijuana harmless? Host Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center and Avani Dilger approach it from the middle to try to discover the truth. Avani G. Dilger, MEd, LPC, BC-DMT, CACIII is Founder and Executive Director of Natural Highs Community. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Addiction Counselor, a Somatic Psychotherapist, and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. She has specialized in substance abuse treatment with adults, teens-at-risk, and their families. She holds a Master’s in Education from the University of Cologne in Germany and a Master’s in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. She has done extensive research and training in traditional and alternative approaches to substance abuse treatment. She is passionate about the creative potential of craving and addiction issues. She has developed the “Natural Highs – Healthy Alternatives to Drugs and Alcohol” Program that integrates traditional and alternative approaches to substance abuse and addiction issues and teaches teens and adults how to work in intelligent ways with their own brain chemistry through body/mind practices, dance, ritual, meditation, and the creative arts. Avani is a trainer and consultant in the Criminal Justice System and has trained probation, parole, and corrections officers in Motivational Interviewing and Evidence-based Practices throughout the U.S. She is an expert reviewer for publications on teen substance abuse issues.

Low self esteem causes more damage that we think...but what causes low self esteem? What about Self-Concept? Skip Lackey and Aaron dive into the troubles and solutions surrounding esteem issues in kids and teens. Do you love me now?Kids: Esteem, Confidence, & Concept discussion with Skip Lackey and your host Aaron Huey, owner of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center. Skip has been in the personal growth, leadership and wellness fields for over 30 plus years and has worked directly with over 15,000 clients, taught over 1000 workshops and done over 1000 personal appearances. He was the CEO for Evolution Unlimited – the personal growth seminar company that offered a modality called - The Journey in North and Central America before he took a much needed break from traveling and is thrilled to be back teaching The Journey again in the US and Canada.   Skip has turned his attention to bring conscious skills and emotional intelligence into the workplace with his leadership development company  – a leadership development company that trained and certified 100’s of Leadership Coaches  called - The Praxis Leadership Academy.  He also has a website where you can learn meditation called MeditationPrescription.com. And a site for a new small business coaching company called - 5Starbydesign. You can see what he’s been up to at www.SkipLackey.com. Skip also spent over 25 years working in the entertainment industry in every way imaginable and performed live for well over 1 million people on Broadway, Movies, TV, Commercials and he was even a game show host for Nickelodeon and a Ringling Brothers Clown. He brings his sense of humor and presence to everything he does!

Shari received her Master’s degree in Social Work from University of Denver in 1993 and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 1995. She has had a 28 year career as Clinical Director and Therapist.  She has run addiction treatment centers, teen mother homes, psychiatric facilities and was founder of  a teen homeless shelter in Colorado.   Shari was asked to become a consultant by the State Department given her expertise in training mental health therapists, counselors and CEO’s on how to implement evidenced based practices and trauma informed care.  Her unique approach has helped countless organizations fine tune their mission, develop organizational strategic goals, implement tools that enhance programming and hardwired behavior standards.   She is currently an Adjunct Professor for several universities in both graduate colleges of Social Work and Psychology, teaching students on Crisis/Trauma, Mental Health issues and Management/Administration.   Shari has spent the past eighteen years studying resiliency, vulnerability and the enduring self- sabotaging thoughts that are often the result of trauma.   She is the co-author of Which Way?, a memoir and psychological handbook on trauma for survivors, clinicians, and anyone who wants to understand and celebrate just how resilient the human spirit is.  Which Way? explores the questions we all have to answer about which path we will take in life to become who we were born to be vs. who we were destined to be.  (Due for release May, 2018) ?Shari is also the Clinical Director at Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center. www.sharisimmons.com

Avani Dilger discusses a powerful shift in recovery support for teens. She teaches the REAL TRUTH about drugs and cutting, and the teens are listening.

What if you could teach kids how to get high without drugs? Would it work? Would it make things better or worse? Avani Dilger has been instructing teens in brain chemistry, natural alternatives to drugs...even the hard ones, and creating a safe place for the kids who want to get high...all while staying sober. On top of all of this, she has created an outreach program with her teen leadership team that has suddenly gone worldwide. It does work, it does help, and our podcast host Aaron Huey finds out why. Avani G. Dilger, MEd, LPC, BC-DMT, CACIII is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Addiction Counselor, a Somatic Psychotherapist, and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). She has specialized in substance abuse treatment with adults, teens-at-risk, and their families. She holds a Master’s in Education from the University of Cologne in Germany and a Master’s in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. She has done extensive research and training in traditional and alternative approaches to substance abuse treatment. She is passionate about the creative potential of craving and addiction issues. She has developed the “Natural Highs – Healthy Alternatives to Drugs and Alcohol” Program that integrates traditional and alternative approaches to substance abuse and addiction issues and teaches teens and adults how to work in intelligent ways with their own brain chemistry through body/mind practices, dance, ritual, meditation, and the creative arts. Avani is a trainer and consultant in the Criminal Justice System and has trained probation, parole, and corrections officers in Motivational Interviewing and Evidence-based Practices throughout the U.S. She is an expert reviewer for publications on teen substance abuse issues. https://www.naturalhighs.org/

Predators use the internet as a gateway to victims because of the anonymity and the ability to lure children with minimal detection and apprehension. This same anonymity is capitalized upon by highly trained Cheezo investigators who portray themselves as teenagers online where adults seek victims for sexual purposes. Since its inception in 2005, more than 920 arrests have been made in Jefferson County by Cheezo. The Cheezo investigators have a combined 50 years’ experience in crimes against children. Each year more than 150 Internet and cell phone safety presentations are given. The Cheezo team have established themselves as leaders in the tracking predators and are sought for training to other law enforcement agencies nationwide. The ‘Stranger Danger – Internet Strangers’ program has been presented to the Colorado PTA Conference, National Youth Crime Prevention Program, Fox31 News, the Rocky Mountain Deaf Institute, and the Colorado Department of Human Services statewide conference. Cheezo has been featured on Oprah, Dr. Phil, Court TV with Al Roker, and ABC Evening News. Sgt. Mike Harris joins our host Aaron Huey discussing "Dialing Danger". Join them for a fascintating and frightening reality we all must be aware of in today's technology laden world.