Noggin Notes Podcast

Play therapy is a kind of therapy counseling with playing activities which makes children overcome their psychological difficulties by themselves and helps them to achieve optimum level of development. In this episode Jake talks to Amanda Green, a Marriage and Family Therapist at Zephyr Wellness. They discuss deeper on Amanda's work on play therapy. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

In this episode Jake discusses the Six Do's and Don'ts of talking about trauma and tragedy. These do's and don’ts can be used when talking to children and adults. Tragedies affect everyone, both children, and adults. Children need to talk about their fears, frustration, and disbelief. It is important that we are watchful for these emotions and encourages open discussions. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Being a parent is a role that can bring you great joy and happiness as well as challenges to deal with. It can be daunting and overwhelming as you make decisions about your children’s upbringing that may be quite new to you. Jake discusses Dr. Conte Four C's of Parenting, where Dr. Conte came up with a very simple approach that parents can rely on to help them guide their children.   Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jake has received a great question about how our relationships with others, our parents, our children, how we grew up effects and defines who we become. What you are taught as a child by your parents, by what you saw and learned from your environments plays a big part in the development on who you will become.  Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

 The final episode of our 3 part series is finally here. Jake and Heather finish off this series with the discussion of the transition into adulthood for intellectually disabled.    Transitions occur throughout life and are faced by all young people as they progress, from childhood through puberty and adolescence to adulthood; from immaturity to maturity and from dependence to independence. The need for specifically designed programmes of care for facilitating the smooth transition from paediatric to adult care has been identified internationally, nationally and locally.    Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jake and Heather break it down as they discuss treatment intervention. One of the points they dig deeper on is behavioral modification. The belief behind behavior modification is that all behaviors can be observed and measured, and used as targets for change. Behavioral modification seeks to change or shape behavior through a set of stimuli and response actions. This works under the premise that the best way to understand a person’s behavior is to look at the reason for action and the consequences of said action. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jake brings us another exciting episode today, with special guest Heather Milligan who is a MFT graduate currently doing her internship at Zephyr Wellness. Intellectual disability is identified by problems in both intellectual and adaptive functioning. Some mental health, neurodevelopmental, medical and physical conditions frequently co-occur in individuals with intellectual disability, including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and depression and anxiety disorders. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

In this episode Jake will be replying to some of our listeners questions that have been sent in. Thank you to those who have emailed us with questions and topic ideas for the show. We hope to get through all the mail and answer all your questions. We will be doing more listeners mail podcast to get you all involved.  Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

In this episode Jake discusses provides us with five steps to improved gratitude. Expressing gratitude and feeling thankful are powerful mind and body vitamins. Research shows that the benefits of appreciation and thankfulness are many. Having an attitude of gratitude is good for your physical, emotional and mental health. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

This week Jake welcomes returned guest Jesse Lott from Zephyr Wellness, to discuss deeper on the topic of Content versus Process. It is not the language often spoken of in the world of relationships, but I think it is a highly relevant issue to address. It’s the idea of ‘how’ to do something, more than ‘what specifically to do.’ When two people can totally be authentic with each other giving each other space to be completely genuine to one another, this is what we call process, it helps communication and connection. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

This week Jake shares with you how if we never commit to ‘being’ rather merely ‘doing’, then we may never develop the endurance and perseverance necessary for truly profound relational growth.  Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

This week Jake shares with you how mental health refers to your overall psychological well-being. It includes the way you think about yourself, the quality of your relationships, and your ability to manage your emotions and deal with difficulties. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

This week Jake welcomes returned guest Steve Barcia from Zephyr Wellness, to discuss deeper on the topic of Projection. Projection is a common attribute of paranoia, where people project dislike of themselves onto others such that they believe that people around, dislike them. Projection helps justify unacceptable behavior, for example where a person claims that they are sticking up for themselves amongst a group of aggressive other people. Projecting thoughts or emotions onto others, allows the person to consider them and how dysfunctional they are, but without feeling the attendant discomfort of knowing that these thoughts and emotions are their own. We can thus criticize the other person, distancing ourselves from our own dysfunction. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

This week Jake shares with you eight common steps when clients go through therapy. Sometimes people who need help are intimidated by what may be required of them, so our hope in sharing this with you is to demystify process and make it a little more common. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.  

Jake brings us another exciting episode today, with special guest Lindsay Garrison, a Marriage & Family Therapist and Co-Founder of Zephyr Wellness in Reno, Nevada, where they discuss deeper on how to reconnect with yourself. When was the last time you really sat down in silence and listened to your body? Life is ever changing, we have plans but life always has other ones. We become so consumed with everything we want and we begin to lose focus of ourselves. We always think of the mind telling the body what to do, but the communication goes the other way too, from the body to the mind. Being self-aware of how our body and our surroundings affect how we think, learn, and behave can have big effects on our ability to learn, perform and feel our best. We just have to know what they are. Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.