Behavioral Health Today

Behavioral Health Today

Welcome to Behavioral Health Today, a podcast by Triad, where we tackle trending topics in behavioral and mental health. The Behavioral Health Today podcast shares unique and relevant topics occurring within our world and communities with a mental health professional perspective.

Episodes

November 28, 2023 39 mins

The brain keeps the score, but the body is a score card. Every time we feel an emotional difficulty, we control either what we feel, or we control our environment. So, we shut down the emotion, and that’s the problem. We never let the prediction play out until the end, maintaining the loop or the belief that the situation we are in today holds some kind of danger. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor spea...

Mark as Played

In athletics, and high-performance positions, you are constantly critiqued. Outcomes are often measured by stats or performance based. But we can’t always control performance-based outcomes. We can, however, control our effort-based actions. By rightsizing our reality, and focusing on our effort-based goals, we get to control the direction in how to show up in those moments and can transition into somet...

Mark as Played

Devotion is life giving. It creates momentum. Dedication to this practice, that by having focus of the things you want and by executing now, your ideal future self will be better off. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Ben Smith. Ben Smith is a fitness and nutrition coach, entrepreneur, Army Veteran, and mental health advocate based in Los Angeles. With more than a decade working in health a...

Mark as Played

Currently, there is more opportunity for practitioners and more interest from the public. So now the question is, can we get care for the people that want it, and is the care delivered effective? In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Linda Rosenberg, MSW. Linda is on the faculty of Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry where she focuses on public and private sector partnerships that el...

Mark as Played

In the words of Julia Cameron, “if you want to work on your art, work on your life.” In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Rachel Moore, LMFT. Prior to Rachel’s career as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Rachel earned a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and enjoyed a 14-year career as a newspaper copy editor, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 along with the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribu...

Mark as Played

We embody the sum of our past experiences, yet our potential isn't confined to the limitations of those events. Oftentimes, a version of ourselves becomes ensnared by these experiences, constraining our true identity. Through introspective efforts and inner work, we can liberate ourselves from these constraints, allowing our genuine identity to unfurl and flourish. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor spe...

Mark as Played

Supervision is the way to help the next generation of clinicians become ready for the exponentially growing mental health emergency that we have experienced over the last several years. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Amy Parks. Dr. Parks is the Founder and CEO for the Clinical Supervision Directory, connecting clinical supervisors with supervision-seekers and providing ongoing suppor...

Mark as Played
Racism, prejudice, and bias forms a barrier to people’s true humanity. How could your biases prevent you from behaving in ways that are in line with your values? In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Dana Crawford. Dana is a pediatric and clinical psychologist who developed the Crawford Bias Reduction Theory & Training (CBRT), a systematic approach to reducing bias, prejudice, and racism. Dana is a graduate of Howa...

Mark as Played

If we can recognize that our training and systems shape our lens, and how our lens shapes us and our clients, we can correctively develop a lens that can get us closer to reality. Rather than the diagnoses of mental illness, we can recognize that folks have a lot more resilience in themselves than they oftentimes see. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Anthony Salerno. Tony is a New York...

Mark as Played

Learning how to befriend your nervous system, your body, and the important information that it’s communicating to your mind, is one of the most holistic and sustainable ways to heal. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Maira Holzmann. Maira is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and somatic therapist who specializes in helping people heal from the impacts of childhood trauma. Maira completed her undergraduate degree in p...

Mark as Played

Emotional intelligence skills in youth are so important because it can predict later life outcomes. A child’s overall wellbeing throughout their critical years of development can lead to better academic and mental health success. Today’s episode is part of our clinicians’ series, where we provide a more practice, more hands-on experiential understanding of the application of various techniques, strategi...

Mark as Played
17.9 million Americans meeting the criteria for a clinical diagnosis of co-occurring disorders (COD). Research suggesting that 70% of all of those misusing and/or addicted to substances have co-occurring mental health challenges. These alarming statistics are the reason the Harris Project is determined to bringing co-occurring disorders out of the shadows and into the light. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Stephanie...

Mark as Played

There is a lot of psychological research that shows that there’s so much healing power in a secure relationship where you can speak and share how you feel. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Diana Chao, founder and Executive Director of Letters to Strangers, a non-profit that seeks to destigmatize mental illness and increase access to affordable, quality mental health treatment for young people. Diana has a really unique ...

Mark as Played

Managing anxiety can be a powerful gateway into awareness and presence. Over time, connecting with the most difficult parts of themselves, so they can reoccupy, explore, and discover life-enhancing opportunities to grow. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Kirk Schneider. Kirk is a leading spokesperson for existential-humanistic and existential-integrative psychology. Dr. Schneider is an ...

Mark as Played

It's not that hard to change the work culture, but it does take a conscious effort to do some self-reflecting as a leader to look at the employee environment, ask employees what they'd really like, and make that a daily practice. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Natalie Petouhoff. Natalie is a best-selling author and a Customer Experience Strategist and Consultant who works with brands...

Mark as Played

What if there's an opportunity for you to touch within yourself with what truly matters? A way to experience an authentic awakening through self-inquiry to move beyond all cultural and spiritual overlays and simply rest into what remains to be freed from all distractions. What if this opportunity gave you the experience of bringing you back to love through the simplicity of just being? In this episode, D...

Mark as Played

It's okay to not be okay, and you can allow yourself time to wallow in whatever has happened to you, but to move forward, you must seek the help you need. Healing is a sign of strength. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Marie Brown Mercadel. Dr. Mercadel is a coach, motivational speaker, CEO, and author of the memoir Getting To My Enough, A Story of Faith, Resilience, and Survival. Dr. M...

Mark as Played

If we are willing to change the paradigm, shifting our focus from treating illness at the individual level to focusing on improving the psychological health of all people in our neighborhoods and communities, we can create a system of interventions across the continuum of the population that is all aimed at everyone’s health no matter where they’re at. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. A...

Mark as Played

When you give students these tools for managing their emotions and building positive relationships, it will spill over into their school and have a big positive impact in their lives. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Sara Hahn and Ellie Foster, both Directors of Education at the Kevin Love Fund, a fund established by NBA player Kevin Love to break the stigma around mental health and to inspir...

Mark as Played

In our show, we will resume our conversation with our host Dr. Erin Elmore and her guests Katie Parker, Becky Fife & Allie Callister around the topic of developing strong girls and their online program I Believe in Me! In our last episode we discussed the challenges facing young girls right now in a post-covid society and the need for support. I Believe in Me is teaching girls self-awareness and givi...

Mark as Played

Popular Podcasts

    "McCartney: A Life in Lyrics" offers listeners the opportunity to sit in on conversations between Paul McCartney and poet Paul Muldoon dissecting the people, experiences, and art that inspired McCartney’s songwriting. These conversations were held during the past several years as the two collaborated on the best selling book, “The Lyrics: 1965 to Present.” Over two seasons and 24 episodes of “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics”, you’ll hear a combination master class, memoir, and improvised journey with one of the most beloved figures in popular music. Each episode focuses on one song from McCartney’s iconic catalog – spanning early Beatles through his solo work. Season 1 premieres on October 4th. “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics” is a co-production between iHeart Media, MPL and Pushkin Industries. Cover Portrait © 1967 Paul McCartney / Photographer: Linda McCartney

    Dateline NBC

    Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.

    Crime Junkie

    If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.

    Stuff You Should Know

    If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

    20/20

    Unforgettable true crime mysteries, exclusive newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports and in-depth coverage of high profile stories.

Advertise With Us

For You

    Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

    Connect

    © 2023 iHeartMedia, Inc.