May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Gail Bibb, founder of Revive Counseling & Wellness, joined Terry Meiners to discuss the value of having conversations with a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Why therapy? How does one know when they're in need of counseling? Is A.I. a reasonable substitute for human interaction and guidance?
Revive health. Heal trauma. Restore relationships.
Gail Bibb can be reached at revivecounselingwellness.com
Why therapy? How does one know when they're in need of counseling? Is A.I. a reasonable substitute for human interaction and guidance?
Revive health. Heal trauma. Restore relationships.
Gail Bibb can be reached at revivecounselingwellness.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy weekend, Happy Mother's Day, Happy going to the soccer
match tonight, and happy whatever it is. The weather's perfect
this weekend. May's a beautiful month. It gives us the
Kentucky Derby, obviously, gives us Mother's Day, gives us all
kinds of reasons to celebrate. It is also Mental Health
Awareness Month. I thought it'd be a great time to
invite in Gail Bibb. She is an LMFT and LCSW
(00:24):
licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Licensed clinical social worker. I think
I got all those right, all those fancy letters on there.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Hi, Gail, it's good to see you, hey, Terry, thank
you for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Absolutely all right, So it is Mental Health Awareness Month
and we always kind of have to refresh people to
remind them it's okay to reach out for a conversation. Oh.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Absolutely. You know, we need to be more aware about
how mental health affects us in everyday life and our
ability to cope with challenges and struggles, and so having
the accessibility to access mental health are very important.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah. Indeed, tell me a little bit about your pathway
to becoming a licensed clinical social worker and marriage and
family all those things, right, Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, absolutely, my journey into the mental health felt you know,
honestly started long before I stepped into the classroom or
even the therapy office. In fact, growing up, I witnessed
firsthand the impact of mental illness through my mother's biological
mother's struggles. I saw how it shaped her life, our family,
and even the way that we navigated the world. It
was really painful, confusing even and deeply isolating. And so
(01:34):
it really just kind of sparked a curiosity in me
that I've really wanted to explore, and that curiosity grew
into a passion where I wanted to help and help
others with their own mental health struggles.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Fantastic, and obviously as a therapist you can talk to
anybody it. People sometimes think, well, I'm a man and
I'm in my sixties, I should only talk to a
man in my sixties. That's not necessarily true, right.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Not at all. I think, you know, sometimes men prefer
different approaches to talking to people, and they might even
feel more comfortable talking to a female. And so I
think that men, in particularly our society, reinforces the idea
that men should be strong and self reliant and discourages vulnerability.
And so I think that breaking the stigma that can
(02:20):
really prevent emotional pain and mental health struggles in men.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Sometimes we see people and publicly say, you know what,
I went and I got some help, but it's very helpful.
I'm thinking about Simone Bios who was just here for
the Kentucky derby Naomi Osaka, very famous tennis player. They
both paused what they were doing in there at the
top of their game. World famous women, you know what.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
That's really important, and I think increasing the visibility of
mental wellness conversations on global platforms are incredibly powerful, particularly
like Simone Biles who steps forward with prioritizing her mental health,
the challenges and the stigma and empowers everyday individuals to
seek the help without shame. So really that platform just
(03:04):
normalizes vulnerability. It validates the need for mental wellness, and
it's crucial to being able to have access to that.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
And we know some people go into some dark places
and it's very evident to them, but I would think
that it's more subtle for a lot of people too
that you know they're feeling a certain way or whatever.
It's just but going through the daily regimen, I get up,
I have breakfast, I go to work, I come home,
up up, up, up up, and they don't realize they're
kind of caughting any emotional trap.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah. Honestly, people think that you only need to come
to therapy when you are experiencing trauma, and most people
associate trauma with extreme life events like war, you know,
abuse or something like that. However, trauma can stem from
less obvious experiences like chronic stress, emotional neglect, even bullying,
(03:52):
and sometimes even medical procedures can be considered traumatic. So
minimizing what it should look like or how it has
been characterized can be dis empowering to individuals with everyday struggles.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, and it's okay to just sort of open the
door a little bit. It's not like you have to say, well,
I'm going to be talking to somebody every week for
the rest of my life. All you're talking about is
just reaching out, right.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, And honestly, therapy is one of those things where
it's all throughout your life. Just like you go to
the doctor, right for any physical elements. You go to
therapy for a designated time to work on serious issues,
but you can always come back to therapy just for
maintenance in everyday life. So it's not designed to be
(04:38):
you know, long term forever.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Effective therapy can be done within six to eight sessions
most times, depending on your presenting issues.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, obviously every human being is different. Were we all
have or the summation of a zillion different experiences that
we take ourselves. You know that we've traversed and so
we all bring a different story. But still the human
being is still a consistent creature, right, I mean, you
(05:10):
can figure out a few things if you just talk
to them for ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, you know, everybody is nuanced, indifferent in the complexities
of that. It's very you know, diverse. I think it
revived counseling and wellness. We really aim on targeting holistic practices,
which means we address the whole person, mind, body, and spirit.
We recognize that true healing goes beyond just talking. It
(05:33):
involves nurturing emotional wellbeing, physical health, and even spiritual growth.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Now you and I have only known each other for
ten fifteen minutes here that you've been here, but already
I feel like we have a friendly relationship already. That's
that's the power of just sitting down in front of someone.
You and I were chatting about other things. You know
fifteen minutes ago, but I would feel like I know you,
and I would hope you feel that way about me already.
So I'm curious about this whole AI thing. Okay, we're
(06:03):
moving into a part of the world, Gail, where every
day it seems like once an hour, Sricha as well,
AI is coming. You won't have a job and you
own and you own. Nothing replaces a human being talking
to another human being, or am I completely detached from reality?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Now, you're absolutely right. It's crucial to remember that AI
is a support tool, not a replacement for human connection
and empathy. Now AI is talked about everywhere, and we
need to be on the cutting edge of it. AI
is transforming even how we think about mental health care,
and I think there are some real good benefits to
considering how you can incorporate that in your practice.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
So it is a working element of your business. But
as far as human beings communicating face to face, there's
really there's no right you can tell by you're looking
into my eyes. Now you can hear me breathe, you
hear me. Pause. I mean the things I say are
landing on you as a human being and not a
(07:05):
not a computer. Program. That's what That's what I'm trying
to figure out about this whole AI thing where they
think it's going to replace everybody.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
You know what, AI does not have the human capacity
for empathy. AI lacks the ability to understand the nuanced
emotional expressions. It cannot replicate the the empactic connection that
we have as human therapist and so, you know, the
relationship that we have. You can't give that to a computer.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
No, right, no, it's been mind boggling to me. All right,
we're gonna have to wrap here. But for someone who's
driving home, they're listening to us, maybe they feel like
they're a hamster on a wheel. You know. It's just like, dude,
I'm doing the same thing every day. I'm feeling this
something or other. How do they crack open the door?
Just what do you do? First? Do you send somebody
(07:53):
an email to you? You know, people are shy too,
some people and of course a lot of people are
proud and don't want to say feeling some tornado in
their chest.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, I think you have to give credit to people
to even aware, be aware that they are something's going on, right,
And so I think the first thing you do is
try to research where you can find help, and we
have tools psychology today therapy directories to be able to
access mental health services in your local area.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Very good, Gail Bib. She is are you the founder
of Revive?
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I am the founder of Revive Counseling Wellness. Our website
is Revivecounseling Wellness dot com.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Well, congratulations on that and thanks for helping boost people.
Thank you, Terry, nothing like that. Just yeah, giving somebody
a little little something, a better feeling when they're walking
out than they had coming in. We need that, don't
we indeed? Gail Bib, Clinical director and therapist, Revive Counseling
Wellness dot com
Happy weekend, Happy Mother's Day, Happy going to the soccer
match tonight, and happy whatever it is. The weather's perfect
this weekend. May's a beautiful month. It gives us the
Kentucky Derby, obviously, gives us Mother's Day, gives us all
kinds of reasons to celebrate. It is also Mental Health
Awareness Month. I thought it'd be a great time to
invite in Gail Bibb. She is an LMFT and LCSW
(00:24):
licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Licensed clinical social worker. I think
I got all those right, all those fancy letters on there.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Hi, Gail, it's good to see you, hey, Terry, thank
you for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Absolutely all right, So it is Mental Health Awareness Month
and we always kind of have to refresh people to
remind them it's okay to reach out for a conversation. Oh.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Absolutely. You know, we need to be more aware about
how mental health affects us in everyday life and our
ability to cope with challenges and struggles, and so having
the accessibility to access mental health are very important.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah. Indeed, tell me a little bit about your pathway
to becoming a licensed clinical social worker and marriage and
family all those things, right, Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, absolutely, my journey into the mental health felt you know,
honestly started long before I stepped into the classroom or
even the therapy office. In fact, growing up, I witnessed
firsthand the impact of mental illness through my mother's biological
mother's struggles. I saw how it shaped her life, our family,
and even the way that we navigated the world. It
was really painful, confusing even and deeply isolating. And so
(01:34):
it really just kind of sparked a curiosity in me
that I've really wanted to explore, and that curiosity grew
into a passion where I wanted to help and help
others with their own mental health struggles.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Fantastic, and obviously as a therapist you can talk to
anybody it. People sometimes think, well, I'm a man and
I'm in my sixties, I should only talk to a
man in my sixties. That's not necessarily true, right.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Not at all. I think, you know, sometimes men prefer
different approaches to talking to people, and they might even
feel more comfortable talking to a female. And so I
think that men, in particularly our society, reinforces the idea
that men should be strong and self reliant and discourages vulnerability.
And so I think that breaking the stigma that can
(02:20):
really prevent emotional pain and mental health struggles in men.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Sometimes we see people and publicly say, you know what,
I went and I got some help, but it's very helpful.
I'm thinking about Simone Bios who was just here for
the Kentucky derby Naomi Osaka, very famous tennis player. They
both paused what they were doing in there at the
top of their game. World famous women, you know what.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
That's really important, and I think increasing the visibility of
mental wellness conversations on global platforms are incredibly powerful, particularly
like Simone Biles who steps forward with prioritizing her mental health,
the challenges and the stigma and empowers everyday individuals to
seek the help without shame. So really that platform just
(03:04):
normalizes vulnerability. It validates the need for mental wellness, and
it's crucial to being able to have access to that.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
And we know some people go into some dark places
and it's very evident to them, but I would think
that it's more subtle for a lot of people too
that you know they're feeling a certain way or whatever.
It's just but going through the daily regimen, I get up,
I have breakfast, I go to work, I come home,
up up, up, up up, and they don't realize they're
kind of caughting any emotional trap.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah. Honestly, people think that you only need to come
to therapy when you are experiencing trauma, and most people
associate trauma with extreme life events like war, you know,
abuse or something like that. However, trauma can stem from
less obvious experiences like chronic stress, emotional neglect, even bullying,
(03:52):
and sometimes even medical procedures can be considered traumatic. So
minimizing what it should look like or how it has
been characterized can be dis empowering to individuals with everyday struggles.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, and it's okay to just sort of open the
door a little bit. It's not like you have to say, well,
I'm going to be talking to somebody every week for
the rest of my life. All you're talking about is
just reaching out, right.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, And honestly, therapy is one of those things where
it's all throughout your life. Just like you go to
the doctor, right for any physical elements. You go to
therapy for a designated time to work on serious issues,
but you can always come back to therapy just for
maintenance in everyday life. So it's not designed to be
(04:38):
you know, long term forever.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Effective therapy can be done within six to eight sessions
most times, depending on your presenting issues.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, obviously every human being is different. Were we all
have or the summation of a zillion different experiences that
we take ourselves. You know that we've traversed and so
we all bring a different story. But still the human
being is still a consistent creature, right, I mean, you
(05:10):
can figure out a few things if you just talk
to them for ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, you know, everybody is nuanced, indifferent in the complexities
of that. It's very you know, diverse. I think it
revived counseling and wellness. We really aim on targeting holistic practices,
which means we address the whole person, mind, body, and spirit.
We recognize that true healing goes beyond just talking. It
(05:33):
involves nurturing emotional wellbeing, physical health, and even spiritual growth.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Now you and I have only known each other for
ten fifteen minutes here that you've been here, but already
I feel like we have a friendly relationship already. That's
that's the power of just sitting down in front of someone.
You and I were chatting about other things. You know
fifteen minutes ago, but I would feel like I know you,
and I would hope you feel that way about me already.
So I'm curious about this whole AI thing. Okay, we're
(06:03):
moving into a part of the world, Gail, where every
day it seems like once an hour, Sricha as well,
AI is coming. You won't have a job and you
own and you own. Nothing replaces a human being talking
to another human being, or am I completely detached from reality?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Now, you're absolutely right. It's crucial to remember that AI
is a support tool, not a replacement for human connection
and empathy. Now AI is talked about everywhere, and we
need to be on the cutting edge of it. AI
is transforming even how we think about mental health care,
and I think there are some real good benefits to
considering how you can incorporate that in your practice.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
So it is a working element of your business. But
as far as human beings communicating face to face, there's
really there's no right you can tell by you're looking
into my eyes. Now you can hear me breathe, you
hear me. Pause. I mean the things I say are
landing on you as a human being and not a
(07:05):
not a computer. Program. That's what That's what I'm trying
to figure out about this whole AI thing where they
think it's going to replace everybody.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
You know what, AI does not have the human capacity
for empathy. AI lacks the ability to understand the nuanced
emotional expressions. It cannot replicate the the empactic connection that
we have as human therapist and so, you know, the
relationship that we have. You can't give that to a computer.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
No, right, no, it's been mind boggling to me. All right,
we're gonna have to wrap here. But for someone who's
driving home, they're listening to us, maybe they feel like
they're a hamster on a wheel. You know. It's just like, dude,
I'm doing the same thing every day. I'm feeling this
something or other. How do they crack open the door?
Just what do you do? First? Do you send somebody
(07:53):
an email to you? You know, people are shy too,
some people and of course a lot of people are
proud and don't want to say feeling some tornado in
their chest.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, I think you have to give credit to people
to even aware, be aware that they are something's going on, right,
And so I think the first thing you do is
try to research where you can find help, and we
have tools psychology today therapy directories to be able to
access mental health services in your local area.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Very good, Gail Bib. She is are you the founder
of Revive?
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I am the founder of Revive Counseling Wellness. Our website
is Revivecounseling Wellness dot com.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Well, congratulations on that and thanks for helping boost people.
Thank you, Terry, nothing like that. Just yeah, giving somebody
a little little something, a better feeling when they're walking
out than they had coming in. We need that, don't
we indeed? Gail Bib, Clinical director and therapist, Revive Counseling
Wellness dot com
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