Behavioral Health Today

Research shows that couples or individuals who can talk constructively together, or in therapy, tend to have more satisfying sexual and genuinely happier relationships. The topic for today's show is sex therapy and how to have a sex-positive life. To talk about this topic Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Dr. Janet Brito. Janet is a nationally certified Latinx sex therapist, supervisor, speaker, and trainer. Janet is the founder and owner of the Hawaii Center for Sexual and Relationship Health, a group practice that specializes in relationship and sex therapy, out of control sexual behavior, and gender and sexually diverse populations, and The Sexual Health School, an online training program for healthcare professionals seeking human sexuality training. Together Graham and Janet discuss the challenges of shame and embarrassment around sexuality, the barriers to expressing your sexuality, exploring the origin of feelings with your sexuality, how the negative self-meaning system infiltrates your sexual life, normalizing and validating some of the age-related experiences that folks naturally go through as they age, and ways you can reframe your intimacy and partner connection through therapy. Give yourself permission to ask for help and to find a safe space where you can talk about some of these issues that may be bothering you and allow yourself to create new definitions of sex and pleasure. It's okay to be who you are.

For more information about Dr. Janet Brito and the Hawaii Center for Sexual and Relationship Health, please visit: https://sextherapyhawaii.com

For more information about the Sexual Health School, please visit: https://thesexualhealthschool.com

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If you are looking for a therapist who is trained in human sexuality, please visit the AASECT directory: https://www.aasect.org/referral-directory

Anger is a normal and even healthy emotion, but it's important to deal with it positively. Uncontrolled anger can take a toll, both on our health and our relationships, but recognizing one's anger and having the courage to lean into it and face it, and then try to heal it is easier said than done. In today’s episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Dr. Michele Haley. Michele has nearly two decades of experience in a variety of roles including the therapist, adjunct professor researcher, community programmer, and case manager. Her work has included facilitating inmate partner violence groups also referred to as IPV for inmates in a correctional facility. Together they discuss the experiences of anger, the root causes and the patterns of conflict, and the biological response we see in the brain. The hope lies in developing awareness around the root causes and ways that we can learn to manage our angered responses and in the brain’s neuroplasticity, allowing us to create new pathways that can change this behavior.

If you're looking for workshops on how to build self-care strategies, how to work with challenging colleagues, or psychoeducation workshops, please visit: https://www.togetherwell.org/
And, if you are a therapist interested in joining TogetherWell, visit: https://www.togetherwell.org/join

Today’s episode is part of our clinicians’ series, where we take you behind the therapist door to give you an insight into what happens within the therapeutic relationship. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Mark Graham, LCSW, and Alethea Glave, LCSW, from CBC’s innovative Pathway HomeTM Program, an evidence-based critical time intervention program that transitions individuals with serious mental illness from intensive behavioral health settings back into the community. On this episode we discuss the culture of Pathway HomeTM Program and the many ways they address the needs of their clients, some of the unique challenges addressing the needs of clients of color and ways their team is building grater self-awareness to understand what they’re bringing into their interactions with their clients. Join us again Thursday for the second part and conclusion of this show.

For more information about Pathway HomeTM, please visit: https://cbcare.org/innovative-programs/pathway-home/ For more information about Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC), please visit: https://cbcare.org/

January 2020, the COVID 19 pandemic has presented us with challenges on multiple fronts. throughout the COVID crisis, Hawaii witnessed the Aloha spirit at its very best. However, while the economic and medical needs were being responded to and addressed, we as a Hawaiian mental health community knew the impact of the pandemic would not just have economic and medical ramifications, but mental health repercussions as well. A particular concern to us here in Hawaii, where those experiencing mental health challenges who were uninsured either due to job loss or other life circumstances. So, we decided to get creative and designed a program that successfully addressed the mental health needs of our uninsured family. This program is known as the Hawaii Pro Bono COVID-19 Project. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Lawrie Ignacio and Jodie Gerson. Lawrie is a clinical psychologist and consultant to the program. Jodie Gerson is the director of the Hawaii Pro Bono COVID-19 Project and has experience working with adults, adolescents, and children with interventions and mental health assistance. We envision this being something that could be a way to bring all of Hawaii's mental health practitioners together in a way that could be collaborative and ideally the best of Hawaiian mental health. We hope that by sharing this story, our listeners can implement this program in your community or state.

If you have questions or are looking for more information about Hawaii Pro Bono Mental Health Center, please email: [email protected]

For more information about the Pro Bono Project to Hawaii and the details to implementing this program in your community, download the slideshow presentation here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dl/souwj3evsz9f7vz/pro_bono_project_to_hawaii_mental_health_center.pdf

This episode is the first in a series geared towards early career practitioners and those working with ECPs. In this series, we'll be talking with seasoned therapists and asking them what they've learned in their own private practices or group work. To kick off this ECP series, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Dr. Erin Elmore in our talk about her early career experiences working with children. Together they discuss theoretical approaches, the path that brought Erin into child therapy, the experiences in taking the leap into private practice, understanding the identity shift from student to professional, and the lessons learned with tips for new practitioners as they think about their own private practice in child therapy.

For more information about Dr. Erin Elmore, please visit: https://drerinelmore.com/

For information about Building Your Own Practice: A Guide for Therapists and Other Healing Professionals by Lynn Grodzki, please visit: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393709483

For information about The Paper Office for the Digital Age by Edward L. Zuckerman and Keely Kolmes, please visit: https://www.guilford.com/books/The-Paper-Office-for-the-Digital-Age/Zuckerman-Kolmes/9781462528004

For information about How to Survive and Thrive as a Therapist, by Kenneth S. Pope and Melba J. T. Vasquez, please visit: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317071