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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Latinx Therapy episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Latinx Therapy for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Latinx Therapy episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
10/17/24 • 30 min
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Find a Latinx Therapist using the Latinx Therapy Directory: https://latinxtherapy.com/find-a-therapist
¿Y EL NOVIO?
Latinx Therapy
06/04/19 • 30 min
Zeahlot Lopez, LMFT, LPCC from Sherman Oaks, CA is one of our two season closers. We recorded this special episode on May 18th, 2019 LIVE in front of 70 people who attended our 1 year celebration in Los Angeles. This episode discusses the personal impact of being asked “¿y el novio?” but also how to empower yourself to remove the frustration that stems from this question. Zeahlot uses both her professional and personal experience with this topic!
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If you like the episode, leave us a review on itunes! To support this cause please consider donating, contact us at [email protected] or go ahead via Venmo handle is @latinxtherapy
Resources:
Zeahlot Lopez, Instagram: @vidatherapy (www.vidatherapy.co)
Find a Therapist: www.latinxtherapy.com/therapists
Latinas Give Reasons Why They Don’t Want Children: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a34405/im-latina-and-i-dont-want-kids/
Break the Stigma with Wilmer Valderrama!
Latinx Therapy
06/26/18 • 28 min
In this final episode of the season, I had the honor to sit down and chat with Wilmer Valderrama, actor, producer and activist.
Wilmer shared about his upbringing and immigration experience. He talked about how mental health was perceived in his family, and also about the mentality that helps him reach his goals. He shares his views on motivation and resiliency. Towards the end of the episode, Wilmer switches things up and questions me about the fear I disclosed.
Currently, Wilmer is a series regular on CBS’s hit crime thriller, NCIS. He the CEO of WV Enterprises, where he develops various projects, including the animated feature, Charming. Most recently, Valderrama along with America Ferrara and Ryan Piers William started HARNESS, a group dedicated to connecting communities through conversation to inspire action and power change. He serves on the board of Voto Latino and is co-chair of their artist coalition. He is also the spokesperson for CHCI, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and is the founder of their Ready 2 Lead program, which educates and empowers the Latino youth.
As a reminder, during the month of July, I will not release any episodes but will return in August with a special treat for you all to kick off season 2. I will be active on my social media sites (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @Latinx Therapy) and will be focused on self-care and also creating bilingual mental health resources. Check out latinxtherapy.live for updates, and be sure to catch up on episodes you have not been able to hear yet! Take care everyone!
Resources:
Options to help with immigration crisis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1chmGt4etHHk9OvhDUD4Quz07b-0sqshP8D1IODTGSH4/edit?usp=sharing
Wilmer, America Ferrera’s and Ryan Piers William’s HARNESS community: https://www.harness.space/about/
La Vergüenza A.K.A. Shame
Latinx Therapy
05/08/18 • 34 min
Today we meet Zeahlot Lopez, LMFT. In this bilingual sesión, we talk about the intention of shame, intergenerational shame, shame in speaking Spanish, where this stems from and how you can work on shame, if you are not ready to enter into therapy. Most importantly, Zeahlot talks to us about her unique perspective of using shame as a strength and provides us with various tools.
Zeahlot Lopez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Cosmetologist in private practice in Sherman Oaks, CA. Her social media handle is: @VidaTherapy on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Instagram.
Resources:
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Gifts of Imperfecting Parenting by Brene Brown
- Shame Ted Talk
Recursos:
- Los cuatro acuerdos: una guia practica para la libertad personal de Don Miguel Ruiz
- De la verguenza a la autoestima de Ligia Almono de Jenichen y Gladys Brites de Vila.
- TED: Escuchando a la vergüenza
Let me know what you think about today's episode on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Find us @LatinxTherapy. This is also the Venmo handle if you would like to support the podcast. Thank you all for your continuous love and support!
The Shame & Anxiety Behind Cleaning
Latinx Therapy
03/13/19 • 28 min
Today we discuss an important cultural value, cleaning. It may not be realized but the manner in which we are taught to clean and why we clean has mental health implications that go unnoticed because it’s done on an automatic and/or daily basis. For a lot of people in our community, cleaning is one of the elements that gives us status, or perhaps one of the things that we truly have control over. We discuss the shame that cleaning has had, the insecurities of asking for cleaning help, or even hiring cleaning help, where resentment comes from when there is a lack of help, cleaning when it comes to children & how to reconcile cleaning styles with others you live with.
Our Guest: Lorena Salazar is a first-generation Latina raised in Inglewood California. She specializes in adult children and spouses who are caring for an elder adult and/or someone with a degenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s, and has a practice in Torrence, CA. She grew up in a Mexican household where mental health was never addressed or even acknowledged, instead it was seen as a “personal flaw” or personal characteristic. Lorena’s mom was a housecleaner, and realized that it was actually coping mechanism for the adults in her home. It wasn’t until recently that mental health has been discussed openly in her family.
To learn more about today’s guest, Lorena Salazar visit: www.mysouthbaytherapy.com
Instagram/Facebook: @MySouthBayTherapy, Call 424-241-0861
Resources:
- Find a Latinx Therapist: latinxtherapy.com
- Cleaning for a Reason- Free for women battling cancer: https://cleaningforareason.org/
- Cleaning help for Seniors: Housing Authority- 1-866-557-7368
- Jewish Family Services Cleaning Assistance for Seniors- 213-383-2273
Attend our Birthday Party in Los Angeles:
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Break the Stigma with Noemi Gonzalez
Latinx Therapy
10/30/18 • 44 min
Welcome to the second break the stigma episode of this season! Today we talk with an actress and mental health advocate, Noemi Gonzalez.
Noemí Gonzalez is a first-generation immigrant from Mexico and a first-generation actress from within her family. Noemi is best known in her standout role as “Soli Gomez” in the hit series East Los High on Hulu. You might have also seen her in films such as Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, The Vatican Tapes, Traces and recurring in television shows such as The Kicks, Rosewood, Gang Related and more. She has also been featured in theatre productions, several commercials, and was hand-selected to be an ABC Diversity Showcase Participant. Currently Noemi is making her daytime debut as Mia Rosales on The Young and The Restless.
Today, we dive into her story of strength as it relates to her family and experience with therapy. Noemi opens up about her older brother’s diagnosis with bipolar and schizophrenia, and her younger brother’s diagnosis with autism, and where they are all at now in life.
****TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE (sexual)****18:22 and on.
She talks to us about her experience with her childhood religion and how her congregation took care of the sexual abuse she encountered as a minor. Noemi shares exclusively with us about the stigma and shame about attending therapy for those in the acting industry.
Here are the time markers:
5:42 is where Noemi’s background story begins
6:49 sidetracked by my wedding
8:20 begin to talk about her family’s view of mental health &
10:39 we talk about the effects of being parentified & how our culture sees someone as “functioning” when they do not have a diagnosis
18:22 growing up Jehovah's Witness & sexual abuse, DCFS & the start of therapy experience
22:42 my dog interrupts the interview briefly
23:50 Noemi talks more about experience and view of therapy
25:28 challenges of being an actress
27:33 the evolution of the stigma in the acting industry about therapy & the worries of being a high profile/celebrity client and being in therapy
30:16 advice for families experiencing a mental illness diagnosis
35:45 boundaries Noemi needed to maintain your mental health & examples
If you or a family member are struggling with your mental health, or have questions about it, contact the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email at [email protected].
If you’d like to reach out to Noemi, you can find her on Instagram @iamnoemigonzalez
Check out Latinx Therapy’s new website filled with resources! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook: @latinxtherapy
If you are a therapist that works with the Latinx community, and are in private practice, be sure to sign up to become an official member of Latinx Therapy.
An AfroLatinx Experience
Latinx Therapy
10/16/18 • 34 min
My guest today for episode 7 is Jersey Garcia. In this episode, she talks to us about her realities of identifying as AfroLatinx, and looking more of African descent than Latinx, a struggle often society is too afraid to bring up, but is much too common. There is a saying “no soy de aqui, ni soy de alla” that refers to: I’m neither from here, nor there.
She opens up about the discrimination she has faced due to her skin color, and the mental health effects of racism and colorism. We also go into the mentality that the Latinx race must be “improved” by dating someone of a lighter skin complexion.
She provides us with the unique perspective of the insecurities of being AfroLatinx as a mental health professional. Jersey ends the segment by providing a beautiful message to anyone that is feeling split between two identities.
Get to know her: Jersey Garcia is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Relationship Coach, and Family Mediator living in south Florida, who enjoys helping Black and Latinx women and couples, travel the human experience of relating from a space of honesty, happiness, and connectedness. Her preferred pronouns are she/her and the 5 things that usually bring a big smile to her face are: bed cuddles with her children; podcasts; slang words in Spanish; reggaetón music; and some soft mangú with fried cheese on top.
Resource:
- Learn more about Jersey and the services she provides by visiting: www.jerseygarcia.com
- 7 Afro-Latinx Writers Whose Books We Should Be Reading- According to Fierce: https://fierce.wearemitu.com/fierce-boss-ladies/7-afro-latina-writers-whose-books-you-should-be-reading/
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Break the Stigma with Dior Vargas
Latinx Therapy
05/07/19 • 29 min
Welcome to our last break the stigma segment of this season! This special episode on Mental Health Awareness month concludes Season 2 and we will begin Season 3 with Children's Mental Health next week!
Today’s guest is Dior Vargas - a Latina Feminist Mental Health Activist living in New York City. She is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of people of color in the media representation of mental illness. She is also the editor of The Color of My Mind, a photo essay book based on the photo project. Dior tours the country giving keynotes, hosting workshops, and speaking on panels. Her work has been featured in many media outlets such as Forbes, NBC News Latino, and The Guardian. She has received The White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations award and is currently a Master of Public Health Candidate at NYU's College of Global Public Health.
TRIGGER WARNING: Part of Dior’s story is her experience with suicidality. We talk about this throughout her entire episode.
Resources:
Visit: www.latinxtherapy.com/therapists to find a Latinx Therapist near you.
- Suicide Prevention Hotline Call 1-800-273-8255 for free, bilingual 24-hour support.
- Crisis Text Line: Anyone in the US can text: 741741 to get the support they need.
- Little Things to Curb Depression from Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonyrivas/little-things-to-curb-depression
Mental Health Professionals: If you would like to sign up for the directory, use discount code: LATINXT2 to get 2 months free (pay $151 instead of $181). Get access to our private Facebook group of Latinx Therapists, client referrals, monthly peer consultation groups, discounts & more!
To Help Our Community Projects: Please consider donating to us via Venmo @LatinxTherapy, or Zelle: [email protected] to help us with our next community mental health event.
Una historia de la esclerosis múltiple y salud mental
Latinx Therapy
04/02/24 • 27 min
Los segmentos 'Rompe el Estigma' son episodios que resaltan los desafíos y fortalezas de la salud mental desde la perspectiva de defensores de la salud mental. Hoy, aprendemos sobre la Esclerosis Múltiple (EM) a través de nuestra invitada, Crystal Bedoya, Creadora Discapacitada, Escritora y Defensora. Crystal comparte su historia de ser diagnosticada con EM en la infancia y el diagnóstico de salud mental que siguió. Como latina de primera generación, habla sobre cómo eran las citas médicas con sus padres de habla hispana, aclara malentendidos y cómo suena la toxicidad positiva, y expresa cómo nuestra comunidad puede apoyar a otros. ¡Sintoniza para aprender y conectar! ¡Pronto llegará el episodio en español!
Conoce a Crystal siguiéndola en las redes sociales @crystalbedoya y revisando sus características a continuación:
Invisibilidad de la discapacidad por esclerosis múltiple
LA EXPERIENCIA HISPANA/LATINX CON LA MS
Encuentre un terapeuta en nuestro directorio: https://latinxtherapy.com/
What is a Psychiatrist? With Dr. Vanessa Velez, MD
Latinx Therapy
05/28/24 • 29 min
Today we speak with Latina Psychiatrist Dr. Vanessa Velez who shares about her medical school background through rotations and residency, the support received from her parents upon choosing the career, and we also spoke about the the stigma of medication, how depression, anxiety and bipolar symptoms can benefit from psychiatry and the oppression that exists within the medical field. Dr. Velez answers the following questions before closing this episode:
- How can we as therapists communicate with a psychiatrist and discuss treatment plans for a shared client?
- When should we consider medication -
- What cultural background questions do u ask, if any?
Follow Dr. Vanessa Velez at vanessavelezMD.com and @VanessaVelezMDart on Instagram. She is accepting for anyone who lives in California, and is on the Latinx Therapy Directory, too.
To find a therapist, check out our directory at latinxtherapy.com and use the filters!
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FAQ
How many episodes does Latinx Therapy have?
Latinx Therapy currently has 68 episodes available.
What topics does Latinx Therapy cover?
The podcast is about Latinx, Health & Fitness, Ptsd, Selfhelp, Mental Health, Counseling, Community, Wellness, Mentalhealth, Therapy, Podcast, Hispanic, Podcasts, Socialmedia, Entrepreneurs and Trauma.
What is the most popular episode on Latinx Therapy?
The episode title 'Lucia Rios: Her Story with Postpartum Depression' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Latinx Therapy?
The average episode length on Latinx Therapy is 29 minutes.
How often are episodes of Latinx Therapy released?
Episodes of Latinx Therapy are typically released every 7 days, 21 hours.
When was the first episode of Latinx Therapy?
The first episode of Latinx Therapy was released on Apr 13, 2018.
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