More of What Families Want Therapists to Know About Schizophrenia (Part 2 with Leah Brennan, LMFT, CADC) -Episode 63
04/19/23 • 48 min
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Leah Brennan. a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor, joined us with her own questions in Episode 55 so as to improve therapist-family communication.
Her Episode had such a great response that listeners asked for more - so here it is!
Leah got connected to 3 Moms In the Trenches through her clients. Over the past five years, she has had four different parents on her caseload who were all confronting the reality that their sons met the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Leah realized that despite her excellent training, she was not adequately equipped to help these parents navigate the challenges they were facing.
Today Leah asks the questions she didn't get to include in the last episode that all center around the theme: "What Do Parents/Families Wish Their Therapist Knew About Schizophrenia?"
The discussion includes:
- Marijuana and Schizophrenia - what do we now know? What do families need to know.
- Can needs to be done about HIPAA?
- How can we better approach families with a possible early diagnosis, and why?
- What about recent moves to legislate involuntary intervention?
- Who should therapists alert and educate in the larger communities BEFORE kids reach the age when symptoms of SMI typically start to manifest?
Links:
Leah Brennan:
https://www.leahbrennantherapy.com/
mentioned in show:
Hope for Troubled Minds Project.
WHO: Those with brain illnesses or other mental health conditions and their loved ones.
WHAT: Submit a 1,000 word or less letter expressing gratitude for your loved one or the one you care for in spite of the circumstances.
WHY: Letters can promote a healing journey and also serve for advocacy as we humanize the issue of brain illness.
WHERE: Email it, along with a photo or image and an (optional) brief bio to me at: [email protected] .
Mindy and her book: https://mindygreiling.com/
Randye and her book: https://benbehindhisvoices.com/
Miriam and her book: https://www.miriam-feldman.com/
Hosts:
Who:
Randye Kaye - was a morning Radio Personality bringing humor to CT families when her own son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now she is still a Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (Ben Behind his Voices, Happier Made Simple )
Miriam Feldman - is an artist, writer, and the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia. Her book, He Came in With It chronicles her family's story and was released to rave reviews on July 21st, 2020.
Mindy Greiling - Mindy Greiling was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. She helped found the nation's first state mental health caucus, which successfully lobbied for a significant increase in Minnesota's mental health funding Her acclaimed memoir is Fix What You Can
Want to know more?
Join our facebook page
Our websites:
Randye Kaye
Mindy Greiling
Miriam (Mimi) Feldman
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks!
Leah Brennan. a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor, joined us with her own questions in Episode 55 so as to improve therapist-family communication.
Her Episode had such a great response that listeners asked for more - so here it is!
Leah got connected to 3 Moms In the Trenches through her clients. Over the past five years, she has had four different parents on her caseload who were all confronting the reality that their sons met the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Leah realized that despite her excellent training, she was not adequately equipped to help these parents navigate the challenges they were facing.
Today Leah asks the questions she didn't get to include in the last episode that all center around the theme: "What Do Parents/Families Wish Their Therapist Knew About Schizophrenia?"
The discussion includes:
- Marijuana and Schizophrenia - what do we now know? What do families need to know.
- Can needs to be done about HIPAA?
- How can we better approach families with a possible early diagnosis, and why?
- What about recent moves to legislate involuntary intervention?
- Who should therapists alert and educate in the larger communities BEFORE kids reach the age when symptoms of SMI typically start to manifest?
Links:
Leah Brennan:
https://www.leahbrennantherapy.com/
mentioned in show:
Hope for Troubled Minds Project.
WHO: Those with brain illnesses or other mental health conditions and their loved ones.
WHAT: Submit a 1,000 word or less letter expressing gratitude for your loved one or the one you care for in spite of the circumstances.
WHY: Letters can promote a healing journey and also serve for advocacy as we humanize the issue of brain illness.
WHERE: Email it, along with a photo or image and an (optional) brief bio to me at: [email protected] .
Mindy and her book: https://mindygreiling.com/
Randye and her book: https://benbehindhisvoices.com/
Miriam and her book: https://www.miriam-feldman.com/
Hosts:
Who:
Randye Kaye - was a morning Radio Personality bringing humor to CT families when her own son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now she is still a Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (Ben Behind his Voices, Happier Made Simple )
Miriam Feldman - is an artist, writer, and the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia. Her book, He Came in With It chronicles her family's story and was released to rave reviews on July 21st, 2020.
Mindy Greiling - Mindy Greiling was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. She helped found the nation's first state mental health caucus, which successfully lobbied for a significant increase in Minnesota's mental health funding Her acclaimed memoir is Fix What You Can
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Our websites:
Randye Kaye
Mindy Greiling
Miriam (Mimi) Feldman
Previous Episode
Hope is Hard Work: Schizophrenia and Resilience- Hakeem Inspires (ep 62)
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Hakeem Al-Zayyidi is an Islamic motivational and inspirational speaker. Hakeem is a graduate of Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC.
It took Hakeem ten years to obtain his four-year undergraduate degree in Business and Sustainability.
His heroes and those who have motivated him to succeed include Malcolm X, LeBron James, Mohammed Ali, and Elyn Saks.
Hakeem has been dealing with schizophrenia since his early 20s.
The path he has chosen is to highlight the plight, stigma, and stories of himself and others who have mental illness.
His fascination with all that is basketball mirrors his quest to take shot after shot in his mission to speak to the uniqueness of mental illness in this world.
Questions:
- Before you share your story, can you tell us what you most want our listeners to learn from you today?
- What is your mission?
- Tell us your story - about 10 minutes (we may ask questions as you go)
- What are your 5 basketballs?
- Does your Islamic faith help with your inspiration?
- What do you most want to inspire people to do?
Links:
https://hakeeminspires.comfacebook:
https://www.facebook.com/kareem.alzayyidi.96
Instagram/twitter - Hakeem Inspires!
Hakeem interactive speech
Make A Change Canada Success story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sd4xm-gudM
Mindy and her book: https://mindygreiling.com/
Randye and her book: https://randyekaye.com/
Miriam and her book: https://www.miriam-feldman.com/
Hosts:
Who:
Randye Kaye - was a morning Radio Personality bringing humor to CT families when her own son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now she is still a Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (Ben Behind his Voices, Happier Made Simple )
Miriam Feldman - is an artist, writer, and the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia. Her book, He Came in With It chronicles her family's story and was released to rave reviews on July 21st, 2020.
Mindy Greiling - Mindy Greiling was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. She helped found the nation's first state mental health caucus, which successfully lobbied for a significant increase in Minnesota's mental health funding Her acclaimed memoir is Fix What You Can .
Want to know more?
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Our websites:
Randye Kaye
Mindy Greiling
Miriam (Mimi) Feldman
Next Episode
Psychosis and Mental Health Recovery: A Workbook of Activities, and Hope (Ep. 64)
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Psychosis is a huge part of many serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia.
Jennifer Gerlach, LCSW, is a clinician with a mission: to spread a message of hope and recovery to encourage young adults living with serious mental illness.
She says, “Your Story Matters AND You Are More Than Your Story”
Her story will inspire you as well.
Recently, she completed a workbook geared toward young adults living with psychosis. The Psychosis and Mental Health Recovery Workbook: Activities for Young Adults from Act, Dbt, and Recovery-oriented Cbt. The release date is May 18.
In the book, she asks:
How can I use my voice to reduce the other voices I hear?
Who should I tell about my experiences with psychosis?
What steps should I take after a mental health crisis?
We ask:
- How do you encourage young adults experiencing psychosis as a therapist?
- What do you wish more therapists understood about the beginnings of serious mental illness?
- How can intervention in early psychosis affect the trajectory of these illnesses?
- How does anosognosia show up in early psychosis and how can families navigate this?
- What did you find helpful or encouraging from those around you when you were a young person?
- How does early psychosis tend to present and change as someone develops a Schizophrenia spectrum condition?
- What things have you found to help and hinder young people's mental health recovery and engagement in treatment?
- Tell us what you would most like people to know from hearing your story?
Links:
Jennifer’s website:
https://truestorycounseling.com/
Jennifer’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Psychosis-Mental-Health-Recovery-Workbook/dp/1839977329/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3L2UJOGW5ZYU4&keywords=psychosis+young+adults&qid=1676920229&sprefix=psychosis+young+adults%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-5
Mindy and her book: https://mindygreiling.com/
Randye and her book: https://benbehindhisvoices.com/
Miriam and her book: https://www.miriam-feldman.com/
Hosts:
Randye Kaye - was a morning Radio Personality bringing humor to CT families when her own son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now she is still a Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (Ben Behind his Voices, Happier Made Simple )
Miriam Feldman - is an artist, writer, and the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia. Her book, He Came in With It chronicles her family's story and was released to rave reviews on July 21st, 2020.
Mindy Greiling - Mindy Greiling was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. She helped found the nation's first state mental
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Our websites:
Randye Kaye
Mindy Greiling
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