Conscious Mental Health

Send us Fan Mail Research Review A new study reports that major political events affect the public's collective wellbeing, sleep and mood. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352721822001498?via=ihub Advocacy Alert  Content warning//This story discusses suicide . Healthcare workers deserve stigma-free, accessible mental health services .   ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcar...

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Nicole Sartini, LPCC, Executive Director and co-founder of Bridge Counseling and Wellness and Co-founder of The Academy of Integrative Mental Health.  Nicole Sartini (she/her/hers) has been practicing therapy professionally since 2010 and has been working in the field as a non-professional since 1999. Sartini’s specialty centers around helping adults reco...

Send us Fan Mail This monthly segment is a round-up of current topics in the news that could be relevant to mental health professionals and their clients. If you prefer to read your news - click here . Here are a few links mentioned in the segment: 988 Update You can find a directory of warm lines by state here . Blackline is a hotline geared toward the Black, Black LGBTQ+, brown, Native, and Musl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Juniper sits down with Betsi Kreshover , Director of Outreach- East Coast for Recovery Unplugged , a trailblazing organization focused on the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, to discuss- what the Recovery Unplugged model looks like in action, using music as the "universal connector" in addiction recovery how music and other expressive arts are int...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our director and co-founder Juniper sits down for a conversation with Robin Marie Monson-Dupuis, LCSW, SAC, RYT. Their beautiful discussion covers -  Robin’s personal story of grief leading to the writing of her book, Spirit Son exploring and understanding ourselves as Spirit  how our own stories and experiences can influence the ways in which we do our work  clin...

Send us Fan Mail Arielle Sokoll-Ward, LCSW-S, CCTP-II, (she/her/hers) finds it to be most rewarding working directly with clients in a warm, comfortable, and non-judgmental environment. Arielle likes to provide a space where clients feel comfortable processing difficult emotions so they can leave the session feeling a greater sense of resilience, confidence, and happiness. Arielle is here to liste...

Send us Fan Mail As part of our Re-Writing Relationships series, I had a conversation with Tammy Berman, who specializes in helping people through the divorce process using the collaborative divorce process. She is the current president of the collaborative family law professionals of Florida and is active locally and statewide in educating the public about the collaborative law process.  Tammy Be...

Send us Fan Mail We have been creating a resource bundle each month that we are calling starter packs. Our monthly bundles include blog posts, worksheets and materials and guided practices that you can use in sessions and for yourself. If you sign up for our monthly newsletter you will also get access to our monthly curated playlist that goes along with the theme of each bundle.  This month, our t...

Send us Fan Mail The host for this episode is  Tina Zeller, a collective member and collaborative educator with the Academy for Integrative Mental Health focusing on trauma sensitive yoga and family advocacy from birth and beyond. This is a conversation with Kazia Bryant, which explored the details of doula work and the impact of doula support on the collective mental health of families. Kazia is...

Send us Fan Mail This month, we have very special episode all about relationships as part of our Re-Writing Relationships Starter pack , which has all kinds of resources, including worksheets you can use in session or for yourself, journal prompts, a blog post and more. If you sign up for our monthly newsletter , you will also have access to our themed playlist in which our team members select the...

Send us Fan Mail Alisa Stamps, MSS, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Philadelphia. She specializes in working with adult children of narcissists, and runs a support and recovery group for these individuals entitled, “Shattering the Mirror”.  She also has experience in the treatment of eating disorders and complex trauma.  Alisa’s post-graduate work has included a th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are using the New Year as a starting point in discussing transitions, as the new year tends to be an obvious threshold. We are moving from one year to the next (according to the Gregorian Calendar) and for many can be a time of reflection and intention setting. We will meet Janus, the roman god of beginnings and namesake of the month of January, whose two faces...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Lajiness, LCSW, PMH-C, is an ecotherapist and psychotherapist practicing in San Diego, CA. Amy holds certification in Perinatal Mental Health, ecotherapy and is a highly sensitive person informed therapist. You can learn more about her practice and work by checking out her practice, Inner Nature Therapy .  In this conversation we chat about ecotherapy, including the power of h...

Send us Fan Mail The topic of the month is Winter Wellness! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter season is quickly approaching. Winter looks and feels differently for everyone and as mental health professionals we notice that it can be a difficult time for us and/or our clients. The Academy team got together and discussed their experience with winter. The Academy Team: Juniper Ow...

Send us Fan Mail We are starting a new series of shorter episodes focused on an element or topic of the month in the vast arena of integrative mental health. In these episodes, we will review research, clinical experience and offer experiential practices or techniques. This topic is walk and talk therapy. Please read more about walk and talk therapy on our blog post here . You can also find this p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode get to know the development team at the Academy of Integrative Mental Health a bit better. Our team, Juniper Owens , director, Stephanie Batts , Content Creator, Natoya Jones , CEU Manager and Educational Consultant, Laurel Simms-Stewart , Content Creator and Rozlyn Newman , Curator of Social Operations. We discuss what our ideas and definitions of integrative ment...

Send us Fan Mail Ashley founded Oswald Digestive Clinic in 2016 after being frustrated to see people struggle with their gut health, while knowing that there are ways to help them improve and often resolve their bothersome symptoms. After struggling with her own gut heath issues, Ashley is passionate about helping others to improve and eliminate these issues in their own lives too, and to regain t...

Send us Fan Mail Today we spoke with Katiuscia Gray who is the owner of Mind Meets Movement counseling, an integrative counseling center in New York. It was a lovely conversation that dipped into the ocean of the intersection of yoga and mental health. Kat describes her personal experience with yoga, her mind/ body work with children and teens, a trauma informed approach with integrating somatic t...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today: Dr. Anna Yusim is an internationally recognized, award-winning, Stanford- and Yale-educated, Board Certified psychiatrist, executive coach, author and speaker.  She specializes in guiding individuals to achieve greater levels of impact, fulfillment and connection in their life and work.  On the Clinical Faculty at Yale Medical School, Dr. Yusim is the best-selling...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is Robin Stone who holds a Master’s in Applied Psychology from New York University, and a Master's in Health Arts & Sciences from Goddard College in Vermont. Incorporating Transformative Language Arts, narrative and creative arts therapies, she uses expressive arts to help clients understand how culture influences their thinking and being. Robin supports c...

Send us Fan Mail This conversation focuses on CBD and clinical practice. You will learn about how CBD works, how to choose a supplement and resources to share with your clients who are interested in CBD. Our guest today is Kelly Venuti, LMHC, CEO and Founder of Concierge Holistic Wellness and Vitality Counseling and Brain Health Coaching.  Kelly is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified CBD...

Send us Fan Mail Today we spoke with Christina Vesalak who is dedicated to saving and transforming lives through her work as a mental health nutritionist, specifically utilizing amino acid and nutrient therapy. In this conversation, Christina discusses her personal journey with nutrition and mood. She describes the mechanics of a starving brain and how to feed it to achieve optimal functioning, ma...

Send us Fan Mail Today's conversation is with Lisah Sutton-Williams. Lisah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Lisah’s specialties are anxiety, depression, life transitions, and disordered eating.  She is currently the only licensed therapist with certification in Intuitive Eating in the state of KY, and she is also supervisor for up and coming c...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is Doug Van Houten whose work in the world is as a body, art and soul guide. Doug draws on the wisdom of the natural world, depth-psychology, eco-psychology, dreams, somatic knowing, poetry, and many pan-cultural, soul furthering practices that includes: The Way of Council, vision fasting, trance dancing and conversations with the more than human world. Doug’s true...

Send us Fan Mail December Greetings! This is the first of hopefully many segments on this podcast that is a conversation with our incredible team members and other amazing mental health professionals. Our curator of social operations, Rozlyn, recently asked folks on our social media accounts what questions they had around Covid and the Holiday season in general. We decided to meet up on zoom for t...