Experience Emerge (ExEm)

Send us Fan Mail “What Do the Letters Mean?!” Psychology and counseling come with a lot of terminology and abbreviations. This new series on the ExEm Podcast will highlight a few of these therapies. DBT is Dialectical Behavior Therapy and is explained by Grace Dusek, MAEd, LPC, CDCA, and Anna Copeland, MSW, LISW-S. Listen and learn as we discuss what dialectical behavior therapy is, the population...

Send us Fan Mail Much has transpired over past year and a lot of people are hurting, alone and confused. In this episode we highlight a series my pastors and I have launched called Take A Breath at Redemption Chapel in Stow OH. Check out Remptionchapel.org for more info.  Pastor Rick joins me on the ExEm podcast to talk about four areas we are focusing on in this class we launched two weeks ago th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the difficult topic of men's sexual addiction. Jerome has been leading the charge at Emerge by facilitating a mens group called, "Brothers in Arms - Sigma Alpha."  This next group begins at Emerge on April 5th 2021 and will continuing new rounds after the 8 week course has completed.  Check Emerge.org for more info on this group and others...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the ExEm podcast the tables are turned on our host Matthew Knabe.  A chapter of the college ministry CRU out of Kent State University asked Matt to be part of a Zoom conversation around 2020 and the effects that has had for college kids.  This interview begins with questions asked by the leadership team then an open forum of Q & A from the students themselve...

Send us Fan Mail Here is an inspirational story from a young man who was healed from an affliction no one else knew was even there.  Brandon shares his journey into being called to faith and then facing an adversity that challenged his will and desire to live.   A 4-day, in-person program designed for ministry leaders, individuals, and couples seeking a more specialized and focused experience. The...

Send us Fan Mail Trauma Talk is a series that we will be doing every so often on the Experience Emerge podcast. In this episode, trauma specialist,  Victoria Gutbrod, MA, LPCC-S joins ExEm host Matthew Knabe, MA, LPC in a conversation around safety and re-entry after trauma.   A 4-day, in-person program designed for ministry leaders, individuals, and couples seeking a more specialized and focused...

Send us Fan Mail This is our first episode in season 2 of the ExEm podcast.  In this episode we have a conversation with the five members of the leadership team at Emerge.  We discuss how Emerge Counseling Ministries navigated 2020 and then what that will look like in 2021.  The purpose of this episode is to bring hope to our listeners regarding our faith and focusing on God this new year. A 4-day...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, we wrap up Season 1 of the ExEm podcast! Listen in as host Matt Knabe reviews this past year and the interviews that took place. We discuss the ups and downs of 2020 and talk a little about what to look forward to in Season 2. Emerge.org - "You Don't Have to Walk Alone"  Support the show Contact Us: Email the show: experience@emerge.org Emerge...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we spend time with the President of Emerge Counseling and his wife discussing how to face the holidays in 2020 and how to adapt and adjust expectations within the construct of our reality. Together, they share some of their families’ history regarding tradition and then how to best navigate this Christmas with the state of affairs in the world. This episode his ho...

Send us Fan Mail This holiday season will undoubtedly be different than years past and in today’s episode we explore how we can be thinking more intently how we can gift the ones we care about. Our guest, Nancy Larker, shares her experience over the past year keeping a legacy intact and enlightens us to how that has affected her mental health as well. A 4-day, in-person program designed for minist...

Send us Fan Mail Join the conversation as Dr. Dave Blankenship, Coordinator of Education & Addiction Treatment Partnerships at Emerge Counseling, shares about the deep wounds we experience as human beings in a fallen world. Often developed from childhood or trauma, discover how negative core beliefs become mapped onto the operating system of our brain and emotions. We will discuss what these l...

Send us Fan Mail Giving Tuesday is coming up on Tuesday, December 1st this year and we want to raise awareness for a specific group of parents that too often go unnoticed. Emily Hamrick, MSW, LISW-S, joins the podcast today to discuss her involvement in Emerge Counseling Ministries’ launching of the Fostering Hope Fund. A 4-day, in-person program designed for ministry leaders, individuals, and cou...

Send us Fan Mail To conclude Pastor Appreciation Month, we are continuing to honor those who shepherd us every week of the year. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Richard Serbin, licensed psychologist at Emerge Counseling, who comes from a long line of pastors and shares from his experience of doing clinical work with pastors and their families. Join us as we discuss some of the stressors and bounda...

Send us Fan Mail In light of October being Pastor Appreciation Month, we want to honor pastors and their families by providing resources and platforming experts in the areas of pastoring and pastoral care. In this episode, we have a conversation with Jason Tourville, a pastor who has transitioned into a role that focuses on church recalibration and minister care. He is also a board member for Emer...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we spend time with one of Emerge Counseling’s finest clinicians to discuss her vast knowledge of grief work and her history of working with individuals and families who have been affected by suicide. Maribeth Lieberth, MA, LPCC, shares her heart and passion that she has for working with clients and family members who are dealing with grief. Through our conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most difficult things we can face in this lifetime is losing a friend or family member to suicide. With September being Suicide Prevention Awareness month, this episode explores a story that has the entire medical field at a loss. Austin Hopkins has a miraculous story of getting a second chance at life after attempting suicide and a history full of trauma. Austin opens...

Send us Fan Mail There are so many valid questions being raised around kids returning to school this fall. Every family has different issues that need to be addressed and questions to be answered. On this episode, Breanna (Bre) Geib, a Licensed Professional Counselor at Emerge, discusses a few points for parents and students to be thinking about when returning to school physically or virtually thi...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome back our guest from episode 5, Ben McLennan, with his wife, Rebecca, to share their story of how God used infertility to His glory by moving their hearts into fostering, and then adoption. Listen to this wonderfully redemptive story of keeping a family together against the odds. See how God was moving in the lives of these children — and you would never have believed it...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss how kids and parents will navigate this back-to-school process that is quickly approaching. This is a great resource for parents who have questions and concerns about how kids will be safe and able to continue their education during the Covid-19 pandemic. A 4-day, in-person program designed for ministry leaders, individuals, and couples seeking a more s...

Send us Fan Mail Emerge Counseling Ministries is launching a life coaching program this August. On today’s episode we discuss what life coaching is, the program being offered, and spend sometime with a certified leadership coach facilitator and trainer. Our guest, Zach Prosser, PCC, is a highly decorated and awarded life coach that shares about his ministry. Learn more at Emerge.org/coaching and Z...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, host Matthew Knabe, MA, LPC focuses on an exercise that is utilized often in the therapeutic process. Calm Space is a technique used to assist us in being grounded, being moved into the here-and-now, and opening up the creativity we possess in our brain. You may notice a slow bilateral stimulation in the track (a pulsating beep that travels from the left side to t...

Send us Fan Mail Racial issues have been at the forefront of our nation’s attention over the past few weeks, and have needed to be a focus sooner and longer than that. To explain the divide we have been experiencing in our country, Matt Knabe talks with Pastor Bryndon Glass about the ways in which the church has an opportunity to be a part of the movement, and not just the moment, as Pastor Glass...

Send us Fan Mail Throughout the month of June, we are honoring fathers. In this episode we have a conversation with one of the longest standing members of Emerge Counseling Ministries’ clinical and leadership teams. Donald A. Lichi, PhD, discusses his seven touch-points regarding legacy including leading, listening, learning, laboring, limiting, loving, and leaving. Dr. Lichi is a cancer survivor,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, host Matthew Knabe, MA, LPC shares a relaxation technique he has been using with clients for years. This is taken from the script developed by Dr. Richard N. Feil, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Mansfield State College in PA. Progressive Relaxation Training is a skill that can learned overtime with practice. Be patient with the experience of relaxing. Fee...

Send us Fan Mail In this Mother’s Day episode, we highlight a mom, wife, and on-air personality who is following her career dreams and still (somehow) has time to make sure she prioritizes her family. Sara Carnes, radio host on 95.5 The Fish and Cleveland Browns In-Game Entertainment Host, shares some of her adversities that brought her to Emerge Counseling Ministries, which then led her on a jour...