Emily Price

Price of Systems

Health EN ↓ 6 episodes

What is it like being a helping professional in 2026? Mental health and other helping professionals are burnt out. Communities that rely on public services funded by Medicaid, Medicare, and state and federal dollars are struggling. And the systems meant to help, including mental healthcare, criminal (in)justice, substance use treatment, child welfare, education, and housing, are shaped by bureaucracy and government oversight in ways that make it hard to put clinical need first. I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor and family therapist in Philadelphia with a decade of experience in community m...

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Emily Price

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"All politics is local" - How politics and voting play a role in community advocacy. 13.05.2026 30:58

Join me in conversation with Gerry, a friend and former colleague with 49 years of experience in behavioral healthcare and community relations. As a community liaison for a mental health non-profit, Gerry dedicated his career to grassroots organizing, voter education, and advocacy efforts that kept him deeply connected to the communities he served. Gerry brings a refreshing and insightful perspect...

What is it like being a helping professional in 2026? 24.02.2026 17:33

My reflections on being a counselor with experience in community mental health, and how systems impact helping work and our possible approaches to advocacy. I cover: some background about me what is community mental health and how are systems involved what types of systemic issues are present and what are contributing factors barriers to political activism and change who is involved in helping, wh...

Ruben Vance-Conner - On all things education. 31.12.2023 1:05:41

Join my old friend Ruben and I as we discuss his experience working in the field of child and adolescent education. Ruben is starting a high school teaching job in the 2023/2024 school year and we discuss how he came to this point, including his teaching experiences in different school settings, states, neighborhoods, etc. Topics such as school funding, how to get people to care about and advocate...

Alexx Sans - On being an artist, androgynous, and authentic human being! 18.04.2023 57:06

Alexx Sans is a musical artist, fashion designer, works in stone masonry, and shares his authentic self with the world! He identifies as androgynous and in this interview opens up about his journey of self-discovery and self-expression, including who his influences have been. We discuss gender, sexuality, Alex’s music and fashion careers, androgyny, the queer community, masculine and feminine ener...

Dwight Price (my dad!) - On a lifetime of depression, and how he has managed. 04.01.2023 29:39

My dad has always been a great role model for vulnerability. We planned to talk about something else but a discussion about Pickleball (lol) led to talking about his lifetime experience with depression, and how he has managed it. We discuss stigma then and now (1950s/60s vs. today), approaches to living with and treating depression, the power of exercise, medication, and lifestyle, hiding depressi...

Intro - Who am I, and what are we speaking up about... 09.12.2022 7:28

Listen to get a breif overview of the Speaking Up with Emily podcast - a podcast about public mental health care and other systems - education, justice system, healthcare, etc., and the barriers faced by both helping professionals and individuals receiving services in these spaces. Your tax dollars fund these public services/systems, let's learn about how they impact people's day to day lives (dis...