Thrive Center for Children Families and Communities

Thrive Dispatches

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Welcome to Thrive Dispatches, a podcast that explores the stories behind helping children, families, and communities thrive. Join host Dr. Matt Biel, director of Georgetown University's Thrive Center, as he connects with researchers, clinicians, community leaders, and families who are reimagining mental health and well-being. Each episode brings together diverse perspectives and innovative approaches that are transforming how we support child and family mental health.

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Early Childhood Trauma, Resilience, And ‘Bouncing Forward’ (With Kelli McDermott) 18.03.2025 36:36

This week, our Thrive Dispatches host and Thrive Center director, Dr. Matt Biel, chats with colleague Kelli McDermott about setting foundations in early childhood mental health, the nuances of childhood trauma, and a framework for resilience. Kelli McDermott is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with specializations in trauma and interpersonal violence and early childhood menta...

The Importance Of Recognizing ‘The Dignity Of Every Person’ (With Wendy Jones) 26.02.2025 35:52

This week, Thrive Dispatches Host and Thrive Center director, Dr. Matt Biel, has a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with Thrive faculty member Wendy Jones about inclusion, self-determination, and working with families with parents who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. They also discuss how her past experiences working as a bilingual special educator in New York City inform...

What It Means To Innovate (with Jason Lehmbeck) 18.02.2025 27:54

In the second episode of Thrive Dispatches Podcast, Matt Biel chats with Jason Lehmbeck, who heads the Innovation Hub @Thrive . The two discuss what it takes to create a space for innovations in the world of mental health and well being for children and families. They dive into Jason’s career in startups and how that merges with his own personal motivation for creating a space for innovators. To...

What Does It Mean To ‘Thrive’? (With Tawara Goode) 05.02.2025 42:46

In this first episode of Thrive Dispatches, a new podcast from Georgetown University’s Thrive Center for Children, Families, and Communities, our host and Thrive Center director, Dr. Matt Biel, chats with Thrive faculty member Tawara Goode about what it means, exactly, to thrive in the context of their work with child and family mental health and well-being. Tawara Goode is an Associate Professor...