You Need a Counselor Podcast

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Jennifer Nataf, a personal stylist based in Israel. Jennifer guides her clients in discovering their own unique personal style and elevating it, helping them find the clothes and accessories that make them feel beautiful and confident, and that resonates with them.  Jennifer is also passionate about photographing street style. Her goals are twofold: to sho...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by return guest Mariah Hudler from Koru Financial Therapy. In her work Mariah helps individuals, couples, and entrepreneurs build their balance both emotionally and financially while also creating a healthy relationship with their money. She utilizes a holistic approach to finances, connecting mind, body, and spirit to lead a more congruent, richer and fuller...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by return guest Nicole Leth. Nicole is an artist and writer working to integrate compassion and artistic kindness into public spaces in free, accessible, and often anonymous ways to offer mental health support to real human beings.  Impacted as a teenager by the suicide of her father, Nicole has spent the last decade writing tender yet honest poem-like affirm...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Erin Foster, to share updates on the Linn County Mental Health Access Center since we last spoke with her in 2021. Listen to Erin’s first episode with us here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HsliJ9RWljjI3EhBxF9qN?si=Ggnb5hNITsOxKRBlRGRH5g Erin graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology in 2007. After graduation, Eri...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Nesha Benton, a Heart and Solutions counselor. Before pursuing a career in the mental health field, Nesha served as a 911 dispatcher. She personally experienced and witnessed how consistent trauma exposure, burnout and compassion fatigue impacted her own mental health and the mental health of the dispatchers, officers, EMS personnel, and firemen that she w...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by return guest Megan Buck, a neurodivergent Academic Coach and the ADHD Specialist at Empower Academic Coaching. In this role, Megan helps not only middle and high school students and their families create customized strategies for achieving their academic goals, but also supports adults in navigating their ADHD journey. In today’s episode we role play what...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Alicia Johnson, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing online therapy for women in Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Florida.  She is a previously burned out therapist who is now running a successful company and helping people in meaningful ways. She specializes in women’s mental health and empowers people to take care of themselves!  We w...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Danielle Porter. Danielle is a Chicago native, but has since made her home in Atlanta, Georgia. With a BA in Business Marketing from Clark Atlanta University, she has a growing career in corporate sales and aspires to branch into brand management.  Danielle is the Founder and President of You Go Girl Leadership Institute, an organization dedicated to desti...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Eva from Eva Zee Wellness. Eva is a nurse turned mind body specialist focusing on customizing self care to reduce stress. Her goal is to reduce the effects of stress that lead to burnout.  Over the last 5 years, she has worked with many clients who have chronic illness, chronic pain, or PTSD. Eva uses a variety of modalities to help bring more calm and bal...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by return guest Dr. Gloria Lee from the Brentwood Counseling Centre. Dr. Lee is a best-selling author, professor in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Supervisor and Trainer for therapists and graduate students, sought after speaker, consultant, and advocate for social justice and mental health. For over 24 years, Dr. Lee has been an authority on relationships a...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Elisa Martinez, a licensed online psychotherapist and coach who helps people find freedom from the painful cycles of anxiety, self-doubt, burnout and trauma  through compassionate, individualized therapy and coaching. She has a passion for educating others on mental and emotional wellness through public speaking on online talks.  We want to hear from you!...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Tenesha Gatson for her THIRD appearance on the You Need a Counselor Podcast! In this episode, Tenesha gives us a run down of what’s been going on in her life, how she’s set and held boundaries, and shares more about her personal mental health journey. We want to hear from you! How do you set boundaries with family members?  Let us know by texting or callin...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Julie Zaruba Fountaine, a Well-being Specialist who specializes in health promotion and change management.  Julie has her MBA in Change and Leadership, an MS in Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Science and over ten years of experience guiding leaders and learners from a state of overwhelm, stress, and procrastination into a state of action. She strives to b...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Kristy Kilcup, a hypnotherapist and Healer of Early Childhood Trauma.  Meet Kristy, a seasoned expert in Health, Life, and Wellness with a passion for empowering women and individuals to reclaim control of their lives. With almost 30 years of experience, Kristy takes a personalized approach, focusing on each client's unique hormone blueprint to help th...

This week Julie is joined by return guest Caurel Richards, a Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner and Hypnotherapist.   Caurel is a dynamic and creative individual with a wealth of knowledge and experience having worked in multiple service industries in the last 14 years. One of the biggest lessons she learned in those years was the importance of mental health and how unhealed trauma can ke...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Elen Sentier, a transformational life and leadership coach and qualified transpersonal psychotherapist. Elen works with women to help them discover their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what sets theri soul on fire, enabling them to make lasting changes in the world. Through her YouTube channel, Power-Full Women, Elen chats with female change-mak...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Olivia Pelts, owner of Sunshine City Counseling in St. Petersburg, Florida. Olivia specializes in codependency, intimacy and relationship issues. She also hosts the podcast A Safe Place To Land, provides marketing and business coaching support to providers in the healing space. Although Olivia wears a number of different ‘hats,’ she most loves being  mom t...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Jennifer Senn, the founder of Navigating Baby Loss. Jennifer is a certified life coach who specializes in Grief Coaching for parents of stillborn babies. Her third pregnancy ended in a stillbirth of their twin daughters weeks before they were to be born and her experience of living through that loss as well as a following pregnancy and healthy birth of the...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Ayushi Acharya, LCSW, MPH. Ayushi is a licensed social worker, writer, and psychotherapist with 8 years of experience working in women’s mental health, South Asian therapy, couples counseling, and eating disorders. Currently, she is working on her first self-help book and is a volunteer for individuals impacted by intimate partner violence.   We want to he...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Michelle Younghusband, MSW. Michelle has spent the last 25 years supporting neurodivergent families all over the world to achieve deeper communication, self-compassion, self-acceptance, confidence, calm and connection.  Her company, C Kids Thrive, provides holistic, transformative support for neurodivergent kids and their families to move from survive to T...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Mariah Hudler, a financial therapist and therapeutically informed financial coach. In her work Mariah helps individuals, couples, and entrepreneurs build their balance both emotionally and financially while also creating a healthy relationship with their money. She utilizes a holistic approach to finances, connecting mind, body, and spirit to lead a more c...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by return guest Trameka Woods. In this episode Trameka tells us about the How About HOPE variety show coming up on July 1 in Rock Island, Illinois, how it came to be, and the purpose behind it. We also learn about her Express N Flow podcast called Walk it Like I Talk It, Round Table Podcast.  Listen to Trameka’s first appearance on the show here: https://open...

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Stephanie DeLussey, a dual-certified special education teacher, IEP Coach, children’s book author and mentor to teachers. She has a passion for creating engaging, adapted resources for teachers and students with disabilities, and is a self-proclaimed data nerd. She also provides professional development for teachers. You can connect with her at Mrs. D’s Co...

This week on the show, Julie and Chrissa are joined by Joey Pagano, MSW, LSW, CRS. In this episode Joey shares his experience with addiction and recovery.  Now, Joey has more than a decade of experience working in the drug and alcohol field, and has authored three books. His latest book No Addict Left Behind: It’s a recovery medicine state of mind was released earlier this spring.   We want to hea...

This week on the show, Julie and Chrissa are joined by Coach Reed Maltbie. Leveraging two master’s degrees - Sports Psychology and Early Childhood Development - and 30 years of professional coaching experience, Coach Reed has dedicated his life to creating the very best environments for achieving peak performance.  His book, The Spartan Mindset, now available, focuses significantly on the impact o...