Episodes

  • Getting Sober is Just The Beginning

    Getting Sober is Just The Beginning
    Sep 20 2024
    Authors of the latest title in the "for Dummies" brand, Lane Kennedy and Tamar Saunders join the program to talk about their book "Sobriety for Dummies" including its development, some of the content and what message they wish to impart to the readers.
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    33 mins
  • Curiosity, Not Judgment: Myths and Barriers to Care for Sex Workers

    Curiosity, Not Judgment: Myths and Barriers to Care for Sex Workers
    Aug 28 2024
    Researcher, educator and subject matter expert, Dr. Juline Koken joins the podcast to address some of the barriers to mental health and substance use care for one of the most maligned and stigmatized groups of people in society: sex workers. How do we maintain our ethical requirement of unconditional positive regard and avoid value imposition?
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    38 mins
  • The Harm Reduction Gap: A Discussion with Author Sheila Vakharia, MSW, Ph.D.

    The Harm Reduction Gap: A Discussion with Author Sheila Vakharia, MSW, Ph.D.
    Aug 20 2024
    In early 2024, "The Harm Reduction Gap" was published. The book teaches how harm reduction can be a safety net for people with substance use disorders that our current addiction treatment rejects, abandons, and leaves behind.
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    43 mins
  • Death By 1000 Cuts: Microaggressions and Their Impact

    Death By 1000 Cuts: Microaggressions and Their Impact
    Jul 30 2024
    Author, essayist and multiple-time TedX speaker LeRon Barton joins the podcast a second time to talk about microaggressions and their impact on marginalized communities. Join us and hear him talk about his experiences, as well as share his knowledge and insights on this (often) taboo subject.
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    46 mins
  • Pathologizing Blackness: Behavioral Health's Role In Strucural Racism

    Pathologizing Blackness: Behavioral Health's Role In Strucural Racism
    Jul 16 2024
    Join us for a much needed and difficult discussion about structural racism, its impacts and how it can play out in the mental health and SUD needs of Black and Brown Americans. Dr. Ayana Jodan of NYU, one of the country's pre-eminent experts in this area, joins us to share her knowledge and experience.
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    53 mins
  • Caring for Connecticut’s Homeless People

    Caring for Connecticut’s Homeless People
    May 21 2024
    We speak with Melanie Alvarez, Director of Programs at the Friendship Service Center in New Britain to help identify some of the problems faced by those experiencing or at risk of homelessness in our state. She offers her insight into the many concerns as well as sharing some information on new approaches to help those in need.
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    44 mins
  • Psychology for Peak Performance

    Psychology for Peak Performance
    Apr 16 2024
    For this episode, we step a bit outside of our usual topics and pay homage to the upcoming Olympic Summer Games. Join us as we talk with Margaux Farrell, Chief of Staff of the Root Center for Advanced Recovery and Olympic Bronze Medalist, and Dr. Shane Murphy, Professor of Psychology at Western Connecticut State University and former sport psychologist for Team USA.
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    44 mins
  • Silence in the Streets: A Public Safety and Public Health Collaboration

    Silence in the Streets: A Public Safety and Public Health Collaboration
    Mar 27 2024
    "Silence in the Streets" is a documentary film that focuses on the challenges for those individuals who live in our urban environments, the social determinants of health for those in our cities, and the barriers people face when seeking health care. New England HIDTA Investigator Robert Lawlor and Public Health expert Anna Gasinski join us to talk about this project.
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    35 mins