Unfortunately, the mental health stigma and shame continue to permeate our communities and families across the country. Join us as Sister Jenna welcomes mental health professional, Josh Cutler MSW, LICSW to The Next Normal. Josh is a regular contributor to the national conversation about mental health. He is passionate about sharing his own struggles with diagnosis of, and recovery from a serious mental illness, in the hopes that this vulnerability will lead others to seek help.

Josh is an experienced psychotherapist, clinical social worker and people leader. His work focuses on improving access to mental health services. He works in private practice and is formerly a behavioral health leader for Providence, one of the largest health systems in the United States. He is on the medical staff at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. In addition to that, and where he is particularly unique, Josh has written a new book titled, The Day Hospital, which takes an honest look at his own mental health journey, including a suicide attempt, and struggle to be a "normal person," while helping others to do the same. Visit https://www.joshcutler.net.

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