Latinx Therapy
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 565 ratingsBreak the stigma of mental health as it relates to the Latinx community. Learn self-help techniques, how to support care for your mental health, and support others that struggle with mental illnesses through culturally-affirming interviews with other Latine Therapists.
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Sneak Peek into a Forbidden Topic: Sex
June 05, 2018 15:25 - 34 minutes - 32.9 MBSex is: for marriage, between a man and a woman, or behind closed doors. Think again! Welcome to sesion #14! I am really excited about today's episode because this topic is one that has heavy shame woven into it, and today, we start to break this stigma down. Dr. Janet Brito, located in Hawaii, talks to us about the psychological notions that have been instills in us from generations ago. We talk about sex taboos, promiscuity, consequences for avoiding the topic of sex, what is sex the...
Alimentos al Rescate Para La Salud Mental
May 31, 2018 20:19 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBJacquie Marquez hablo de lo que es importante consumir para que uno no tenga cambios de humor fuerte, técnicas que uno puede usar con niños que son difíciles para comer “picky”, habla de la importancia de la alimentación en los niños, y de los alimentos en frutas y vegetables específicos. Habla de cuales suplemento nos beneficia para no tener muchos cambios de humor, y también nos explica que alimento necesita el cuerpo cuando nuestro sistema nervioso esta activado. Y al fin, da respuesta ...
Break the Stigma: Self-Forgiveness Conquers All
May 29, 2018 07:04 - 42 minutes - 35 MBListen to our second Break the Stigma guest, Pam Covarrubias, as she discloses about her journey towards forgiveness with various experiences, including abandonment from her father, a toxic relationship with an ex, her mentality after the break-up from this toxic relationship and sexual assault. She gives her perception on reporting her sexual assault experience. In this segment, Pam also dives into the discrimination during her college years in the Midwest. See the resources below for the s...
Maldita Depresión
May 24, 2018 07:56 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB¡Bienvenidos a la sesión número 11! Hoy hablé con Cecilia Racine, trabajadora social con licencia clínica de la ciudad de Fairfax en el estado de Virginia, localizada en la área de Washington, D.C. Ella compartió su experiencia y sabiduría sobre las diversas formas de cómo se manifiesta la depresión dentro de nuestra cultura. Hablamos sobre lo que es la depresión clínica, los síntomas comunes, la diferencia entre la tristeza y la depresión y las formas de ayudarse a sí mismo y a otras pers...
Viviendo con Ansiedad
May 17, 2018 04:27 - 20 minutes - 17.7 MB“Más de 21% de adultos estadounidenses de entre los 18 y 64 anos tendrán un trastorno de ansiedad que pueda diagnosticarse en un ano dado, según Mental Health America. Este porcentaje representa 42.5 millones de personas.” Bienvenidos a sesión 8. Hoy mi invitada es Yesenia Reta, trabajadora social clínica de Bradenton, Florida. Hoy Yesenia y yo combínanos nuestras especialidades de ansiedad y colaboramos en este segmento. Hablamos de la definición de la ansiedad clínica, los síntomas de ...
Anxiety 101
May 15, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes - 31.2 MB“According to Mental Health America, over 21% of American adults between the ages of 18 and 64 will have a diagnosable anxiety disorder in a given year, that number represents 42.5 million people”. Welcome to sesión 8, where Yesenia Reta, LCSW, and I bring our anxiety specialties into one interview for you. We define what anxiety is, go over different type of anxieties, review anxiety in our culture, and the symptoms that anxiety brings. We also go over where anxiety comes from and bring t...
La Vergüenza A.K.A. Shame
May 08, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 28.5 MBToday we meet Zeahlot Lopez, LMFT. In this bilingual sesión, we talk about the intention of shame, intergenerational shame, shame in speaking Spanish, where this stems from and how you can work on shame, if you are not ready to enter into therapy. Most importantly, Zeahlot talks to us about her unique perspective of using shame as a strength and provides us with various tools. Zeahlot Lopez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Cosmetologist in private practice in Sher...
Técnicas Para Encontrar La Felicidad
May 03, 2018 08:11 - 24 minutes - 20.1 MBHoy hablamos con Andrea Minski de sus secretos para encontrar la felicidad. Ella comparte con nosotros varias técnicas, incluyendo un ejercicio de Brasil, Capoeira. Este ejercicio incluye una combinación de música, baile, defensa personal y cultura. Ella trae su energía y alegría en este segmento y nos enseña sus técnicas para tratar con los niños para que uno aprenda la paciencia. Compartió cómo balancear ser madre y profesional, y cómo vivir una vida auténtica. Pueden perseguir a Andrea ...
When Drugs & Alcohol Are Involved
May 01, 2018 07:41 - 46 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this sesión with Bianca Rodriguez, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, we talk about drugs and alcohol. We discuss what it means to be addicted and have a substance use disorder, substances that make someone addicted, we review cultural habits that weigh in, how to set boundaries and ways to talk to someone struggling with these realities. Did you know that about 9.5 percent of Latinos will have alcohol dependence at some point in their lives? This is according to the National Inst...
Break the Stigma: From Self-Mutilator to Warrior
April 24, 2018 07:42 - 38 minutes - 32.4 MBTranscript Nancy Salas, born in Nayarit, Mexico struggled with mental health realities after a family secret was disclosed to her. This secret shattered her life and spiraled her world into self-destruction. Nancy Salas had an epiphany after the birth of her daughter at the age of 16 years old that changed her perspective of the world. We talk about the psychological perspectives that helped her begin recovering, and the boundaries she learned from therapy that she had to set in place with...
Bipolar Disorder: It's Not What You Think
April 17, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30.9 MBIn sesión 3, Peruvian Elena Apaza, Board Certified Nurse Practitioner explores with me what Bipolar Disorder truly is and what it is not. She dives into the symptoms from the two different types of Bipolar Disorder, problems with diagnosing Bipolar Disorder, how this diagnosis is seen in our Latinx culture and what people in our community do when they do not get treatment. We also answer your questions and provide you all with language to use with someone who has disclosed this diagnosis to ...
When La Chancla Crosses the Line
April 17, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBLa chancla, which refers to a flip flop in Spanish, is a cultural discipline style that has evolved to be very symbolic. La chancla can also refer cords, cables, the belt, hangers, any item that can be used to inflict pain as a punishment. Often, it is also a trigger word and is a form of child abuse. In this special 1-hour sesión, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Maritza Plascencia shares her personal experience with la chancla, and dives deeper with her professional knowledge about ...
Introduction to Latinx Therapy
April 13, 2018 05:51 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBLatinx Therapy is a bilingual weekly podcast that discusses mental health from a cultural and psychological perspective. Join Adriana Alejandre interview professionals that support and specialize in mental health related topics to give a sneak peek of what goes on psychologically and to give professional knowledge about myths carried on in our culture from generations ago. Each episode will be referred to a "sesión" (a "session" in Spanish). In this introductory sesión, you will learn mor...