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The Mental Healthy podcast offers insightful interviews with innovative professors and Mental Health organizations from both the United States and around the world. We aspire to encourage and inform you about different Mental Health techniques & theories, as well as highlight projects and organizations worthy of your attention.
Episodes
![Dr. Karin Dumont: Addiction Counseling](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Dr. Karin Dumont: Addiction Counseling
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
In this episode, Dr. Karin Dumont discusses the pivotal work she has done in the field of addiction counseling. She covers her experience in the field, advice for other counselors, and how she integrates her faith into her work.
Dr. Karin Dumont is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor, a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, and an Approved Clinical Supervisor having earned a PhD in Professional Counseling in 2010. Dr. Dumont was inducted into Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International, the Rho Eta chapter of Liberty University in 2016. Dr. Dumont practiced for over 20 years in the profession of counseling, having specialized in addiction counseling, clinical community mental health counseling, and counseling at-risk youth. She has extensive experience in regular outpatient, intensive outpatient, and inpatient crisis stabilization and detox services. Dr. Dumont, also, has experience in the area of school counseling. She has taught as a faculty member in the CACREP accredited graduate clinical counseling program within the Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies at Liberty University for 14 years. Dr. Dumont has, also, taught undergraduate psychology at both Liberty University and Methodist University. In addition, she has taught undergraduate sociology at Liberty University.
Dr. Dumont played an instrumental part in the development of the Masters of Arts in Addiction Counseling program at Liberty University. Her teaching interests are comprised of clinical mental health aspects to include psychopathology and clinical diagnosis, group therapy, and addiction topics. Her research interests lie in the area of addiction and relationships, the role of attachment in development, and the impact of the supervision relationship in counseling students’ skill development. Dr. Dumont serves as co-chairperson on the advocacy committee for the Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies. This committee provides and addresses advocacy for the profession of counseling, mental health itself, along with a focus on how to improve the integration of advocacy into the counseling program coursework. She is also active as a student faculty advisor and provides supervision to students in internship. Along with service to counseling students, Dr. Dumont has recently taken on the service role of Narrative Writer for the NCMHCE with the National Board of Certified Counselors. She is active in presenting at workshops and conferences on mental health and addiction topics on the national, regional, state, and local level. She has also been an active dissertation chair and reader for doctoral students.
![Drs. Christopher & Angela Wheelus: Mental Health in Ukraine](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Drs. Christopher & Angela Wheelus: Mental Health in Ukraine
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Dr. Wheelus came to Liberty University after eleven years of experience in college student affairs, most recent of which was as a university’s director of counseling, disability services, and career development. He has also worked in a variety of other counseling settings: hospital, juvenile justice, private practice, and volunteer career counselor at an alternative high school. Dr. Wheelus and his wife, who is also a professional counselor, enjoy providing co-counseling to couples and missionaries. They have lived overseas in four countries and occasionally travel overseas to provide counseling and marriage enrichment to expatriates. Dr. Wheelus has held several offices in the Georgia College Counseling Association (GCCA) and has been a member of several professional organizations and has presented at the state, regional, and national levels on career development. Dr. Wheelus loves teaching and training new counselors. Most of all, he loves the wonder of discovering new adventures that God brings in life’s journey.
Dr. Angela Wheelus came to Liberty University after ten years of experience in college counseling and private practice. Prior to her counseling career, she lived and served overseas in five countries with her husband (also teaches at Liberty) and children. As a licensed counselor, Dr. Wheelus has experience working with young adults, student veterans, and missionaries dealing with issues such as: multicultural issues, trauma, grief, suicidal ideation, life transition issues, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Wheelus loves mentoring counselors-in-training, supervising new counselors, and counseling women. Most of all, she loves watching God work wonders through the counseling process.
![Shaila Toriy: Valeo & The EMDR Method](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Shaila Toriy: Valeo & The EMDR Method
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
In this episode of the Mental Healthy Podcast, Shaila Toriy discusses her work with Valeo, a company offering Gospel-based clinical care to global workers. She also goes into depth into EMDR, a useful mental health treatment technique that can be used to heal patients from trauma and other distressing experiences.
Shaila is a Brazilian TCK (Third Culture Kid) who grew up in Holland, the United States, and mostly Austria. While in Brazil she pursued her Clinical Psychology degree and there got licensed. Shortly after, God called her to serve in China as a Psychologist catering to the expat community in Shanghai working with children, adolescents, and adults with a variety of mental health disorders within an outpatient hospital clinic. It was there her heart saw the need for member care for global workers. It was also there she met and married her Japanese-Brazilian husband, Lucas. They were in China a total of 5 years when God called them to pursue Biblical-based education to prepare for the next steps of service. This brought them to Columbia, where Shaila was able to pursue an MA in Member Care at Columbia International University and join Valeo. Her heart beats for those who are serving God in a cross-cultural setting and to be able to serve them through counseling. Shaila & Lucas live in Brazil with their son, Noah.
![Dr. Lisa Sosin: Embodiment In Counseling](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Dr. Lisa Sosin: Embodiment In Counseling
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
On this episode of the Mental Healthy podcast, Dr. Lisa Sosin discussed embodiment, a revolutionary practice that allows counselors to involve patients' entire selves in their treatment process, rather than their minds alone. This is an extremely informative episode for anyone interested in or doing work in the mental health field.
Dr. Lisa Sosin is the Director of the Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision Program and a professor with the Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies at Liberty University. She has over 35 years of clinical and teaching experience in the field of professional counseling and clinical psychology.
![Dr. Deedre Mitchell, Dr. Laura Martin, Dr. Denise Ebersole, & Dr. Laurel Shaler: Unlocking the Power of HARNESS](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
On this episode of the Mental Healthy podcast, Dr. Deedre Mitchell, Dr. Laura Martin, Dr. Denise Ebersole, & Dr. Laurel Shaler discuss value harnessing, a method in which counselors can more effectively integrate their personal and professional values into their work. They also discuss various experience from their time as counselors, in addition to valuable advice to students preparing to enter the profession.
![Dr. Shannae Anderson: Counseling Experience Stories](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
Dr. Shannae Anderson: Counseling Experience Stories
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
On today's episode of the Mental Healthy podcast, we invited Dr. Shannae Anderson to discuss stories from her experience in counseling. Dr. Anderson is currently an Adjunct Professor at Liberty University in the Doctor of Psychology Program. She previously taught for over a decade at Fuller Theological Seminary where she taught Pastoral Care and Addictions in the Recovery Ministry Program, in the Masters of Psychology program at California Lutheran University, and in the UCLA Extension Drug and Alcohol Certification Program.
![Jim Sells: How the Church addresses the Mental Health Crisis](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Jim Sells: How the Church addresses the Mental Health Crisis
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
On this episode of the Mental Healthy podcast, we had the opportunity to speak with Jim Sells and discuss how the church can address the mental health crisis. Dr. Jim Sells is a professor for the School of Psychology & Counseling at Regent and the Rosemarie S. Hughes Endowed Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice. His major areas of interest are marital and family therapy, supervision/professional identity formation, international applications of counseling, and forgiveness/reconciliation.
![Dorcas Harbin - One Another Ministries Member Care](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Dorcas Harbin - One Another Ministries Member Care
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
In this episode of the Mental Healthy podcast, we invite Dorcas Harbin of One Another Ministries to discuss member care. Dorcas Harbin is one of the co-founders of One Another Ministries and has served with One Another using her gifts in counseling, consulting, training, and encouragement since 1997. She has over 46 years of extensive experience in Christian ministry and missions, including counseling, teaching, training, market research, and corporate administration.
![Erik Troyer - Valeo Member Care](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Erik Troyer - Valeo Member Care
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
On this episode of Mental Healthy, we invited Erik Troyer of Valeo to discuss missionary work around the world. Over the years, he has had the privilege of residing and serving in several places and capacities in SE Asia. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Erik desires to strategically journey with those in full-time cross-cultural initiatives to encourage and support them so that they can pour into others from the overflow of their own lives.
![Mike Vaughn - Bethesda Workshops](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11029809/Mental_Healthy_2020LOGO_300x300.jpg)
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Mike Vaughn - Bethesda Workshops
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
On today's episode of the Mental Healthy podcast, we invited Mike Vaughn of Bethesda Workshops based in Nashville, TN to discuss sex addiction and its various treatments. Mike Vaughn has experience as a accomplished business leader and therapist; specializing in the areas of sex addiction recovery, intensive therapy, marriage therapy and trauma.