Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Recent Episodes
JD Kalmenson, CEO Montare Behavioral Health
The Discover U Podcast highlights complex mental health and chemical dependency issues in interviews with industry professionals, experts, and renowned authorities in various behavioral health fields. Our goal in each episode is to bring a greater degree of clarity and insight to the often intricate and nuanced diagnoses in behavioral health issues. JD Kalmenson, CEO Montare Behavioral Health, investigates cutting-edge modalities, new areas of intervention, and partnership opportunities with world class academic institutions and leaders in his quest to provide innovative and effective solutions.
In this episode of Discover U, join host JD Kalmenson as he and Mari discuss the psychological impact of social media algorithms and how they are psychologically designed to keep us hooked with unpredictable content.
They explore signs of hope that society may be reaching what author Arthur Brooks calls a "Peak Addiction Point" with devices and is beginning to seek real, offline connection. Mari offers an introduction to the Human Design system, a tool she describes as a fusion of ancient wisdom—like astrology and the I-Ching—and modern science, such as quantum physics and genetics, to reveal one's unique genetic imprint. She outlines the four main energy types—Generators, Manifestors, Projectors, and Reflectors—that help people understand how they are designed to show up in the world.
The conversation also covers how to tune into your body's wisdom to make decisions that are correct for you, rather than letting your "monkey mind" take over. To learn more about Mari Smith, visit her website at marismith.com.
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From the casino-like "pull-to-refresh" feature to the rise of the TikTok diagnosis, our devices have a much deeper impact on our mental health than we realize. In this compelling episode of Discover U, media psychologist Dr. Don Grant explains the psychological tricks technology uses to keep us hooked and how it's affecting our relationships and well-being.
Join guest host Amy Charlesworth as she and Dr. Grant discuss:
The concepts of "technoference" and "absent presence" in our daily interactions.
How the creators of technology often limit its use for their own children.
The rise of untrained "influencers" giving dangerous mental health diagnoses online.
Practical, expert advice for parents and individuals on creating healthier device habits and setting boundaries.
This is a crucial conversation for anyone looking to reclaim their attention and foster more meaningful real-life connections.
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What if the labels we carry like "procrastinator" or "depressed" aren't who we truly are? In this insightful conversation, therapist, writer, and creator Shari Foos explores the power of changing our personal narratives to improve our mental well-being.
Join host JD Kalmenson on Discover U to learn about:
The core ideas behind Narrative Therapy and how it separates a person from their problem.
Shari's unique group experience, The Narrative Method, which uses creative writing to foster deep human connection.
Why "witnessing" someone's story without judgment can be profoundly healing.
How we can unlearn the negative messages from our culture and reconnect with our authentic selves.
This discussion is for anyone interested in the intersection of creativity, connection, and mental health, no diagnosis required.
Learn more about Shari's free online salons at TheNarrativeMethod.org.
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Welcome to Discover U! On this episode, straight from the Emerging Themes Behavioral Health Conference, host JD Kalmenson (CEO of Montclair Behavioral Health) talks with the one-and-only Dr. Skip Rizzo. He's the brains behind Medical Virtual Reality at USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, and he’s got some mind-blowing stuff to share.
Dr. Rizzo breaks down how VR is becoming a total game-changer for mental well-being. You'll hear about:
(00:01:13) The awesome "Game Boy story" that first sparked his ideas for VR in brain injury rehab.
(00:03:05) What makes VR tick for therapy? Think super-controlled, immersive worlds designed for healing and growth.
(00:06:16) VR's rollercoaster history: From 90s sci-fi movies to today's powerful headsets (and how the gaming world accidentally helped fund it!).
(00:09:28) Using VR to help veterans face PTSD, new ways to support military sexual trauma survivors, and even inspiring global efforts in places like Ukraine and Israel.
(00:15:12) What therapists actually need to know to use VR – and how it can make the connection with their patients even stronger.
(00:18:00) Could VR help us build resilience and maybe even head off some mental health struggles before they start?
(00:20:07) Where can you actually find VR therapy today? (Hint: The VA is already a big believer!)
(00:26:02) The great news: VR is here to boost therapists and the crucial human connection in healing, not replace it.
If you're curious about how tech is making a real difference for people dealing with PTSD, autism, ADHD, Alzheimer's, pain, and so much more.
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This podcast features an interview with Dr. Markus Rogan, a former Olympic gold medalist who transitioned into the field of behavioral health and mental health counseling. The discussion covers Dr. Rogan's unorthodox personal journey, including his family's history and his own conversion to Judaism.
Key topics discussed include:
- Dr. Rogan's shift from elite athletics to mental health work, and how he found meaning and fulfillment in helping others rather than pursuing individual athletic glory.
- The challenges athletes face in transitioning to post-athletic careers and finding a sense of identity and purpose.
- The concept of "enough" and how many people struggle with a lack of intrinsic self-worth and an excessive focus on external validation.
- Dr. Rogan's unique therapeutic approach that blurs the lines between therapist and patient, with the goal of creating a more authentic, mutual exchange.
- Simple breathing techniques that Dr. Rogan recommends for regulating anxiety and stress.
Overall, this podcast provides a thoughtful and personal exploration of finding meaning, authenticity, and mental/emotional wellness, drawing on Dr. Rogan's diverse life experiences.
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In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Gita Vaid, a board-certified psychiatrist and psychoanalyst based in Manhattan, discusses the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Dr. Vaid shares her expertise on MDMA and ketamine, explaining their potential for treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and relationship issues.
The discussion covers:
- The unique benefits of MDMA and ketamine in psychotherapy
- How these medicines can help process trauma and increase self-awareness
- The potential for psychedelics in couples therapy
- Making psychedelic therapy more accessible and affordable
- Using psychedelics for personal growth and "peak performance"
- The importance of tailoring mental health treatments to individuals
- The nature of subjective experience in psychedelic journeys
Dr. Vaid offers profound insights into how psychedelic medicines can expand our understanding of consciousness, memory, and healing. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the future of mental health treatment and personal transformation.
This conversation between JD Kalmenson and Dr. Gita Vaid took place at the Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health 2024. For more information: https://emergingthemesinbehavioralhealth.com/
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Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 24 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: New Directions in Couples Therapy with Dr. Dana McNeil, PsyD, LMFT
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JD Kalmenson’s interviews Dana McNeil to explore the sometimes complex dynamics in a range of different romantic relationships– from hetero and LGBTQ couples, to polyamorous. Understanding the habits of successful couples is key to developing relationship skills that can take yours to the next level of trust, open communication, and longevity.
Dana McNeil, PsyD, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and is the founder of The Relationship Place, a group practice with locations in her hometown of San Diego, California. Dr. Dana's practice specializes in couples therapy and utilizes an evidence-based type of couples therapy known as the Gottman Method. Dr. Dana works with all types of relationship issues from premarital counseling, dealing with the aftermath of extramarital affairs, working with addiction recovery, military deployed families, parents of
special needs children, LGBTQ partners, and polyamorous, ethical non-monogamy clients. Dr. Dana is the resident relationship expert on the Cox Communications Show “I Do” and will be featured in an upcoming documentary on the art of couples therapy.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 23 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: A Spiritual Approach to Psychotherapy with Kenneth Pargament, PhD.
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JD Kalmenson’s interviews Dr. Kenneth Pargament to gain a deeper understanding of the intersection of psychotherapy and spirituality. How can psychologists be better prepared to deal with encounters with the sacred dimension of life? How and when is it better to consult a chaplain than a psychotherapist? In what ways can spirituality ease mental health issues like depression? These are some of the questions you will hear explored in this soul nourishing podcast.
Kenneth Pargament is a professor emeritus of psychology at Bowling Green State University. He has authored The Psychology of Religion and Coping and Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy. Dr. Pargament is Editor-in-Chief of the two-volume APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. With Julie Exline, he has authored the recently released Working with Spiritual Struggles in Psychotherapy: From Research to Practice. He was Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center. His awards include the Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association in 2009, the first Outstanding Contribution to the Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award from APA in 2017, and an honorary doctor-of-letters from Pepperdine University in 2013. He was recently named One of the 50 Most Influential Living Psychologists.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 23 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Is Addiction a Brain Disease? With Dr. Mark Gold, MD
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JD Kalmenson’s interviews Dr. Mark Gold, MD to understand the history of chemical dependency, and process addictions, seen through the lens of a prominent researcher and medical doctor. Dr. Gold gives the audience an idea of how difficult it was to get proper treatment for any kind of addiction within the hospital system as far back as the 1970’s, and how his work transformed our understanding of addiction from a lack of will power to a brain disease. Discussion of various effective treatments follows.
Over his 25-year career at the University of Florida, Dr. Mark Gold has been a Professor of Neuroscience, a physician-scientist at UF McKnight Brain Institute, and a university bench-to-bedside leader. He became UF Distinguished Professor, Eminent Scholar & Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry. He was the Founder of the Division of Addiction Medicine & Florida's Recovery Center, UF Psychiatric Hospital, and outpatient centers from Gainesville to Vero Beach. His theories have changed the field, stimulated research, and led to new treatments. With his mentor Herb Kleber, Gold helped change addiction psychiatry to disease management, including evidence-based care that evaluates & treats co-occurring disorders. Gold's work proved that cocaine caused a relative dopamine deficiency along with anhedonia, and pioneered the study of second-hand tobacco, cannabis, and opium smoke. Gold and Kelly Brownell co-chaired the historic Yale Conference on Food and hedonic overeating. This work has led to collaborative research on the drug-like effects of some food and the use of anti-addiction medications in obesity. Since his retirement, Gold has continued his work as a researcher, mentor, and inventor. He is on the Board of Directors of various education, intervention, and prevention organizations, including CADCA and DEAEF. And he has received numerous Lifetime Achievement awards for his pioneering work.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 22 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Understanding the Needs of Multicultural Populations in Behavioral Healthcare, with Dr. Norman Kim, PhD.
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JD Kalmenson’s interviews Dr. Norman Kim, the co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity, as well as the Diversity chair of the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, to discover how innate biases in the healthcare system compromise both the quality and quantity of care provided to marginalized communities. Dr. Kim explains how a deeper understanding of cultural differences, and an increased sensitivity to diverse cultural norms, leads to better outcomes for everyone suffering with mental health challenges.
Dr. Kim is the inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Center for Practice Innovation at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and the NY State Office of Mental Health, and the co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity, a social justice-focused consultancy. He completed his B.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. in Psychology at UCLA. Norman has developed an expertise in psychiatrically complex populations, and his primary areas of interest are the application of a transdiagnostic framework for eating disorders, taking an evolutionary approach to shame and anxiety, and minority mental health. He is a regular national and international speaker, educator, and passionate advocate with a particular focus on minority status and barriers to mental health care in marginalized communities. He was the founding co-chair of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Committee of IAEDP, on the inaugural Behavioral Health Taskforce for the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, former board member of the Eating Disorders Coalition, and serves on numerous advisory boards. Most recently Norman was the Deputy Director of Ayana Therapy, a tech startup focused on providing culturally intelligent, adapted, and accessible care to marginalized communities, and was the co-founder of Reasons Eating Disorder Center.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 21 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Facing Addiction with Anna Lembke, MD
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JD Kalmenson’s interviews Dr. Anna Lembke about her latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, which explores why our relentless pursuit of pleasure ultimately leads to pain. Living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli, how do we resist overconsumption, and find true happiness?
Anna Lembke, MD is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications, has testified before the United States House of Representatives and Senate, has served as an expert witness in federal and state opioid litigation, and is an internationally recognized leader in addiction medicine treatment and education.
In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic (Zuger, 2018).
Dr. Lembke appeared in the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives.
Her latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Dutton/Penguin Random House, August 2021) was an instant New York Times bestseller and explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 20 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: How to Raise Children Who Thrive with Michele Borba, Ed.D
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JD Kalmenson’s interviews Dr. Michele Borba about her latest book, Thrivers, which outlines the character traits most correlated with resilience, and suggests simple every-day things parents can do to develop these in their children. Dr. Borba shares her years of research and hands on experience with humor and wisdom.
Dr. Borba is an internationally renowned educational psychologist, parenting /child expert, a best-selling author, and a sought-after motivational speaker. Dr. Borba has spoken in 19 countries and served as a consultant for hundreds of schools and corporations worldwide, including Sesame Street, Harvard University, and the US Armed Services, to name just a few. Dr. Borba is a regular on the TODAY show, and has appeared on countless other media outlets, including Dr. Phil, The View, and CNN. Her work is featured in major newspapers and journals like TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and The New York Times. Dr. Borba’s award-winning 24 books have been translated into 22 languages, and she is the recipient of numerous national and international awards, recognizing her expertise in solution-based strategies to strengthen children’s empathy, and social-emotional intelligence. She offers research-based parenting advice culled from a career working with over one million parents and educators around the world.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 19 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Healing from Eating Disorders with Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LSCSW-C.
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JD Kalmenson’s interview with Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C, brings a nuanced perspective to the wide-ranging world of eating disorders. Jennifer discusses the connection between various symptoms and their underlying causes– from genetic to environmental, and paths toward
healing.
Jennifer is a therapist and founder of The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland, who specializes in working with adolescents and adults with eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder, and body image issues as well as anxiety, depression,
bipolar disorder and self-injury.
Named as one of the top eating disorder experts in the country by a leading eating disorder treatment center, Jennifer has experience working in a variety of settings and served as the chairwoman of Project Heal’s national network of eating disorder treatment providers.
She has been interviewed about eating disorders on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS, as well as The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, US News and World Report, Forbes, and Esquire, to name a few. She gives talks on eating disorders at national conferences, therapy centers, retreats and colleges. And she is the staff expert writer on eating disorders at the Huffington Post and Psychology Today. Jennifer co-authored the best-selling book “The Inside Scoop to Eating Disorder Recover: Advice From Two Therapists Who Have Been There.”
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 18 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Understanding Postpartum Depression with Cathy Dore, LMFT.
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JD Kalmenson interviews Cathy Dore, LMFT, to shed light on the unique challenges to women’s mental health during the pregnancy and postpartum period. Understanding the difference between “baby blues” and a more serious depressive event, is just one of the distinctions you will learn about in this episode.
Cathy Dore is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Toluca Lake California, where she specializes in women's health, with a focus on pregnancy and childbirth. Cathy is a member of Maternal Mental Health Now, Los Angeles County's perinatal mental health task force. She has served on the board of Postpartum Support International, and is the co-founder of the Motherhood Consortium, an inclusive community of professionals who provide care and nurturing for mothers, families, and their babies. Cathy's clinical experience spans 20 years both as a private
practitioner, and with several well-regarded mental health agencies throughout Southern California, where she serves diverse urban populations, providing psychotherapy for a broad range of clinical issues, including depression, anxiety, stress management, abuse, and trauma. Additionally, Cathy has been a contributing writer for several parenting publications.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 17 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: How EMDR Works for Trauma and Grief, with Roger Solomon, PhD.
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JD Kalmenson interviews Roger Solomon, PhD, an expert in EMDR therapy, to learn about how this evidence-based modality effectively rewires a traumatized nervous system. Note that Dr. Solomon was traveling to the Ukraine to deliver care to war victims there during
the taping of this podcast, so the audio is not pristine.
Roger Solomon PhD is a psychologist specializing in trauma and grief. He's the program director and senior faculty with the EMDR Institute, an EMDR Europe approved trainer, and teaches EMDR therapy internationally. He currently is a consultant with the United States Senate and has provided services to numerous first responder agencies, following traumatic incidents, including the FBI Secret Service, NASA, the US Attorney's office, and the US Army. For over 40 years, he's worked with families of first responders killed in the line of duty. Along with teaching basic training at EMDR therapy workshops internationally, Dr. Solomon presents workshops on the utilization of EMDR therapy with grief and mourning, complex trauma, and dissociative symptoms. Dr. Solomon has authored or co-authored 47 articles and book chapters pertaining to EMDR therapy. And he has just authored a book published in 2022 in Italian, translated, “Grief and EMDR: From Diagnosis to Clinical Intervention.”
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 16 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Trauma as Opportunity for Healing with Gina Tabrizy
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JD Kalmenson interviews Gina Tabrizy, who shares her story of hope and healing as a therapist, and as a trauma survivor and thriver. Gina believes anyone is capable of overcoming and healing their past. Her positive message is life-affirming and inspiring.
Gina Tabrizy, MS, LMFT is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist with thirty years of experience and expertise in the areas of addiction, trauma, and codependency. She’s appeared on local and national television programs speaking about the impact of childhood trauma on addiction. Gina hosts The Recovery Show on KOCI radio.com, has guested on several talk radio programs, presented at national conferences, and given hundreds of lectures. Along with her husband, Gina founded Harmony Heals, Inc., where she is the clinical director, supervising over 24 psychotherapists. She also holds consulting positions for several treatment and residential recovery programs. Gina is the author of two books, Pearls of Wisdom: Affirmations for Daily Living, and Healing is a Love Story. She is also the proud mother of two children, whom she considers her greatest accomplishment and joy.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 15 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson:Essential Elements for Effective Group Therapy with Nick Jaworski
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JD Kalmenson interviews Nick Jaworski, an expert in behavioral health strategy, to learn about where most group therapy goes awry, and what both providers and patients can do to improve their experiences. Nick draws on his years as an educator to discuss techniques to promote greater engagement, motivation, and skill building during therapy. Learn what factors make the most difference in successful outcomes.
Nick is an internationally recognized executive in the field of behavioral health with experience building organizations across four continents. As the owner of the Institute for the Advancement of Group Therapy and Circle Social Incorporated, he has helped behavioral health organizations ranging in revenue from 10 million to 1 billion a year, perform turnarounds, accelerate growth, and improve patient outcomes. He's a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson award for his work in mental health, and is an advisor to the board for the behavioral health association of providers. He also holds a certificate in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, R E B T. And when he is not online, he can be found spending time with his favorite person in the whole world. His daughter.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 14 of the Discover U Podcast with JD Kalmenson: Understanding Sex Addiction with David Fawcett, PhD, LCSW.
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JD Kalmenson interviews David Fawcett, PhD, LCSW, to learn about the somewhat still taboo topic of sex addiction. Questions explored include; what makes it different from other addictive disorders? What are some of the underlying causes? Is it possible to be fully recovered? What is chemsex, and why is it so addictive? What are the best treatment modalities?
David Fawcett, PhD, LCSW, is a clinical sexologist working in addictions and mental health for three decades. He wrote Lust Men and Meth, A Gay Man's Guide to Sex and Recovery, and is VP for clinical programming at Seeking Integrity, which provides treatment programs for sex porn and chem sex addiction. David produces the podcast, Sex Love and Addiction- healing conversations for men who have sex with men. And he produced the award-winning documentary Crystal City. He's on the ITAPs faculty for the rainbow advocate and educator certification program. And he is a highly regarded trainer, both in the US and internationally.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 13 of the Discover U Podcast: Art Therapy- How Creativity Can Heal, with Sarah Gallop, LMFT, ATR
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JD Kalmenson interviews Sarah Gallop, LMFT, ATR, a psychotherapist and registered art therapist, and owner of Creative Space Art Therapy, with practices in Los Angeles and Denver. Learn about how the act of creating art with color, line and shape can reveal hidden, unhealed aspects of unconscious material. Once brought to consciousness, these dynamics can be seen, understood, and worked with therapeutically.
Sarah received her MA in Marital and Family Therapy with an emphasis in Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University. She uses a strength-based approach to work with both children and adults, addressing barriers and encouraging growth. Before starting her private practice, she was Clinical Director of La Ventana’s Adolescent Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization program in Santa Monica, CA. Prior to that she worked as a clinical art psychotherapist at Destinations for Teens, where she often used art making as a tool to provide adolescent clients with an alternative form of communication, to help them bypass defenses, and to provide a tangible record of change.
Sarah has also worked with adults struggling with a range of mental illness, trauma, and addiction, both at Didi Hirsch and The People Concern in Los Angeles, often using art to help them grow, thrive, and live their best lives.
She specializes in anxiety, depression and relationship issues, and offers clients tools to help clients not only feel better but also discover their authentic selves. She works within various theoretical orientations including psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, and narrative theory. She truly believes in the power of art to uncover truths and to help clients make the changes they’d like to see in their lives.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 12 of the Discover U Podcast: MDMA, A New Frontier in Treating PTSD, with Willa Hall, PhD
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JD Kalmenson interviews Willa Hall, PhD, who is a facilitator and trainer in the MAPS phase 3 clinical trials being done with MDMA to treat severe PTSD. Learn about the exciting new breakthroughs possible with the assistance of MDMA, and how each session is conducted.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Hall has dedicated herself to working in community mental health and private practice in New York City. She has a particular interest in understanding the ways in which the therapeutic relationship and, in particular, the therapist’s authenticity facilitates a client’s deepening appreciation of their own authentic self. In 2017 she began work on the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) NYC site as a co-therapist on the Phase III trials assessing the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for severe PTSD. More recently, Dr. Hall’s attention has turned to understanding the therapist’s role in treatments that utilize non-ordinary states of consciousness in order to maximize growth and healing. She is a Clinical Adjunct at the New School in NYC, a MAPS-trained certified supervisor of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, and founding member and President of Nautilus Sanctuary, a non-profit in New York City dedicated to increasing accessibility of psychedelic treatments to disadvantaged populations. One of Nautilus’s first projects is a research study that will offer MDMA-assisted therapy to healthcare and hospital workers having difficulty recovering from their experiences on the frontlines of the Covid Pandemic. The study protocol will be submitted for FDA approval this Spring, 2022, with plans to begin recruitment later this year.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 11 of the Discover U Podcast: What Horses Can Teach Us About Finding Balance with Kate Neligan, MA
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JD Kalmenson interviews Kate Neligan to learn about the fascinating field of equine coaching and equine therapy. How can working with horses bring us back into harmonious relationship with ourselves and others, mirroring patterns of behavior and being that come from wounded places in our psyches.
Kat Neligan is an equine-partnered life and business coach, healer, and animal communicator whose life’s work is devoted to the human-animal bond. Kate pairs her intuitive gifts with those of horses (and goats too!) to help people gain greater clarity, confidence, and connection with their life purpose. She has a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology and is the creator of Awakening with Equines, a first-of-its kind certification program for equine-partnered facilitators. Kate has also been a five times best-selling author, TEDx speaker, corporate marketing VP, and Huffington Post writer.
In private equine coaching sessions and workshops around the country, Kate facilitates powerful transformation by helping high-performing women to navigate life transitions with more ease, presence, and flow. She also supports companies in developing mindful cultures and communication skills through team building and leadership retreats.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 10 of the Discover U Podcast: Understanding DBT with Keren Clark
JD Kalmenson interviews Keren Clark, MFT to learn about the relatively new therapy called DBT. DBT has been shown to be effective with previously treatment resistant diagnoses like Borderline Personality Disorder and Suicidality.
Keren Clark is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist who has been intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and in DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE) which is a DBT based treatment for PTSD. Keren is also a certified practitioner of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). In the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to train directly with Francine Shapiro, the creator of EMDR and with Marsha Linehan, the creator of DBT.
Keren is currently part of the team at the DBT Center of Orange County where she has worked as a DBT therapist and Clinical Supervisor for the last seven years. She continues to train new DBT clinicians in DBT and to actively practice and grow in DBT herself.
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Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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mentalhealth, trauma, somatics, body-mind, emotionalhealing, DBT, CBT, borderlinepersonalitydisorder, suicide, lifeskills,
JD Kalmenson interviews Gina Ross, MFCC, to learn about the latest developments in trauma treatment, including how trauma lodges in the body, how our nervous system can be reset for more resilience, and how to work with generational trauma.
Gina Ross, MFCC, is founder and president of International Trauma-Healing Institutes in the United States and in Israel and the co-founder of the Israeli Trauma Center at Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem. An internationally known expert on the impact of trauma in conflict between groups or nations, Gina has specialized in cutting-edge healing methods that can be brought to the public. Also a pioneer in understanding collective trauma, Gina has integrated her wide expertise in cross–cultural issues and relationships and is currently working with Israeli and Palestinian societies and other groups to bring an understanding of the role of trauma in conflicts between groups or nations, how this role and cross –cultural misunderstandings relate specifically to politics in the Middle East. Gina and her institutes work diligently to place the issue of trauma healing on the global agenda, developing resources and collaborating with organizations to further healing at the community, national, and international levels.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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mentalhealth, trauma, somatics, body-mind, emotionalhealing, nervoussystem, bodyhealing, traumarecovery, israel-palestine, psychotherapy, bodymindconnection, stress, anxiety, managingstress, managinganxiety
JD Kalmenson interviews Marc Brackett, PhD., to understand the territory of Emotional Intelligence. What exactly is it? What are the skills necessary to navigate difficult emotions, and how can emotions affect our thinking?
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 8 of the Discover U Podcast: How does our Emotional Intelligence affect our Mental Health?
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Marc is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the child Study Center at Yale University. His research focuses on the role of emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance.
He has published over 150 scholarly articles, received numerous awards, and is featured regularly in popular media outlets such as The New York Times, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and The Today Show.
Marc is the lead developer of RULER, a systemic, evidence-based approach to Social Emotional Learning that has been adopted by over 3,000 schools across the US and in 27 other countries. He also consults regularly with corporations on integrating emotional intelligence principles into employee training and product design. He speaks to hundreds of thousands of people each year as a keynote speaker at over 600 conferences around the world, including The White House, U.S. Departments of Education, Justice and Defense, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, to name a few.
Marc is the author of Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help our Kids, Ourselves, and our Society to Thrive, which has been translated into 22 languages.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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mentalhealth, emotionalintelligence, YaleCenterforEmotionalIntelligence, Yale, emotionalregulation, anxiety, managinganxiety, bullying
Host JD Kalmenson interviews Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD, about how the skills of Real Dialogue can help us humanize those we have conflict with, appreciate a different perspective, and increase both self-understanding and compassion for others.
Polly Young-Eisendrath PhD. Polly is a Jungian analyst, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist in private practice. She's a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont and is the founder and director of the Institute for Dialogue Therapy. She's the author and/or editor of 18 books on the topics of parenting, adult development, intimate and parental love, Buddhist theory, Jungian psychology, women's development, couple therapy, couple development, and various paths to awakening and enlightenment. These books have been translated into more than 20 languages. Her most recent works are The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance. And Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Mentalhealth, #conflictresolution, #polarization, #realdialogue, #peacefuldialogue, #non-violentcommunication, #communication, #mediation, #Buddhistphilosophy, #karma, $neardeathexperience
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 6 of the Discover U Podcast: Eating Disorders and Diet Culture
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JD Kalmenson interviews Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, MD, to understand how the rise of eating disorders in our time is related to prevalent shamed based media messages about diet and fitness. Learn about the dynamics of the different ED diagnoses and exciting new developments in their treatment.
Dr. Wendy is a world-leading expert on treating eating disorders and has been a practicing psychiatrist for more than 25 years. She received her specialty training at New York University-Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and has held faculty positions at New York University, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Dr. Wendy is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in both Adult and Addiction Psychiatry. She is the author of two books, most recently, “Questions and Answers on Binge Eating Disorder, A Guide for Clinicians.” She is a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. Wendy is the founder of several different treatment centers for Eating Disorders, including Within Health, a comprehensive virtual eating disorder treatment platform, and Galen Hope, a community for integrated wellness, in Coral Gables, Florida. Described by colleagues as warm and wise, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt matches her comprehensive training with an unwavering belief in compassionate and scientifically sound treatment.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Discover U Podcast: A Look into Behavioral Healthcare Conferences in 2022 and Beyond with Jordan Young and Renee Baribeau
Host, JD Kalmenson interviews Jordan Young and Renee Baribeau about the new Conference they are launching this April 2022 called “Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health.”
Learn More about the Conference:
https://app.ce-go.com/emerging-themes-in-behavioral-health-2022
An exciting new West Coast Behavioral Health Conference is coming to Los Angeles this April April 28th- 29th! Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health offers a stellar line up of clinicians and researchers sharing the most current, cutting-edge knowledge on pressing issues in mental health. A world class panel on Treatment Resistant Depression will share their knowledge about promising new technologies like TMS, and alternative treatment options like Ketamine, Psilocybin and Cannabis. Keep up to date on the latest thinking in treating topics like eating disorders, non-traditional relationships, and suicide prevention.
Jordan: In 2010, Jordan’s personal recovery and desire to help others pushed him away from corporate B2B sales and towards behavioral healthcare. He began his career in an admissions role at the corporate headquarters of one of the industry’s most respected companies. In that role, he worked with over 4,000 patients and their families to coordinate treatment with hundreds of treatment centers around the country and facilitate intervention services.
Renee: Renee Baribeau is a Hay House author, podcaster, teacher, speaker, and executive who has a strong background in marketing in the behavioral health industry for over 10 years. In her current role at Montare Behavioral Health, she oversees the marketing department and is a key partner in developing strategic initiatives to continually expand outreach to potential partners, clinicians, alumni, and prospective clients. In addition to managing her creative team, Renee oversees communication between clinical staff, the business development team, and the founders. She is the originator of the first major West Coast Behavioral Health Conference, Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health, happening this April at UCLA.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California.
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Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 4 of the Discover U Podcast: Mindfulness as a Tool for Psychological HealingThink Mindfulness is sitting in the lotus position under a tree? It’s actually a very practical tool that can change your life!
Overeating? Addicted? Mindfulness might be our way out.
Feeling stuck in negative thought loops? Find out how Mindfulness can help.
JD Kalmenson interviews Lisa Kring, LCSW, to understand how Mindfulness practice can rewire the nervous system and support healing from various mental health issues.
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Lisa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been a practitioner of Vipassana mediation for over twenty years. She is a graduate of the Advanced Practitioner Program at Spirit Rock and is certified in trauma-sensitive mindfulness. As a Senior Teacher at Insight LA for over fifteen years, Lisa leads classes such as MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and Mindful Self-Compassion, is co-director of the “Insight Into Action” program, which offers support to non-profit organizations, and does trainings for parents, teachers, and students in schools throughout Los Angeles. She has worked closely with the medical community, especially with cancer patients and their families, and she provides staff training in mindfulness at organizations such as Homeboy Industries, Hulu, ABC News, and Huffington Post to name a few.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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mentalhealth, #anxiety, #mindfulness, #mindfulnessandaddiction, #depression, #addiction, #meditation, #stressreduction, #emotionalhealing, #emotionregulation
Montare Media presents Season 2, episode 3 of the Discover U Podcast: TMS An Effective Tool for Treating DepressionWhat if you’re pregnant or breast-feeding and can’t take psychotropic medicine for depression? Are you doomed to suffer? Have you tried antidepressants with little or no measurable improvement? There’s new hope with TMS.
JD Kalmenson interviews Dr. Merrill Sparago to explore the efficacy of TMS, a relatively new, and amazingly effective, non-invasive treatment option. Dr. Merrill Sparago, a prominent psychiatrist in Los Angeles, who is an expert in the use of novel therapeutics for the treatment of depression and related disorders. He has been using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy for over 10 years in his own lab with spectacular results. Dr. Sparago’s education includes a residency in perinatal psychiatry at the UCLA Women’s Life Center, where he did a research fellowship as well as served as a volunteer clinical instructor.
Dr. Merrill Sparago, is a prominent psychiatrist in Los Angeles, who is an expert in the use of novel therapeutics for the treatment of depression and related disorders. He has been using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy for over 10 years in his own lab with spectacular results. Dr. Sparago’s education includes a residency in perinatal psychiatry at the UCLA Women’s Life Center, where he did a research fellowship as well as served as a volunteer clinical instructor. He has given numerous talks about the use of TMS, including grand rounds presentations at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Dr. Sparago maintains a private practice for adults, specializing in the treatment of depression, OCD, and perinatal mental health.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California.
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Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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mentalhealth, #depression, #depressionandanxiety, #tms, #neurologicalintervention, #healingdepression, #brainhealth, #magneticstimulation, #treatmentresistantdepression, #fdaapproveddepressiontreatment, #alternativeantidepressant, #neurowellness
Montare Media presents this episode of the Discover U Podcast: Understanding Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating.
Why are eating disorders such a big and growing problem in our world? Is diet culture ruining our psychological health?
JD Kalmenson interviews Robyn Goldberg, a nationally recognized leader in the field, to find the answers to these and other compelling questions. Montarebh.com
Our Guest Robyn L Goldberg, will be speaking in April at Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Conference at UCLA's Luskin Conference Center.
Robyn is a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Supervisor from IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals). She began her career at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and over the last twenty-four years has developed her own private practice in Beverly Hills, CA. She serves as a Nutrition Consultant for the Celiac Disease Foundation, has been the Nutrition Counselor for the Susan Krevoy Eating Disorders Program, and led eating disorder and body image groups at various sober living facilities in Los Angeles. She has been quoted in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Shape Magazine, among others, and has been on national television as the eating disorder expert on The Insider. Robyn is the author of the new book The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones and hosts The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast.
Montare Media presents Season Two Episode 1 of the Discover U Podcast: Prodepence: Moving Beyond Codependency.
Can a person stay in a loving, connected relationship with someone who is misusing substances, without losing themselves? Do all those who devotedly care for their addicted family members necessarily have their own pathologies? Get ready to have your preconceptions blown apart in this thought-provoking conversation.
JD Kalmenson interviews Dr. Rob Weiss, therapist, author, and renowned speaker on his newest ground-breaking work focussing on the family dynamics of chemical dependency. Dr. Rob will open your heart with his compassionate approach to both caregivers and addicts and inspire a renewed belief in the healing power of love.
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Dr. Rob Weiss, PhD, LCSW. Dr. Rob is the Chief Clinical Officer of Seeking Integrity, a group of online and real-world communities helping people to heal from intimacy disorders and related substance abuse. He's the author of 10 books on sexuality, technology, and intimate relationships, including his most recent one, ‘Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency’. His Sex, Love, and Addiction podcast is currently in the top 10 of US Addiction Health podcasts. And he's been a featured expert on CNN, ABC, and other major media outlets.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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addiction, #co-dependency, #familytherapy, #substanceabuse, #intimaterelationships, #spouseofaddicts, #prodependence, #interdependence
Discover U Podcast: Wolf Therapy, a New Model for Healing, with Teo Alfero
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Wolf Therapy, a New Model for Healing. Putting wolves together with humans for therapeutic purposes may sound a little crazy, but amazingly, it works!
JD Kalmenson interviews Teo Alfero, the founder of the Wolf Connection sanctuary and creator of Wolf Therapy®, a singular program that empowers individuals dealing with psychological and emotional pain, addiction, and trauma, using the human-wolf bond. Some of the stories Teo and JD share will open your heart, and inspire you with newfound faith in the ability we all have to reconnect with our innate well-being.
Teo is a transformational teacher whose work is strongly influenced by that of Carlos Castaneda. He is a TEDx speaker, one of the 100 Making A Difference, and a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders. He has been featured in the New York Times, LA Times, and other major media. Born in Argentina, he now lives with his wife and daughter and the Wolf Connection pack in California.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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mentalhealth, #PTSD, #wolves, #behavioralhealth, #traumatherapy, #animaltherapy, #naturetherapy, #addiction, #OCD, #wolftherapy, #recovery, #ancienthealing
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: How Our Relationships Affect Our Mental Health, with Katherine Woodward Thomas-- A fresh perspective on relationships, and their developmental role in our lives
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a dynamic and comprehensive mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews Katherine Woodward Thomas, a renowned author, teacher and therapist who has helped thousands of people around the world to navigate relationships in a healthier way.
Katherine Woodward Thomas is the New York Times bestselling author of Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After, and Calling in “The One”: 7 Weeks to Attracting the Love of Your Life, as well as an award-winning marriage and family psychotherapist. Over the past two decades, Katherine has had the honor of teaching hundreds of thousands of people from all corners of the globe to create conscious, loving relationships and to realize the higher potentials all their connections hold for health and happiness. Katherine also trains and certifies people to become Certified “Calling in The One” Coaches, and/or “Conscious Uncoupling” Coaches and provides ongoing supervision and development to a vibrant community of her coaches from around the world. She’s a Billboard charting, #1 iTunes jazz artist with her CD, Lucky in Love, which was co-written and co-produced with The Brothers Koren. Katherine will be presenting a Keynote at Montare Behavioral Health's Conference, Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Accessing Quality Behavioral Health Treatment-- How Legislative Changes Affect Us, with Harry Nelson.
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a dynamic and comprehensive behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews Harry Nelson to bring us the inside scoop on what patients and providers need to know about our current system, and what changes are afoot.
Harry is the co-founder and managing partner of Nelson Hardiman, the premier healthcare specialty law firm in Los Angeles. Beyond his legal expertise, Harry is known nationally as a consummate leader at the intersection of healthcare law and business, as evidenced by his role in co-founding five healthcare-related start-ups in the last decade. Deeply immersed in healthcare transformation and innovation; he frequently speaks on cutting edge issues and the future of the industry itself. Proactively tackling timely healthcare issues, Harry is the author of two bestselling books, “The United States of Opioids: Liberating a Nation in Pain” and “From Obamacare to Trumpcare,” a survey of healthcare policy leading up to the Affordable Care Act and a prediction for the future direction of U.S. healthcare. Harry’s thought leadership around the healthcare and life sciences industry has driven many next-generation healthcare ideas and initiatives to realization, including telehealth and other modalities of digital health and behavioral health.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a dynamic and comprehensive brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: How Music Therapy Helps Us Transform-- From Healing Addictions and Relationships, to Realigning with our Values.
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews Tim Ringgold, a board certified music therapist who has worked with thousands of teens and adults, helping them to use music as a profound healing tool.
Tim is the host of the “Reduce Your Stress” podcast and Summit, and author of “Sonic Recovery, Harness the Power of Music to Stay Sober.” He has provided music therapy to thousands of teens and adults in hospitals and treatment centers since 2008. Tim is also an award winning international speaker, having shared the stage with some of the top minds on music, the brain, and personal development, including Tony Robbins. Tim was the first person to give a TEDx talk on music therapy in 2012. Tim is also a former Regional President of the American Music Therapy Association. Tim walked into his first 12 step meeting in 2003, so he knows personally what it's like to work - and PLAY - a program of recovery.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a luxury brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Navigating Addiction Recovery Online.
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews Ronald Tannebaum and Ken Pomerance, founders of In the Rooms.com. In The Rooms (ITR) is a free, digital meeting website and social network for the addiction recovery community. With over 820,000 members in over 136 different countries, In The Rooms provides a virtual space for people to connect with others in recovery around the globe.
Ronald Tannebaum has 38 years of long-term recovery, and has dedicated his life to helping make the recovery movement a positive, mainstream force in the world today. In over 40 years as an entrepreneur, his focus has been on sales, marketing, and promotions. He created The Sports Arena, Inc. a chain of retail stores specializing in licensed sports products, hosting on-site personal appearances by Hall of Fame sports heroes, past and present. The Sports Arena held partnerships with the Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins, and the Florida Panthers and promoted each teams’ annual Fan Fest.
After the sale of The Sports Arena, Ronald founded Extreme Promotions and Events, Inc. which eventually grew into South Florida's premier promoter of Arts and Crafts, and Sports Memorabilia and Collectible Shows. Together with Ken Pomerance, he launched InTheRooms.com on October 6. 2008.
Ken Pomerance, also has over 38 years of long-term recovery, and over 40 years of successful entrepreneurial experience. He co-founded Gibraltar Central Security Corporation which specialized in residential security for luxury high rises in South Florida; the company sold in 1983.
In 1984, Kenny co-founded the New Life Recovery Center in Miami, a premier addiction treatment center that helped numerous rock stars, writers, high-profile athletes, and politicians. New Life was sold in 1995.
Subsequently, he Co-founded IFN (Internet Financial Network, an early Internet startup that provided real-time financial information to consumers via subscription model). Upon merging with Entrypoint, IFN became Infogate and built real-time desktop news delivery for USA Today, CNN, The LA Times, and other online news providers. AOL purchased Infogate in 2003.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a luxury brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
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Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: The History and Uses of Neurofeedback—how the technology has evolved to offer effective treatment for addiction and mental illness. JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews neurofeedback specialist Bill Scott, the CEO of BrainPaint, Inc. BrainPaint, Inc. is an EEG biofeedback equipment, training, and support company with clinics in every major city in the US. Bill has also created research designs and training programs for International Space Station, SpaceX lunar and Mars mission astronauts. While serving his appointment at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute he published a study that is slowly changing the face of addiction treatment by nearly doubling success/survival rates. He’s routinely a featured expert on the History Channel, Discovery Science, and Gaia, and he has also published a chapter in the book Neurofeedback: The first 50 years and The Elegant Solution. Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a luxury brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity of effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety. Montarebh.com
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Interventions for Mental Health—An Inside View of Getting Resistant Patients into Treatment. JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews highly respected interventionist, Vicki Lucas. Vicki Lucas has over 18 years of experience doing interventions in the field of recovery. She specializes in Mental Health crisis interventions in addition to interventions for Substance Use Disorder. Vicki’s own personal struggles in navigating recovery inspired her to found her company Equanimity Interventions. She has been sober for over 23 years. Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a luxury brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity of effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety Check out our website: https://montarebehavioralhealth.com
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: A Jungian Perspective on Life, Love and Dreams.
Renee Baribeau, Marketing & Outreach Manager at Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews Michael Gellert, a Jungian psychoanalyst practicing in Southern California.
Michael Gellert is a prominent Jungian psychoanalyst, award-winning author, teacher and speaker. Mr. Gellert is the former Director of Training, and currently an instructor, at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. He has Master’s degrees in religious studies and social work, is educated in rabbinic Judaism, and trained with a renowned Zen master in Japan for two years. He was a humanities professor at Vanier College, Montreal, and has served as a mental health consultant for various organizations, including the University of Southern California and Time magazine. His books include Modern Mysticism, The Way of the Small (which won Spirituality & Practice’s Book Award for One of the Best Spiritual Books of 2007), America’s Identity Crisis, and The Divine Mind (the latter two each receiving a Nautilus Book Award). His new book, Far From This Land: A Memoir About Evolution, Love, and the Afterlife, explores the workings of the unconscious mind, and humanity’s spiritual and psychological evolution.
Renee Baribeau is the Marketing and Outreach Manager at Montare Behavioral Health, a luxury brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. She is an award-winning, best-selling author, (Winds of Spirit, Hay House; contributor, Energy magazine, Elephant Journal, Pearls of Wisdom), and a dynamic speaker who injects humor and practical wisdom into workshops and presentations. Using nature as her guide, Renee assists individuals toward transformation, awakening, and true purpose. She is the founder/creator of the Finding Freedom LGBTQ symposium, (now in its seventh year), and the upcoming Emerging Trends in Behavioral Health hybrid symposium in partnership with the UCLA Luskin Conference Center, (February, 2022).
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Conscious Recovery- a Roadmap Back to Your Essential Self.
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews addiction treatment specialist TJ Woodward.
TJ Woodward is an author, speaker, teacher, minister, and creator of The Conscious Recovery Method, a groundbreaking, effective approach to viewing and treating addiction focusing on the underlying root causes and false beliefs that drive destructive patterns, while providing clear steps to lasting healing. The method consists of both residential and outpatient interactive groups and individual spiritual counseling sessions. TJ is the founding minister of Agape Bay Area in Oakland, CA and is the author of two books: Conscious Being: Awakening to Your True Nature and Conscious Recovery: A Fresh Perspective on Addiction.In 2018, he was given the honor of being selected as a thought-leader on wholehearted.org along with Brene Brown and Dr. Gabor Mate.
Host Kalmenson is the CEO/Founder of Renewal Health Group, a family of addiction treatment centers, and Montare Behavioral Health, a luxury brand of mental health treatment facilities in Southern California. Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity of effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) versus total abstinence in addiction recovery: exploring their complex relationship.
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, moderates our esteemed panel: Dr. Timothy Fong, Heather Hayes, and Lowell McGregor. We will be discussing the pros, cons, and nuances of both treatment approaches, as well as how they relate to maintaining long-term sobriety, successfully changing problematic behaviors, and managing mental health.
Dr. Timothy Fong, a Professor of Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, is board certified in adult and addiction psychiatry. He is the director of the UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, a one-year program that provides clinical training in the management of addictive disorders. He is also the co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program which examines the underlying causes and clinical characteristics of gambling disorders to develop effective, evidence-based treatment strategies. Dr. Fong is part of the Steering Committee of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative whose mission is to address the most pressing questions related to the impact of cannabis legalization through rigorous scientific study and discourse across disciplines.
Heather Hayes is the Founder and CEO of Heather R. Hayes & Associates, Inc. She is a Master’s Level, Licensed Counselor, Board Registered Interventionist (CIP) and Certified ARISE Interventionist. Mrs. Hayes received her B.A. from Emory University and her M.Ed. from Antioch University in Counseling Psychology. A veteran of the behavioral health field, she has over 30 years of experience working with the full spectrum of addictive disorders, specializing in the treatment of adolescents/ young adults, trauma, brain disorders, and complex mental health issues.
Lowell MacGregor is the founder and executive director of Taylor Made Retreat, a nonprofit abstinence-based 12-step immersion program located in Portland, Oregon. Lowell has been in recovery from his own alcoholism and addiction (Substance Use Disorder) since December 10, 1989. For the last 31 years, Lowell has worked passionately throughout the Pacific NW 12-step recovery community creating a variety of events, from setting up new meetings to organizing weekend round-ups introducing the 12 steps. During the three-plus decades of Lowell’s recovery, he has been dedicated to expanding the reach of 12 step communities by bringing meetings into prisons, detox facilities, and clinical treatment centers. This ongoing work resulted in the 2018 opening of Taylor Made Retreat.
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Thriving with Dyslexia and Anxiety: leading edge research and data. JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews one of the foremost experts in this field, the Co-Director for the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, Dr Sally Shaywitz, MD, and her son, Dr Jon Shaywitz, MD: Medical Director for Montare Behavioral Health.
Dr. Sally Shaywitz’ ongoing neurobiological and longitudinal epidemiological studies of dyslexia at Yale track a population-based cohort from kindergarten entry to mature adulthood. They have provided cutting-edge, contemporary knowledge of the prevalence, precursors, gender composition, persistence, and long-term outcomes, (including the economic consequences), of dyslexia in adults. Dyslexia affects one in five people, and represents over 80% of all learning disabilities. In a recent publication, she reported that the “Achievement Gap in Reading is Present as Early as First Grade and Persists Through Adolescence.” This finding inspired her to develop a new instrument, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreenTM (Pearson), to enable the evidence-based early screening of children for dyslexia by their own teachers. Dr. Shaywitz is the author of over 250 scientific articles and chapters, as well as the award-winning book, Overcoming Dyslexia (Alfred Knopf, 2003, Vintage, 2005). She is the Audrey G. Ratner Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology) at Yale.
Dr. Jon Shaywitz is a Board Certified Psychiatrist. He received his BA with Honors from Brown University and received his Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Shaywitz completed his residency at UCLA where he was selected chief resident for the Anxiety Disorders Program. Dr. Shaywitz was the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Program at Cedars Sinai Hospital, where he was awarded the Circle of Friends Honor. He’s been the Medical Director at Glendale Memorial Hospital, the Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Mission Hospital, Laguna Beach, Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, and the Medical Director of La Casa Psychiatric Facility. Dr. Shaywitz has published book chapters and journal articles on the treatment of behavioral health disorders, and is particularly interested in anxiety disorders and affective disorders. Dr. Shaywitz has completed fellowships at NIMH and Columbia University.
Montare Media presents this week’s episode of the Discover U Podcast: Reducing the stigma of addiction and metal health issues: What does shame have to do with it?
JD Kalmenson, CEO of Montare Behavioral Health, a growing mental and behavioral health company in Southern California, interviews interviews Adi Jaffe, Ph.D.
Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. is a #1 best-selling author (The Abstinence Myth) and a nationally recognized expert on mental health, relationships, and shame. He earned his Ph.D. form UCLA after a four-year struggle with drug issues himself. He has lectured in the UCLA Psychology department for the better part of a decade, and has been widely featured in the media, including on CNN, the Huffington Post, the Los Angeles Times, KTLA, Good Morning America and the Dr. Oz Show. Dr. Jaffe was the Executive-Director and Co-Founder of one of the most progressive mental health treatment facilities in the country - until he started IGNTD. Through IGNTD, Dr. Jaffe is changing the way people think about, and deal with mental health issues. His passion for the role of shame in destroying lives is the philosophy behind IGNTD Recovery and its aim to greatly reduce the stigma of mental health.