Talk Therapy To Me: Recent Episodes
Austin Moore
You don’t have to be in a crisis to start exploring your mental health — join Austin Moore, a licensed therapist, on Talk Therapy To Me to learn how to improve your self-awareness, practice self-care, and meet your own individual needs.
Every week Austin walks us through the importance of mental health and how it can shape the world around us.
No couch required.
Let's talk about the holidays! Even though many of us think of the holidays as a joyful, magical time, it can also be a really stressful time for a lot of people. Here's a few ways you can set boundaries to protect your mental health during the next few months.
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As a reminder, we’ve started a series on anxiety and this episode is a continuation of that conversation. Honestly, there’s so much we can talk about when it comes to anxiety - how it manifests, what it looks like based on different experiences, and even different ways to cope with it.
Today, I wanted to discuss some popular characters who exhibit some traits of anxiety. Perhaps they’re from a book, tv show, or movie. I think looking at familiar characters can help us find ourselves and recognize our own traits.
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This week I got the opportunity to sit down with another one of my colleagues at Mindsight Behavioral Group, Burgess Brown. Burgess specializes in working with children and teens, and he has an amazing ability to help children feel comfortable and supported.
Hearing his thoughts on mental health, especially in children and teens, was so inspiring and I can't wait for y'all to hear it!
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Progressive muscle relaxation is an exercise that reduces stress and anxiety in your body by
having you slowly tense and then relax each muscle. This exercise can provide an immediate
feeling of relaxation, but it’s best to practice frequently. With experience, you will become more
aware of when you are experiencing tension and you will have the skills to help you relax.
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Guided meditations can be great for reducing stress and anxiety. Take a few moments to be alone with yourself and mindfully experience this podcast.
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As a reminder, we’ve started a series on anxiety, and this episode is a continuation of that conversation. Honestly, there’s so much we can talk about when it comes to anxiety - how it manifests, what it looks like based on different experiences, and even different ways to cope with it.
Today, I wanted to talk about the relationship between trauma and anxiety. As you might imagine, Trauma plays a huge role in our tolerance for anxiety and may even create anxiety itself.
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Guided meditations can be really helpful in reducing anxiety and stress. In today's guided meditation, I invite you to make your favorite hot beverage — whatever makes you feel warm and cozy, whether that be tea, coffee, hot chocolate, or something else entirely. Spend some time mindfully enjoying your drink in gratitude and let yourself relax.
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As of this past week, the death toll from the flooding in eastern Kentucky has reached 37 and dozens of people are still missing, which is utterly devastating. There have been search and rescue teams, but due to the collapsed bridges and overall chaos, it’s been a slower process.
Hundreds of people have been displaced due to this flooding. While it may not directly affect you, there’s a sort of shock and despair that settles in when we witness the tragedy of what others are experiencing.
That leads us into the conversation of what we can do about it.
Overall, there are some other groups that are helping who would benefit from donations if you are not local to the area.
- The Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund - started by Governor Beshear on kentucky.gov - has already raised over $684,000.
- The Red Cross in Kentucky is another option as they have set up a shelter in Hazard, Kentucky. Their fundraiser can be found on redcross.org.
- Appalachians for Appalachia, has created a Google Doc for organizations such as schools and churches that are providing shelter.
- Save the Children is now accepting donations to its 2022 Eastern Kentucky Flood Crisis Fund.
- The ARH Foundation Flood Relief Fund is accepting monetary and material donations.
- The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, a nonprofit community group in Hazard, Kentucky, is accepting donations through its Appalachian Crisis Aid Fund.
- The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is accepting donated goods in Frankfort, Kentucky, through Aug. 5, with bottled water, toiletries and non-perishable items taking top priority.
- GoFundMe has set up an overarching Summer Storms Relief Fund 2022 to donate to victims of the flooding in St. Louis and Kentucky.
We encourage you to give what you can when you can. After all, it may not be your family on the other end of this, but as Governor Beshear likes to say, "We're all in this together."
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Meet Shayla Brown, LPCC, one of my favorite people and a fellow clinician at Mindsight Behavioral Group in Kentucky. She loves psycho-education and TikTok, so you can find her on our YouTube channel, linked below.
Today, Shayla and I are talking all things anxiety and mental health, and wow, I am so in love with this conversation and the ridiculous amount of snickering laughter we had. I absolutely LOVE her metaphor of being a car and how our thoughts, emotions, physiological responses, and our behaviors all play into anxiety. This is so helpful and I cannot wait to have her back!
Hope y'all enjoy!
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Guided meditations can be great for reducing stress and anxiety. Take a few moments to be alone with yourself and mindfully experience this podcast.
This week we’re kicking off a new series on anxiety — what is it, where does it come from, how do you deal with it, the ins and outs.
It’s something that we’re all familiar with to some degree and because it's such a buzzword right now on social media (and especially TikTok), now is a great time to dig into it more. Just like with every mental health struggle, anxiety can show up and express itself differently in each individual.
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How do you know if you need therapy? And also how do you know when a therapist is working for you - or not? On this episode, Caitlin explores what indicates now might be the right time to pursue therapy, and if you do pursue therapy, how to tell if you'd found a good fit for your clinical needs.
Checklist - Could Therapy Be Helpful For You?
- Do you feel overwhelmed?
- Has your quality of life decreased?
- Have your relationships, job, or school been negatively impacted?
- Do your emotions feel all over the place?
- Do you feel hopeless?
- Do you feel anxious to the point where those thoughts and feelings take up a large part of your day?
- Are you withdrawn or isolated from others?
After having your first session or two, it’s important to think about the following questions:
- Did you feel confident that your therapist understood and cared about what you were saying?
- Did their insight or guidance resonate with you?
- Did you feel like you were being judged?
- Did you feel like you were able to relate to them? Did it feel too clinical?
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So. Many. People face the reality of living with mental illness on a daily basis. It’s important to talk about these things because it helps raise awareness. This awareness allows us to fight stigma, provide support, educate the public, and advocate for policies and resources that support people with mental illness along with their families.
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