Your Therapy Doctor: Recent Episodes
Dr. Pauline Belton
Tune into Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Mental Health Specialist and Licensed Professional Counselor, Dr. Pauline Belton.
In this episode of Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton, the Mental Health Specialist, we discuss what it means to be a courageous you. We will discuss the mental, physical, emotional and behavioral aspects of living your best life. Single, married or committed... are you doing what's best for you? are you living your best life? do you know what it means to encourage yourself from the inside out? Courage is difficult to muster up sometimes, so we will talk about the best ways to motivate and encourage you daily to live your best life. Mental health matters so you matter! Join the conversation, Subscribe, Like @yourtherapydoctor @yourtherapydoc
In this episode of Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton, the Mental Health Specialist featuring Attorney Aimee Griffin of The Griffin Firm PLLC. Do You Have a Plan that Creates a Legacy for Future Generations? To Provide for Your Family? To Protect Your Personal Property? The Griffin Firm empowers people and groups to create and protect wealth in order to leave a legacy for their family and community. Have you ever wondered after working hard in life to provide for you and your family, where your assets will go or what you can do to ensure your hard work does not go to the courts alone? Your Therapy Doctor will be talking to the talented, intelligent owner and attorney of The Griffin Firm Attorney Aimee Griffin who will share important information regarding the process of life and legacy planning and 4 important steps to take before death or incapacitation. Yes, this episode is more than what happens after death; it’s about what happens if you become incapacitated and unable to carry on daily responsibilities as well as planning for life and legacy. Join the conversation with Your Therapy Doctor and Attorney Aimee Griffin, you don’t want to miss this!
It's officially fall season and even though it's one of the most transitional time of nature with it's beautiful changes of color; many transitions happen in human nature, seasonal affective disorder, major depression, anxiety and low energy levels. Fall is also the time of year to intentionally and purposefully fall in love with yourself; self-compassion, self-care, internal work in relationship with you. Join the conversation, like, share and subscribe to give yourself the boost you need to love yourself abundantly through to summer. Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton, the Mental Health Specialist will talk you through the strategies, skills and resources you need to really love you. Single, Married, Committed you matter at all times.
New Episode Monday August 29, 2022. Schools and Universities are gearing up to receive students all over the country from Kindergarten through College. In this new episode of Your Therapy Doctor, Dr. Belton will discuss resources, tips and strategies parents and students can use to ensure a good school year. Are you concerned about your child's emotional intelligence or ability to manage all that comes with being a student in 2022? Do you know the strategies and tips needed to look out for emotional and mental distress? Students carry a lot of internal baggage so Join the conversation. Listen In. Call In. Subscribe, Share and Like. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #parenting #parentingtips #selfcare #workplacewellness #yourtherapydoctor #yourtherapydoc
Monday 9/12/2022 at 12PM EST YourTherapyDoctor speaks on Family Matters. Are you concerned about your family or just want to hear more about how to continue growing a healthy family dynamic? Let’s talk about family dynamics, structure, resources and what families need to ensure everyone is growing in a healthy way. That includes: The Anchor: Adult Caregiver, The Build: Children, The Bolts: Extended Family, Friends, Sources Family Matters and is critical to the ability for our communities to thrive. Join the conversation! Listen In. Subscribe. Like. Follow. @yourtherapydoctor @yourtherapydoc www.yourtherapydoctor.com
New Episode Monday August 29, 2022. Schools and Universities are gearing up to receive students all over the country from Kindergarten through College. In this new episode of Your Therapy Doctor, Dr. Belton will discuss resources, tips and strategies parents and students can use to ensure a good school year. Are you concerned about your child's emotional intelligence or ability to manage all that comes with being a student in 2022? Do you know the strategies and tips needed to look out for emotional and mental distress? Students carry a lot of internal baggage so Join the conversation. Listen In. Call In. Subscribe, Share and Like. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #parenting #parentingtips #selfcare #workplacewellness #yourtherapydoctor #yourtherapydoc
Ever wonder why you start a budget, do great the first few weeks then fall off the ledge! Why building a healthy relationship with money sounds good yet is a struggle. In this episode of Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton, the Mental Health Specialist, we will be talking with Letania Gonzales, PMP, M.P.A. Housing Outreach Coordinator for Freddie Mac. We welcome back Letania Gonzales to share with our listeners resources and tips on the Building Blocks to Wealth as Your Therapy Doctor assists with the mental health strategies needed to build wealth and thrive while doing so. Join us Monday, August 22, 2022 at 12PM EST/9AM PST. Call in and join the conversation,
Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton will be speaking with Dr Nikki Poindexter Ham. Currently working as the Associate Director of Clinical Counseling and Field Experience at Bowie State University, in the Department of Counseling Department, Dr Ham will be sharing valuable information for Getting College Ready.
August and September are the two of the busiest months of the year. They also have the most transition happening... children are going back to school and those former seniors are joining the millions of college sophomore, juniors and seniors headed to college and university campuses. A survey of counseling center directors reveals that mental health problems are a growing concern on college campuses. Anxiety affects the most students (41.6% of those coming to the counseling center, followed by depression (36.4%). Counseling centers are stretched thin with the number of people needing mental health support. That said, only half the students who drop out of college for mental health reasons ever reach out to a counseling center. This according to The Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors Annual Survey Reporting period: September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012.
Join the conversation, listen in to Your Therapy Doctor as we help you get College Ready!
In this episode of Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton, the Mental Health Specialist featuring Attorney Aimee Griffin of The Griffin Firm PLLC. Do You Have a Plan that Creates a Legacy for Future Generations? To Provide for Your Family? To Protect Your Personal Property? The Griffin Firm empowers people and groups to create and protect wealth in order to leave a legacy for their family and community. Have you ever wondered after working hard in life to provide for you and your family, where your assets will go or what you can do to ensure your hard work does not go to the courts alone? Your Therapy Doctor will be talking to the talented, intelligent owner and attorney of The Griffin Firm Attorney Aimee Griffin who will share important information regarding the process of life and legacy planning and 4 important steps to take before death or incapacitation. Yes, this episode is more than what happens after death; it’s about what happens if you become incapacitated and unable to carry on daily responsibilities as well as planning for life and legacy. Join the conversation with Your Therapy Doctor and Attorney Aimee Griffin, you don’t want to miss this!
In this episode of Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton, we're talking to Mr. Wesley Watkis of the W&W Group LLC. Wesley Watkis is the Managing Partner and Financial Advisor working with individuals, couples and families to build generational wealth. Have you ever thought about what holds you back from building your generational wealth? Have you ever thought about what steps to take when building generational wealth? Have you ever thought that what you think and how you feel and behave gets in the way of you building generational wealth? Well... we are here to help. Dr. Belton, is a Mental Health Specialist talking with Wesley Watkis, a Financial Advisor about building generational wealth and the psychology behind it. Tune in to learn tools, gain resources and build your capacity for generational wealth here with Your Therapy Doctor. Improving life one experience at a time... every time!
In this episode of Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton, Mental Health Specialist, Resilience is being explored. Resilience embodies a person's ability to snap back and persevere through difficult and stressful situations. Do you struggle mentally, emotionally and physically when things don't go the way you expected? Do you find it difficult to carry on when life deals you a bad experience? Do you know how to get build your mental, emotional, and physical stamina for life? Your Therapy Doctor can help. Join the conversation, invest in your mental health and wellness, listen in to The Power of Resilience Monday, July 25, 2022 at 12PM EDT.
Many people have a difficult time or even feel challenged when growth occurs (the process of growth). I use the word growth however most would consider an alternative word change. When something, someone or situations change most of us become uncomfortable and a range of thoughts, feeling and behaviors are influenced by the process of change (growth). Your Mindset has a lot to do with how you view, process and approach the process of growth. Join the conversation with Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton Monday at 12:00 p.m. EDT. as we unpack Mindset II: Getting Comfortable with the Process of Growth. We have lots to discuss.
Mindset is Everything. Life becomes easier to navigate when you know and understand that how you think about, feel about and behave about any situation you experience sets the tone for how ultimate embrace the process of growth, you will win no matter the outcome.
Did you know that your approach to life and anything you do in life has to do with your Mindset? What you think, believe and embrace plays a major role in how you move in life. ---from how you approach your day to how you build self-esteem and confidence in everything you do. Join Your Therapy Doctor in discussing how Mindset Matters. According to Psychology Today, people often find themselves thinking with either a “growth mindset” (the belief that a person’s capabilities and talents can be improved over time) or a “fixed mindset” (the belief that the capacity to learn and improve cannot be meaningfully developed). Let's learn more about Mindset so that we can have more of a Growth Mindset. Join Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton, Mental Health Specialist. You don't want to miss this!
This episode speaks to Health and Wellness in the Workplace. A healthy employee is a happy and productive employee, and that is a goal. Join Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton, the Mental Health Specialist on the importance of your health and wellness in the workplace. Are you creating a healthy, well-rounded routine for balancing your work life and personal life? Work- life balance is essential to reduce stress, ensuring both individual and company success. The stress associated with an unbalanced lifestyle is costly; it damages productivity and increases individual health risks. Listen in, join the conversation and make the necessary adjustments to improve life, one experience at a time... every time!
This episode of Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton, The Mental Health Specialist explores and reflects on managing life when you don't feel like it. Mental health is so important in our everyday life that most often we miss the subtle effects of Hurt, Pain and Tolerance. When we feel hurt and pain, we often have a lower tolerance to deal or even manage life. We become unbalanced and intolerant of the people, places and things around us. Yes our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are affected by hurt and pain. Listen in to find out just how much your mental health and that of others are influenced by hurt and pain; and what we can do to feel better, then do better in order to live better. You can do this! Mental Health matters therefore You Matter!
On a deeper level, most people want to have an intimate relationship connection with the person of their dreams; you know, the one that only dreams are made of. Well, in this episode, Your Therapy Doctor talks about the components of a healthy relationship that leads to such an intimate relationship connection as well as those components that stop that connection dead in its tracks. Join the conversation with your host Dr Pauline Belton.
We all want a relationship that feeds us, supports us and gives us the motivation to do more and do better. So, what does it really take to get that which you desire and is it really out there?
Emotional Intelligence is a highly critical topic to discuss. How are you able to handle your emotions, behaviors and thinking in stressful situations where you are not the only one involved? It's amazing how we react or respond when things don't go the way you expect. This is where your emotional intelligence is revealed; not only to you...to others to. Join the conversation as Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton takes a deeper dive into Emotional Intelligence and how we cope on a daily basis.
Children are an important part of our society and families. They add value and purpose to our lives in a variety of ways and ranges. Teaching children social-emotional skills early are essential for connecting with others! They help them learn, understand and manage their emotions, build healthy relationships, and feel empathy. Do you know that teaching babies social-emotional skills is just as important? Let's join the conversation; children and social-emotional intelligence with Your Therapy Doctor will shed some light on new studies and ways to teach children social-emotional skills from birth to 21.
In today's society and with everything that goes into a single 24 hour day, who has time for self-care? Well in this episode Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton, we will discuss the importance of a self-care routine and if you don't have one or know what self-care means; you will know it all. Tune in because a good self-care routine is critical to your mental health wellness and your life.
In this episode, Your Therapy Doctor featuring Dr Pauline Belton (LCPC, BCHT, Mental Health Specialist) is joined by the Relationship Boosters, Dr Kia James (LCPC), Monika Cope-Ward (LCSW-C), and Carol-Ann Trotman (LCPC). We will be sharing effective communication and relationship tips, insight and resources to help our listeners to think about ways you can improve or simply enhance your relationship. Life happens and there are times, life gets in the way of how we relate to our significant other. Tune-in and share your thoughts at www.yourtherapydoctor.com, follow us on Facebook at YourTherapyDoctor, we would love to hear more of your comments and suggestions for the show . Go to voiceamerica.com/health and wellness channel to subscribe.
We are continuing the conversation...Trauma is not always recognizable, and it is definitely not predictable. The impact trauma has on the mind, body and emotional system can be debilitating (it can stop everything about you). In this segment, we will explore parenting out of trauma, how trauma affects children and how trauma affects family. Many people do not even recognize that they live part, most and even all of their life from a trauma lens. Your Therapy Doctor will address Trauma so you begin to release the impact of trauma and begin the true process of healing from a place of awareness for you and your loved ones.
Trauma is not always recognizable, and it is definitely not predictable. The impact trauma has on the mind, body and emotional system can be debilitating (it can stop everything about you). In this segment, we will explore what trauma is; how does trauma effect the brain, what are the treatments of trauma and so much more. Trauma affects about 6 of every 10 men (or 60%) and 5 of every 10 women (or 50%) experience at least one trauma in their lives. Do you even know and understand how trauma affects you? Many people do not even recognize that they live part, most and even all of their life from a trauma lens. Your Therapy Doctor will address Trauma so you begin to release the impact of trauma and begin the true process of healing from a place of awareness.
All couples face challenges with communication and connection. Join the conversation with Your Therapy Doctor host Dr Pauline Belton and guest speaker Dr Kia James, Licensed Professional Counselor and Co-Founder of The Relationship Boosters. We will learn and discuss how couples benefit from couples therapy: How to Effectively Communicate, How Communication Impacts your emotional connection and How to Resolve Conflicts. This is an episode you want to tune in to, take your notes, call-in.
Scarcity Mindset or a Millionaire Mindset…Let’s discuss “Four Money Scripts” that are not exclusive to adulthood and could be having a negative or positive effect on the way we make decisions about money. See the connection to mental health and wellness. Did you know that your relationship with money could have a direct connection to your mental health and wellness? Let's welcome to the show, Letania Gonzales a Housing Outreach Manager at Freddie Mac. This is an episode you don't want to miss. Join the conversation.
Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries is not always easy. Join Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton to know and understand how boundaries play a major role in your mental health. When individuals struggle to know, understand and set effective boundaries; relationships suffer, emotional and mental fatigue set in and a breakdown in communication is highly possible. In this episode, let's discuss the importance of setting and maintaining health boundaries to build a sense self-awareness, improve effective communication and healthy relationship bonds. It's time and you're ready.
Claiming and reclaiming mental health; dedicated to answering your questions about mental health, stress and stressors. Unresolved stress can turn into fatigue, low energy, impaired concentration, burnout and more. Learn about the difference between stress and stressors and how to deal with both. Removing a stressor does not remove stress. We have lots to discuss, learn and practice together. Join the conversation with Your Therapy Doctor hosted by Dr Pauline Belton, Mental Health Specialist.
This episode discusses the general process of therapy. There are essentially five stages of counseling: relationship building, assessment, goal setting, intervention, and termination form the basic counseling structure, regardless of the type of therapeutic form the therapist chooses to practice. Additional insight will focus on types of therapies, resources that help individuals understand their coverage, eligibility for therapy and answers to questions submitted by listeners.
Honest and transparent conversations about the everyday challenges regarding mental health and the skills that you can use to improve your mental health. Life happens... and most often without our permission. Everyone's journey is different and yet similar. We can share stories filled with personal triumphs and heartbreaks. While our lives may look different from one another, we all have a part of us that wants to be safe and feel like we belong. Therapy works when you come ready to reach your full potential, do the work and find the right professional to help with that part of your journey. Let's have an open conversation...Improving life; one experience at a time... Every time!
• Things to Prepare You for Therapy • Are you Seeing the Right Therapist? * Resources for Therapy • Telemedicine - Phone and Video Options for Therapy • Individual & Family Counselor or Group Counseling
Breaking the stigma of mental health. This episode will address and define the 3 components of Mental Health, the importance of Mental Health as well as steps on how to improve your mental health. What is Mental Health? What is Mental Health Hygiene? What is Mental Illness? Why is Menta Health Important? *What strategies can be used to improve Mental Health?