Millennial Mental Health Podcast- Stephanie Konter-O'Hara, LPC: Recent Episodes
Millennial Mental Health Podcast- Stephanie Konter-O'Hara, LPC
Millennial Mental Health is a podcast all about mental health, self-improvement and allowing people to hear professionals, and every day people talk about different topics that inspire them, and help them cope with the world today. Stephanie Konter-O'Hara, LPC mission is to reduce stigma of mental health, spread awareness of different issues facing individuals experiencing mental health issues, advocate for others, and teach skills to people that are struggling.
Nicola Dehlinger discusses Naturopathic medicine through her practice and how it can positively impact mental health.
Alex comes onto the podcast to discuss treatment and substance abuse trends over the past 2 years.
Briana Severine is a therapist in Colorado that owns and operates Sanare Colorado. Briana has travelled all over the world and has a lot to say about the benefits of travel to peoples awareness of other communities and cultural awareness. The benefits of mental health and travel are closely linked in a lot of ways so listen though to hear what its all about.
https://www.sanare-colorado.com/
Couples Counseling in the pandemic, working on improving communication and recovering from infidelity, toxic patterns with Rachel Moheban Wachtel, LCSW. https://relationshipsuite.com/about-rachel-moheban-wachtel-lcsw/
LP Palazzolo is an intern at WellMinded Counseling and a graduate student at the University of Denver and is passionate about the intersection of Eating Disorder diagnosis and LGBTQIA community. Listen in to learn about body positivity, trends in treatment/care and where we as a society can improve.
Stephanie Small, LPC is a therapist in Boulder CO, that works with clients, mind, body and spirit by interweaving mental heath, nutrition and spiritual care into the work she does. https://stephaniesmallhealth.com/
Emily Ringle, LMFT speaks about what it is like to provide therapy to socially awkward and anxious children, their parents and adults. She owns a group practice in Broomfield, CO called Aiding Therapy https://www.aidingtherapy.com/
Ariel Hatten is a Registered Nurse, who is working on becoming a Nurse Practitioner. In todays episode we explore how the field of nursing and health care has changed over the past 2 years, how to prevent burnout as a healthcare provider and how she copes with the traumas she faces in her career.
Katelyn Rohloff, LCSW is todays guest and wanted to share her experience after traveling aboard was interrupted by the pandemic and how the experienced pushed her in ways she didn't expect. Meditation became a source of peace for Katelyn during this time where she needed to change in so many ways.
Carla D’Agostino-Vigil is the owner and clinical director of Ignite Counseling (https://www.ignitecounselingcolorado.com/) and co-owner of the Modern Therapist Training Collective (https://moderntherapisttrainingcollective.com/). In our episode today we explore how COVID has impacted those with the diagnosis of OCD and the future of treatment and how the community of treatment providers are working to be more inclusive in their treatment of those that are diagnosed with OCD.
Gen Morley, LPC is the owner of North Boulder Counseling, she and her team specialize in anxiety & depression treatment, trauma and eating disorders. We talk about money/financial anxiety in this podcast and how at different levels of wealth people have different relationships with money and how that impacts our views on ourselves and the world.
Namrata Rohack is a yoga therapist in training that wants to spread her healing journey through yoga with others. She provides one on one meeting with individuals looking to find health, light and healing through yoga,
On todays podcast we have Kevin Peterson, LMFT talking about his work with families and substance use. He is the owner of The Chronic Hope Institute and has authored CHRONIC HOPE: FAMILIES & ADDICTION as well as CHRONIC HOPE:
PARENTING THE ADDICTED CHILD. Please find him at https://www.chronichope.us/
In this episode explore the different types treatments for Anxiety such as cognitive behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization reprocessing. In addition go over what other mental health issues fall under the umbrella of anxiety disorders including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Social Anxiety.
Eating disorders impact people in a variety of ways and show up across generations, races, cultures and beyond. In today's podcast I will introduce the different types of eating disorders and ways to access treatment
Eating disorders impact people in a variety of ways and show up across generations, races, cultures and beyond. In today's podcast I will introduce some basic information about eating disorders.
In todays podcast I review what are the most common phobias, what percentage of the population experiences them, and different types of treatments that could be used to manage them. This podcast is educational and not meant to substitute for mental health treatment.
In todays episode I talk about panic attacks, guidance towards ways to manage panic attacks and what causes panic attacks.
In todays episode the difference between anxiety and stress is explored, guidance towards ways to manage stress and anxiety, and how anxiety and stress show up in all of our lives.
Today's episode is all about finance and mental health, including the struggles people face managing their money. The correlation between a persons well being mentally and even physically impacts how we save and spend money and the vice versa is also true. Tune in to find out more and hopefully some solutions as well.
On todays podcast we have Robin McInnis, LMHC talking about mental health, being a mother and a therapist, and her role in working with those that experience Traumatic Brain Injury.
In this weeks episode talk to Jessica Guenther, LCSW about her role as a therapist that utilizes psychodynamic approach and different mental health therapy trends that exist in our society today.
https://jessicaguentherlcsw.com/
Arti Chopra is a serial entrepreneur that has come on the podcast today to talk about mental health, motherhood, and raising a child in todays world. Visit her website at https://www.bemompowered.com/
This week on Millennial Mental Health Podcast Lori Johnson, LPC comes on to talk about mental health, substance abuse, OCD, and what treatments have been proven to be effective. Lori runs In Focus Counseling, in Lakewood, CO https://www.infocuscounselingdenver.com/
Michael Konter explores how COVID 19 has impacted our society, mental health, and culture.
Christy Pennison came on to the podcast this week to talk about ways to recover from perfectionism and to live a life that is full, messy and imperfect. Christy Pennison runs Be Inspired Counseling & Consulting in Alexandria, LA.https://beinspiredcc.com/
On todays podcast Nicole Konter shares with us her personal story on coming out in as part of the LGBTQ community and what its like to live within this community for her. Address dating, normalization, friendships, coming out, and transgender.
In todays episode Stefanie Pipps is a geologist and a millennial, she shares her thoughts about marriage, why people are waiting longer to make commitments and how marriage looks different today than it did 20-30 years ago.
Amber Viles, Registered Yoga Teacher and trained mental health professional is on todays podcast exploring the intersection of mental health and yoga. In this episode we explore:
Why should people take yoga seriously?
What are different ways yoga can change your brain?
Why its important to practice yoga consistently?
Why yoga is not just for the privileged?
Stephanie Konter-O'Hara, LPC talks about how comparison can become a barrier to a life worth living. She explores way to build awareness of this habit and techniques to shift your perspective to avoid falling into this unhealthy mental trap.
Today we have Jon and Alyssa Hopkins on the podcast, Jon Hopkins is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Alyssa Hopkins is in digital brand marking. In this episode we explore:
Mental health has been something people have been talking about more and more over the past 5 years or so, what do you think that has added to the overall conversations of spirituality/religion?
How has society’s issues impacted mental health in the average millennial in your opinion, what about other generations?
Where is the intersection of mental health and spirituality lay when working with individuals in a mental health crisis?
How does your mental health impact your considerations for work, business, etc?
How do you think it informs the average millennial choices of how they spend their time, their money etc?
Todays podcast I talk about choices and provide some tips for people struggling with indecision. Hopefully this podcast will provide you with some practical tools that you can use right away to manage the stress/anxiety that making choices can cause.
Today on the podcast Adriana Zuno a student at the University of Denver and an intern at WellMinded Counseling explores social media and its impact on mental health. The topics covered are:
With new platforms of social media popping up left and right, it doesn’t seem like things will slow down anything soon with this way of being connected, how do you think this connection is properly us forward and how do you think it’s holding us back from connection?
How do you think people show up differently online than they would in person? Is the way people are showing up online different than they would 5 or 10 years ago?
In the Netflix documentary Social dilemma they talk about both the harms/failures of social media as well as potential positives, how do you think the research on social media can inform our current choices and is impact on our mental health?
Different age groups show up differently online, what differences do you see across different generations?
For people that struggle with social media impacting their mental health do you have any tips on how to guide them to minimize its impact?
Solo episode with Stephanie Konter-O'Hara, LPC exploring what a work life balance can look like, some tips & tricks, why its so important and practicing being realistic with yourself.
Hannah Norling joins the podcast today, she is a student at the University of Denver in the Counseling Psychology program and an intern at WellMinded Counseling. She focuses on eating disorder recovery and body positivity in her work with clients. Today we touched on: What does the body positive community mean to you?
What do you think are the pros and cons to the body positive community?
Where do you think the body positive community got a lot of its steam from?
For those that are not in support of the body positive community what do you think they need to hear to perhaps change their minds?
Stephany and Iris own Locksmith Escape Games in Sanford, Florida. We started our business in 2018. Iris became a mother a couple of months before we opened our doors. Stephany became a mother in 2020, at the beginning of the lockdowns due to COVID-19. Since then our life has been a constant juggling act between being wives, mothers and business owners. Iris is currently 7 months pregnant with her second child.
In the podcast we discuss the following:
What does being a parent mean to you and how do you think being a parent now is different from when your parents had you?
How has becoming a parent impacted your mental health?
Mom guilt is probably one of the most talked about mental health issue, do you struggle with it, and how have you dealt with it?
What resources have you used in the transition of becoming a mother?
Social media, has it had an impact on motherhood or your feelings around it?
How has being a parent in America impacted some of the decisions you’ve made about parenting and motherhood?
Are there specific things that you want the listener to know or for me to ask you?
First episode that introduces Stephanie Konter-O'Hara, LPC and the premises of Millennial Mental Health. Stephanie Konter-O'Hara mission is to reduce stigma of mental health, spread awareness of different issues facing individuals experiencing mental health issues, advocate for others, and teach skills to people that are struggling.