Mind On Mental Health

The Mind On Mental Health Podcast explores a variety of mental health and substance use related topics in under thirty minutes. Topics such as how to utilize positive coping skills, manage triggers and how to change your thought process are discussed. Each podcast features interviews with therapists and psychiatrists from Penn Medicine - Princeton House Behavioral Health in Central New Jersey.

Episodes

Apr 28, 2022

14 min

Does reading a statement from your health insurance company feel like reading hieroglyphics to you?  In this episode, Erica Munger, MA, senior utilization management reviewer at Penn Medicine - Princeton House Behavioral Health sits down with Andy to discuss what to consider when selecting a health insurance plan.  Erica also explains how to make sense of health insurance premiums and deductibles.
 
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Apr 21, 2022

18 min

When someone is part of a family that experienced trauma in previous generations, they may adapt to that trauma much as Abuela’s grandchildren did: taking on roles they didn’t necessarily want, and making choices to please the family rather than being true to themselves. It’s a lot of pressure. Mind on Mental Health’s Andy Dean and therapist Aracely Reyes wrap up this deep dive into the topic in this week’s episode.
 
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Apr 14, 2022

16 min

In our second episode working through the Disney movie Encanto, we’ll explore family roles in intergenerational trauma. Mind on Mental Health’s Andy Dean and therapist Aracely Reyes dig into the movie a little deeper to discuss how the Madrigal family each react to the matriarch’s trauma, and how that can relate to real-life families.
 
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Apr 7, 2022

18 min

What can a Disney movie teach us about trauma?  It turns out, quite a bit! 
In this series, Aracely Reyes, LSW primary therapist at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health, sits down with Andy to discuss the role intergenerational trauma plays in the film Encanto.  Aracely breaks down how trauma has affected the different characters in the film as well as the real-world implications of these concepts.
 
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