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

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
On this episode, Katie Gaffney (Registered Dietitian), and Lauren Brader (Licensed Professional Counselor) from Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health’s Emotional Eating Program in Princeton, NJ discuss how individuals can tell if their changing eating habits are becoming problematic during Covid and how to best support someone with an eating disorder through the pandemic.
Changing Hunger Cues during the pandemic (:49)
How to tell if changing eating habits are becoming problematic (2:22)
Media and stigma during covid (10:12)
How to help support someone with an eating disorder through the pandemic (12:02)
For more information on Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health:
Princeton House Behavioral Health (princetonhcs.org)
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
On this episode, Katie Gaffney (Registered Dietitian), and Lauren Brader (Licensed Professional Counselor) from Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health’s Emotional Eating Program in Princeton, NJ discuss three different emotional eating triggers that people are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic and how to manage them.
Additional grocery store anxieties during Covid (1:20)
What is the difference between “Eating Disorder Mind” and “Wise Mind”? (6:00)
Social Media influences and their effect on emotional eating triggers (9:19)
Isolation and facing triggers in the home environment (18:55)
For more information on Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health:
Princeton House Behavioral Health (princetonhcs.org)
Follow us on Facebook! facebook.com/princetonhousebh

Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
This episode features Alex Camarda, LCSW who is currently a therapist in private practice in the central New Jersey area. Previously, Alex worked as the Clinical Manager in the Women’s Program at Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health in Hamilton, NJ.
Collective grief and the loss of normalcy (:58)
The trauma reponse and it’s connection to the pandemic (4:00)
The importance of validating your own experience and self-compassion (7:21)
How to recognize and build your own resiliency (10:18)

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
This episode features Alex Camarda, LCSW who is currently a therapist in private practice in the central New Jersey area. Previously, Alex worked as the Clinical Manager in the Women’s Program at Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health in Hamilton, NJ.
Compounding grief during the pandemic (1:45)
How to memorialize loved ones during this time (6:30)
The importance of realizing that there is no one way to grieve (11:30)
Skills that can help with the grieving process (14:25)
Click here for more information on Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health:
https://www.princetonhcs.org/care-services/princeton-house-behavioral-health
Click here for more information on Alex Camarda’s practice:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/alexandra-camarda-princeton-nj/368499

