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.
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Episodes
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this episode, Chelsea Mazzara, LCSW and Andy Dean, LCSW discuss how parents can build a feeling of psychological safety at home that will encourage kids to want to open up and communicate effectively.
How the messages we send to our kids effect their communication style (2:26)
Using modeling to show how to communicate effectively (7:10)
The importance of having light-hearted conversations (9:32)
How to use validation to make your kids want to continue talking to you (12:30)
Why kids need consequences and structure (16:00)
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
On this episode Chelsea Demaio, LCSW and Andy Dean, LCSW discuss the following topics:
The importance of being present while having a discussion and how to show your child that you're listening (2:30).
How to use reflective listening with kids and teens (4:55).
How to read between the lines of what a teen may or may not be saying and the importance of being sensitive to what isn’t being said as much as what is being said (8:45).
How to communicate to your child that their thoughts and feelings make sense (13:13).
How to support your teen without them feeling like you are “one upping” them (17:30).
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
In this episode, Chelsea Demaio, LCSW and Andy Dean, LCSW discuss the following topics:
How parents can validate their kids even when they don’t agree (3:56).
School Avoidance: How to validate the feeling of being anxious without approving of the behavior of staying home from school (5:37).
The best time for parents to give their kids feedback and share stories about when they experienced similar challenges (9:59).
Physical and Verbal Aggression: How to validate a child’s feelings while managing aggressive behaviors (16:40).
Chelsea discusses how validation has gotten her out of a jam with her husband (25:34).
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
This episode is a brief introduction to our eight part series “What Parents Can Do to Support the Mental Health of Their Kids”.