Season 3 Episode #4: Understanding the Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale
In this episode, Tricia invites back Rebecca Corb, a registered clinical social worker in The Guidance Center’s Long Beach School-Based Program, to discuss a screening tool that measures Adverse Child...
1 Des 202342min
Season 3 Episode #3: Revisiting the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Children
In the last decade, the number of children reporting suicidal thinking and feelings of hopelessness has increased by 71% while completed suicides by children have increased by 56%. These grim statisti...
14 Nov 202338min
Season 3 Episode #2: Providing Treatment to Traumatized Children
We all experience stress throughout our lives. For a child raised with at least one healthy adult relationship, and a relatively trauma-free upbringing, experiencing normal stressors is a positive thi...
1 Nov 202355min
Season 3 Episode #1: The Realities of Domestic Violence
This episode contains a very important conversation about domestic violence, which may include emotional, physical, sexual and economic abuse. This might be painful and triggering for some listeners. ...
1 Okt 202355min
Season 2 Episode #23: STORIES: The Experience of Being Gender Non-Binary
According to The National Center for Transgender Equality, “most people – including most transgender people – (identify as) either male or female. Although, some people have a gender that blends elem...
1 Sep 202354min
Season 2 Episode #22 - STORIES: The Lasting Impact of Surviving Gun Violence
The Center for Disease Control reports that 48,830 people died from gun-related injuries in the United States in 2021 (last year with available data). These horrific statistics only tell a part of the...
1 Aug 202351min
Season 2 Episode #21 - Exploring a Link Between Mental Illness and Mass Shootings
This episode explores whether there is a link between mental illness and mass killings, a tragic phenomenon that is relatively unique to the United States. The National Council for Behavioral Health w...
30 Jun 202349min
Season 2 Episode #20 - The Failures of the Foster Care System for Hard-To-Place Children
This episode revisits the LA County foster care system, a system that has been the recipient of unfavorable news coverage, particularly related to our most traumatized and troubled children. Foster pl...
15 Jun 202353min
