The Healthy Life Therapist
Resources and education for Mental Health and Healthy Living
Episodes
6 episodes
Comunidad In Counseling And Why It Matters with Ryan Ramos, B.S., D.A. & Dr. Jorge Rosales Lopez, PhD, CRC, LPC, NCC
Therapy can teach you skills and still leave you wondering, “Do I sound real?” Ryan Ramos Master's student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling sits down with Dr. Jorge Rosales Lopez, a counseling professor at Palo Alto University, to talk abou...
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From Business Cards To Polyvagal: Building A Life In Counseling
The right tool at the right moment can change a life—and sometimes that tool is as simple as a therapist’s business card. I sit down with best-selling author and therapist-in-training Steffan Piper to trace the small, human decisions that make ...
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Behind The Facade Of High-Functioning Alcoholism
Outward success can be an elegant disguise for deep distress. We sit down with fellow clinicians-in-training: Ryan Ramos, Steffan Piper, Mady George and Stephen Crooms to unpack The Double Life of a High Functioning Alcoholic and explore how ac...
Counseling Kids: Building Trust with Teens and Their Families with Guest: Chitra Thummarukudy LMFT
Chitra Thummarukudy, LMFT and Phd student in Counselor Education and Supervision (Palo Alto University,CA) shares her journey from fashion merchandising to becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in adolescent counseling,...
Confronting LGBTQIA+ Youth Bullying: Perspectives from Palo Alto University Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Students: Geena Ortiz, Mike Nguyen, and Ryan Ramos
Counselors-in-training Mike Nguyen and Geena Ortiz join Ryan Ramos to explore LGBTQ+ youth bullying, sharing personal experiences and professional insights. The conversation reveals how discrimination impacts identity development and mental hea...
Navigating the Counselor Education Pipeline: Jennifer Kiehl MA, AMFT on Supervision, Advocacy, and Professional Growth
What happens when a theater performer decides to channel their storytelling gifts into the therapeutic relationship? Jennifer Kiehl, associate marriage and family therapist and doctoral student at Palo Alto University, reveals the fascinating p...
