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Head Inside Mental Health

Todd Weatherly, Therapeutic Consultant and behavioral health expert hosts #Head-Inside Mental Health featuring conversations about mental health and substance use treatment with experts from across the country sharing their thoughts and insights on the world of behavioral health care.

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40:39

Thinking About Thinking with Dr. Kerry Horrell

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2025/11/18

Send us a text Feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in cycles that don’t make sense? We sit down with Dr. Kerry Horrell, staff psychologist of the Compass Program for Young Adults at the The Menninger Clinic to map a clearer path: learn how to “mentalize” in everyday life, reduce shame, and rebuild trust in your own mind. Carrie breaks down the neuroscience of big emotions—why your survival brain can hijack thinking—and shows how simple practices during calmer moments help you keep a...

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47:56

Toothpaste isn’t a Crisis: Blips, Bombs, and helping...

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2025/11/02

Send us a text What if the most powerful trauma intervention isn’t a technique, but the moment someone finally feels safe with you? We sit down with Momentum Recovery's Executive Clinical Director, Caitlin Rainwater, to unpack how healing from co-occurring substance use and trauma often begins long before anyone tells their story. Caitlin shares why she starts with safety cues and steady presence, then layers in tools like Brain Spotting, EFT, and breathwork only when a client’s nervous syste...

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51:52

Treatment Without Walls, Community Within

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2025/10/13

Send us a text What if the mental health system focused on continuity over fragmentation, dignity over coercion, and a practical blend of medicine, lifestyle, and belonging that actually changes outcomes. Our default model is more emergency care than health care: ten-minute psychiatrist visits, revolving-door hospitalizations, and poor aftercare often worsen psychiatric health. We talk about alternatives that work: home-based ACT with true collaboration, campus-style therapeutic communities t...

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44:36

Direction Therapy: Rethinking Care for Neurodiverse...

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2025/10/10

Send us a text Join us for our conversation with Dr. Andrew Rubin, licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the International Society for Autism and New Directions for Young Adults. We dig into Direction Therapy, a coordinated, multidisciplinary model that starts with strengths, maps real developmental capacity, and treats anxiety as the sneaky saboteur of progress. Instead of forcing neurodiverse young adults through group-heavy or mismatched clinical interventions, the team sequences s...

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49:17

A Model for Transformation with Marla Shaul

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2025/09/23

Send us a text In this story about alignments and synchronies, Todd Weatherly sits down with Marla Shaul, Clinical Lead at Guest House Ocala, to uncover a remarkable tale of transformation with an unexpected revelation. Through chance or fate or the conspiracy of the Universe to draw us together, we discover that Marla had been a client at Four Circles wilderness program at the time when Todd served as CEO. Though their paths hadn't directly crossed then, mysterious forces brought them togeth...

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39:48

Building Pathways for Young Adults with Vince Benevito

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2025/09/23

Send us a text Join us for a fascinating conversation with Vince Benevento, founder of The Causeway Collaborative. Drawing from his personal journey through recovery as a young man, Vince created something different - a program specifically designed for young men who need more than just talk therapy. Through male mentorship, community engagement, career development, and practical life skills, Causeway helps bridge the critical gap between intensive treatment and true independence. Our compel...

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52:17

From Crisis to Independence: The Marathon of Mental...

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2025/08/31

Send us a text Dr. Mark Komrad, distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and author of "You Need Help!: A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince a Loved One to Get Counseling" returns to our show to walk us through the progression from acute mental health crisis to meaningful independence. He explains why residential treatment often works better than outpatient care during severe episodes, and what "success" looks like at each stage of recovery. For parents supporting adult childre...

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42:28

Eternal Strength with Dr. Weston Robinson

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2025/08/10

Send us a text What if we approached mental illness not with the question "what's wrong with you?" but with "what's happened to you?" instead? Dr. Weston Robinson challenges everything we think we know about psychiatric treatment in this paradigm-shifting conversation offering that people who may be sick are not broken. His work stands in stark contrast to traditional models that over-pathologize and over-medicate, instead offering a humanistic vision that sees each person as whole and worth...

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44:26

Dr. Sarah Anderson, Transforming Mental Health...

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2025/07/30

Send us a text In this episode we interview Dr. Sarah Anderson, professor at Midwestern University and mental health occupational therapist, who unveils the powerful intersection of neurodiversity and recovery in this intriguing conversation. With neurodivergent individuals making up a significant portion of those struggling with addiction, Dr. Anderson's expertise couldn't be more timely. She explains how ADHD, autism, and other neurocognitive differences affect executive functioning – impa...

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Cover my Mental Health with Joe Feldman

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2025/07/21

Send us a text The fight for adequate mental health coverage can feel overwhelming, especially when insurance companies deny care that clinicians deem necessary. Joe Feldman turned his personal battle into a mission when his child's residential treatment was denied coverage through fabricated documentation. After winning a federal lawsuit, he created Cover My Mental Health to help others navigate the same challenging landscape. At the heart of Feldman's approach is understanding the critical...

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42:07

Eating Disorders and Mental Health with Jennifer Stanger

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2025/07/14

Send us a text Shattering misconceptions about eating disorders leads us to a profound realization: these complex conditions aren't about control—they're about safety. This conversation with Jennifer Stanger, a therapeutic consultant specializing in eating disorder treatment and intervention, reveals why traditional approaches often fail and what truly works for lasting recovery. Drawing from both personal and professional experience, Jennifer explains how eating disorder treatment lags behi...

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52:46

A Deep Dive Into Consultant-Program Relationships

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2025/07/07

Send us a text Navigating the complex world of private behavioral health treatment can feel like traversing an unfamiliar landscape without a map. For families facing mental health crises, the stakes couldn't be higher—yet the path forward often remains frustratingly unclear. Enter the therapeutic consultant: a specialized professional whose role extends far beyond simple referrals. In this illuminating conversation, Todd Weatherly unpacks the critical relationship between therapy consultant...

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43:24

Supportive Immersion: Healing Through Experience

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2025/06/30

Send us a text What happens when young people grow up deprived of essential experiences that previous generations took for granted? Dr. Danny Recio, TedX Pura Vida Speaker, Co-Founder of New Summit Academy, Program Director for The Bridge Young Adult Gap Program, and Co-Founder of the Supportive Immersion Institute in Costa Rica, introduces us to the concept of "experiential deprivation" and its profound impact on mental health. Our brains evolved to learn through direct experience—the ...

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41:26

Unmasking Tech-Facilitated Sexual Trauma:...

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2025/06/16

The digital landscape has created an entirely new frontier for sexual violence, one that leaves lasting trauma without physical contact. In this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Kristen Zaleski, Chief Clinical Officer for the Mental Health Collective and recognized expert on sexual violence, we explore the disturbing world of technology-facilitated sexual violence and AI-generated pornography. What began as Polaroid pictures passed around high schools has evolved into sophisticated algorith...

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42:36

When Everything Changes: Finding Purpose Through Trauma

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2025/06/02

Trauma doesn't discriminate. Whether physical or psychological, it can disrupt lives and leave us feeling isolated in our suffering. But what if our darkest experiences could become a bridge to helping others? Seantae Jackson never expected to become an advocate for trauma survivors. Then came the day her family's vehicle was struck head-on at a combined vehicle speed of 160 mph on a desolate Wyoming road. In seconds, everything changed - her husband trapped in burning wreckage, her teenage ...

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Greenville Transition's David McNease: Recovery Pioneer

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2025/05/26

When David McNeese sought treatment for his own substance use in 2012, he had no idea it would lead him to pioneer an innovative recovery program that challenges traditional approaches. What began as a passion project with no financial backing—literally living in the basement of their first recovery house—has evolved into a sophisticated clinical program incorporating adventure therapy, martial arts, and holistic approaches alongside traditional therapeutic support. David and his team...

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Finding the right help changes everything with...

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2025/05/26

Every parent knows the heart-wrenching reality: you're only as happy as your least happy child. Attorney Laura Sundberg knows this terrain intimately. With over three decades of legal expertise in trusts and estates, she found herself navigating unfamiliar territory when her son developed severe clinical depression and anxiety. What began as mysterious medical symptoms evolved into a complex mental health journey requiring specialized care. Through this experience, Laura discovered a game-cha...

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Navigating Young Adult Independence: How Family...

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2025/05/05

What happens when we shift our focus from "fixing" young adults to understanding the family systems that shape them? Dr. Vaughn Heath and Steve Roth of the Arise Society join host Todd Weatherly in this groundbreaking conversation exploring how anxiety moves through family systems like electricity through a circuit, with parents often functioning as "capacitors" and struggling young adults becoming the "grounding wire" for family tension. The experts dive deep into Bowenian family systems th...

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Attachment Styles: The Hidden Blueprint of Our...

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2025/04/28

In this deeply insightful conversation we welcome Dr. Jack Hinman, founder of Engage Transitions, and Eric Fawson, Clinical Director at Elements Wilderness Treatment Program, to explore how our earliest relationships create templates that shape our connections throughout life. Both experts bring unique perspectives from their extensive work with young adults and families navigating mental health challenges in therapeutic settings. For parents struggling to navigate relationships with yo...

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The Neuroscience of Sex and Gender with Dr. Michael...

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2025/04/14

Dr. Michael Gurian, New York Times bestselling author of 32 books, takes us deep into the crisis facing boys today with his latest book "Boys: A Rescue Plan" where he offers a roadmap for raising healthy and fulfilled men. This conversation reveals what Dr. Gurian calls "a mismatch of the male brain with our systems." Drawing from neurobiological research, he demonstrates how male brains develop and function differently from female brains—not better or worse, just different. Yet our education...

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