More of What Families Want Therapists to Know About Schizophrenia (Part 2 with Leah Brennan, LMFT, CADC) -Episode 63
Show Notes
Leah Brennan. a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor, joined us with her own questions in Episode 55 so as to improve therapist-family communication.
Her Episode had such a great response that listeners asked for more - so here it is!
Leah got connected to 3 Moms In the Trenches through her clients. Over the past five years, she has had four different parents on her caseload who were all confronting the reality that their sons met the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Leah realized that despite her excellent training, she was not adequately equipped to help these parents navigate the challenges they were facing.
Today Leah asks the questions she didn't get to include in the last episode that all center around the theme: "What Do Parents/Families Wish Their Therapist Knew About Schizophrenia?"
The discussion includes:
Marijuana and Schizophrenia - what do we now know? What do families need to know.
Can needs to be done about HIPAA?
How can we better approach families with a possible early diagnosis, and why?
What about recent moves to legislate involuntary intervention?
Who should therapists alert and educate in the larger communities BEFORE kids reach the age when symptoms of SMI typically start to manifest?
Links:
Leah Brennan:
https://www.leahbrennantherapy.com/
mentioned in show:
Hope for Troubled Minds Project.
WHO: Those with brain illnesses or other mental health conditions and their loved ones.
WHAT: Submit a 1,000 word or less letter expressing gratitude for your loved one or the one you care for in spite of the circumstances.
WHY: Letters can promote a healing journey and also serve for advocacy as we humanize the issue of brain illness.
WHERE: Email it, along with a photo or image and an (optional) brief bio to me at: tony@delightindisorder.org .
Mindy and her book: https://mindygreiling.com/
Randye and her book: https://benbehindhisvoices.com/
Miriam and her book: https://www.miriam-feldman.com/
Hosts:
Who:
Randye Kaye - was a morning Radio Personality bringing humor to CT families when her own son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now she is still a Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (Ben Behind his Voices, Happier Made Simple)
Miriam Feldman - is an artist, writer, and the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia. Her book, He Came in With It chronicles her family's story and was released to rave reviews on July 21st, 2020.
Mindy Greiling - Mindy Greiling was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. She helped found the nation's first state mental health caucus, which successfully lobbied for a significant increase in Minnesota's mental health funding Her acclaimed memoir is Fix What You Can.
https://schizophrenia3momsinthetrenches.buzzsprout.com/1604296/12681981
