Relationships

Giving Yourself Permission to Leave a Toxic Relationship, No Matter ‘WHO” It is With

 
Dr. Nikki Martinez, an Independent Medical Expert at the Federal level and has been an Adjunct professor for the past 13 years joins eHealth Radio and the Psychology & Relationships Channels. Dr. Martinez also works as an Independent Consultant for Various Individuals, Groups, and Organizations, as she continues to see a small caseload of Individual and Couple patients through Tele-Mental Health Services on a regular basis.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Nikki Martinez discuss the following:
What are some of the reasons that people struggle to leave TOXIC relationships?
You talk about both old ‘adages” as well as creating 'permission structures' to help people find their own way forward from these relationships, can you say more about that?
What are the two main ways that you suggest people attempt to remove themselves from toxic relationships, depending on the individual ‘s unique situation, as well as the person’s response and/or behavior?
If someone is ‘stuck’ in their thinking, and not allowing themselves to see a life without this person, what are some questions and/or thoughts you might have for this person?
What are some closing thoughts you have for individuals who are on the fence about taking this step, ad what life could look like for them if they decided to remove this toxic person from their life, or set a healthy boundary with them?
Dr. Nicole Martinez received her master’s and her Doctorate from Illinois School of Professional Psychology and completed her pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship at Gateway Foundation in Lake Villa, Illinois. Prior to that she attended the University of St. Francis where she completed a double major in Psychology and Therapeutic Recreation. Dr. Martinez has experience working with adolescents and adults in individual, family, and group treatment.
Her therapeutic style can be described as integrative, assessing the needs and style that will best serve the individual client. She typically has a mix between Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy and various holistic approaches, with an emphasis in CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Reality Therapy, and Positive Psychology. She believes in exploring the connection between the body and the mind to treat all the individuals’ needs. Her belief is that an individual must explore many areas of their functioning to ensure optimum health physically and emotionally.
She stresses the essential belief that the therapist and client relationship is collaborative in nature, and the two are 'partners,' who communicate from the first steps of designing the course and goals of treatment, as well as what the priorities will be. Dr. Martinez understands that it is just as important to identify any treatment styles, tools, techniques, or methods that 'did not' work, as did, so that the two of you can work together charting a new path and avoiding precious time and frustration on that which has already been proven to be a poor fit. Dr. Martinez also understands that each person is unique, there is no 'one size fits all,' and that the needs of an individual may not only change from the initial inception of a treatment plan, but from month to month or session to session, and that adapting and meeting the patient 'where they are at,' at any given moment is essential to both letting the patient know they are being heard and attended to, as well as positive treatment outcomes.
Areas of expertise: medical and health psychology, trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD,autism spectrum disorders and neurodivergent considerations, LGBTQ populations, bereavement, forensics, substance abuse, addictive issues, couples work, MISA, co-occurring disorders, domestic violence, sex offenders, special needs populations, and chronic medical issues and rare diseases. Evaluation and assessment of the above-mentioned individuals.
Website: https://www.drnikkimartinez.com
Resource: EverydayPower.com [key word “Nikki Martinez”]
Social Media: Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/nikki-martinez
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Denial Offers Only a Quick Fix and Will Eventually Have its Reckoning

 
 
Dr. Jane Greer a Marriage and Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, author, radio host, and creator of “SHRINK WRAP,” the popular commentary on what we can learn from the trials and triumphs of not only celebrity, but all relationships joins eHealth Radio and the Relationship Channel. She’s the author of six books, including her latest, Am I Lying To Myself? How to Overcome Denial and See the Truth.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Jane Greer discuss the following:
What is Denial?
What do you look for to recognize denial in yourself? What are the red flags?
How do you know if you are dealing with someone who is in denial?
What’s the best way to handle someone who is in denial about a problem or bad behavior?
What is a Stay Stuck Complainer and how do you deal with them?
Dr. Jane Greer is a Marriage and Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, author, radio host, and creator of “SHRINK WRAP,” the popular commentary on what we can learn from the trials and triumphs of not only celebrity, but all relationships. Through her media collaborations and professional insights, Dr. Greer is recognized as a leading national expert in love and relationships.
She’s the author of six books, including her latest, Am I Lying To Myself? How to Overcome Denial and See the Truth (Rowman & Littlefield, March 4, 2023).
Website: https://www.drjanegreer.com 
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How divorce and separation can drive someone to harm and even death

 
 
Charlotte Christian, the Founder and Owner of Charlotte Christian Law, one of the fastest-growing family law firms in the United States and the largest female-owned family law firm in the country joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Charlotte Christian discuss the following:
How did you decide you wanted to get into family law?
How do you deal with the mental state of your clients when they walk in your offices needing to obviously talk things through with you?
How can divorce and separation drive someone to harm and even death? As you have noted before. How can you help save these people?
What are your hopes going forward with your law firm?
How do you separate business from your own personal life to stay happy and healthy?
Charlotte Christian, Esq. is a family and divorce lawyer and the founder of The Law Offices of Charlotte Christian and Associates. She has her JD from Faulkner University and an LLM in Trial Advocacy from Temple.
Charlotte is committed to helping those who have experienced loss overcome their hardships and build a new life, stronger and more resilient than they were before.
No stranger to trauma herself, including enduring the sudden losses of her father while a young child and husband after 10 years of marriage, Charlotte knows what it means practically and legally to put the pieces in place to create a future filled with security, hope, and opportunity, and find happiness once again. These experiences and the wisdom gained from them drive the compassion with which every attorney in the The Law Offices of Charlotte Christian and Associates Group approaches their clients’ cases. For more on Charlotte click here.
 
Website: https://www.charlottechristianlaw.com
Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/charchristianAL Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/charlotte-christian
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Many Voices ONE TRUTH, a new book designed to block out the world’s negative noises

 
 
Tracy Taris, the Owner & President of Southern California based Healing the Mind & Spirit, a full service mental health center joins eHealth Radio and the Mental Health & Relationship Channels. Her new book, “Many Voices ONE TRUTH” is currently available on Amazon.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Tracy Taris discuss the following:
Please tell us about your work as a marriage and relationship therapist in Southern California?
You are a woman of faith and your new book, Many Voices ONE TRUTH is a type of self-help book that combines your mental health sciences education with Biblical passages. Can you explain that for us?
n today’s noisy world, many people are facing depression and anxiety. Without giving away too much from the book, can you explain how your book addresses shutting out the negative noise?
As the eldest child in a large family, please tell us a little bit about the extreme responsibility that was placed on you and the fear and anxiety you felt at a young age and did this influence your becoming a therapist, speaker and author?
Although it is getting better, the negative stigma behind mental health issues and seeking help for personal problems still exists. How to you feel about this?
hat advice do you have for anyone suffering from depression, relationship conflicts, sleep deprivation and other personal issues where you might need a therapist?
Tracy Taris is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She is president and owner of Healing The Mind & Spirit, Inc. where she leads a team of counselors. Her group practice is located here in the Santa Clarita Valley where psychotherapy services are provided in the form of couples, family, individual, adolescent and child therapy as well as coaching services that cover a variety of topics from creative blocks, nutritional problems, and women’s issues.
Tracy’s service to the Santa Clarita Valley also includes work as a Contract Therapist for College of The Canyons’ (COC) Student Health and Wellness Center. She is part of a team of therapists who provide therapy to students at COC.
Tracy holds a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology with and emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy from Azusa Pacific University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Broadcasting from California Polytechnic State University.
Tracy completed her service as President for the Santa Clarita Valley California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists Chapter as well as her role in serving as Past President for the organization. Tracy is also a writer and has contributed to The Signal Newspaper as well as written workshops that she has taught for The City of Santa Clarita through the Seasons Catalog, her Private Practice, and for COC.
Website: https://www.healingthemindandspirit.com

How Grief and Trauma Can be a Catalyst for a Renewed Life

 
 
Dr. Cara Lee Barker, a popular public speaker, who has a private international practice that helps individuals transform their secret suffering into greater strength joins eHealth Radio and Emotional Health Channel. Dr. Barker is the author of three books including her latest release Nightlight: My Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Cara Lee Barker discuss the following:
How are loss, grief, and trauma seedbeds for renewed life?
What are the four major conflicts people face in their lives?
What is the relationship between children’s distress and their parents?
How do you convert self-doubt to self-compassion?
Dr. Cara Lee Barker is an international keynote speaker, Analytical Psychologist, Nurse Practitioner, and still practicing Zurich-trained Jungian Analyst. Dr. Barker has helped thousands of individuals transform their suffering into greater strength through the process of Post Traumatic Growth. Dr. Barker is the author of three books including her latest release Nightlight: My Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking.
Website: https://www.carabarker.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-barker

Why trauma often leads to people sabotaging their relationships with Orit Krug

 
Orit Krug, founder of Orit Krug, Inc. and an award-winning, board-certified Dance/Movement Therapist who helps individuals and couples who have experienced trauma repair their damaged relationships joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Relationship Channels.
Listen to the interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Orit Krug as they discuss the following:
You deal specifically with people and couples who have trauma. What percentage of people have gone through some type of trauma? And while we know that obvious things like sexual abuse and domestic violence constitute trauma, what are some more subtle types of trauma?
Why does trauma often lead to people sabotaging their relationships? Take me through the process of how trauma translates to the potential destruction of what might have previously been a loving relationship?
Why can Dance/Movement Therapy succeed where traditional talk therapy may not? Can it be effective to do both?
You base your Dance/Movement Therapy practice on neuroscience. What does that mean, and what advantage does that bring to your clients?
I’m assuming that if people don’t want to actually dance, they can engage in movement. What types of movement can typically be used in a session? How simple or complex can these movements be?
How long should a person or couple expect to be in Dance/Movement Therapy before they see results?
TIP: Dance/Movement Therapy can be a very effective adjunct to traditional talk therapy. Instead of just sitting and talking (which can still be very helpful for many), Dance/Movement Therapy uses your body and movement as the primary medium of connecting with yourself, understanding your emotions and patterns, and working together in the therapeutic relationship. When therapy is approached this way, it allows us to bypass the mind’s defenses while promoting mind-body integration that creates change much more quickly and deeply than traditional therapies. However, it’s much more effective to get involved with a Dance/Movement Therapist who understands the neuroscience behind the movements and why they work. A therapist with this depth of knowledge understands the type of treatment and movements that will affect the parts of the brain and nervous system that can truly catalyze the changes that each client is looking for.
Orit Krug is an award-winning Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (NY) who holds a Master of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy. Ms. Krug specializes in helping high-achieving individuals and couples excel in their love lives without self-sabotage.
For over 12 years, Orit has transformed the lives of more than 5,000 clients from 11 different countries. Her online programs have helped thousands break free from their unhealthy, trauma-driven relationship cycles and experience positive transformations in their love lives.
Before starting her online business, Orit led thousands of therapy sessions with psychiatric patients who went from feeling suicidal to joyfully dancing and reigniting their desire to live again within less than an hour. Orit has been featured in Elephant Journal, ThriveGlobal, Authority Magazine, as well as being quoted in SELF & INSIDER.
She currently lives in the suburbs of NYC with her husband and their 2-year-old son.
 
 
Website: https://oritkrug.com 
Social Media Links: Instagram: https://instagram.com/orit.krug Facebook: https://facebook.com/oritkrugchat Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/oritkrug 

Shmaya David on Creating the Ultimate Loving Relationship

 
Shmaya David, a Master Life coach, Executive Coach and an author of eight books in the self-help, coaching and business categories with his most recent "Love, Simplified: Practical Habits to Creating The Ultimate Loving Relationship", a #1 international bestseller in eight countries joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Relationship Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Shmaya David discuss the following:
Why did you write the book?
Why do you say love is a habit?
What does it mean to take total responsibility in your relationship?
Can you share some tips on practical romance?
Why is a sincere apology important to the relationship?
Tell us about what you call, the fine art of foreplay.
 
 
Shmaya David is a Master Life and Executive Coach (MCI/EMCI) and a business consultant with more than 19 years of experience. His mission is to contribute to human success and happiness in the most practical manner. Shmaya is an author of eight books in the self-help, coaching and business categories. His most recent is Love, Simplified: Practical Habits to Creating The Ultimate Loving Relationship, a #1 international bestseller in eight countries across multiple categories. Shmaya started his professional life as an engineer and held management positions in various industries.
 
 
Website: http://love-simplified.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/lovesimplified  Instagram: instagram.com/shmayadavid  Twitter: twitter.com/Shmayad

How to live an empowered life with Michaela Renee Johnson

 
 
Michaela Renee Johnson, a licensed psychotherapist who encourages people to speak their truth with grace and live a courageous life of authenticity joins eHealth Radio and the Relationship and Psychotherapy Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Michaela Renee Johnson discuss the following:
How does one find happiness in relationships?
How do you raise happy kids when both parents work?
How can you find happiness in spite of fear?
How can one be happy when feeling a lack of confidence?
Any tips for teenagers who have big goals and limited resources?
 
 
Michaela Renee Johnson is an award-winning author, licensed psychotherapist and host of the top iTunes podcast, Be You Find Happy which encourages people to speak their truth with grace and live a courageous life of authenticity. Her initiative, Be You Find Happy, holds workshops and conversations on finding happiness in spite of life's setbacks and has landed her speaking opportunities across the nation.
She is an avid adventurer, having traveled to over 20 countries, and self-proclaimed "Boho Mom" who loves all things metaphysical as well poetic quotes.
She is a Sagittarius and an ocean-lover who lives in Northern California with her husband and young son, and a homestead full of animals. In her spare time she's often hiking, doing yoga, gardening, golfing or reading.
Michaela has a Bachelor's of Arts in Journalism Communications, Master's of Arts in Psychology. California State Licensed Psychotherapist #90280.
Website: BeYouFindHappy.com
Social Media Links: Instagram: instagram.com/michaelareneej  Facebook: facebook.com/michaelareneej  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/michaelarenee

Relationships and Coronavirus with Dr. Ann Schiebert

 
 
Dr. Ann Schiebert, a psychologist in the Emergency Department (ED) at the medical center of one of America’s most respected major HMO's joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Relationship Channels. Dr. Schiebert also works in the hospital and emergency department evaluating psych crisis patients.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Ann Schiebert discuss the following:
You have said that what’s happening with the Coronavirus can have a very positive effect on relationships. What do you mean by that?
How have you advised your patients to get through this pandemic when they are stuck inside with people who have been problematic to them?
You do couples counseling. Do you see this time as an opportunity to heal romantic relationships that have somehow become distant?
Many of us are living with “stay at home” orders from our government officials. Any creative ideas for activities that could have help family members bond together?
Any thoughts about how to interact with kids who are accustomed to spending the day at school with their friends and who are now bored and irritated?
SUMMARY | HOT TIP: Use your “Coronavirus Lock-Down” time to mend relationships, to create fun activities, to solve problems and to find new ways to love each other.
Dr. Ann Schiebert is a psychologist in the Emergency Department (ED) at the medical center of one of the country’s most respected major HMO’s. There, she evaluates for safety, determines types of treatments, assesses capacity and cognitive impairment, and provides feedback and support for families of patients in the ED. In addition, Dr. Schiebert also works in the medical center’s Chemical Dependency Department where she treats patients challenged by trauma, chemical dependency, codependency and dual diagnosis.
Ann has an excellent success rate in helping families turn their situations around, and she is highly sought after for her work. She finds it rewarding to facilitate patients in discovering their wonderful, authentic selves, and getting them back to a healthy mindset.
Another of Dr. Schiebert’s area of expertise is helping people in unhappy romantic relationships investigate how they got in their current situation, how to reconsider the “path to romance,” and how to create happier long-term relationships. Ann is the host of Dr. Ann’s Relationship Radio Show on America’s Web Radio, which provides information and helps listeners create new ways of meeting relationship challenges.
Her teaching experience pertaining to Clinical Skills and Psychopathology during graduate school gave Ann an ability to interact with a variety of audiences and to be comfortable doing so. As a psychologist, she uses this “gift” to teach groups of between thirty and forty patients on the topics of communication, how to work a program of recovery and healthy relationships.
Ann has penned a series of books titled Let’s Make a Contract. She has four in the series thus far:
Getting Your Teen Through Substance Abuse
Getting Your Teen Through High School and Beyond
Getting Through Unhappy Romantic Relationships
Getting Your Teen Past the Opioid Epidemic
She’s been up close and personal to all of those matters in her own life. If she were a member of a tribe, her special role would be healer, and rightfully so.
In her spare time Ann enjoys traveling to Europe. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and her two ragamuffin kittens, Biscuit and Teddy. She is the mother of three adult children.
 
 
Website: www.drannschiebert.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/LetsMakeAContractBookSeries  Twitter: @DrSchiebert
The beliefs, views, ideas, thoughts and opinions expressed on any program are those of the persons appearing on the program and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the eHealth Radio Network.

How to Turn your Pain into Passion and a Purpose

 
 
Simone Allison, a Life Coach, specializing in Female Empowerment, and the author of the #1 International Bestselling book "Disempowered No More: A Spiritual Journey to Discovering Purpose, Power, & Passion After Divorce" joins eHealth Radio and the Relationship Channel.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Simone Allison discuss the following:
How did you overcome the fear of starting over after a long relationship/marriage?
How did you find the courage to forgive yourself for walking out on the father of your two children?
How did you overcome PTSD, anxiety, and depression?
What do many women fear when they consider leaving an unhealthy relationship?
How can your story help others who are fearful of leaving a relationship that is harmful to them?

Simone Allison is a Life Coach, specializing in Female Empowerment - and is the author of the #1 International Bestselling book "Disempowered No More: A Spiritual Journey to Discovering Purpose, Power, & Passion After Divorce".
Simone has a background in the field of mental health and has a Master’s degree with a Dual Specialization in Marriage & Family therapy and Mental Health Counseling from Barry University. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Miami. She is a certified Life Coach from The Addictions Academy. Simone is the mother of two children and resides in Miami, Florida.
Website: www.empowherbysimone.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009657364853 Twitter: @SimoneAllison02
The beliefs, views, ideas, thoughts and opinions expressed on any program are those of the persons appearing on the program and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the eHealth Radio Network.