Episode Details

In this episode, we have the pleasure of having Dr. JB Rose with us to delve into the pressing mental health crisis facing the nation. We explore multifaceted causes including the pandemic, the divisiveness in our country, the impact of trauma, our family of origin, societal pressures, systemic inequity. 

Throughout the episode, we explore the importance of safe and secure connection in healing.

We talk about the need for self-compassion, the challenges of feeling safe, and practical tools for nervous system regulation. Ultimately, we come back to the importance of community and connection in fostering resilience and wellbeing.

Takeaways:

• Mental health is perhaps the most critical aspect of overall well-being.
• The pandemic has exacerbated existing mental health issues.
• Connection is essential, but it must be safe to be effective.
• Shame often prevents individuals from seeking help.
• Self-compassion is crucial for our healing and our well-being.
• Nervous system regulation is key to managing stress.
• Therapy provides a safe space for healing and growth.
• It's important to acknowledge, in order to process our struggles.

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About Dr. JB Rose

Dr. Rose is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and is the founder of Mindful Path Behavioral Health & Wellness, Inc., (est. 2009).

She specializes in working with adults who are in emotional pain and feel alone in that pain. Mostly, her clients have been deeply impacted by: childhood trauma, relational trauma (childhood and adult), challenging relationships of all kinds, anxiety, depression, self-doubt, not-enoughness, chronic-illness, loss-of-self, perfectionism, deep-seeded shame, fertility journeys; loss and associated grief and pain, disenfranchised grief and grief of all forms, and those navigating through major transitions in life (i.e., pregnancy, parenting, marriage, divorce, retirement, career-change/stress, sandwich generation stress, caregiver-stress and burnout, loss of roles or identity, being childfree by choice, being childless by circumstance, perimenopause/menopause, and other defining isolating events in life). 

Dr. Rose feels very passionate about offering a reparative relational experience through the therapeutic process, where her clients can feel safe to explore all of the layers of their lived experiences and learn effective healing strategies, as well as coping tools, that can help them live in alignment with their values. She believes that through the therapeutic relationship, with a safe and witnessing other, even the mos