In this episode of The Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis licensed marriage and sex therapist and active Mormon Natasha Helfer Parker shares with us a more effective approach to masturbation and pornography for both teens and adults. To help keep Mormon Mental Health…
Tag: Adolescents
179: Masturbation, Values, and Kids with Natasha Heifer-Parker, MFT, CST
Natasha Helfer-Parker, MFT, CST was recently a guest on Braxton Dutson’s “Birds and Bees Podcast.” Braxton is a LCSW and Certified Sex Therapist in Salt Lake City, Utah. He works at The Healing Group. Natasha speaks with Braxton about being able to…
147: Sex in the Mormon News June 2018
Shannon Hickman joins Natasha on this episode of Sex in the Mormon News for June 2018. They begin the discussion with comments from an article that recently came out in the “Journal of Sex Research” called, “God, I Can’t Stop…
0135: Sex in the Mormon News March 2018
Natasha Helfer Parker hosts a panel with Shannon Hickman and Kristin Marie Bennion (all AASECT Certified Sex Therapists and members of the Mormon Mental Health Association) where they all help a mom, Camille Bailey Aagard, go through a letter she…
133: Response to the Church’s Updated Guidelines in Preventing and Responding to Abuse
Natasha Helfer Parker and Tim Birt, both mental health professionals and members of the Mormon Mental Health Association, have a discussion and response in regards to the guidelines that were updated and released yesterday by the Church of Jesus Christ…
132: Prior Bishop Speaks to how Church Addresses Sexual Abuse Cases
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews a prior bishop… who is choosing to remain anonymous due to a variety of concerns he has about talking about these topics to begin with (i.e. confidentiality of those he has served as a bishop, confidentiality…
Episode 125: Protect LDS Children – One of the Many Stories Part 2
Sandy” (not real name) shares her story that she submitted to the protectldschildren.org page. She discusses with Natasha the ways that these worthiness interviews allow a setting where sexual assault can and does take place. Not to mention the blurring of…
Episode 124: Protect LDS Children – One of the Many Stories Part 1
“Sandy” (not real name) shares her story that she submitted to the protectldschildren.org page. She discusses with Natasha the ways that these worthiness interviews allow a setting where sexual assault can and does take place. Not to mention the blurring of…
123: Sex in the Mormon News #2
Natasha Helfer Parker leads a monthly podcast “bookclub style” with colleagues who also happen to be AASECT Certified Sex Therapists in regards to current articles, news stories, research, etc. that have to do with the Mormon community from a sex-positive…
122: Mental Health Professionals Discuss the New Missionary Questions
Natasha Helfer Parker has a discussion with Dr. Randy Moss, who received his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Brigham Young University, and Braxton Dutson, CSW, who received his Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Utah about the…