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…
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185: Jennifer Limones: A Personal Response to the Recent Abuse Training
Jennifer Limones joins Natasha on this episode of Mormon Mental Health to discuss the recent training the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints released for abuse training and protection of youth and minors. Jennifer, having taken the training, shares…
183: Framing Mormonism that Benefits Mental and Relational Health
Natasha is joined on this episode by Jenny Elledge and Jana Spangler. They talk about aspects or framings of Mormon theology that can be helpful to mental health instead of detrimental. Some of the topics they include are: agency, love…
178: A Personal Story: Gay Son’s Death after Exclusion Policy Announcement
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Alyson & George Deussen. They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lost their son, identified as gay, to suicide almost three years ago after the exclusion policy had been announced.…
177: President and SVP of Affirmations Discuss Reversal of LGBTQIA Policy
Affirmation.org President, Nathan Kitchen, and Senior Vice President, Laurie Lee Hall, join Natasha on this episode of Mormon Mental Health to discuss the impact of the reversal of the “exclusion policy”. They focus on the approach that Affirmations uses: Name…
175: The November 2015 Policy Reversal from a Clinical Standpoint
In this episode of Mormon Mental Health, Natasha is joined by Sara Hughes-Zabawa, Jennifer White and Lisa Butterworth as they discuss the recent reversal of the 2015 exclusion policy surrounding children with LGBTQ+ parents not being baptized and participating in…
173: “The Next Mormon: How Millennials are changing the LDS Church” from a Mental Health Perspective
Dr. Jana Reiss and Dr. Benjamin Knoll recently released a book about a survey they performed and the results, specially about Millennials. The book started 2011 when Dr. Reiss was interested in childhood and adolescents within Mormonism. But it then…
172: Breaking Down the Myths of Cannabis
Ricky and Larry Siegel join Natasha to discuss cannabis and stereotypical myths surrounding its use. Recently a journalist came out with an article (soon to come out with a book) about the “truth” about marijuana. Ricky and Larry go through…
171: Zac Erickson and His Personal and Professional Experience with ADHD
Zac Erickson, Registered Provisional Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, joins Natasha on this episode of Mormon Mental Health. He shares his experience with ADHD and how he now helps those who have been diagnosed with this condition. He…
170: Why “Sex Addiction” Isn’t a Thing – A Personal Story
In this episode, Matt Fullmer joins Natasha to share his experience going through “Sex Addiction Treatment,” coming from the Mormon Tradition. He shares his experiences with the treatment as the church ramped up its porn rhetoric, why the treatment didn’t…