Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Kris Doty regarding a qualitative exploratory study she conducted and presented at Utah Valley University with active LDS women diagnosed with depression attempting to understand possible contributing factors. Factors which deemed significant were genetics, history of…
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029: Treating Depression in Mormon Culture
This interview took place in September 2011 on Mormon Stories and is being rebroadcasted here on Mormon Mental Health. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Christopher Helfer and Dr. Vicki Winkle, two 4-year residents at the University of Utah in the…
028: Powerful Puberty: How Self-Care of Mothers Impacts their Adolescent Daughters – Part 2
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lilian Starling, CMT regarding a paper she presented at the 2013 national AASECT conference regarding how the self-care of mothers can impact their daughter’s developmental journey through puberty. At puberty girls experience significant physician and emotional changes. How…
025: Advocating for Your Gay Mormon Family Member – Part 3
Wendy and Tom Montgomery are devout Mormons from California who have five children. They were part of the movement of many LDS members who pounded on doors in 2008 to support the passage of Proposition 8, the state referendum that overturned…
024: Advocating for Your Gay Mormon Family Member – Part 2
Wendy and Tom Montgomery are devout Mormons from California who have five children. They were part of the movement of many LDS members who pounded on doors in 2008 to support the passage of Proposition 8, the state referendum that overturned…
023: Advocating for Your Gay Mormon Family Member – Part 1
Wendy and Tom Montgomery are devout Mormons from California who have five children. They were part of the movement of many LDS members who pounded on doors in 2008 to support the passage of Proposition 8, the state referendum that overturned…
023: Childhood Sexual Abuse with Dr. Barbara Morrell
This is a rebroadcast of an interview which was published on October 20, 2011 at Mormon Stories Podcast. In today’s interview, Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Barbara Morrell — a licensed psychologist working in the Brigham Young University Counselling and Psychological Services.…
022: Pros of Prozac with Beca Mark
Beca Mark wished she could have found this book when hopelessly struggling with depression and anxiety after having her first child. She takes you on a heartfelt journey and shares how healing only came when combining a daily Prozac prescription…
021: Heidi Nielson Packard’s Grief Journey Losing her Sister to Cancer
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Heidi Nielson Packard originally from Mesa, AZ, who currently lives in Georgia. She is from a large, faithful Mormon family, went to BYU-Provo where she met her husband and now has 4 children. She is currently…
020: Dustin Jones and the Lingering Legacy of the LDS Negro Doctrine – Part 3
This is a rebroadcasting of an interview that was conducted on Mormon Stories in May of 2011. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dustin Jones, a black active latter-day saint, about the unique challenges of growing up Mormon as one who has African ancestry. Dustin is…