Mental Health & Substance Abuse Counseling

Episode 19: Active Shooter Awareness with Dr. Mary Schoenfeldt, Part Two

Is it better to run, hide, or fight? When it comes to responding to an active shooter, there’s drills, strategies, and even testimonials that you can train on, but Dr. Schoenfeldt says teaching’s the real secret. Following up from last week, Kelly dives back into active shooter response management with Dr. Mary Schoenfeldt, an emergency…

Upset young man talking with his father.

Episode 15: Preventing Teen Suicide with Clark Flatt, Part 2

Warning: The following interview contains graphic depictions of suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. There’s a surprising amount of signs that can precede a suicide attempt. People may experience symptoms of melancholy, rapid moodswings, severe depression, and more. In this follow-up from our previous episode, Rick Hoaglund joins Clark Flatt, President and Founder of the Jason…

This November 2021 dusk photo shows low clouds over Te Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand. The community of Governors Bay is in the centre. The community jetty, with its earthquake-collapsed section, is visible. This area is part of Horomaka Banks Peninsula in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Episode 13: Surviving the Christchurch Earthquake with Jolie Wills, Part 2

How does a community recover from a devastating natural disaster? Where do businesses get started again? How are homes rebuilt? And when do families start healing? In this follow-up episode, Christchurch earthquake survivor Jolie Wills joins Rick Hoaglund once again to talk about how her community responded to the devastation, and how her own experiences…

House being demolished

Episode 12: Surviving the Christchurch Earthquake with Jolie Wills, Part 1

On Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Christchurch, New Zealand in what would go on to be the country’s fifth-deadliest natural disaster. Homes were lost, businesses destroyed, local monuments demolished and families were devastated by the rampant destruction that roared forth from the earth. And nobody knows it better…