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United States of PTSD
Season One: Mental health concerns are on the rise in the United States. This podcast will look at the influencing factors contributing to the decline of our culture. With the rise of school shootings, political divisiveness, increasing levels of hate, and a chronic war of peoples' rights, we have entered a domestic war that never ends. Our podcast will look at whether this is done by design or is it an abject failure. We will discuss it from a clinical and common-sense perspective. Secondarily we will discuss ways to protect yourself from being further traumatized. Hosted by Matthew Boucher LICSW LCDP (licensed in RI) who has over 20 years of experience working with people who have addictions and trauma with a specialty of pregnant/postpartum women. Co-host Wendy Picard is a Learning and Development consultant with 15 years of experience, lifelong observer of the human condition, and diagnosed with PTSD in 1994.
Season Two: Is joined by Donna Gaudette and Julia Kirkpatrick BSW. Julia is currently working on obtaining her MSW and her LCSW. She is a welcome addition to the podcast.
Season Three: Cora Lee Kennedy provided research and worked as a temporary co-host.
United States of PTSD
Episode 6 Comedy
Wendy and Matt bring on a guest speaker to talk about her history of trauma and how she has channeled it into her own comedy. Please see her bio.
Melissa Bowler is a highly accomplished comedian and professional development facilitator. She has been performing comedy for the past 20 years and has successfully taught thousands of professionals. Her award-winning curriculum, ‘Connecting Through Comedy’ has been utilized in many professions and fields such as medicine, education, food service, human resources and more. She has been widely praised for her ability to help professionals build meaningful relationships and foster collaboration through the use of comedy.
Melissa Bowler (melissa-bowler.com)
Story reference in the podcast
Woman Jumps Out Of Boyfriend's Car On 95 (abc6.com)
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/no-time-to-die
License code: S4CEQWLNQXVZUMU4
Artwork and logo design by Misty Rae.
Special thanks to Joanna Roux for editing help.
Special thanks to the listeners and all the wonderful people who helped listen to and provide feedback on the episode's prerelease.
Please feel free to email Matt topics or suggestions, questions or feedback.
Matt@unitedstatesofPTSD.com
