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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. Dr. Erika Lin-Hendel joins as a co-host for season 3.
United States of PTSD
S 3 Season Three Thanks And A Holiday Pause
Happy Holidays everyone. See you in 2026 and thank you for all the support.
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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
Hi everybody and welcome back to the United States of PTSD. I wanted to say hello and happy holidays to each and every one of the listeners. And to thank you all for a great season three. This season has had more downloads and more numbers than I have seen in any of the previous seasons. So thank you all so much for listening to it and sharing with other people. And I hope that you continue to do so even during our break. If you haven't already, maybe you could give us a five-star review and also, like I said, share it with anybody that you think would be interested. Now, with that, Erica and I will be taking a break for the holiday season with a plan to come back at the beginning of the year and start season four. I am currently looking for more guest speakers. So if you or anybody you know would be interested in coming on the podcast and talking about your own experiences with PTSD or why you think the current country is causing that in people, you can certainly shoot me an email at matt at unitedstatesofptsd.com. Again, that is matt at unitedstatesofptsd.com. I would ask that during the holiday season you do not lose focus on the atrocities that are impacting our world. That doesn't stop just because of the holidays. We hope that each one of you would continue to help other k to help educate other people about the atrocities that are going on and the genocides, including Palestine, Congo, and the Sudan. These are all things that can only continue to grow if we have or if we continue to turn a blind eye to them. So educate anybody if you can and make your voice heard. With that, please be safe and healthy. I will be releasing episodes on my other podcast called If You're Not Fabulous, You're Doing It Wrong during the break. The next one should be coming out in the next couple of days. And that one is going to be called or is called The Power of No Saying No. So once again, thank you everybody and have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year until 2026. Take care.
Matthew Boucher LICSW LCDP
Host
Donna Gaudette
Co-host
Dr. Erika Lin-Hendel
Co-host
Julia Kirkpatrick
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Wendy Picard
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