Extending Branches
Extending Branches is a mental health podcast inspiring hope, healing, and growth for people who know life is more complex than quick answers. Hosted by Dr. Mike Courtney, the show explores anxiety, depression, burnout, boundaries, relationships, grief, trauma, self-care, and the connection between faith and emotional health. Through honest conversation and lived experience, each episode offers practical wisdom and faith-informed insight that respects professional mental health care. If you are struggling, searching, or supporting someone you love, Extending Branches reminds you that healing begins with honesty and showing up.
Extending Branches
Latest Episodes
No Small Decisions - Tracey Robison
In this episode of Extending Branches, Dr. Mike Courtney sits down with Tracey Robison, clinical director at Branches and his friend of more than 20 years, to trace the small decisions that shaped both of their lives. Tracey tells how a ninth-g...
When God Does a Full Circle Thing - Brad White
In this episode of Extending Branches, Dr. Mike Courtney sits down with Brad White, men's minister and associate pastor at New Vision Baptist Church, for a conversation that starts as a reunion between two families who met around a lunch table ...
The Perfect Father - Bill Robison
In this episode of Extending Branches, Dr. Mike Courtney sits down with pastoral counselor and life coach Bill Robison to talk about the father wound: how a father’s presence, absence, words, and example can shape identity, confidence, relation...
The Polyvagal Theory and Jesus - Madison Grissom
In this episode of Extending Branches, Dr. Mike Courtney sits down with counselor Madison Grissom to talk about polyvagal theory: how our nervous systems respond to safety, stress, connection, and overwhelm. In simple, practical language, they ...
Performance Anxiety and the Search for True Identity - Chandler Coley
In this episode of Extending Branches, Dr. Mike Courtney sits down with counselor Chandler Coley to talk about performance anxiety: what happens when pressure crosses the line from helpful focus into fear, panic, and self-doubt. Drawin...