Unqualified Therapists Inc.

PTSD and CPTSD...That is a lot of letters. It also takes up a lot of pages in the DSM. We unpack these two: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on this episode with Dr. Katie Stewart.   It is part 3 of our series: The Unqualified meet The Qualified.   YOU can help us to keep the mics on and join our community as little as $5 as we continue to  stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com Take a Buti Yoga class with Amy here: amybaumgardner.com  

This one is near and dear to my heart. For years, I lived in fear of anyone finding out my husband had Bipolar Disorder. It was the loneliest time of my life. I never want anyone else to have to travel that road alone. This is why Sarah and I do what we do, we talk about the things no one talks about to try to remove the stigma. We bring Dr. Stewart back for our 2nd installment of "The Unqualified Meet the Qualified." Did you ever wonder what the difference is between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2? How can we help and support those living with Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia? How can we have more empathy toward family and friends dealing with these illnesses? Do you know what words are offensive to throw around when not used in the proper way (hint: manic, bipolar, psychotic)?  Once again, Dr. Stewart busts out her copy of the DSM to share with us the facts. She clears up myths and explains each of these illnesses in depth. We hope you take away some new knowledge and understanding of these two complicated illnesses. Learn more about Dr. Stewart here. The Ozark clip mentioned in the episode and my thoughts can be found here. Check out Michelle Hammer's Instagram (schizophrenic.nyc) page here.    YOU can help us to keep the mics on and join our community as little as $5 as we continue to  stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com Take a Buti Yoga class with Amy here: amybaumgardner.com

Every month, week, and day is focused on mental health awareness here at the UT, but for the rest of the world, May is the official Mental Health Awareness month.  We are bringing you a series of episodes this month full of information, facts, and myth busting tidbits surrounding all things mental health.  Dr. Katie Stewart is a Psychologist who is truly a qualified expert. Her belief is that, "Human beings need to be seen, to be heard, to have a sense of connection, and to have a sense of belonging."   This week we are talking about Anxiety and Depression. These are two incredibly common illnesses that are still surrounded by stigma and myths. Katie helps us to differentiate between the two, explain why they so often go together, and what we can do to help treat them both.  Learn more about Dr. Stewart here.   YOU can help us to keep the mics on and join our community as little as $5 as we continue to  stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Leave us a voicemail or review on our new website: unqualfiedtherapists.com   Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com Take a Buti Yoga class with Amy here: amybaumgardner.com  

*Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion surrounding suicide and suicidal ideation. This week’s episode proved to be one of our most difficult for us. The complexities, layers, and perspectives surrounding a person’s mental illness and suicide are endless. We struggled to tell this story of Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy. You may have heard about this case as the girlfriend who pushed her boyfriend to complete suicide. While that is a part of the story, it isn’t the entire story.  We tell you every week that we are Unqualified Therapists and for this episode we are just as unqualified with the law. That isn’t what this episode is about. This is the story of a tragedy, as much of it as can be told from what we know. Even after pouring over thousands of text messages between the two of them, we will never know everything that was going on in the minds of these two teenagers. It is still important for pieces of the story to be told and to shed light on the gray world of mental illness.    🤍YOU can help us to keep the mics on and join our community as little as $5 as we continue to  stop the stigma surrounding mental health.   Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com Take a Buti Yoga class with Amy here: amybaumgardner.com

"You think you know but you have no idea." No, this isn't an episode of MTV's Diary but you get the point. In this episode we dive into who we are, why we're here, and why we're qualified to be your unqualified therapists.  While we share some pretty deep stuff, don't worry, we also throw in some weird and fun stuff about ourselves and each other. Listen in to hear how we can learn more about you as well! We're loving this community and getting to know you all better has been a privilege and we can't wait for what's to come!  We love you! Xo, Sarah and Amy YOU can help us to keep the mics on and join our community for as little as $5 as we continue to  stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com  

Wouldn't it be amazing if there was a "Magic Pill" to cure all of our mental health struggles and mental illnesses?  SPOILER ALERT: That is FALSE. (A little "Office" humor) Since there isn't one, we decided to share our tool box (now referred to as our UHaul) of tips and tricks with all of you. Research, listener suggestions, and our personal strategies to cope are discussed in this episode.  Along with all of this goodness, we get to share our first voicemails from listeners! Be sure to stay until the end to hear from our community. If you missed getting a voicemail into us, there is still time. We will be adding them into other episodes, as well. Head on over to our new website and click on the microphone. Resources from today's show can be found here.   YOU can help us to keep the mics on and join our community as little as $5 as we continue to  stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com  

Death is inevitable for all of us, for everyone we love, and for the loved ones of of our family and friends. Often when someone dies we don't know what to do. We might not know how to make arrangements or the choices available. We might struggle with the right thing to say to someone we love who is mourning a loss. Death is a complicated subject fueled with emotion. Here at the UT, we believe that information is power and in that power we can feel a little more comfortable with the most uncomfortable topic.   Christy Chiappone has been a funeral director and embalmer for over 20 years. She knows the ins and outs and gives us some amazing advice and information on what to do when someone dies. Listen in this week as she gives us her story of being called to this very important career and helps us understand all the details surrounding death. Reach out to Christy if you have any questions about the funeral process on Instagram @christychiappone She would be happy to answer them.     Send us your mental health tips here: Record Voicemail (Click on the microphone in the lower right hand corner)  Join the cause and support the fight to end the mental health stigma for as little as $5  Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com

Do you feel like you are juggling too many things? Are you wearing ALL the hats? Are you exhausted at the end of the day, but feel like you didn't get anything done? Is the list of things you still need to do running through your head when you lay down at night in bed?  In our recent research interviews with women across the country, one of the daily frustrations many women have is trying to get all the things done that need done in a day. It is hard to get everything accomplished when we are feeling overwhelmed.  This week, Megan Sumrell shares with us tips to take back our schedule and free up our brains. The first step is to move out of our overwhelmed state and Megan tells us exactly how to do that. It is possible to get the things done you need to do without burning ourselves out. Listen in as she gives us a 5 step weekly planning process that will get you on the path to reclaiming your calendar.  Megan Sumrell is a self proclaimed time management expert for overwhelmed women. She is empowering women to achieve Work + Life Harmony through time management and productivity.   You can find Megan on Facebook , Instagram , and all the other places here. Be sure to visit her pages, there are countless tools and tips you can access for free! If you want to work with her one on one, be sure to reach out.   Join the cause and support the fight to end the mental health stigma for as little as $5  • Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  • Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  • Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI • Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA • Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com  

Complex PTSD is something neither one of us had heard of until one of us got the diagnosis. That can often be how it goes, but instead of being scary, it put a name to all the symptoms and emotions. Sarah tells her story of how she got here, a place of loss and grief piled up so high that sifting through was nearly impossible. She shares how the famous line, "It could always be worse," caused emotions to never be dealt with and therefore creating that massive pile of traumatic events untouched. She shares with us how she walks the line between these two worlds. One side full of peace and joy and one side with the drop into the abyss of depression and how the big loss of her mom five months ago shoved her right over that cliff.  Sarah also give us her tips for making it through. Some ideas to add to our suitcase of healing. None of them are the magic fix, but each one does a small thing to help her move a little bit closer to the other side where calmness and peace are waiting.    Join the cause and support the fight to end the mental health stigma for as little as $5 We would LOVE to have you in our community.  Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI  Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com Enjoy a Buti Yoga class with Amy here: Buti Yoga with Amy

Holy sh*t have we learned so much these last 18 months! We've talked to so many survivors, experts, Warriors, and leaders and have felt the impact of this on our own lives and healing processes. With that being said, we feel like we are in a spot to really uplevel and evolve this podcast to be even better for YOU!  So if you listened to this little ditty and feel like you're a match to help us do just that, here is the link to schedule a time to tell us all about who you are---> Let's talk! Thank you so much for riding the waves with us.  We are truly thankful for you and your support!  I can't wait to see what awaits us all! Join the cause and support the fight to end the mental health stigma for as little as $5: https://www.patreon.com/unqualifiedtherapistsinc?fan_landing=true Get your own Popl digital business card for 20% off! www.popl.com with code UTI at check out! Starting your own podcast and want an easy and affordable platform? Get your first month FREE by using this link: https://www.podbean.com/UTI Find all things UTI here: https://linktr.ee/UnqualifiedTherapists  Have a story to share? Contact us here: https://forms.gle/fudAMMXMnrKGXFfTA Find alternative therapies and items to express yourself here: www.livemagique.com Enjoy a Buti Yoga class with Amy here: https://www.facebook.com/butiyogawithamy