Reach for Understanding

Breakups aren’t always a bad thing! 💙 Tune into this month’s Reach for Understanding episode, The Amicable Split: Ending Therapy. Our hosts, Tom and Ryan, discuss what it means when a patient reaches their treatment goals and “breaks up” with their therapist.

We're kicking off 2024 with a new Reach for Understanding episode, My New Year’s Resolution: Setting Realistic Goals!  This discussion provides listeners with the tools needed to turn aspirations into tangible achievements and make goal-setting easier than ever.Resources https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/2020/01/realistic-new-years-resolutions-for-your-mental-health/ https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/January-2023/Mental-Health-Resolutions-for-the-New-Year https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(19)35776-7.pdf The Importance, Benefits, and Value of Goal Setting (positivepsychology.com) Goal Setting in Counseling and Therapy (Incl. Examples) (positivepsychology.com) Goal Setting and Action Planning for Health Behavior Change - PMC (nih.gov) 

Have you ever asked to yourself what is your peace? How do you find your inner peace? Is it by walking out with your dog in mountains, working out every day, or cooking while you listen jazz music?There are many ways to achieve inner peace and happiness. One way might work for you but not for others. Finding serenity and happiness cannot be achieved overnight; it is an ongoing process. 

Crisis can happen unexpectedly to anyone. According to one of the largest studies of mental health risk among the U.S. Military, the rate of major depression among soldiers was five times as high as civilians, and the rate of PTSD was nearly 15 times higher.Hear Thomas Franchi and Sara Cochran talk about #Veterans, the experience of war heroes, and how this experience can impact their mental health.

While many of us enjoy staying connected on social media, excessive use can fuel feelings of anxiety, depression, isolation, inclusive Fear of missing out. Just as social networks have good things, they can also be harmful if the risks and effects that they can produce are not known.Let's learn and understand a little more about how social media can affect mental health together with Joe Oria and Thomas Franchi, in the new episode of Reach for Understanding.

It is common for athletes to take time to recover after spraining an ankle or breaking a wrist. Those injuries are easy to see and come with a clear understanding that they cannot be ignored. But what about when athletes need to step away to tend to their mental health needs?Depression and anxiety are not diagnoses evident on an X-ray or MRI, but they can be every bit as limiting or debilitating as a physical injury. Too often, however, these issues are ignored in the name of grit. Let's talk and understand more about how mental health can affect athletic performance and why athletes should prioritize mental health in the new episode of Reach for Understanding with Joe Oria and Thomas Franchi!

In the last two years, conversations around mental health and the potential impact on mass casualty incidents have been augmented by the onset of the pandemic. In this new episode of Reach for Understanding, we want to talk about the makeup of mass bit people engaging in mass shootings. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness, defined as a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, or mood, each year, approximately 52.9 million Americans. Listen to Joe and Thomas in this new episode, and let's understand that the correlation between shooters and mental health is not an indication that individuals with mental health engage in violent acts.

Welcome to Reach for Understanding!  Hosted by Joseph Oria and Tom Franchi. This podcast will look at mental health incidents in America, tools that can and will be used to help anyone dealing with a mental health crisis, and how situations can be handled better.  Nearly one in four Americans will deal with some sort of mental health issue in their lives and knowing what and how to handle it can improve outcomes exponentially.This first episode looks at the National 988 number going live on July 16th and the impacts it will have on people in crisis.  We delve into what is a crisis and what someone might be going through to make them need to call the crisis line.  This podcast is sponsored by Community Reach Center, a private community mental health nonprofit, serving Adams and Broomfield Counties in Colorado.

 August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. On our latest episode titled "Overdose Awareness," Ryan and Tom invite us to engage in the topic of Overdose Awareness month. The statistics of overdoses in America.  Listen to learn about fatal and non fatal overdose's and how we as a community can help the substance use and overdose problem. for more information please visit Overdoseday.com 

In our latest episode titled "Minority Mental Health Disparities," Ryan and Thomas invite us to engage in a profound conversation about the mental health of minorities and the importance of addressing existing disparities. We'll explore the unique challenges faced by minority communities in accessing mental health care and discuss how we can collaborate to create a more inclusive and equitable future. 

Whether you’re directly involved in an incident of gun violence, you’re a witness to a shooting, or simply hear about the events on the news, you can become traumatized or develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).You and your loved ones can recover from traumatic stress by using some strategies that Thomas Franchi and Tiffany Stewart discuss in the new episode of Reach for Understanding

Listen to the new podcast of Reach for Understanding with Thomas Frenchi and Austin Jones and learn how more and more, schools are recognizing this need and for the first time are allowing a set number of days for kids to stay home from school for mental health reasons!