Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia.  From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia.  From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia.  From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews John Simpson, a therapist who has worked with the forensic population for 30+ years – specifically those who sexually abuse women, men and children.  He has treated more than 1700 people who have been convicted of…

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John Larsen has been a controversial figure within the Mormon internet community due to his podcast Mormon Expression, which often irreverently criticizes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  At the same time, he has much experience dealing with…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Carol Boyer of the Department of Labor: Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP).  They discuss a myriad of issues: from Carol surviving polio as a child, the importance of vaccinations, the impact chronic illness had on…

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This interview was broadcasted on Mormon Stories in October of 2011.   Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Barbara Morrell — a licensed psychologist working in the Brigham Young University Counselling and Psychological Services. She divides her time between doing psychotherapy and…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Eri Hayward; her parents, Ed & Keiko Hayward and her boyfriend, Mike.  They discuss Eri’s journey as a transgender woman within the construct of growing up in an active Mormon family devoted to their faith.  Eri…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Eri Hayward; her parents, Ed & Keiko Hayward and her boyfriend, Mike.  They discuss Eri’s journey as a transgender woman within the construct of growing up in an active Mormon family devoted to their faith.  Eri…

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The sequence in this last piece of the interview was spliced incorrectly – so when you think it ends, it doesn’t.  We are working on correcting this as soon as possible. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Weidmann regarding having been…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Weidmann regarding having been sexually assaulted on several occasions in her life – the youngest being during nursery at church.  They discuss openly some of her experiences – so please be aware that this interview…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Weidmann regarding having been sexually assaulted on several occasions in her life – the youngest being during nursery at church.  They discuss openly some of her experiences – so please be aware that this interview…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Daniel Dodgen, a clinical child psychologist who works for the US Department of Health and Human Services as the Director of the Division for At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health and Community Resilience, ASPR (Assistant Secretary for…

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This is an interview that was published on Mormon Stories back in March 2011.  In this episode Natasha Parker and John Dehlin interview Dr. Stephanie Buehler — a prominent sex therapist from California, founder of the Buehler institute, and author of the book: Sex, Love and…

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This interview was published on Mormon Stories by John Dehlin.  Mormon Mental Health has permission to post on this venue.  Lindsay Hansen Park discusses her battles with Bulimia, body image, and faith.    Part 1: Lindsay’s battle with bulimia Hide Player | Play in…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Administrator Pam Hyde, J.D. from SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.  They discuss a variety of mental health and substance abuse…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Sharon Groves from the Human Rights Campaign.  They discuss important issues that directly affect the Mormon LGBT population, research implications for families wanting to support their LGBT youth, interfaith efforts that HRC is heading, and…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Greg Hudnall, one of the premier experts in adolescent suicide prevention in the state of Utah. He has served on Utah’s Suicide Prevention Task Force and was asked to testify before congress and the United States…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Kris Doty regarding a qualitative exploratory study she conducted and presented at Utah Valley University with active LDS women diagnosed with depression attempting to understand possible contributing factors.  Factors which deemed significant were genetics, history of…

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This interview took place in September 2011 on Mormon Stories and is being rebroadcasted here on Mormon Mental Health. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Christopher Helfer and Dr. Vicki Winkle, two 4-year residents at the University of Utah in the…

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Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lilian Starling, CMT regarding a paper she presented at the 2013 national AASECT conference regarding how the self-care of mothers can impact their daughter’s developmental journey through puberty.  At puberty girls experience significant physician and emotional changes.  How…

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