The NAMI Radio Hour

This episode of the NAMI Radio Hour features Clint Fletcher, CRNA and owner of Complete Ketamine, located in Brentwood, Tennessee. Clint opened Complete Ketamine Solutions in Sept 2018. He tells us about Ketamine and how he has administered treatments in his clinic as a treatment for depression and related disorders. We also discuss FDA approval and the off label use of Ketamine as well as the upcoming new nasal spray Esketamine. The NAMI Radio Hour is hosted by Jeff Fladen, NAMI TN Executive Director and is broadcast live Wednesdays at 10 AM CT at www.radiofreenashville.org.

NAMI In Our Own Voice presentations change attitudes, assumptions and ideas about people with mental health conditions. These free minute presentations provide a personal perspective of mental health conditions, as leaders such as our guest, Lori Branigan talks openly about what it's like to have a mental health condition. We are seeking organizations that would like an IOOV presentation as well as people that would like to help others by sharing their story. Contact info@namitn.org for more info.

Jennifer Drake-Croft, MSSW | Director of Early Childhood Well Being Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY) is the guest on this episode of the NAMI Radio Hour. TCCY has intensified its advocacy of and collaboration for Early Child Well-Being/Adverse Childhood Experiences. This work, including training, collaboration and advocacy on a number of levels, is being overseen by Jennifer Drake Croft who visits Radio Free Nashville and the NAMI Radio Hour 9/20/2017

Vic Moore is guest host on this episode with guest Dave Hodges from the Tennessee Peer Lifeline program. Originally broadcast in 2015, this episode of the NAMI Radio Hour looks at peer involvement with recovery. The Tennessee Lifeline Peer Project was established to reduce stigma related to the disease of addiction and increase access to substance abuse recovery like AA and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. They help connect individuals with treatment and they speak publicly about their own personal experience with recovery.

Social worker, NAMI member, and mental health advocate, Tony Cowan in relatively new to the NAMI world but he has been working to help people for many years both personally and professionally. He shares his story as a care giver and an individual in recovery from mental illness, and his poetry, on this episode of the NAMI Radio Hour podcast series. The NAMI Radio Hour is presented by NAMI Tennessee and is broadcast live Wednesday mornings at 10 AM CT on www.radiofreenashville.org.

This podcast features Jake Coffey, MPH, MA, Director of Advocacy and Planning for NAMI Tennessee discussing NAMI's role with advocacy. Learn about NAMI Tennessee's efforts with Mental Health and Addiction parity, efforts to expand and enhance CIT (Critical Incident Training) for first responders, and more.

Marta B. Hernandez is Supervisor at Turning Point Peer Support Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She is joined in the Radio Free Nashville studio by her husband Paul Fontenot who is also a Certified Peer Support Specialist and clergy member. The NAMI Radio Hour is produced by NAMI Tennessee and is hosted by Jeff Fladen, MSW, Executive Director of NAMI Tennessee. The NAMi Tadio Hour is broascasted live Wednesdays at 10 AM CT at www.radiofreenashville.org

Bonnie Hyler, Coordinator of In Our Own Voice for NAMI Tennessee and Denise Stewart, NAMI TN Volunteer Education Coordinator appear on the NAMI Radio Hour to discuss the NAMI In Our Own voice and upcoming presenter training now scheduled for December, 2018. Learn more by emailing Bonnie at bhyler@namitn.org.

Mary Falls and Sally Smallwood have been championing Medicaid Expansion in Tennessee for several years. Hear how grassroots advocates are making a difference and why hope for Medicaid expansion in our state stays alive. Original broadcast 10/24/18 on WRFN, Radio Free Nashville.

Preview of Beauty and the Brain Beauty and the Brain is a musical event hosted by Jay and Jeshiqua White to raise awareness of mental illness. The event gathers a group of powerful artists voices on stage to spread awareness of this unspoken devastating issue in the music industry.

Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro, commonly called "Rabbi Rami", is an award-winning author, teacher, and speaker on the subjects of liberal Judaism and contemporary spirituality. He joins NAMI Tennessee Executive Director Jeff Fladen on the NAMI Radio Hour to explore paths to healing that may be helpful to anyone that is struggling with obtrusive or negative thoughts or is seeking paths toward wellness.

Brianne Burgoon, M.Ed., ATR, RYT-200 President,Tennessee Art Therapy Association (TATA) visits with Jeff Fladen to discuss art therapy and its role in our mental health treatment system.

In this episode of the NAMI Radio Hour, we learn about service animals. After retiring from a career of teaching and counseling, Brenda Dew, Ph.D., began working with pet therapy and training of service dogs with Retrieving Independence in Tennessee. Learn about service animals, how they are trained, and some of the amazing ways that they can help people that are living with disabilities.

Tom Hunter, CEO of iHope Network, joins NAMI Executive Director, Jeff Fladen, to discuss telemedicine and its use as in psychotherapy over the internet. Is this the future of psychotherapy?

In this episode, NAMI TN Director Jeff Fladen visits with Megan Hart and Cecilia Melo-Romieof Tennessee Disability Pathfinder. Tennessee Disability Pathfinder is a statewide, comprehensive information and referral for services and resources for all types of disabilities and all ages. Pathfinder is a partnership with the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Kelly Dorsey is an employee of the Volunteer State Health Plan/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee and a licensed massage therapist. She will be sharing "Her story it's, my story, it's our story" which chronicles her journey toward recovery and her efforts to help others.

For many, it can be confusing to understand what happens behind the doors of a community mental health center. Richard Gillespie, LMFT is a psychotherapist and marriage and family therapist with Mental Health Co-op in Cookeville, Tennessee. He joined NAMI Tennessee Executive Director, Jeff Fladen, to talk about his work in a community mental health center.

Holly Burrow and Clenetta Perry are two mothers of children with disabilities. Listen as they share how they learned to become grassroots advocates in rural America. Hear two mothers talk about their grassroots advocacy as they learn how to raise children with disabilities. Their volunteer advocacy efforts include teaching NAMI Basics, a six-session program for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents with a mental illness which covers mental illnesses, medication, how to advocate for your child.

Peer support programs provide an opportunity for consumers who have achieved significant recovery to assist others in their recovery journeys. Peer specialists model recovery, teach skills and offer supports to help people experiencing mental health challenges lead meaningful lives in the community. Peer specialists promote recovery; enhance hope and social networking through role modeling and activation; and supplement existing treatment with education, empowerment, and aid in system navigation. Lisa Ragan, Diretor of Peer Recovery Services for TDMHSAS talks with NAMI ED, Jeff Fladen about the peer movement and it's importance for our mental health and substance abuse recovery system.

Legislators, law enforcement, and mental health advocates including NAMI have been concerned about the number of persons with mental illness who end up in our jails an prisons. On this episode, Jeff Fladen, NAMI Tennessee Executive Director looks at corrections reform and pre-arrest diversion. NAMI Tennessee is also part of a collaboration that successfully advocated for the State of Tennessee to approve $15 million for pre-arrest diversion. Several projects are now underway to begin to address this issue.

NAMI Radio Hour guest Sally Reid, author of the "Finding Health, Finding Truth," shares her approach to healing. She describes her work as her work as "a customized blend of Intuitive reading, spirit guided quantum level healing, coaching and teaching to locate and unleash your true self-satisfaction and love."

Nashville coach and psychotherapist Michelle Chalfant explains the Adult Chair, a model that is a psychological understanding of our three primary selves, the inner child, the adolescent, and the adult. The goal of the Adult Chair approach is to lead us to a place of self-love, emotional balance, and joy.

Linda Manning, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and currently serves at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt. As a clinical psychologist she provides mind-body therapy and integrative health consultations for adults who are struggling with chronic illness, trauma, and emotional and physical pain.

Steve Roehm is a Master Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, and Life Coach. This show looks at hypnosis and how it helps people with personal problems and issues including smoking cessation, weight loss, and much more, sometimes as quickly as in one session. The NAMI Radio Hour is hosted by NAMI Tennessee Executive Director, Jeff Fladen

The NAMI Radio Hour explores acupuncture as a treatment for symptoms of mental illness such as anxiety or depression. Our guest, Sepideh Kohanim is a Licensed Acupuncturist who holds a Master's of Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She practices in Nashville, TN.

Trevor Crowder, M.A., Regional Program Manager, Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee discusses the importance of developing healthy brains through the work of child abuse prevention and education.

Elysabeth Benedict holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy from the University of Tennessee and is credentialed as a massage therapist through the International Professional School of Bodywork. Originally broadcast 8/9/17 on the NAMI Radio Hour hosted by NAMI TN Executive Director Jeff Fladen.

Preview of the live filming of Jason DeShaw for Swedish TV show Jill's Veranda which takes place May 24 in Nashville. Contact info@namitn.org for free exclusive tickets to the concert/filming. Hear the story of Doug Seegers from last visit of Jill's Veranda to Nashville.

Many of our warriors come back from their service with mental illness. While many recover others continue to struggle which take an immense toll on the veteran as well as their families and caregivers. NAMI Homefront is a peer taught tool that can help. NAMI Tennessee's Bonnie Hannah explains how Homefront works and how you can help expand it in Tennessee.

Former Tennessee Titan, Gerald McRath is interviewed by NAMI Tennessee Executive Director, Jeff Fladen, on the NAMI Radio Hour, a weekly radio show that examines mental illness and recovery.

Nashville Rapper & Mental Health Advocate Amarii Davu joins host and Director of NAMI Tennessee, Jeff Fladen, in the studio. We hear his track "Helpless" and why Davu speaks out on this important issue.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS ABOUT A MINUTE AT THE BEGINNING OF A PREVIOUS SHOW. STAY TUNED TO LEARN ABOUT SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST. What is a Special Needs Trust? What assets can be protected when government benefits are needed for nursing home care? Darlene Kemp, Executive Director of Vista Points supplies the answer's on this episode of the NAMI Radio Hour.

NAMI Tennessee President Leslie El-Sayad is in the studio for a wide ranging discussion about NAMI, mental illness, and recovery.

NAMI Tennessee Executive Director discusses new research findings of how to better treat a first psychotic episode.

NAMI Radio welcomes guest Amber McDonald to the Radio Free Nashville studio. McDonald is the Director of Government and External Affairs for the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board where she works with 911. She is also an active board member with NAMI Tennessee as well as the Brain Injury Association of Tennessee.

Carrie Churchill is the owner of Back in Touch Wellness Center, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Churchill discusses non-traditional approaches to help reduce symptoms of mental illness including Intuitive Counseling, energy work, acupuncture, nutrition, and essenetial oils.

NAMI Basics Education Program is a signature education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses. The NAMI Basics course is taught by trained teachers who are the parent or caregiver of individuals who developed the symptoms of mental illness prior to the age of 13. Join NAMI Basics trainers Brenda Stacy-Scott and David Scott along with host Jeff Fladen.

Vicky and Russell Rowland join host Jeff Fladen on the NAMI Radio Hour to discuss mental illness from the family perspectives. The Rowlands are NAMI With Hope in Mind teachers and are leaders with their local affiliate, NAMI Dickson in Tennessee.

Join Daisy Jabas, State Director of Depression Bipolar Support Alliance, (DBSA) Tennessee and Amy Ross, Chapter Leader of DBSA Franklin on the NAMI Radio Hour Podcast. DBSA works to improve the lives of those who live with depression(bipolar) through support, education, and advocacy. Hear the NAMI Radio Hour live every Wednesday on www.radiofreenashville.org. Hosted by NAMI Tennessee Executive Director Jeff Fladen.

Adam Graham, LPC/MHSP, Supervisor of Emergency Psychiatric Diversion Services at Mental Health Cooperative in Nashville is this week's guest on the NAMI Radio Hour. Join guest hosts Vik Moore and Roger Stewart as we discuss steps that can be taken to help someone avoid psychiatric hospitalization.

Wendy Sullivan from Tennessee Voices for Children joins Roger Stewart from NAMI Tennessee. Hear how to become a Family Support Specialist (FSS) and help families that have a child with mental illness.

This week, NAMI Tennessee Executive Director Jeff Fladen is alone on the mic. He shares recordings of the new NAMI TN mental illness in prison movie, CODE, which premiers June 18 at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tom Insel's Ted Talk about early intervention for brain diseases, and NAMI IOOV (In Our Own Voice) as well as an update about the newly introduced Murphy Bill.

This episode is about mental illness in prison. Mental Health Administrator and former NAMI Tennessee president Elliot Garrett discusses mental health treatment and correctional officer training within the Tennessee prison system. We explore CODE, the movie about mental illness in prison from filmmaker Dixie Gamble. CODE premiers June 18, 2015 at there Belcourt Theatre in Nashville TN. For more info or to order your own copy, go to www.codethemovie.org .

Lauren Ruth Martin is a therapist with Psychē PLLC, a boutique outpatient practice in Nashville, Tennessee specializing in unique customized CBT and DBT based treatments for adolescents and adults. Topics covered: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Environmental Interventions, Boot Camp for teens, and the concept of case management for private pay clients.

NAMI Radio Hour from 5/6/15 with Steven Davidson, licensed clinical social worker and certified sex therapist and host Jeff Fladen, NAMI Tennessee Executive Director.

Learn about Eating Disorders with today's guest, Courtney Grimes, Private Practice Therapist and Clinical Director of the Eating Disorder Coalition of Tennessee recorded live on Radio Free Nashville with host Jeff Fladen, Executive Director of NAMI Tennessee.

Bishop William Young, Sr. Pastor and Dianne Young, Pastor of the Healing center in Tennessee discuss emotional wellness, spirituality, the Suicide and the Black Church and much more on the NAMI Radio Hour. Listen live Wednesday's at 10 AM CST at www.radiofreenashville.org or on Pomomatic.

Greg Bennett, Regional Coordinator with Centerstone ReConnect discusses his journey from addiction to becoming a helper of others.

Two courageous people talk about their mental illness from the days when symptoms first became apparent through their struggles to cope and recover. This is a rare opportunity to hear what life is really like living with severe mental illness.