Podcasts about pwps

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode 158: What is a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Insights from a Qualified PWPEpisode Description:In this episode of the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast, Dr. Marianne Trent sits down with Ben Olofson, a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), to explore the PWP role, training, and career opportunities. They discuss the journey to becoming a PWP, the challenges and rewards of the profession, and how it fits into the broader landscape of mental health careers. Whether you're considering the PWP pathway or are just curious about this impactful role, this episode is packed with valuable information and inspiration.Guest:Ben Olofson – Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, sharing his experiences, training journey, and insights into the PWP profession.________________________________________Key Takeaways:• PWP Overview: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners primarily work with low mood, anxiety, and other mental health challenges using low-intensity CBT approaches. They offer both individual and group interventions.• Training Pathway: PWPs undergo a year of training, blending academic study with supervised practice, and are supported by supervisors and tutors throughout.• Role Benefits: Offers a structured pathway into mental health work with opportunities for progression to senior roles or alternative careers in psychology.• Caseload Realities: The role involves managing a high volume of clients with robust support systems, including supervision, to prevent burnout.• Career Advice: Reflect on transferable skills, focus on client engagement, and prepare for a varied and rewarding role in mental health.________________________________________Highlights:(00:00) – Episode introduction: Exploring the role of a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.(02:08) – Welcome to guest Ben Olofson, a qualified PWP.(03:35) – What drew Ben to the PWP role and its unique training structure.(05:28) – The balance of academic work and clinical practice in training.(06:34) – Addressing imposter syndrome and the support available for trainees.(08:56) – Practical considerations when applying for PWP roles.(11:04) – Transitioning from training to qualified work and the variety of clinical presentations handled by PWPs.(17:28) – The importance of supervision and personal well-being in the role.(20:54) – Managing high caseloads and the significance of job planning.(23:37) – Long-term career progression within the PWP profession.(25:21) – Pay bands for trainees, qualified, and senior PWPs.(28:48) – Entry requirements and advice for aspiring PWPs.(31:51) – Reflecting on transferable skills and personal experiences for mental health roles.(32:46) – Final thoughts from Ben on the rewards and challenges of being a PWP.Links:

Trans Ova offers many options to producers to get embryos created from their rockstar donors. Regional Operation Directors, Kayla Barton and Tressa Lacy join us this week to discuss the differences between satellites, PWPs, and on farm options for clients. They also provide insightful advice in deciding what's best for you! Get in touch! EAST/South - Kayla Barton - kayla.barton@transova.com Great Lakes - Tressa Lacy - tressa.lacy@transova.com Plains - Ranae Schuttpelz - ranae.Schuttpelz@transova.com  West - Taylor Brown - taylor.brown@transova.com 

Dr. Christian Hageseth is an 82-year-old retired psychiatrist. His first symptoms of PD started 18 years ago, yet he only started taking L-Dopa 2 ½ years ago. He credits his success in slowing PD—almost to a halt—to his attitude, exercise, and practicing yoga. He directed his local PD support group from 2012 to 2019. During that time, the numbers of attendees went from thirteen to more than one hundred every month.  Today he feels it is critically important for PWPs to avoid spending their time looking for for the next new drug to show up. Instead, he says to live life to its fullest. He reminds us that PD does not appreciably shorten the life span of PWPs. And he also reminds us that medications such as L-dopa do not increase longevity. He has always viewed PD as a challenge, not a curse. 

Often people with Parkinson's do not recognize the quietness and clarity of their voice. Expert speech-language pathologist and Founder/CEO of Parkinson Voice Project, Samantha Elandary, joins us to provide advice to PwPs and care partners who are dealing with audibility and clarity difficulties.

The 50th Annual BABCP Conference will take place in London on 20-23 July 2022: https://babcp2022.org/ In this podcast, Prof Shirley Reynolds and Dr Jo Daniels talk about the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and preview the programme for the conference which will include talks and sessions on Adult Mental Health, Children and Young People, Basic Processes and Experimental Psychopathology, Bipolar Disorder, Enduring Personality Issues and Psychosis, Older Adults, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Behavioural Medicine, IAPT and PWPs, Therapeutic Techniques and Innovations in CBT, and Training, Supervision, and Professional Issues.

RePost of 9/2/21 show   Starting off we have Joseph Golomboski talking about the walk at Goddard state Park on September 18th (Interview starts around 5 minutes in) https://www.apdaparkinson.org/community/rhode-island/   Next up we have Ned Neuhaus talking about a fundraiser for rowing 1,000,000 meters (group) in one day on October 23rd! https://www.rowtoslowparkinsons.com/ (Interview starts soon after 17:30)   Finally, we have Scott Rider who talks about a documentary in the works as he rides across America, coming soon. (https://pdacrossamerica.com/) Scott also talks about his 3:00 AM idea of Adaptive housing for PWPs (People with Parkinson's) and building a community. Lastly Scott talks about free genetic testing for PWPs! and much more…(Interview starts around 36 minutes in)

Bob Scudder shares his journey with Parkinson's disease in our POP Profiles series.Because of the inherent value of staying connected with others who are also battling the disease, Power Over Parkinson's has interviewed and shared the stories of a number of People with Parkinson's (PwPs) through its POP Profile series. We thank all of those fighters who have shared their story as part of this series.To learn how POP is supporting the Parkinson's community, visit us at poweroverpd.org

Listen to Joe D'Orazio in our POP Profiles series share how he works hard everyday to live well with Parkinson's disease.Because of the inherent value of staying connected with others who are also battling the disease, Power Over Parkinson's has interviewed and shared the stories of a number of People with Parkinson's (PwPs) through its POP Profile series. We thank all of those fighters who have shared their story as part of this series.To learn how POP is supporting the Parkinson's community, visit us at poweroverpd.org

Did you know that a dog can be trained to help People with Parkinson's? It's true and amazing to learn about. When trained to service PD patients, the dogs can help with freezing, mobility, exercise, get help, fetch medications, push a wheelchair, protect and provide comfort. Most of all they help restore dignity, confidence and independence.  Stay tuned to learn more about these special animals. Warning: this is a tear jerker.

Interviews with David Lucht who is a member of the Parkinson's Chorus of Central Massachusetts. David along with chorus facilitator David Russell talk about the many benefits of joining a Parkinson's chorus group. The 2nd interview is with Russel Joye, the CEO of Mickey's wearables. Russel was inspired to create a product to help out the mobility his dad who was diagnosed with PD 10 tears ago. Another reason to tune in is to catch the radio parkie debut of 170 singers from the Parkinson's International Choir sing What the World needs now is Love sweet Love. Special thanks to Bill Patjane a director of Massachusetts APDA for lining up this inspiring interview

Mr. Hurlbert is a seasoned entrepreneur – with a thirty-year track record of building successful businesses with strong leadership teams. Mr. Hurlbert was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® in 2009 in the Houston and Gulf Coast Area and inducted into the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® Hall of Fame that same year. He was also a founding member of the Young Presidents Organization – Gulf Coast Region. Mr. Hurlbert is currently a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at BrightMark Partners, a growth equity and management firm dedicated to providing capital and resources to venture, growth phase, and middle market businesses. Mr. Hurlbert served as the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Houston based TAS Energy from December of 2001 to April of 2020. TAS is leading provider of high efficiency and modular cooling and energy systems for the data center, commercial, industrial and power generation markets. TAS was sold to publicly traded Comfort Systems (FIX) on April 1st of 2020. Under Mr. Hurlbert's leadership, TAS grew from a “start-up” to a global leader in efficiency/capacity offerings to the industrial, power generation and HVAC industries, renewable energy – including building over 300MW of geothermal plants worldwide, and data center products and services. When TAS was sold to FIX, the company had over 750 employees worldwide and delivered over 2,000 modules to 33 countries globally. Mr. Hurlbert is the Chairman of the Board at Clearas Water Recovery. Clearas utilizes patented, sustainable and proprietary technology to solve high nutrient wastewater challenges in the municipal and industrial water markets. In doing so, Clearas produces a valuable “bio waste” that can be sold into multiple vertical markets. Currently Clearas Water Recovery bio-waste is a sustainable substitute for hyrdro-carbon based products – i.e. it is being used to make foam for Addidas tennis shoes. Mr. Hurlbert sits on the Board of Prostar Geocorp, a company pioneering geospatial intelligence technology in the energy infrastructure and transportation markets. Prostar utilizes a SaaS based business model and has multiple patents and is transforming the way large utilities, construction companies, and states departments of transportation track underground assets and utilities (i.e. natural gas pipelines). Mr. Hurlbert sits on the Board of ATR SmartProcedures, a company pioneering digital transformation in the industrial industry by providing a SaaS based offering to take “paper based” operational, safety, environmental, and maintenance procedures and putting them in the cloud so they are easily accessible by plant employees. ATR has an impressive customer including Exxon, Chevron, Koch, and Commanche Peak. Mr. Hurlbert served from 2012 to 2018 on the Board of Directors at Loenbro, Inc., a diversified energy services and construction company with more than 900 employees. At Loenbro, Mr. Hurlbert provided leadership direction and oversight for the organic and inorganic growth plan, capital partnerships, risk management, organizational development, marketing and business development, as well as general and administrative oversight. Mr. Hurlbert helped Loenbro founders monetize the business in 2018 with a large New York private equity firm. Prior to joining TAS in 2001, Mr. Hurlbert served as the President and General Manager of a Pratt & Whitney Power Systems business unit, P2 Energy. Prior to P2 Energy, Mr. Hurlbert served as President and CEO of the PIC Energy Group. While at PIC, Mr. Hurlbert initiated and closed a joint venture with PWPS, which lead to the formation of P2. This transaction was valued at over $150 million to PIC, which at the time had roughly $25 million in revenue. Mr. Hurlbert left PIC to lead the P2 entity. Mr. Hurlbert is currently the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Local Bounti, a company pioneering sustainable indoor agriculture. Prior to joining PIC as the CEO, Mr. Hurlbert was named General Manager of Global Sales for General Electric's Contractual Services business (GECS). Mr. Hurlbert was integral in building GECS from a “start- up” to over $7 Billion in backlog in just 24 months. GECS was known for pioneering the LTSA product line (long term service agreements) for GE's gas turbine technology. LTSA's became an industry wide standard. Mr. Hurlbert lead the team that developed out the product line, and built the global sales team from the ground up, starting with approximately 15 people and ended with over 150 when he left. When Mr. Hurlbert left GECS, the business had just closed $1 Billion in backlog in the prior quarter. A trend that continued after he left. GECS would go on to become one of the biggest success stories in the history of GE, and GE Power systems. While at GE, Mr. Hurlbert completed GE's esteemed four-week MDC program at Crotonville. Prior to GE, Mr. Hurlbert held the position of Director of International Business Development for Stewart & Stevenson (S&S), the world's largest third-party operator of Power Plants. S&S Power division was purchased by GE. Mr. Hurlbert joined the energy industry in 1990 in a position with North American Energy Services (NAES) a leading operations and maintenance company where he led sales in Latin America. Prior to NAES Mr. Hurlbert served as a Valuation Manager in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group for the Geneva Companies. Mr. Hurlbert successfully valued over 75 middle market businesses, company valuations ranged between $20 and $150 million. Prior to joining Geneva, Mr. Hurlbert was hired off the San Diego State University campus to work for the Ford Motor company in their esteemed “financial management” program. Mr. Hurlbert worked in Ford's “Aerospace” division and was a financial analyst in Ford's advanced “Star Wars” program. Mr. Hurlbert has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from San Diego State and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the California State University – Long Beach. Mr. Hurlbert is the past President and Chairman of the Turbine Inlet Cooling Association. Mr. Hurlbert loves spending time with his wife and three daughters, Ellie, Kate, and Bella. He is also a competitive golfer, having won the 2010 Montana Mid–Amateur and the 2020 Montana Senior Amateur tournaments and other top regional and national golf events. Mr. Hurlbert has competed in 3 USGA events.

Dr. Hageseth dates his first non-motor symptoms to 2004 when his sense of smell disappeared. In 2008 he developed severe constipation which he has had ever since. In 2011 he saw the emergence of a tremor in his right hand which progressed over the following year to involve his entire right side. It went on to include stooped posture, shuffling gait, and problems with balance. A neurologist confirmed his diagnosis in 2012. He tried three different medications over the next four months but discontinued each one due to side effects or lack of efficacy. His neurologist gave him one piece of advice: EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE. A year later many of his symptoms had regressed. He attributed his improvement to the intensity of his exercise and taking up yoga. He established his first website: Sweating Out Parkinson’s Disease. He intended to encourage other PWPs to follow his example. By 2014 he was doing so well that he had a DAT scan to confirm the diagnosis of PD. It was positive. Over the last year and a half, he explored why more people aren’t doing better with PD. It was then that he started to examine how the mind may influence the course of PD. Exercise is the key to living a full life with PD, But if the mind does not believe the degree of improvement that exercise can achieve. Then improvement will only go so far. Because of the problem of dyskinesia developing after five years on levodopa, he thinks newly diagnosed should pursue a program of great intensity and focus and manage their minds, so they realize they can live with PD and not require levodopa.Visit: www.shiftpdmind.com  Youtube Channel   

I have returned from Uganda. Things did not go as planned while I was there, but I’m not going to retell the story of why I returned early. If you want to know about what happened there and why I returned early, send me an email (chag41@outlook.com) I have reconsidered what to call what I do. When I started this process five years ago, I felt I was doing so well because of not just exercise, but the intensity of exercise. Make you sweat. Nowadays all PwPs know about the benefits of exercise. Is there more to it? To reversing symptoms? What happened in my case that I have done so well?  I have determined it is a shift in my mindset. I am renaming my project from Sweating Out Parkinson’s Disease to MINDSHIFT.   I’m back to a regular schedule. Three podcasts a week.

Since appearing on this show last fall, Dr. Hageseth has consulted with scores of what he calls Parkinson’s People (PPs).  PPs consist of Person’s with Parkinson’s (PwPs), caregivers, interested family and many different professionals. Overall PPs are dissatisfied with allopathic medicine, but dissatisfied or not, many take medications with considerable benefit. The majority feel their neurologists do not take enough time with them or discuss other options with them. The Internet abounds with alternative approaches, but sadly, most offer little data or studies to support their claims. I have interviewed several PPs who tried different treatments but with no success. Holistic medicine should have a ‘W’ at the start of the word. Allopathic medicine helps, but it has its difficulties. I envision Wholistic medicine to include allopathic medicine and a healthy dose of Alternative Medicine as well. The following quotes sum up my approach to PD Don't battle PD . . . challenge it - better yet, dance with it. Do not resign yourself to PD, accept it and get on with your life. Only you can engage your BodyMind to bring about self-directed neuroplastic change that will rewire your brain. BUT it's not up to your neurologist, IT'S UP TO YOU!

Dr. Christian Hageseth, a 75-year-old retired psychiatrist has had PD for 5 ½ years. He tried three medications briefly early in his illness, but stopped due to side effects and expense. The day after his diagnosis he started studying yoga and now practices it daily. For exercise he does what he calls Mindful Power Walking and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT, also called Tabata). Finally, he has studied Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and meditates for 45 minutes each morning. He has fewer motor symptoms that are less severe since the time of his diagnosis. Last year he hiked up a 14000-foot mountain peak in Colorado. When meeting people for the first time most cannot tell he has PD. He now feels it’s his mission to train other Persons with Parkinson’s (PwPs) how to reduce their medications, reduce some motor symptoms, and live a fuller life. His program is called Integrating the BodyMind.  www.sweatingoutpd.com  

The effect of Parkinson’s on the voice has been in the news spotlight recently due to Linda Ronstadt’s recent revelation of her diagnosis of PD and her report that she can no longer sing. It is devastating for anyone, let alone a professional singer, to lose her voice. But does it have to happen? Join sound healer and voice expert Judith Kahealani Lynne as she shares some helpful tips on how to keep your voice active, audible and alive. She will be joined by Bianca Molle, author and wellness coach, and they’ll tell us about the Healing Holiday in Hawaii for PWPs and Friends, planned for January, 2014 in Kona, Hawaii. Open and receive the  gifts offered by the healing frequencies of this tropical Paradise. Supported by nourishing, organic, local foods and a restful environment, we will allow the island to work her healing magic on body/mind/heart/soul. We sill visit and do ceremony at sacred sites, learn the graceful movements of the hula, establish a regular qigong and toning practice, and commune with wild dolphins and humpback whales. This promises to be a life-changing experience. Judith will also share some exciting news about the release of her DVD on Toning and Vocal Energetics.  Bianca will share the latest news about her book “Reboot and Rejoice”. For Judith visit: www.PartneringWithParkinsons.com http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vocal-energetics For Bianca visit:: www.mettamorphix.com