This is a Mormon Matters production – shared here at Mormon Mental Health Podcast with permission. With the renewed conversation in Mormonism about homosexuality initiated by the November 6th policy changes, it has become clear that many Latter-day Saints have…
Category: Sexuality
078: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality – Part 1 Biological Factors
This is a Mormon Matters production – shared here at Mormon Mental Health Podcast with permission. With the renewed conversation in Mormonism about homosexuality initiated by the November 6th policy changes, it has become clear that many Latter-day Saints have…
071: Mixed-Orientation Marriage – A Wife’s Perspective w/ Carol Lynn Pearson
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Carol Lynn Pearson regarding the experiences she had being the heterosexual spouse in a mixed-orientation marriage. Carol Lynne provides a frank and vulnerable personal account as to how she and Gerald came to the decision to…
065: Recommendations from two Mormon Sex Therapists
Natasha Helfer Parker, LCMFT and Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, PhD have a joint discussion where they share their recommendations to bishops, parents and members from the perspective of their clinical experience and training in sex therapy. They start by discussing their…
063: Autism Spectrum and Sexuality
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Stephanie Buehler on the sexual and relational challenges/strengths those with high functioning autism spectrum disorder can bring to the table. They discuss diagnostic criteria, statistics, challenges and experiences marital partners often report, communication dynamics and…
057: Mental Health Benefits & Risks of Religion – Part 2
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Shields Strayer, a cultural anthropologist, regarding the benefits and adverse effects of religious systems and traditions. Chelsea discusses her work from an anthropological lens, looking at how social and religious systems organize themselves in ways…
056: Disabilities from a Mormon Perspective
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Gail Nicolaysen-Shurtleff who has a clinical psychology degree from John F Kennedy University and currently lives in the Netherlands where she runs a private practice. Gail is a lifelong member of the church who was born…
054: Mormons Burning Bridges
This podcast was recorded several months ago and yet is readily applicable as the Mormon church currently grapples with the issues surrounding feminism, faith transition and LGBT members. Hilary Brown embodies a life experience with all three and knows from personal…
053: Current Repercussions of our Polygamous Past
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews a top-notch panel, Lindsay Hansen-Park, Kristine Haglund, and Dr. Kristy Money for a panel discussion regarding the psychological, relational and cultural repercussions Mormons currently continue to wrestle with as they attempt to make sense of their…
052: One Gay Married Mormon Man’s Attempt at Reparative (Conversion) Therapy – Part 3
Given the new show that has recently aired on TLC, My Husband’s Not Gay, Mormon Mental Health Podcast wanted to rebroadcast the interview Natasha Helfer Parker did in October 2010 for Mormon Stories. In this 3-part series Natasha interviews one of her earliest…