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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041: Transmormon: the Story of Eri Hayward Part 1
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…
033: SAMHSA on Mormon Mental Health
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…
032: Human Rights Campaign – Working for LGBT Mormons
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…
031: HOPE4UTAH – Suicide Prevention
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…
030: Depression and LDS Women
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…
029: Treating Depression in Mormon Culture
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…
023: Childhood Sexual Abuse with Dr. Barbara Morrell
This is a rebroadcast of an interview which was published on October 20, 2011 at Mormon Stories Podcast. In today’s interview, Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Barbara Morrell — a licensed psychologist working in the Brigham Young University Counselling and Psychological Services.…
022: Pros of Prozac with Beca Mark
Beca Mark wished she could have found this book when hopelessly struggling with depression and anxiety after having her first child. She takes you on a heartfelt journey and shares how healing only came when combining a daily Prozac prescription…
011: Postpartum Depression Within Mormonism Part 3
This is a rebroadcasting from Mormon Stories where Natasha Helfer Parker (The Mormon Therapist) interviews “Sarah,” an LDS mother of four who has a history of depression starting in adolescence followed by a serious bout of postpartum depression after the birth…