Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Donna Kelly, a Utah state prosecutor who has expertise in trying cases dealing with sexual assault and domestic violence. She has helped develop trauma-informed protocol to help law enforcement and other professionals address victims in appropriate,…
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061: Being Heard in Today’s Church
At the April 2015 General Conference, several church members took the unusual step of voicing opposition during the sustaining of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. Frustrated with the lack of dialogue between the church’s top leaders and…
060: Suicide – Part 2
This interview took place in April of 2012 and was released on the podcast Mormon Matters. It is being rebroadcast here on Mormon Mental Health with the permission of Dan Wotherspoon. Suicide affects all of us, and involves so many devastating emotions. Grief…
059: Suicide – Part 1
This interview took place in April of 2012 and was released on the podcast Mormon Matters. It is being rebroadcast here on Mormon Mental Health with the permission of Dan Wotherspoon. Suicide affects all of us, and involves so many…
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…
057: Mental Health Benefits & Risks of Religion – Part 1
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…