Navigating the unknowns:
family support podcasts
Families experience joys and challenges. During times of crisis, the challenges may feel overwhelming. This podcast series offers expert information, tips, and resources for navigating family stress and strengthening family relationships.
The Jordan Institute for Families in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention have collaborated to develop these podcasts. Please listen to learn how to navigate family relationships during crises, while living with young children, older adolescents, and young adults. Listeners can also learn more about having self-compassion and the benefits of sharing compassion with others.
Finding Self-Compassion and Sharing Compassion with Others
In this episode, Dr. Isaiah Pickens discusses the importance of self-compassion and showing ourselves kindness during these trying times and how sharing compassion with others can help mitigate the stress in our own lives. Dr. Pickens is a clinical psychologist and founder of iOpening Enterprises, a professional development and media company that helps people and organizations use psychological science to unlock their potential. He is also an Assistant Director at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.
Expert:
Assistant Director of Service Systems
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
Founder, iOpening Enterprises, a mental health and wellness education company
Assistant Director of Service Systems at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at UCLA
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Supporting, Empowering, and Honoring Older Adolescents in Dealing with Loss
In this episode, Dr. Isaiah Pickens explores strategies parents can use for supporting, empowering, and honoring older teenagers in their home that are experiencing loss. Adolescents are at a unique developmental stage that can be especially challenging when their opportunities are limited, and special dreams are lost due to outside forces.
Dr. Pickens, a clinical psychologist and founder of iOpening Enterprises, a professional development and media company that helps people and organizations use psychological science to unlock their potential. He is also an Assistant Director at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.
Expert: Isaiah B. Pickens, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Service Systems
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
Founder, iOpening Enterprises, a mental health and wellness education company
Assistant Director of Service Systems at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at UCLA
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Surviving and Thriving when Young Adults Live at Home
This podcast, hosted by Dr. Sarah Verbiest, introduces four young people who contribute to the discussion on strategies for youth and their parents on navigating the conflicts and opportunities of sharing a home. Dr. Verbiest is the Director of the Jordan Institute for Families and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She has over 20 years’ experience working in maternal and child health and is the mom of two young adults who both live at home.
Expert:
Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH
Director, The Jordan Institute for Families School of Social Work, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Guest Speakers:
Emiko LeNeave, Graduating Senior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Relations – Global Studies
Lizzie Irvin, Graduating Senior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Advertising and Public Relations
Kylie Verbiest, Web Developer/Innovator
Ty Verbiest, CNA/College Student
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Understanding the Stressors
In this episode, Dr. Todd Jensen will help listeners understand and characterize family stressors. Dr. Jensen offers tips for listeners to help them better manage family stress.
Dr. Jensen is a Family Research and Engagement Specialist in the Jordan Institute for Families and a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Experts:
Todd M. Jensen, Ph.D., MSW | Research Assistant Professor | School of Social Work, Family Research and Engagement Specialist | Jordan Institute for Families University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Resources: Jordan Institute for Families
Grieving Loss
In this episode, Dr. Todd Jensen interviews Dr. Deborah Barrett, a licensed clinical social worker who has extensive experience conducting individual and group therapy. She shares her thoughts about family loss and grieving.
Dr. Jensen is a Family Research and Engagement Specialist in the Jordan Institute for Families and a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Barrett is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Experts:
Todd M. Jensen, PhD, MSW | Research Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Family Research and Engagement Specialist, Jordan Institute for Families University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Deborah Barrett, Ph.D. | Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Resources: Jordan Institute for Families
Living with Young Children, Part 1
In this episode, Dr. Paul Lanier has a conversation with Julie Smith and Brooklyn Crawford, Clinical Home Visitors, based in eastern North Carolina about challenges families are facing with parenting young children during difficult times. This conversation is followed by one with Maxine Eichner, the Graham Distinguished Professor of Law at University of North Carolina School of Law, about federal policy changes needed to create stronger supportive systems for children and families.
Administrators, other leaders, and advocates for families and children will find this podcast most helpful.
Dr. Paul Lanier is the Wallace Kuralt Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Experts:
Dr. Paul Lanier | Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Brooklyn Crawford | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Easter Seals Newbern Child First Clinician
Julie Smith | Licensed Clinician, Child First
Maxine Eichner | Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
Resources: Jordan Institute for Families
Living with Young Children, Part 2
In this episode, Dr. Paul Lanier has a conversation with Dr. Lindsay Huffhines about unique stressors for families during these difficult times and practical tips parents can use to support infants and toddlers in handling stress and emotions. Parents and caregivers will find this podcast helpful. Dr. Paul Lanier is the Wallace Kuralt Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Lindsay Huffhines is a postdoctoral fellow at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Experts:
Dr. Paul Lanier Associate Professor/School of Social Work University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dr. Lindsay Huffhines Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Psychology Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
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