Rachel Semrow who is a therapist at Peaceful Solutions Counseling talks with Lee Shipway about Anxiety and Depression.   Find out how to recognize the symptoms, what to do about it, and how you might prevent it. 

We interview several people in this episode which highlight addiction issues among teens.  

The first interview is with two 15 year old teens in our area who describe their path to addiction, and what helped them find recovery. The second interview is with a twenty-one year old who honestly talks about her story from addiction to recovery.  The last interview in this episode is with Deb Piskoty MA, LMFT,CSAS, ICS who is one of the therapists who provide treatment services in our agency.  Deb discusses the different levels of treatment, the trends she sees with teens in our community, and her message to teens.  For more information about us, you can log onto www.PeacefulSolutions.org

This episode is sponsored by Thrivent Financial. 

Jolene Nowak M.S.,L.P.C. a mental health therapist from Peaceful Solutions Counseling and Lee Shipway M.S.W.,L.C.S.W. (Co-Executive Director) discuss the complexities of childhood trauma and provide a general overview of how trauma affects children's physical and emotional health and development, and of what it takes for children to heal.

Lee Shipway and Todd Werner discuss the dynamics of domestic violence as well as describing the program they provide for people who are abusive in their intimate relationships. The group is called the SAFE Program.