Conversations, Connections, and Community
By Debbie Scheer
Debbie Scheer is a professional speaker, humorist, emcee and auctioneer whose mix of heart and humor brings an inviting energy to every event she hosts. Debbie believes in working with causes close to her heart, and much of her work is in support of nonprofits, schools, and other groups in service of their members.
Conversations, Connections and Community is produced by Listen Colorado.
Conversations, Connections, and CommunityNov 03, 2020
Sam Field
Debbie speaks with Sam Field of Field Therapy. Sam is a Licensed professional counselor, a Certified addiction counselor and trained in EMDR and somatic trauma work.
Dr. Shanna Katz Kattari
Debbie interviews the one and only Dr. Shanna Katz Kattari. This episode is from a Facebook Live session. Follow Debbie Scheer Speaks on Facebook to video the video of this episode and watch past and future videos.
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Chrissie Hodges
Chrissie Hodges is a mental health advocate and public speaker on obsessive-compulsive disorder, mental illness, and stigma reduction surrounding mental health. She is the author of 'Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder'. Chrissie works with individuals providing peer support and consultations for referrals and resources for OCD treatment. She provides Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy coaching for individuals in treatment at Effective OCD Treatment. Chrissie is the co-founder of ‘Peer Recovery Services’ managing the Colorado State Government contract placing and supervising Peer Support Specialists in the civilian and forensic State Institutions of mental health. She is the founder and Executive Director of the non-profit OCD Gamechangers. Chrissie was the recipient of the 2017 'Advocacy Hero Award' by the International OCD Foundation.
Jake Mendes
Jake is a Lakewood, Colorado native, and has spent time in New York as an actor, choreographer, and director. Since moving back to Colorado full-time, he has worked as Assistant Director and choreographer at Green Mountain High School and The Arvada Center, and is a teaching artist for DCPA, The Arvada Center, and numerous high schools. Alongside his teaching, Jake is an award-winning actor. He was last seen at The Arvada Center as a part of the Black Box Repertory Company in Murder on the Orient Express, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Small Mouth Sounds. Other shows at The Arvada Center include Bright Star, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line and I’ll Be Home For Christmas. DCPA: Corduroy, This Is Modern Art, The Aurora Fox: Hedwig and The Angry Inch (Henry Award Winner for Best Leading Actor), Off-Broadway: Bunnicula, Pinkalicious: The Musical. NY Theatre: Xanadu, A Man Of No Importance, The Little Dog Laughed, The Normal Heart, The Drowsy Chaperone. Regional Theatre/ Workshops: Flame Broiled, or The Ugly Play, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors, Spring Awakening, Assassins, RENT.
@_jake_mendes_
Zach Rawlings
I hold Master’s Degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Applied Psychology. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who primarily works with survivors of trauma and abuse in my private practice. Many who see me for therapy are experiencing trauma symptoms such as anxiety, excessive fear, or are simply struggling to connect meaningfully with those in their lives. My clinical work is informed by my primary theoretical orientations, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral. Our work together would be a blend of deeply exploring your current situation, past and present significant relationships, and practical skills to use to help experience your emotions and relationships in a more fulfilling way. For those seeking treatment for past trauma, I use a treatment called EMDR to help clients heal from traumatic experiences.
Alex Vaughan
(pronouns: they/them/their)
I am queer person, parent, partner who is nonbinary and trans-masc. I am also a fitness trainer, drag performer, and a trainer in gender identity and sexuality for the workplace. In life, I vow to be awkward, authentic, and vulnerable.
TikTok: @alexthehumanboi
Instagram: @treysuits
Facebook: Trey Suits and Alex Vaughan
Adri Norris of Afro Triangle Designs
At an early age, I knew I wanted to be an artist. Throughout all my live changes, moving from Barbados to New York, to New Mexico, then joining the Marines, art was the one thing that persisted. I was raised to be a leader, to see myself as someone who could help people and improve lives.
It was only in the last few years that I figured out how I would do that. The Women Behaving Badly series was born out of a desire to educate people about women from the past. Their stories have been lost over time and this loss is a disservice to those women, to the women and girls living now and to society as a whole. Sharing these stories through my art inspires young girls with role models they’ve never seen before. These stories make adults think more about what they have and what they have yet to gain by listening to the voices of the unheard.
I feel as though I am at the beginning of my journey. My list of women numbers in the hundreds and I have barely scratched the surface. I intend to be in it for the long haul.
-Adri Norris