Not Alone in The Land

Episode 12 of @NAMI_GC podcast Not Alone in The Land is here! NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker talk with renowned experts Harry Sivec, PhD & Valerie Kreider, PhD about Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis, an evidence-based treatment approach shown to improve symptoms and functioning in people living with psychotic disorders. How does CBT-p work? Who can benefit?  Join us for this ongoing series on demystifying mental health treatment.

Episode 11 of @NAMI_GC podcast Not Alone in The Land is here! NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker talk with internationally renowned expert Dr Lucene Wisniewski PhD about Dialectical Behavior Therapy, a treatment for individuals who need help managing strong emotions, impulsive behavior and thoughts or actions related to self-harm. How does DBT work? Who can benefit?  Join us for this ongoing series on demystifying mental health treatment.

NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker (@portiahugs) talk with NAMI Greater Cleveland interns Tinesha Stevens, communications student at Cleveland State University and Heather Anderson, social work student at Cleveland State University,  about what it's like to intern at NAMI GC and the importance of supporting college students when it comes to mental health.

Episode 9 of @NAMI_GC podcast Not Alone in The Land is here! NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker (@portiahugs) reflect on their favorite moments from NAMIWalk 2021 and what it was like to meet each other in-person for the first time!  Join us for this special episode on the power of coming together.

Dr. Jeff Turell, MD from Strive Mental Health and Wellness joins NAMI GC Program Director Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker to explain Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, a treatment that may help when depression  has not responded to medications and other therapies.  

Dr. Turell explains how TMS works, who might benefit and how to find a TMS-certified physician.

Join us for this first of many episodes on demystifying mental health treatment.

Chris Vavro, LISW of A Space for Healing joins NAMI GC Program Director Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker to explain Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, a treatment for PTSD and other forms of trauma.

Chris explains how EMDR works, who might benefit and how to find an EMDR therapist.

Join us for this first of many episodes on demystifying mental health treatment.

Join us for this special Pride Month episode in celebration of the power of community, hope, and recovery. George Costanzo of The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland and NAMI volunteer Jon Epstein join NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford & mental health advocate Portia Booker to talk about LGBT mental health. 

Did you know that NAMI was founded by two moms, the “NAMI Mommies”, who wanted better lives for their adult children with mental illness? NAMI moms Carol, Kari and Megan herself share the joys, sorrows and triumphs they’ve experienced as one of these ultimate mental health warriors.  Join podcast hosts Portia and Megan for this special Mother’s Day episode in celebration of the power of a mother’s love to create real change.

All The World’s a Stage …and some of the men and women are improbable players. Karen Snyder & Chris Everett of Improbable Players talk with NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford PCC-S & #mentalhealth advocate Portia Booker about setting the stage for recovery by educating the public about addiction, and the hope of recovery, through theater performance.

Episode 3 of NAMI GC’s podcast #NotAloneInTheLand is here! NAMI GC Program Director, Megan Rochford PCC-S & mental health advocate, Portia Booker talk w/Donna Weinberger of Greater Cleveland Congregations and Azizi Arrington-Bey about Cuyahoga County’s new Diversion Center, a first-of-its-kind in Ohio facility which will partner with the justice system to help people with low-level offenses access treatment and resources in a healthcare environment, not jail.

We talk with Betsy Johnson of the Treatment Advocacy Center about Cuyahoga County's Assisted Outpatient Treatment program (AOT), a voluntary, supportive program that has been a godsend to families of people with severe mental illness who have frequent emergency hospital admissions, experience homelessness, incur legal involvement or experience other severe and even life-threatening consequences due to untreated mental illness.

Megan and Portia introduce themselves and talk about what mental wellness really means