#288 Social Worker In Training

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2016

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

28 year-old Cynthia Pena ACSW opens up about her life, experiencing skin tone prejudice within the Hispanic community, being the "good child" who gets forgotten, anxiety, triggers, working in an overloaded county system helping children with severe or persistent mental illnesses and her dream of expanding the role of mental health in athletics. Follow Cyndi on Twitter @Ms_Cyndi_Pena For more information on Paul's appearance at LAPodfest Sept 23-25 go to www.lapodfest.com and use offer code HAPPY for $5 off. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Miss Fit toys.
0:02.6	Welcome to episode 288 with my guest, Cynthia Pena.
0:06.1	She is an associate clinical social worker.
0:10.0	She has her master's in social work,
0:11.5	and she's working on her hours to become licensed.
0:16.1	That might have been the longest introduction ever.
0:17.9	I am Paul Gilmarton.
0:19.2	This is the metal illness.
0:20.3	Happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles
0:22.8	in our heads, for medically diagnosed conditions,
0:25.7	past traumas, and sexual dysfunction
0:28.0	to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:30.5	The show's now meant to be a substitute
0:32.1	for professional metal counseling,
0:34.3	not a therapist that's not a doctor's office.
0:36.4	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:39.0	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:42.3	Mentalpod is also the Twitter handle you can follow me at.
0:45.3	The go to the website, check it out.
0:47.6	Every episode we've ever recorded is available there.
0:50.4	You can also find it on iTunes.
0:54.6	But at our website, you can read blogs,
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