#314 - Working With Sexually Violent Predators: Renee G-M

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2017

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Summary

The 40 year-old public administrator talks about "losing her humanity" being assigned to work on a criminal defense unit on behalf of sexually violent predators and the anxiety, panic and breakdowns that followed. She also talks about her chaotic and abusive upbringing which included her father molesting her brother, domestic violence and her coping by becoming a rescuer. This episode is sponsored by the online therapy provider BetterHelp.com To try out a week of counseling for free go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental, fill out the questionnaire and get matched with a counselor, to see if it's right for you. This episode is sponsored by the one-stop wedding registry Zola. Receive $50 when you register and use Zola. Go to www.Zola.com/mental for details. This episode is sponsored by MadisonReed. For 10% off your first hair color kit (plus free shipping) go to www.Madison-Reed.com and use offer code HAPPY Consider becoming a recurring monthly donor to the podcast (and receive free rewards from Paul) go to www.Patreon.com/mentapod 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	Welcome to episode 314 with my guest, Renee GM.
0:06.1	I'm Paul Gilmarten.
0:07.4	This is the mental illness.
0:08.6	Happy hour.
0:09.6	A place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,
0:13.8	past traumas, and sexual dysfunction.
0:16.8	To everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:18.8	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:22.6	I'm not a therapist.
0:24.2	I'm not a doctor.
0:26.6	I'm barely a human being.
0:29.0	This isn't a doctor's office.
0:31.5	It's more like a waiting room.
0:33.2	That doesn't suck.
0:34.4	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:37.5	Metalpod is also the Twitter handle you can follow me at.
0:40.6	But go check out the website.
0:41.6	Fill out a survey.
0:42.6	Maybe we'll read your survey on the show.
0:46.9	We got a forum.
0:47.7	You can browse.
0:48.7	A lot of really supportive people there in the forum.
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