BONUS: Questions and Answers with a BetterHelp Therapist
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Sinead Hegarty
5.0 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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In this enlightening bonus episode, Sinead sits down with Melissa Hummelt, a licensed therapist and senior clinical operations manager at BetterHelp, who has experience in anxiety, stress, self-esteem, depression, substance use, and life transitions for all people. Melissa has a special interest in working with Highly Sensitive Persons, and is passionate about social justice and serving historically marginalized group.
Together, they delve deep into the realm of burnout — decoding its signs, exploring its root causes, and emphasizing the unseen role technology plays in fueling it. Melissa shares her expertise on setting effective boundaries, both in our personal lives and with our devices, offering actionable tips to strike a balance.
As the conversation takes a personal turn, the duo examines the complex journey of breakups, the therapeutic power of self-reflection, and the unique bond between a client and therapist. Whether you're struggling with modern-day stressors or seeking solace post heartbreak, this episode holds a mirror to our emotional health, reminding us to be kinder to ourselves.
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| 1:40.6 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Sheenad Says podcast. We know every week that I have some listener messages and I thought it best to bring in a licensed therapist to answer your questions. So that is what we are doing today on our episode. So this week we have Melissa Hummelts and she's a licensed therapist and she's a senior clinical operations |
| 2:01.7 | manager at BetterHelp. Melissa has a clinical expertise and anxiety, relationship to stress, |
| 2:07.3 | self-esteem, depression, substance use and life transitions for all people. And she's here |
| 2:12.3 | to answer some of your questions. And as we all know, BetterHelp is our sponsor from day one. And I just |
| 2:19.9 | wanted you to know that. And I'm so excited to have Melissa here to answer some of your questions. |
| 2:24.9 | Welcome, Melissa. How are you today? Really good. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to talk |
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