Episode 65: When Mental Health and Trauma Intersect: Finding the Path Towards Healing
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
ADHD, ODD, RAD—these letters represent mental health diagnoses that commonly label our children in foster care. But are they accurate diagnoses for your child? What role does trauma play in your child’s behaviors? Today’s episode is super practical and will leave you with the resources and help you need to understand your child better and walk with them towards healing.
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | We know that about 80% of foster and adoptive kiddos have a disorganized attachment style, |
| 0:15.1 | and I say that because that can help parents really make sense of like, oh, my goodness, okay, |
| 0:20.5 | what I'm seeing is |
| 0:21.5 | kind of normal given what my child has experienced. You're not crazy. |
| 0:31.3 | Hey, it's Jamie Cave. Welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. It is always so great to be here |
| 0:36.9 | with you. Do you know that every time |
| 0:39.7 | we create a show we're thinking of you, whether you're brand new to foster care, or you're |
| 0:44.7 | serving in the trenches, a foster parent, social worker, a ministry leader, or maybe you're |
| 0:50.2 | seeking direction on how to best advocate for those who feel forgotten in your community, |
| 0:55.2 | the Forgotten podcast is here for you. Today, we are going to talk about mental health and trauma |
| 1:01.6 | and how they intersect. We're going to talk about how to recognize the difference and what you can do |
| 1:06.4 | about it with my good friend, Jen Hook. Jen is a gift to me personally and one of my kindred spirits. |
| 1:14.6 | And she knows her stuff. She received her master's degree in clinical psychology from Wheaton College. |
| 1:22.3 | She previously worked as a trauma specialized therapist for children in adolescence and foster care. |
| 1:27.5 | And now she's a trust-based relational intervention educator. |
| 1:31.6 | Also, she's the co-founder and national director of the Replanted Ministry, |
| 1:36.9 | which is an adoption, foster care, and safe families ministry. |
| 1:40.1 | This ministry is awesome. |
| 1:42.0 | It helps empower the church to build small groups and communities so families don't have to walk the journey alone. |
| 1:49.6 | Also, Jen is also a published author and has been a speaker on several topics including foster care, trauma, attachment, self-harm, and mental health. |
| 2:00.1 | She lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, |
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