Human/Sex Trafficking, How to Protect Your Family with Leonard, Former Inmate

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tony interviews Leonard, a former inmate, and medical professional, who was recently released from jail where he learned a tremendous amount of information on how to protect our children from the dangers of human trafficking. While in jail, Leonard, a father himself, learned from people imprisoned for the crimes of human trafficking, about the specifics of who and how they target through social media, from Facebook and Instagram to Kik and Snapchat. Leonard wanted to share the information that he learned in an effort to help spread the word about how many unsuspecting teens are being groomed, sometimes right underneath their parents seemingly watchful eyes, by very intentional, manipulative, organized individuals who pose as peers leading, at times, to ultimately devastating consequences. In the episode Tony mentioned the organization Stand Up Placer (www.standupplacer.org/) If you are a victim of Human Trafficking, or believe you may be involved in a potential Human Trafficking situation, please call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at (888) 373-7888 or you can visit humantraffickinghotline.org/ You can also find information there if you are interested in learning more about how you can help fight Human Trafficking.

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0:00.0	Coming up on today's special bonus episode of the virtual couch, I'm running an episode that first ran over two years ago.
0:06.5	It's my interview with Leonard, a former medical professional who spent over two years in jail where he shared a cell with a convicted middleman in the sex trafficking industry.
0:15.9	And honestly, I know this is a heavy topic, but I feel like we cover it in a way that is easily digestible,
0:21.1	and there is so much information that I believe you need to know to help protect your kids,
0:26.2	your teens, your community, that, and so much more coming up on today's episode of The Virtual
0:31.1	Couch.
0:45.8	Hey, everybody. thank you for tuning into episode 217, a special bonus episode of the virtual couch.
0:46.5	I am your host, Tony Overbay.
0:47.8	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified mindful habit coach, writer, speaker,
0:51.8	husband, father of four, ultramarathon runner, and creator of the Pathback, an online pornography recovery program that is helping people reclaim their lives from the harmful effects of pornography.
1:01.1	If you are anybody that you know is trying to put pornography behind you once and for all, and trust me, it can be done in a strength-based, hold the shame, become the person you always wanted to be way.
1:10.2	Then head over to pathback recovery.com, and there you'll find a short e-book that describes five common mistakes
1:15.6	that people make when trying to put pornography behind them once and for all. Again, that's
1:19.3	pathbackrecovery.com. And keep those questions coming. Contact at tonyoverbay.com for a special
1:25.9	upcoming bonus regular, whatever kind of episode we want to call it
1:30.0	is a question and answer episode and i have a lot of good questions so i cannot wait contact at
1:35.4	tonyover bay dot com and i want to share a quick review that was left just a couple of days ago on the
1:40.8	apple podcast app this is from j a fore. And I just thank you so much for leaving
1:47.4	things like this. It really does mean a lot to me. They were kind enough to give me five stars and
1:52.5	then said so grateful. I'm so grateful for the wealth of information and experience Tony is willing
1:56.9	to share in his podcast. As a new counselor, I'm assessing a variety of theoretical approaches
2:01.5	and appreciate how open and honest Tony is and the richness of the information shared by he and his
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