Tolerating Dissent

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Dr. Finlayson-Fife was interviewed on the Mormon Land podcast about Natasha Helfer's membership disciplinary hearing due to her public stances on masturbation, same-sex marriage and pornography. They discuss these topics as well as the potential effects of Natasha's hearing on mental health professionals and members alike. To learn more about the Mormon Land podcast visit their Website. To learn more about Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s work, visit our Website, check out our Course Page, and take a look at our upcoming Events. You can also follow Dr. Finlayson-Fife on Instagram or join her FREE Facebook Group for greater access to her insights. www.Finlayson-Fife.com You can also listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and Stitcher. The advice offered through Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s Podcast Archive is educational and informational in nature and is provided only as general information. It is not meant to establish a therapist-patient relationship or offer therapeutic advice, opinion, diagnosis treatment or to establish a standard of care. Although Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a trained psychotherapist, she is not functioning in the role of a licensed therapist during these sessions, but rather using her training to inform these sessions. Thus, the content is not intended to replace independent professional judgment. The content is not intended to solicit clients or patients; and should not be relied upon as medical or psychological advice of any kind or nature whatsoever. The information provided through the Content should not be used for diagnosing or treating a mental health problem or disease. The information contained in these communications is not comprehensive and does not include all the potential information regarding the subject matter, but is merely intended to serve as one resource for general and educational purposes.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Jennifer Finlayson Fife Podcast Archive, where you have access to all the amazing
0:06.5	insights Dr. Finlayson Fife has shared through hundreds of interviews.
0:11.1	I'm Mackenzie, Dr. Finlason Fife's assistant, and we are so glad that you're here.
0:25.8	This episode was originally produced and published as episode number 178 of the Mormon Land podcast. Natasha Helfer, a colleague and friend of Dr Finlason Fife, faced a disciplinary hearing on
0:31.7	her membership status due to her public stances on masturbation, same-sex marriage, and pornography.
0:38.0	In this interview, Dr Finlason Fife discusses these topics, as well as the potential effects of Natasha's disciplinary
0:45.8	hearing on mental health professionals as well as members of the church who seek therapy. Natasha Helfer, a licensed sex therapist and member of the Church of Jesus Christ
0:58.1	of Latter-day Saints, faced a disciplinary hearing Sunday on her membership status. She was accused of apostasy for
1:04.4	her public positions on masturbation, same-sex marriage, and pornography.
1:08.2	Positions she says are consistent with the consensus in the mental health
1:12.0	community. Due to procedural differences,
1:14.4	Helfer wound up not attending the hearing, so the council took place without her.
1:18.0	Here to talk about Helfer and what effects this move by church leaders may have on mental health professionals
1:24.3	and their LDS patients is Jennifer Finlayson Fife, an LDX sex therapist and friend of helper.
1:30.2	Jennifer, welcome.
1:31.6	Well, thank you. Thank you for having me. So glad you have you with us. So, so how long have you known Natasha and in what context?
1:38.7	Well, the first time I ever interacted with Natasha is that she reached out to me. She had just
1:44.4	started doing the Mormon Mental Health Podcast, I think is the name of it. And it
1:49.1	was the first podcast I ever did. And she was aware of my dissertation research and reached out to me and we did a three hour interview on my research on
2:00.5	LDS women and sexual agency.
2:03.5	So that was my first interaction with her.
2:06.2	We did maybe a few more podcasts together
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