Touchy Subject: Mental Health Part 2 - Touchy Subjects Podcast

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2nd Sep 2021

Touchy Subject: Mental Health Part 2

This episode was recorded on June 8, 2021.
On this episode, we discussed:

What can churches do to promote good Mental Health?
How should you respond (or not respond) when someone shares their Mental Health issues with you?
What are signs that you should seek counseling?
Mental Health Resources
Ish Christians should stop saying

Introducing our Mental Health Panel:
Amber Diamond Green is a nationally certified licensed clinical mental health counselor in a private practice setting in North Carolina. She works mostly with older children, teens, and young adults. Amber approaches mental health from a holistic perspective seeking to understand the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of each client. She seeks to understand how this may effect their perspective and growth in their therapeutic journey. When Amber isn’t practicing counseling, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and traveling. 
Lexie Smith is a lifelong human rights activist after surviving sexual exploitation her entire childhood and the lifelong effects of that abuse. She is a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Psychology and runs a business as a trauma-informed consultant to those interfacing with survivors of violence. 
Dr. Jordan Wilson is the Lead Pastor of Harvest Center Church in Pell City Alabama. He has been in full time ministry for 20 years. Jordan is married to Jessica and they have 3 kids named Isaac, Josiah, and Evy-Ann. Dr. Jordan is an Ordained Bishop with the Church of God and his academic credentials include: B.S. in Pastoral Ministry from Lee University, M.A. Theological Studies from Liberty University, ED.D (Candidate) in Organizational Leadership from Grand Canyon University, and D.MIN in Ministry Leadership from South University. He has extensive training in pastoral counseling in the areas of mental health and grief counseling. 
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Touchy Subjects Podcast
The Touchy Subjects Podcast has been designed to unpack the proverbial elephants in the Church- i.e. the topics no one wants to talk about! We want to create space for an open dialogue on issues like social justice, mental health, women in leadership, homosexuality, legalism, and more.
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Erin Billings

Erin Billings is a producer that gained her expertise working in the music industry for over ten years as a professional musician, music director, and producer working with artists from American Idol, The Voice, and Tony and Grammy Award-winning artists.

As a pastor's kid and church music director for over 15 years, Erin witnessed great things as well as experienced tumultuous times in the church, which led to her deconstructing her faith. Because of this, she has started the Touchy Subjects Podcast.