To Write Love On Her Arms. kept the #WorthLivingFor conversations going. On August 27th Chad Moses led the Conversations Worth Having roundtable discussion with Solace's own Stephan Monteserín LMHC, Kelly Davis (Mental Health America), EbonyJanice (Black Girl Mixtape), and Yana Calou (Trans Lifeline).
You can rewatch the conversation below.
From August 18th, 2020
The #WorthLivingFor campaign is meant to be a conversation about how together, we can help prevent suicide. To Write Love On Her Arms. is hosted a live conversation to address the stigma that surrounds suicide and mental health. Solace's Aaron Moore LMHC & Ashlyn Harris joined the conversation.
You can rewatch the conversation below and learn more about the #WorthLivingFor campaign at https://wrt.lv/3fuOlE7.
Solace's Aaron Moore LMHC joined the mindful matters podcast for episode #4 to discuss the importance of counseling and therapy for mental health, relationships and the healing of trauma.
Give it a listen over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
On June 19th 2020 Licensed Mental Health Counselor Stephan Monteserin sat down with Jamie the founder of To write love on her arms. You can rewatch their candid conversation below. To connect with Stephan call our office at 407.574.8056 or email Stephan at Stephan@solacecounseling.org
Find other self-care resources: https://twloha.com/self-care
Get connected to local mental health resources: https://twloha.com/find-help Learn more about To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA): https://twloha.com
DETAILS: Join Aaron Moore, licensed mental health counselor, and Dr Kelsey Evans-Amalu for a conversation about counseling and therapy.
They will be demystifying the process of counseling and therapy.
They will answer questions like: How do you find a good counselor? What happens in counseling? What do you talk about in the first session? How do you know if counseling would be helpful for you? Are there different types of counseling/therapy and how do you find out what you need?
BIO : Aaron is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and co-founder of Solace Counseling in Orlando, Fl, alongside his wife Michelle. He works with adults and adolescents experiencing a wide range of struggles including addictions, marriage and relationships, trauma, depression, and anxiety. He is a Master A.R.T. clinician, is trained in EMDR and is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200)
Dr. Kelsey Evans-Amalu is an assistant professor of Social Studies Education at Delta State University. Her work focuses on the use of mindfulness, empathy, and compassion in k-12 and higher education. Dr . Kelsey is a yoga and meditation instructor (500 E-RYT), with a diverse background in teaching and training yoga students of all populations. You can also catch Kelsey on PBS as the star of “Happy, Healthy Kids”, putting her research into practice.
CONNECT WITH KELSEY: Webpage: themindfulprof.com Instagram: @themindfulprof The Collective Flow: Academic Facebook Group for Yoga, Meditation, and Wellness
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April 14th 2020
TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski speaks with spoken-word poet Propaganda and licensed mental health counselor Michelle Moore about what they're experiencing during this global pandemic. To connect with Michelle call our office at 407.574.8056 or email Michelle at michelle@solacecounseling.org
Find self-care resources: https://twloha.com/self-care Get connected to local mental health resources: https://twloha.com/find-help Learn more about To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA): https://twloha.com
From April 21st 2020
TWLOHA founder talks with Aaron Moore, a licensed mental health counselor, about caring for our mental health during a global pandemic. To connect with Aaron Moore call our office at 407.574.8056 or email Aaron at aaron@solacecounseling.org
Find other self-care resources: https://twloha.com/self-care Get connected to local mental health resources: https://twloha.com/find-help Learn more about To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA): https://twloha.com
On April 15th Aaron Moore sat down with The Blu Matter Project to discuss caring for ourselves and others. You can now rewatch the webinar right here.
Title of Webinar: Perspective and practice to care for ourselves and others well through a Pandemic.
These are strange times for sure. Dealing with the pandemic has been incredibly disruptive to our mental and emotional health, our families, our work, just about every facet of our world has been affected.
We will look at ways to understand the emotions we are experiencing, evaluate what our needs are, and how to care for ourselves and each other in healthy ways through this time.
CONNECT WITH BLU MATTER PROJECT:
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Website: https://blumatterproject.com/
In the premiere episode of Season 3, TWLOHA’s Director of Outreach Chad Moses talks with Aaron Moore, a licensed mental health counselor, about coping and caring for ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic. They discuss things like anxiety, trauma, grief, and how to navigate physical distancing and social isolation. For more info on To Write Love On Her Arms head to www.twloha.com
Stephan Monteserín sat down with The Gravity Center for a “Whole Health Monday”. In this webinar Stephan discusses the 5 stages of GRIEF, the 5 big EMOTIONS, and SELF-REGULATION in the context of our experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stephan, originally from Puerto Rico, lives in Orlando, Florida. He spends his work hours as a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. Vocationally, Stephan is motivated by a desire to assist those who are hurting to better embrace the struggles, as they acknowledge how their pain can be an invitation to fuller life. Trained in various trauma resolution modalities, he believes integrating past and resolving our trauma releases empathy towards our tender inner selves that ultimately radiates outward.
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In counseling, Stephan focuses on helping people to find their identity as rooted in love, especially for racial and ethnic minority populations, LGBTQIA folx, and those for whom trauma has set up for addictive patterns and relational health.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Stephan loves the opportunity that the Enneagram offers as a transformative tool, inviting us to become more compassionately acquainted with the people we love and want to love, as well as to the true self we often sabotage and alienate.
For more Info on The Gravity Center check out gravitycenter.com
To contact Stephan you can call our office at 407.574.8056 or email Stephan at Stephan@solacecounseling.org
Solace Counseling’s own Licensed Mental Health Counselor Aaron Moore spoke live with Now Matters More about managing anxiety during a pandemic lockdown.
For more information about Now Matters More visit https://www.nowmattersmore.org
In this episode, TWLOHA talks with Chad Moses and Sierra DeMulder about their experience with self-injury. They talk about what led them to self-injury, how they found healthy ways to cope with their internal distress, and what they wish they’d known when they were struggling. TWLOHA also talked with licensed mental health counselor Michelle Moore about the harmful stigma surrounding self-injury and what we should say to support the people in our lives who may be struggling with it.
In this episode, host Lindsay Kolsch talks with TWLOHA staff member Chad Moses and licensed mental health counselor Stephan Monteserin. Earlier this year we asked our Instagram followers for questions they had about mental health. In this Q&A session, we covered topics like how to ask for help, what to expect when you start counseling, talking to your family about mental health, and how to support a friend or loved one who is struggling.
In this episode, we talk with Morgan Harper Nichols, Whitney Wilson, and Stephan Monteserin about their experience living with depression. They talk about the early days when they were first struggling, how they found help, and what gives them hope today. We also talked to licensed mental health counselor Aaron Moore about the stigma surrounding depression and why it’s so important to ignore those lies and get the help you deserve.
Aaron has written a post for Pick The Brain about struggling with depression. You can read it here.
“There is an old quote attributed to the writer Henry James where he tells his nephew Willie, ‘There are three important things in human life. The first is to be kind. The second, is to be kind. The third, is to be kind.’ When I first read James words, they resonated with me perhaps as they do with you, since there are few things more powerful than kindness in our world, and definitely few things more needed, especially for us as individuals.”
Aaron has a featured blog on the To Write Love On Her Arms website about the stigma of mental health issues. You can read it here.
“If TWLOHA were to update a status for this week, it would read that we feel “hopeful.” Much preparation has gone into 2013’s National Suicide Prevention Week, as it is a unique opportunity to address a topic so often neglected in our world. This week never ceases to be something beautiful, a chance to fight for the lives of loved ones, strangers, maybe even ourselves. At the same time, however, this week can feel like a necessary evil for many of us. It may remind us of those we’ve lost or of our own struggles. In this way, National Suicide Prevention Week is something we wish we did not need, but sadly, we have great reason to engage in. Which is why many organizations and groups are using this time to focus on the stigma and shame that keep these important conversations from happening.”
