Mind Amendment
Mind Amendment is a show that challenges everything we’ve been taught to believe about health, healing, and human potential. Hosted by Patrick Custer, this podcast brings together voices from across the spectrum of wellness (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, relational) to challenge the status quo. Not your typical experts, these are trailblazers rewriting the rules and bringing bold, alternative solutions to real-life struggles. Most of us live by a mental constitution — an internal code built from trauma, culture, conditioning, and survival. And unless we amend it, we stay stuck. Do something different and embrace dissent — it’s where change begins! This is an open invitation to disagree, to challenge, and to evolve. Because if everyone is comfortable, we’re doing it wrong! ⏰ Weekly, short 20-minute episodes 🎙️ Unfiltered conversations with expert disruptors 💥 High-impact concepts that punch through the noise This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?
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Before she was a therapist, Ashley Hampton was a Black, queer, Southern girl trying to survive in a world that wasn’t built for her. In this powerful kickoff to Mind Amendment’s Pride Month series, Healing in the Margins, Ashley shares what it really means to seek emotional safety and how traditional models of therapy often fail the very people who need them most.
From being the “chocolate and vanilla cake” kid who had to explain her identity at five years old, to navigating grad school and internships where her voice was labeled “unprofessional,” Ashley unpacks the trauma baked into clinical spaces that weren’t created for BIPOC or LGBTQ+ communities. Together with host Patrick Custer, she explores what’s missing from mainstream mental health care, why community-based healing matters, and how building her own model was an act of survival and resistance. This episode is a call to action for therapists, clients, and anyone who wants to build a more inclusive future in mental health, one where all bodies, voices, and stories are safe to be fully seen.
This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?
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Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
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Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
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Ashley Hampton - Guest
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About Ashley Hampton:
As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins.
"I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC."
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Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
From setting boundaries to redefining joy, Blair Imani returns with a final chapter on emotional safety, public healing, and why hope is the boldest form of resistance. In the final installment of this transformative three-part series, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with Blair Imani to explore the softer, deeper power of mental health: boundaries, joy, emotional safety, and the quiet courage to keep choosing yourself.
This isn’t just a wrap-up, it’s a revelation. Blair shares how learning to walk away, say no, and feel fully has become essential to her healing journey. From reshaping relationships to rethinking the idea of “healing in public,” this episode is about resisting burnout, reclaiming rest, and rewriting the rules of recovery.
In Part 3, Blair opens up about:
-The life-changing boundary that reshaped her relationship with food and family
-Why emotional safety matters more than emotional control
-How joy can be a form of justice and a non-negotiable for mental health
-The myth of constant productivity and why rest is revolutionary
-What it really means to heal in public without performing pain
-She also shares a final listener challenge that brings it all back to the core of healing: your name, your self-understanding, your worth.
-This isn’t about ending the conversation, it’s about carrying it forward with more self-compassion, honesty, and hope than ever before.
Challenge for our listeners:
Say your name out loud. Sit with what it brings up. Then journal how it makes you feel and what that feeling might be trying to tell you.
This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?
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Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
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Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
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Blair Imani - Guest
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YouTube: @blairimani
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About Blair Imani:
Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds, LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter, and co-host of the podcast Thoughts About Feelings. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HER story (2018). She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Meta, Sephora, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw. Blair Imani believes in the transformative power of education and that self understanding is the key to recognizing our interconnectedness. She is very rapid to be known publicly as “the Smarter in Seconds lady,” and feels it is an honor to be a part of so many people’s learning experiences. She consistently promotes the value of mutual respect across differences, asserting that meaningful progress requires creating spaces where diverse perspectives are honored and dehumanization is not tolerated. Empathy and respect are not just important values but essential tools for challenging oppressive systems. In 2025 she was awarded the Activist with Impact Award by REACH LA, an organization dedicated to celebrating LGBTQIA+ people of color through wellness, HIV/AIDS prevention, and personal development.
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Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Before Blair Imani became a trusted voice in education and inclusion, she was navigating the vulnerable, often unseen side of public learning. In Part 2 of this Mental Health Awareness Month series, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with Blair to explore the cost of visibility, the power of accountability, and the quiet courage it takes to keep showing up when you’re still healing. This episode takes us behind the viral series Smarter in Seconds, not just the content, but the context. From breaking down bias to owning past missteps, Blair offers a masterclass in how real impact is made: not through perfection, but persistence.
In Part 2, Blair opens up about:
The unexpected origins and evolution of Smarter in Seconds
The personal toll of educating while healing and why she kept going
Learning to lead with compassion, not shame, in conversations about privilege
How calling in (not calling out) changed her relationships and her reach
Why admitting we’re wrong is one of the most radical forms of growth
This is a conversation for anyone who's ever felt like they had to be flawless to be worthy and a reminder that growth doesn’t cancel who you’ve been; it builds who you become.
Listener Challenge: Try explaining something you're passionate about without using any of the usual jargon. Make it make sense to someone who’s never heard it before.
This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?
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Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
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Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
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Cast:
Patrick Custer - Host
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Blair Imani - Guest
Website: https://www.blairimani.com/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/blairimani/?hl=en
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blairimani?lang=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/blairimani
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blairimani/
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About Blair Imani:
Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds, LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter, and co-host of the podcast Thoughts About Feelings. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HERstory (2018).
She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Meta, Sephora, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw.Blair Imani believes in the transformative power of education and that self understanding is the key to recognizing our interconnectedness. She is very rapid to be known publicly as “the Smarter in Seconds lady,” and feels it is an honor to be a part of so many people’s learning experiences. She consistently promotes the value of mutual respect across differences, asserting that meaningful progress requires creating spaces where diverse perspectives are honored and dehumanization is not tolerated. Empathy and respect are not just important values but essential tools for challenging oppressive systems.In 2025 she was awarded the Activist with Impact Award by REACH LA, an organization dedicated to celebrating LGBTQIA+ people of color through wellness, HIV/AIDS prevention, and personal development.
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Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Before Blair Imani became a global force for truth, inclusion, and education she was a young girl silently battling to make sense of a world that told her she didn’t belong. Raised Baptist in the American South, and later converting to Islam as a young adult, Blair’s path through identity, mental health, and cultural dissonance isn’t just powerful it’s necessary listening.
In this exclusive Mental Health Awareness Month feature, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with Blair to uncover the untold story behind her public brilliance the chapter that came before the platform. This is the raw, foundational truth behind her work that’s moved millions.
In Part 1 of this three-part series, Blair reveals:
- The early identity-shaping messages she absorbed from religion, family, and pop culture during the “girl power” era of the late ’90s and early 2000s
- How mental health struggles including self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutionalization were shaped by the pressure to perform safety in unsafe systems
- The artistic and emotional lifelines that kept her afloat when language and labels failed her The quiet rage of feeling unseen, and the deep healing that came from embracing every part of herself out loud
- How intersectionality impacts emotional regulation and why identity cannot be separated from mental health
She also opens up about the complexity of friendships while healing, the cost of being the “educator” before fully healing yourself, and the liberating joy of no longer asking for permission to be whole.
Why This Episode Matters: This is not the kind of story you’ll find in a campaign ad or a surface-level panel on wellness. It’s the real mental health work: the kind that happens in silence, in rage, in hospital beds, in late-night journals, and in the brave decision to keep living.
Listener Challenge: Pick one thing to look forward to this week and don’t miss Part 2 of this transformative series next week with Blair Imani!
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Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/
Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
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Cast:
Patrick Custer - Host
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/
Tiktok: @thepatrickcuster
YouTube: @thepatrickcuster
Facebook: @thepatrickcuster
Blair Imani - Guest
Website: https://www.blairimani.com/
Insta:@blairimani
Tiktok: @blairimani
YouTube: @blairimani
Facebook: @blairimani
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About Blair Imani:
Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds, LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter, and co-host of the podcast Thoughts About Feelings. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HER story (2018).
She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Meta, Sephora, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Blair Imani believes in the transformative power of education and that self understanding is the key to recognizing our interconnectedness. She is very rapid to be known publicly as “the Smarter in Seconds lady,” and feels it is an honor to be a part of so many people’s learning experiences. She consistently promotes the value of mutual respect across differences, asserting that meaningful progress requires creating spaces where diverse perspectives are honored and dehumanization is not tolerated. Empathy and respect are not just important values but essential tools for challenging oppressive systems.
In 2025 she was awarded the Activist with Impact Award by REACH LA, an organization dedicated to celebrating LGBTQIA+ people of color through wellness, HIV/AIDS prevention, and personal development.
__________________
Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN!
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Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
From fatigue to forgotten joy, listen and learn about the hidden cues your mind and body are begging you not to miss. In this episode of Mind Amendment, host Patrick Custer uncovers seven hidden signs that indicate you may need to pay attention to your mental health before it spirals out of control. We often believe that mental health issues manifest in dramatic ways, but what if the real warning signs are subtle and easily overlooked?
Join us as we challenge the myth that you’ll know when something is wrong and explore the quiet signals that your mind, body, and heart are asking for help. From constant fatigue to feeling overwhelmed by small decisions, these signs can be crucial for early intervention and healing.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The importance of recognizing early signs of mental health struggles
- How to identify feelings of irritability, loss of interest, and relationship challenges
- Practical steps to take if you resonate with these hidden signs Remember, acknowledging these signs doesn’t mean you’re broken; it means you’re human.
Healing is about nurturing what’s been neglected, and the best time to start is now. If you find this conversation valuable, please subscribe to the show, follow us on your favorite platforms, and share this episode with someone who might benefit from it. Together, we can change the conversation around mental health, one honest and brave discussion at a time.
Tune in now, and take the first step towards understanding and improving your mental health!
This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?
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Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/
Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
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Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
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Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN!
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Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Most people don’t relapse because they’re weak they relapse because the system is broken. In this eye-opening finale with Trish Caldwell, we dismantle the outdated practices still plaguing mental and physical healthcare today. From rushed trauma processing to therapy models designed for the wrong population, Trish breaks down how ego, convenience, and old training can sabotage true healing. Whether you're a clinician, patient, or loved one this conversation forces all of us to confront the uncomfortable truth: most treatment plans are designed to feel good, not to work. They're simply coming from an outdated approach that needs to evolve. But there's another way. Trish shares how measured-based care, proper pacing, and skill-building can change the future of recovery. You'll hear powerful metaphors (like why healing is like training for a marathon in flip-flops) and bold insights that challenge everything we’ve accepted about mental health, trauma recovery, and treatment outcomes. If you’ve ever felt like you or someone you care about “failed” in treatment this episode is your permission slip to question the system, not yourself.
- To the professionals: What will you change in your practice today?
- To the self-healers: What’s your next step in recognizing, regulating, and responding differently?
- To the skeptics: What if everything you believed about healing... is wrong?
This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?
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Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/
Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
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Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/
Tiktok: @thepatrickcuster
YouTube: @thepatrickcuster
Facebook: @thepatrickcuster
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About Trish Caldwell:
Trish Caldwell, MFT, LPC, CCDP-D, CAADC, CCTP, is an experienced national Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for Promises Behavioral Health. Trish has been in the behavioral health field for over 27 years, as well as an adjunct professor for the last 17 years and is currently teaching in Drexel University’s Master’s in Family Therapy program (MFT). She is committed to providing clinical and operational excellence through program development that supports measurement-based care and outcomes. Trish focuses on clinical quality using evidence-based practices that align with a trauma-informed approach to treatment. Notably, Trish created Delaware County's first Young Offenders Treatment Program, a program that allows the young adult offender the opportunity to avoid a felony conviction by participating in treatment. A regular speaker at national and regional conferences, she specializes in topics related to behavioral health. Trish is a licensed marriage and family therapist, holding her MFT from Drexel, and has served as a field reviewer for SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocol. She is certified in substance use and co-occurring disorders as well as clinical trauma.
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Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
"The solution isn’t what you reach for in the crisis it’s what you’ve built long before it." In Part 3 of this eye-opening series with Trish Caldwell, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer digs deeper into why healing often feels elusive even when we “know what to do.” Trish flips the script on the traditional view of coping skills like deep breathing or journaling as emergency tools. Instead, she argues that these practices only work when they’ve been integrated consistently into daily life, expanding our emotional tolerance long before a trigger ever shows up. This conversation explores how to identify your personal "tells" the subtle signs that you (or your clients) are already in a vulnerable, dysregulated state. Trish shares why the key to real healing is recognizing these moments of susceptibility and shifting the focus from reacting in crisis to preventing it through proactive self-regulation. Get ready for a powerful reframing of what emotional healing really looks like and why it starts way earlier than most of us think.
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Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/
Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
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Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
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Tiktok: @thepatrickcuster
YouTube: @thepatrickcuster
Facebook: @thepatrickcuster
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About Trish Caldwell:
Trish Caldwell, MFT, LPC, CCDP-D, CAADC, CCTP, is an experienced national Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for Promises Behavioral Health. Trish has been in the behavioral health field for over 27 years, as well as an adjunct professor for the last 17 years and is currently teaching in Drexel University’s Master’s in Family Therapy program (MFT). She is committed to providing clinical and operational excellence through program development that supports measurement-based care and outcomes. Trish focuses on clinical quality using evidence-based practices that align with a trauma-informed approach to treatment. Notably, Trish created Delaware County's first Young Offenders Treatment Program, a program that allows the young adult offender the opportunity to avoid a felony conviction by participating in treatment. A regular speaker at national and regional conferences, she specializes in topics related to behavioral health. Trish is a licensed marriage and family therapist, holding her MFT from Drexel, and has served as a field reviewer for SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocol. She is certified in substance use and co-occurring disorders as well as clinical trauma.
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Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Have you ever been told to "just think differently" when you're feeling triggered? In this enlightening episode of Mind Amendment, we dive deep into the often misunderstood world of emotional regulation with expert Trish Caldwell as she explains why this common advice can be ineffective and even harmful as we explore the curriculum for Promises that Trish created recognize, regulate, and respond. Discover the science behind emotional responses and learn how our brain's limbic system can override rational thought during moments of distress. Join us as we explore the missing pieces in emotional regulation and empower yourself to make intentional choices in your responses. Don't miss part three of this conversation, where we will discuss what to do with your newfound regulation skills! Subscribe for more insightful discussions and tips on mental health and emotional well-being.
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Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
Insta: @promises_bh
Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
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Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
Insta:@thepatrickcuster
Tiktok: @thepatrickcuster
YouTube: @thepatrickcuster
Facebook: @thepatrickcuster
__________________
About Trish Caldwell:
Trish Caldwell, MFT, LPC, CCDP-D, CAADC, CCTP, is an experienced national Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for Promises Behavioral Health. Trish has been in the behavioral health field for over 27 years, as well as an adjunct professor for the last 17 years and is currently teaching in Drexel University’s Master’s in Family Therapy program (MFT). She is committed to providing clinical and operational excellence through program development that supports measurement-based care and outcomes. Trish focuses on clinical quality using evidence-based practices that align with a trauma-informed approach to treatment. Notably, Trish created Delaware County's first Young Offenders Treatment Program, a program that allows the young adult offender the opportunity to avoid a felony conviction by participating in treatment. A regular speaker at national and regional conferences, she specializes in topics related to behavioral health. Trish is a licensed marriage and family therapist, holding her MFT from Drexel, and has served as a field reviewer for SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocol. She is certified in substance use and co-occurring disorders as well as clinical trauma.
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Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN!
Visit us today at https://www.thecastcollective.com
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Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Healing isn’t always a straight line, and sometimes, the very tools meant to help us can keep us stuck.
In this powerful first episode of Mind Amendment, we sit down with Trish Caldwell, Senior Vice President of Clinical Services at Promises Behavioral Health, to unpack what’s really missing in traditional approaches to mental health and addiction recovery. With decades of experience, Trish shares how standard therapy models, especially in inpatient settings, can fall short of creating lasting change.
Through honest and insightful conversation, Trish explores how brain development, trauma, and emotional regulation shape our ability to heal. She challenges the idea that hope alone is enough, and invites us to rethink how we define true progress in recovery.
Whether you’re a mental health professional or simply someone searching for a new way forward, this episode offers a refreshingly honest look at what healing really takes.
Stay tuned for part two, where we’ll explore practical tools and strategies for lasting transformation.
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Get Help:
Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment
Insta: @promises_bh
Website: https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
__________________
Cast: Patrick Custer - Host
Insta:@thepatrickcuster
Tiktok: @thepatrickcuster
YouTube: @thepatrickcuster
Facebook: @thepatrickcuster
__________________
About Trish Caldwell:
Trish Caldwell, MFT, LPC, CCDP-D, CAADC, CCTP, is an experienced national Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for Promises Behavioral Health. Trish has been in the behavioral health field for over 27 years, as well as an adjunct professor for the last 17 years and is currently teaching in Drexel University’s Master’s in Family Therapy program (MFT). She is committed to providing clinical and operational excellence through program development that supports measurement-based care and outcomes. Trish focuses on clinical quality using evidence-based practices that align with a trauma-informed approach to treatment. Notably, Trish created Delaware County's first Young Offenders Treatment Program, a program that allows the young adult offender the opportunity to avoid a felony conviction by participating in treatment. A regular speaker at national and regional conferences, she specializes in topics related to behavioral health. Trish is a licensed marriage and family therapist, holding her MFT from Drexel, and has served as a field reviewer for SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocol. She is certified in substance use and co-occurring disorders as well as clinical trauma.
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Visit us today at https://www.thecastcollective.com
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