Mental Health Matters

"Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot chats with PEERS Empowerment Coordinator Yaffa Alter about her experiences with mindfulness. Alter discusses her life before and after mindfulness as well as her favorite techniques.

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Jesse Tamplen, Director of Behavioral Health for Sutter Center for Psychiatry, shares how to be mindful. In a discussion with "Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot, Tamplen explains the differences between the "what" and "how" skills of mindfulness.

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Jesse Tamplen, Director of Behavioral Health for Sutter Center for Psychiatry, joins "Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot to discuss how mindfulness can be used as a recovery tool. He also shares various studies showing that mindfulness is in fact effective in mental health recovery.

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"Mental Health Matters" guests Jesse Tamplen and Yaffa Alter chat with host Shannon Eliot about the role of mindfulness in the lives of both mental health consumers and providers. Mindfulness is important to providers as well, according to the pair, because it helps form a human connection with the client.

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Jesse Tamplen, Director of Behavioral Health at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, leads a demonstration on a participatory mindfulness technique called "Stop, Breathe, and Think." Tamplen explains why and how the exercise works with "Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot.

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Can technology and mindfulness work in harmony rather than opposition? Jesse Tamplen, Director of Behavioral Health at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, chats with "Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot about using technology — such as smartphone and iPad applications — to educate and encourage users to participate in mindfulness.

You may have heard about mindfulness, but do you know what it is? How do mindfulness techniques work, and do they really play an effective role in recovery? Join "Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot as she chats with Jesse Tamplen, Director of Behavioral Health at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, about the definition and practical applications of mindfulness.

Mental health activist and artist Adella chats with "Mental Health Matters" host Shannon Eliot about how masks are used by people in recovery. She shows mask examples created by consumers and walks through the process of creating the inside mask, outside mask, and cutting process.

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