Discussion with Amanda Thomas LMFT, Nationally Respected Clinical Consultant, and owner of Integrative Approach. Amanda helps families and people struggling with addiction in navigating the addiction program world. With Jim Thomas, LMFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy Trainer, provider of therapy intensives to couples and families around the U.S. and Canada. Learn about Covid crisis impact on treatment, Covid impact on addiction, are programs still accepting clients, where does a family turn during the covid crisis. What is the impact of covid social isolation on persons at risk for relapse or who struggling with substance abuse, alcoholism. How are Covid and Addiction similar or potentially impact our culture simultaneously? Jim and Amanda then pivot to discuss how this wave of change impacts our emotional bonds. Through an attachment theory lens, they talk about family relationships in the face of this crisis particularly related to addiction.
Community Conversations
KRFY on-air 24/7 – This week on – Community Conversations
88.5 KRFY Community Radio is on the air, twenty four hours a day – seven days a week, with the help of the automation programs: Radio Logik DJ and Scheduler.
This week on COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS at 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday on 88.5 KRFY Community Radio.
– Tuesday, May 5, 2020 –
Hosts Phil Hough and Julie Kallemeyn present a recorded interview
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Guests include:
Amanda L. Thomas, LAMFT, with Integrative Approach,
Joy Jansen, PhD, Director of Special Education and Elementary School Counseling at Lake Pend Oreille School District, and Dion Heller, Co-chair for Bonner County Youth Mental Health Collaborative. Airtime – 8 a.m. Airtime: 8 a.m. on 88.5 KRFY
Navigating Parenting During COVID-19
“As a parent myself, I imagine that you, too, are struggling to balance work, child care, and self-care while keeping worries — both your children’s and your own — somewhat manageable. This workshop provides some tips about how to navigate being confined at home, perhaps with younger children who are thrilled with so much parental attention, or perhaps with adolescents who likely feel a bit differently. We also explore how to discuss the pandemic in a way that will be reassuring and learn a few ways to shore up our resiliency.”
Presented by: Maurie Lung
Heartfelt Half Hour
Join Steve Sawyer, founder New Vision Wilderness, for his HeartFelt half-hour beginning this Wednesdays at 5PM PST for a science-based way of De-stressing our lives through the science of HeartMath, with HeartMath Trainer, Steve Sawyer.
These 30-minute live presentations are on quick techniques to help de-stress our lives.
They are giving away several prizes; HeartMath books, HeartMath games, and a HeartMath monitor, drawing names each week from the registration list.
April 1st at 5 pm PST: Learn about how we can shift our current stressed attitudes rapidly.
April 8th at 5 pm PST: Learn how to shift our energy to be uplifted when feeling weighed down.
April 15th at 5 pm PST: Learn how to shift our Amygdala's perception of stress on any subject
April 22nd at 5 pm PST: Learn how to solve problems in a De-stressed way.
Please register for Heartfelt Half Hour at
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Please reach out with any questions to Ryan Walton: ryan.walton@nvwild.com