MS23: Lydia Banton, LMHC, LAC Needed Out of the System

<p><strong>About Today's Episode<br></strong><br>In this episode, Meg talks with Lydia Banton about Lydia's journey through systems that expected her to operate at "super human" level, which ended up wreaking havoc in her personal life and disrupting her ability to do her best work with her clients. </p><p><strong>About Today's Guest</strong></p><p>Lydia Baton, LMHC, LAC is a licensed mental health counselor who grew up in military and moved to Indiana in 2001. Her first degree is in music education because of her passion for music and teaching others. Later she studied marriage and family therapy, addictions and mental health because she enjoys looking for the root cause of issues and resolving them. She also enjoys singing and helping others in the community of Indianapolis.</p><p>Education: Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling, Indiana Wesleyan</p><p>Specialties: Trauma (EMDR trained), Dual diagnosis with severe mental illness, mental health assessments</p><p><strong>Join the Antiwork Therapist Collective for $10/year</strong>: <a href="https://antiwork-therapist-collective.mn.co/">Get in the Collective</a> (https://antiwork-therapist-collective.mn.co)</p><p><strong>Credits, links &amp; other things:</strong></p><ul> <li> <strong>Intro &amp; Outro Music:</strong> DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - <a href="https://www.silvermansound.com/">https://www.silvermansound.com</a> </li> <li> <strong>Mental Status</strong> <strong>IG</strong>: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentalstatuspod">mentalstatuspod</a> </li> <li> <strong>Talk to me</strong>: <a href="mailto:mentalstatuspod@gmail.com">mentalstatuspod [at] gmail.com</a> </li> <li> <strong>Apply to be a guest on this show</strong>: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvcSVAfO8dOEyhAMkuQYDOecStyPS15onvSk1O1ZGDIxsW3Q/viewform?usp=sf_link">Interviewee Interest form</a> </li> <li> <strong>Submit an anonymous burnout story</strong>:<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei0E2fEb7yAQH38qp7kLjfBkqgm1n_sKrHmgAMr3dRRjJzJg/viewform?us