Recovery with Root
Welcome to "Recovery with Root" a podcast centered on topics surrounding mental health and addiction. Through our Advanced Recovery Institute, a new entity of the Root Center for Advanced Recovery, we are committed to research and training to elevate clinical care. We hope you find this podcast informative, and most of all, we hope that it helps improve the lives of others. Remember... we are in this together, and recovery is possible!
Episodes
22 episodes
Congratulations to our 2025 Nightingale, Jill Mulvey
Jill Mulvey has been a nurse with the Root Center for a year, and has an extensive wealth of experience in anthropology, labor and delivery, and hospice care. She has a deep love and passion for the work she does and the people she serves. She ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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22:58
Stress, Burnout, and Recovery with Amelia Nagoski
Amelia Nagoski, DMA, is the co-author for the New York Times Best Selling book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She sits down with us for World Health Day to discuss the causes, health effects, and solutions to burnout and the...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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36:54
Recovery with Root: Problem Gambling, the Hidden Addiction
In this episode of Recovery with Root, Allison Pons, Director of Operations at Root Center, and Brian Hatch, from the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, discuss problem gambling, and the very real impact that it can have on a person and t...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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41:12
Recovery with Root: Identity and Navigating Change with Moragan Tuck
In this Black History Month episode of Recovery with Root Morgan Tuck, General Manager for the Connecticut Sun, and 4x NCAA and 2020 WNBA Champion, talks about her transition between playing basketball, and managing her former team. Morgan play...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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27:56
Recovery with Root: Introducing Dr. John Nazarian, CMO
In today's episode, we sit down with our new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. John Nazarian! Dr. Nazarian is an exciting addition who comes to use with a wealth of experience and knowledge, from his Board Certification in General Psychiatry and Addic...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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24:26
Recovery with Root: Dr. Yifrah Kaminer Explains Research on Drug Overdoses and Suicidality
Trigger Warning: Suicide. For immediate help: please call 988, or visit 988lifeline.orgIn this episode of Recovery with Root, Dr. Yifrah Kaminer, the principal investigator of the Root grant-funded r...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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42:00
Recovery with Root: Harm Reduction with Liz Evans
In this episode of Recovery with Root, Liz Evans, a Senior Director of Harm Reduction at Liberation Programs, shares her journey of going from Nursing to Harm Reduction. Liz shares insights from Canada and the United States, and her time living...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:31
Recovery with Root: Ray Bishop
In this episode of Recovery with Root, Ray Bishop, a Senior Counselor at the Root Center for Advanced Recovery's Henderson-Johnson Clinic, shares his story of recovery, and how his experiences drive him to help others heal.Ray went from...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:41
Recovery with Root: PTSD, EMDR, and Recovery
In this episode of Recovery with Root you will learn more about PTSD and how EMDR can be used to help treat trauma and aid in recovery. Hope Payson, LCSW, LADC, and EMDR Consultant, discusses the impacts of proper mental health care, and how sh...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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36:35
Recovery With Root - Root's First Residential Facility Come To New Britain
In today's episode, we sit down with New Britain Mayor, Erin Stewart, to discuss one of the Root Center's latest ventures, our FIRST ever residential treatment facility. This new facility will replace our former clinic on Whiting Street, which ...
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15:13
Recovery with Root: The Importance of Sleep
In this episode of Recovery with Root you will learn more about sleep and its impact on your overall mental health and wellbeing. Dr. Setu Vora, the Chief Medical Officer of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation discusses the importance of gett...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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34:29
Recovery with Root: Spravato
In this episode of Recovery with Root you will learn more about the Root Center for Advanced Recovery's Spravato service. Spravato is a cutting-edge treatment for depression. In this episode you will learn what it is, how it's used, who is elig...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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11:07
Recovery with Root: One-on-one with Sarah Laurel from Savage Sisters Recovery Inc.
In this episode of Recovery with Root, we are sitting down with Sarah Laurel, the founder of Savage Sisters Recovery Inc. After recovering from substance use disorder Sarah wanted to offer resources to women like herself. What began organically...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:08
Recovery with Root: One-on-one with Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter PsyD
In this episode of Recovery with Root we sit down with Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter. Dr. Utter is a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with those struggling with co-occurring mental health concerns, such as trauma and drug addiction.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:18
Recovery With Root: Methadone comes to Middlesex County
In today's episode, we sit down with Middletown Mayor, Ben Florsheim, to discuss the Root Center's latest venture, a new treatment facility, and the FIRST ever to offer methadone, in Middlesex County. Middlesex County is currently the only coun...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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17:50
Recovery with Root: First Root Sponsored Grant Winner Announced
In this episode of Recovery with Root we are sitting down with Dr. Yifrah Kaminer from the UConn Research Department, who was the recipient of our first ever Root sponsored research grant. This year, we are fortunate enough to be able to award ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:33
Recovery With Root: Meet our newest Board Member, Pat Rehmar
In today's episode, we sit down with latest addition to our Board of Directors. Patricia Rehman, known affectionately as Pat, is an exciting addition who comes to use with a wealth of experience and knowledge. Pat is a registered nurse by trade...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:21
Recovery With Root - Treating Transgender Patients
In this episode of Recovery with Root, we sit down with Dr. Fredrick Dombrowski, LMHC, CASAC, LPC, LADC, NCC, CCMHC, MAC, ACS, BC-TMH, HS-BCP, ICADC, DCMHS, AMHCA President, Department Chair at the University of Bridgeport, and Author of Co...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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20:51
Recovery with Root: Roots at Home
In today's episode, we sit down with Ben Matcalf, our Chief Operating Officer, to discuss a new initiative at the Root Center for Advanced Recovery, Roots At-Home. The Roots at Home Program (RAHP) will be based out of our Middletown...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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10:06
Recovery with Root: Teen Services
In this episode of Recovery with Root you will learn more about the Root Center for Advanced Recovery's teen services. From what we offer, to how to get involved, to what parents and teens alike should know, this episode will give you a full ov...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:00
Recovery With Root - Introduction
We are thrilled to launch this new podcast focused on all things mental health and addiction. In this episode you will learn more about the Root Center for Advanced Recovery... who we are, what we do, and our hopes for this podcast. Be sure to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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9:46
Recovery with Root Trailer!
We are thrilled to launch this new podcast focused on all things mental health and addiction. In this episode you will learn more about the Root Center for Advanced Recovery... who we are, what we do, and our hopes for this podcast. Be sure to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:55