WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.319 Welcome to the Light Keepers podcast. I'm Clayton 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:05.639 Vandiver, your Light Keeper, with a show dedicated 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:08.599 to everyone who wants to get the most quality 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:11.980 out of life that they can. My co -host, as always, 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.279 Charlene, our very own tame, licensed clinical 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.460 social worker, certified in the state of Florida. 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:21.679 We invite you to join the conversation this week, 00:00:21.699 --> 00:00:25.140 which is about professional versus amateur support. 00:00:26.030 --> 00:00:28.789 Just who is that person and what qualifies them 00:00:28.789 --> 00:00:32.869 to help me? And so much more on this edition 00:00:32.869 --> 00:01:05.319 of the Light Keepers Podcast. Before we start, 00:01:05.739 --> 00:01:08.099 I'd like to invite you to please leave your questions 00:01:08.099 --> 00:01:10.620 or comments below. We always love to hear from 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:13.280 you. Questions this week will be answered during 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:16.239 our next show that appears online every Wednesday 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:20.019 evening at 7 p .m. Eastern. Hi, this is Clayton 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:22.260 Vandiver, your Lightkeeper, and this summer we 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:24.260 have a very special treat for you. It's called 00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:27.700 Lightkeeper's Podcast Shorts. It's not a new 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:30.219 clothing line, but that's a pretty good idea. 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:33.840 Actually, it's just shorter episodes under 10 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.599 minutes long of our most popular episodes that 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:41.500 we keep getting requests to play again. So here's 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:44.560 part two of the Light Keepers podcast shorts. 00:01:45.299 --> 00:01:47.519 But if this is something that you want to do 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:51.280 for a living full time, go to school, get trained 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.859 how to do it. That way you're not putting others. 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:59.459 at risk of injury, mental or physical, and you're 00:01:59.459 --> 00:02:01.680 not putting yourself in danger of litigation 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.159 because in some states it's actually illegal 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.599 to provide therapeutic support without a license. 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.699 Very, very good point. And we were talking before 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:16.979 the show a little bit about sometimes a psychiatrist. 00:02:18.469 --> 00:02:21.490 is different than a psychologist and one does 00:02:21.490 --> 00:02:23.469 one thing, one does another thing. Can you share 00:02:23.469 --> 00:02:25.250 a little bit about that? Absolutely. That sort 00:02:25.250 --> 00:02:26.810 of ties into what you were just saying. And a 00:02:26.810 --> 00:02:29.289 lot of people don't know the difference. A psychiatrist 00:02:29.289 --> 00:02:34.229 is a doctor who is trained on how to prescribe 00:02:34.229 --> 00:02:37.870 medication to treat mental health issues. Okay. 00:02:37.949 --> 00:02:41.430 A medical professional. Exactly. Sort of a... 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:44.659 Someone who focuses on the medication side of 00:02:44.659 --> 00:02:49.159 things, like a pharmacist versus a therapist, 00:02:49.259 --> 00:02:52.460 a psychologist or a licensed clinical social 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:54.860 worker or a licensed mental health counselor. 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:57.639 These are people who cannot prescribe medication 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.699 because they're not trained in the medication. 00:03:01.500 --> 00:03:04.500 side of it, but they are trained in providing 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:07.379 that therapeutic support, that counseling, which 00:03:07.379 --> 00:03:10.800 a psychiatrist is not. So it would be unethical 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.099 if you were to be prescribing medications because 00:03:15.099 --> 00:03:17.280 that's not something you've been educated to 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.340 do. Not just unethical, but highly illegal. And 00:03:20.340 --> 00:03:23.460 that's why a common phrase that you'll hear in 00:03:23.460 --> 00:03:26.560 the clinical world is stay in your lane. And 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:30.259 what that means is don't do something that you're 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:34.699 not trained and licensed to do. As a licensed 00:03:34.699 --> 00:03:38.099 clinical social worker, I would not even fathom 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:43.129 giving someone medical direction. I may give 00:03:43.129 --> 00:03:46.490 them medical advice in terms of, hey, ask your 00:03:46.490 --> 00:03:49.849 doctor about dot, dot, dot. But I would never 00:03:49.849 --> 00:03:52.229 say, this is your diagnosis, this is what you 00:03:52.229 --> 00:03:54.370 need to do, because I'm not trained. And that's 00:03:54.370 --> 00:03:56.930 something we do right here. We say every week, 00:03:57.069 --> 00:04:00.530 you know, this is a conversation about conditions 00:04:00.530 --> 00:04:04.030 and health and situations that you might face. 00:04:04.349 --> 00:04:08.310 And definitely seek the advice of your own medical 00:04:08.310 --> 00:04:11.069 personnel, your own. personal counselor your 00:04:11.069 --> 00:04:14.389 own personal advisor who knows your unique needs 00:04:14.389 --> 00:04:18.089 and situation and can best advise what's best 00:04:18.089 --> 00:04:21.209 for you because this is just a conversation to 00:04:21.209 --> 00:04:24.790 sort of stimulate the possibilities and not in 00:04:24.790 --> 00:04:27.670 any way to give you advice that you should follow 00:04:27.670 --> 00:04:31.290 except in seeking professional help and asking 00:04:31.290 --> 00:04:34.689 that personal counselor that knows your situation 00:04:34.689 --> 00:04:38.459 uh hey Do you think this might apply to me or 00:04:38.459 --> 00:04:41.220 do you think this might help me or, you know, 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:44.519 what could I do better? It's just like in my 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.420 line of work, if you're wanting to make a little 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:50.399 home movie, you might seek the professional guidance 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.540 of someone who went to film school and use their 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:56.560 advice, their best practices, because they're 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.540 certainly going to know more about it than the 00:04:58.540 --> 00:05:00.519 guy that just got his first cell phone and said, 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.199 oh, video, click. Hey, look, it makes pictures. 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:08.019 And there's a lot of areas that this overlaps 00:05:08.019 --> 00:05:09.779 onto that people don't realize. I'm going to 00:05:09.779 --> 00:05:13.759 give you a wonderful example of that. It's a 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.639 little pet peeve of mine. When someone creates 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.139 advance directives, which we talk about a lot 00:05:20.139 --> 00:05:22.180 here on the show because they're so important, 00:05:22.379 --> 00:05:25.240 which is basically advance directives are the 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.019 documents that you put into place to direct what 00:05:28.019 --> 00:05:30.420 type of medical treatment you would want if you 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:32.860 were to become seriously ill and not able to 00:05:32.860 --> 00:05:35.600 make your own medical decisions. So think living 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:40.509 will, medical power of attorney. People go to 00:05:40.509 --> 00:05:43.230 attorneys to have these done all the time, and 00:05:43.230 --> 00:05:45.470 that's great. Attorneys know the law, but they 00:05:45.470 --> 00:05:47.850 don't know medicine, and they don't know those 00:05:47.850 --> 00:05:50.250 medical procedures. And so you have someone with 00:05:50.250 --> 00:05:53.689 legal documents that say, if I become seriously 00:05:53.689 --> 00:05:57.829 ill, I do not want any extensive measures put 00:05:57.829 --> 00:06:01.689 into place to keep me alive. What defines extensive? 00:06:04.209 --> 00:06:06.089 They're not necessarily going to know what an 00:06:06.089 --> 00:06:08.149 extensive measure is. Exactly. And some people 00:06:08.149 --> 00:06:10.889 say, well, I don't want tubes or machines. Okay, 00:06:11.129 --> 00:06:13.889 you don't want a tube or a machine to keep you 00:06:13.889 --> 00:06:17.490 alive. What if there's an opportunity of recovery? 00:06:19.089 --> 00:06:21.350 What if you only need that machine temporarily? 00:06:21.589 --> 00:06:25.620 What if the doctor doesn't know? If it's temporary 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:27.439 or permanent, is your loved one going to know 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.540 what to do? They're going to look at the paper 00:06:29.540 --> 00:06:31.459 and say, well, he said he didn't want anything 00:06:31.459 --> 00:06:36.420 extensive done, so sorry. That's a very, very 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:39.680 good point. And it also gives us an opportunity 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.439 when you're wondering who to turn to and who 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.620 to look to. You know that the professionals at 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:49.660 a guiding light. are there to train professionals 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:51.899 in doing many of the things that we're talking 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:55.500 about. Exactly. And so if you see someone who 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:59.319 has been vetted and who has the guiding light 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:04.040 symbol that we have on our coffee cups, you know 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:06.180 that they are going to be someone that is not 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:09.980 operating like a witch doctor. not only know 00:07:09.980 --> 00:07:12.100 what they're talking about, they can refer you 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:14.759 to other professionals that they are confident 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.100 in their capabilities. Absolutely. So that's 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:19.720 the sort of thing that we try to do here is connect 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.100 people to resources that can give them the best 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:25.959 service in their lives. Knowledge is power. Knowledge 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:29.360 is power. Quality of life is the whole purpose 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.600 of this show and our conversations. Now, we don't 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:35.759 have much time, but this episode leads us to 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:38.850 a perfect opportunity. to mention that several 00:07:38.850 --> 00:07:41.769 listeners have been asking about us personally 00:07:41.769 --> 00:07:44.709 and our backgrounds, you know, what makes us 00:07:44.709 --> 00:07:47.050 professionals instead of witch doctors. That 00:07:47.050 --> 00:07:49.089 sounds like something we might do. We got into 00:07:49.089 --> 00:07:51.310 that just a little touch today. You got a feeling 00:07:51.310 --> 00:07:55.509 for, hey, I'm really a video guy and, you know, 00:07:55.509 --> 00:07:58.389 a broadcaster, and this is really a medical professional 00:07:58.389 --> 00:08:01.879 and mental health specialist. But it sounds like 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:03.860 something we might spend a little bit more time 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:07.879 with in helping our viewers and listeners understand 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.620 who we are and what our interests are and our 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:13.600 backgrounds. Maybe we could do an entire show 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.899 about that. Yeah. Let's dedicate next week to 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:20.040 that. How about that? We can do that. Well, it's 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.199 always good to be willing to talk about quality 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.959 of life because every single one of us will face 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.600 some of these issues someday. Either not prepared 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:32.899 at all or... Very well prepared indeed from joining 00:08:32.899 --> 00:08:35.820 us here on the Light Keepers podcast each and 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:40.799 every Wednesday evening at 7 p .m. Eastern. 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