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The Crisis Podcast

The Crisis Podcast provides an in-depth analysis of behavioral health crisis services from the thought leaders, advocates, and subject matter experts that design and operate these critical services.

Podcast · By Travis Atkinson · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
5
Latest publication
Sep 4, 2026
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Jul 10, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    Ep. 30: Crisis Like Jazz with Ricky Mountsier (opens the original)

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    Ricky Mountsier serves as Vice President of Inpatient & Crisis Services at Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, where he provides strategic leadership for a comprehensive continuum of behavioral health crisis services, including mobile crisis response, crisis receiving and stabilization services, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) initiatives, and inpatient psychiatric care. Following his own journey of recovery, he began his career as a peer recovery coach. Since then, he has served in

  2. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    Ep. 29: Preparing for the Unscripted with Ariellah Goldbloom (opens the original)

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    Ariellah Goldbloom, LSW, NREMT, CRSS, is a connector at heart, bringing together people, systems, and the small moments that determine whether someone feels seen and supported. A crisis response leader and speaker, she builds programs and teams that show up when it matters most. As Director, Ariellah leads a Crisis Response program serving Chicago’s South Side and a Linkage team supporting high utilizers across Cook County. She is known for bringing people together, noticing what systems miss, a

  3. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

    Ep. 28: Prepared & Flexible with Vanessa Pataky & Kaitlyn Ervin (opens the original)

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    Vanessa Pataky is the Senior Vice President of Crisis & Addiction Continuum at Aspire Indiana Health, where she oversees a comprehensive crisis continuum including crisis call center, mobile crisis, and the Rely Crisis Center. Kaitlyn Ervin is Senior Director of Crisis Services at Aspire, where she has spent more than a decade serving in roles ranging from intake clinician and therapist to clinical manager and crisis leader. Together, Vanessa and Kaitlyn have helped lead the development of Aspir

  4. Episode · Aug 6, 2026

    Ep. 27: Melodies & Harmonies with Johnathan Davis (opens the original)

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    Johnathan Davis is the CEO of CarePoint Response, a nonprofit organization providing crisis services in Baltimore. To learn more about CarePoint Response, visit https://carepointresponse.org/ .

  5. Episode · Jul 10, 2026

    Ep. 26: Vigilance & Excellence with Kris Thompson (opens the original)

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    Kris Thompson, LCSW, is the Chief Operating Officer for Lenape Valley Foundation, a behavioral health provider in Pennsylvania. I sat down with Kris to talk about his journey in crisis care, including the development of two crisis programs in the past 10 years as well as Lenape Valley's operation of 988 and mobile crisis services. Lenape Valley Foundation is opening a state-of-the-art crisis facility in July 2026, featuring adult and youth crisis stabilization and crisis residential services, as

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