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MindCast Media and Know Your FundaMENTALs are based on Kelly’s education, training, and experience and are a fusion of her knowledge of the power of entertainment and her passion for the expansion of mental health accessibility.

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Kelly Berthold is a licensed clinical social worker and mental health provider in her home state of Pennsylvania where she primarily works in a private community practice and at Penn State University’s Psychological Clinic, one of the United States oldest university based community clinics. At the Clinic, Kelly holds positions as a senior staff member, clinical supervisor, and psychotherapist. Kelly’s work has experience in community mental health and outreach initiatives with individuals across populations. Passionate about outreach, education and prevention, her desire to do her part to contribute to the democratization of mental health brought her to develop MindCast LLC and Know Your FundaMENTALs. 

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Kelly has a wealth of experience with people of diverse ages, cultures, backgrounds, challenges and needs in many settings. It's through these rewarding experiences that have continued to fan her passion for outreach and education, and have expanded her curiosity in understanding what can be most effective for individuals across a broad spectrum; especially those who are most affected by mental health stigma and barriers to mental health support and resources.  Her experience includes, but is not limited to, working with children and adolescents in group homes and hospitals, in the heart of the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania, bringing mental health into primary care and family medicine settings, developing wellness outreach initiatives, providing mental and behavioral health support to individuals in community health settings, and more. In addition, she engages in educational opportunities and supervision of clinical doctoral students in one of the country’s top clinical psychology doctoral programs. Nationally, she is on the Advisory Care Counsel for VTVCare, a national non-profit organization that supports recovery and assistance for individuals and their families who have survived mass shootings in the United States. 

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Kelly has received training from internationally renowned programs including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction from University of Massachusetts Medical School's Center for Mindfulness program, and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy through Centre for Mindfulness Studies in partnership with Harvard Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, as well as Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy through the Treatment Implementation Collaborative. 

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Prior to becoming a clinical social worker and therapist, Kelly worked in the entertainment industry for several years until returning to school to obtain a bachelor’s in psychology at Penn State University, and later a master’s degree in social work at University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work. Kelly has always been inspired by the power of entertainment, especially the underdog of entertainment - comedy.

 

In Know Your FundaMENTALs, Kelly translates the need-to-know educational elements of mental health and wellness while blending her clinical knowledge and scientifically supported facts about the human experience, with a sense of humor, compassion and genuineness. 

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Anyone in the world can benefit from knowing the "FundaMENTALs." It’s not therapy, or meant to replace therapy, AND everyone on the planet can benefit from the resources of this series that are backed by science.

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Be inspired. Be empowered. Know your power. And maybe roll your eyes a little bit at some lame jokes … on Know Your FundaMENTALs.