Glenna Phillips & Jennifer Kaufman: Breaking the Stigma on Mental Health

In our conversation with Glenna & Jennifer, we learn: 1. How Jennifer's curiosity evolved her career. 2. How the pandemic kept Central Kansas Mental Health Center on its toes. 3. How creativity played a major role in helping the community access telehealth. 4. What mental health is, and why it's such a personal journey. 5. Why it takes safety to poke at your trauma. 6. What simple question we can ask that could save a life.

Glenna is the 5th Executive Director of Central Kansas Mental Health Center's nearly 60-year history and is involved in many committees and boards and was a part of getting the Mental Health In Schools Initiative up and running. Jennifer joined the CKMHC team as a child case manager in 2010 and was promoted to Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Project Director last year, where she provides oversight of the agency-wide CCBHC model of care implementation and is a certified Managing Aggressive Behaviors trainer.

Learn more at: https://www.ckmhc.org/