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Mental Health Decoded with Mordechai

Mental Health Decoded with Mordechai

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Mental Health Decoded is a one-of-a-kind, live call-in podcast created for the Frum community, where listeners can ask real mental health questions on air and receive practical, compassionate guidance in real time.

Hosted by Mordechai Weinberger, LCSW, this Frum-friendly program provides a safe and respectful space to explore meaningful topics like self-esteem, anxiety, parenting, trauma, OCD, depression, and more — all through the lens of Torah values and clinical insight.

Join us — one question, one insight, one podcast at a time.

Yaakov Brown
Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • Mental Health Decoded Episode #1303
    Mar 16 2026

    Awareness 1: I feel very nervous asking a question on the radio because I stutter; I can speak easily with family, but with strangers it’s an ongoing struggle— I want to create an awareness to not let your disability hold you back.

    Question 2: Feedback to a caller about IFS journaling: she shared that she started at a very low place about two years ago and has seen growth; Q: I see progress in the children I teach because of my effort and less about their motivation, so why does my therapist say that I deserve the credit for my own growth in therapy?

    Question 3: Over the past four years I’ve had four different therapists and haven’t felt a strong connection or that they bring out the best in me; I now have a life coach I really like—should I continue trying with a therapist or stick with the life coach?

    Question 4: I was told that an ASD diagnosis is not from the DSM—is that accurate?

    Question 5: I stopped seeing my therapist about 4.5 years ago, but I still feel like I haven’t fully moved on and often think about how much I miss her—is this normal, and how can I move forward?

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Mental Health Decoded Episode #1302
    Mar 15 2026

    Question 1: How do you deal with being bullied, or if a child is being bullied?

    Question 2: I am trying to understand the process of transference therapy; it is very difficult, and I am having a hard time with it.

    Positive Feedback 3: This program has changed my life—I now understand people better, even those I previously struggled to get along with.

    Question 4: I am a retired bubby, and due to health issues I cannot make Pesach in my own home. I will be going to my children, but I am taking it very hard and feel like an extra. How can I still feel happy?

    Question 4B: When my children and grandchildren follow minhagim that are different from mine, I am sometimes able to stay quiet, but at other times I speak up and it ends up bothering both them and me—how should I handle this?

    Question 5: How can I support a frum relative of the opposite gender who is going through a difficult time?

    Question 6: I asked a rov a question and feel uneasy with the answer—how can I process that?

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    57 mins
  • Mental Health Decoded Episode #1301
    Mar 9 2026

    Question 1 – In IFS, does the process always require tuning into bodily sensations?

    Question 2 – How would you explain vulnerability, and how can a person learn to express it?

    Question 3 – Last year before Pesach, MW mentioned the three F’s—fight, flight, and freeze. How might those responses show up during the stress of Pesach cleaning?

    Question 4 – Many people say it is healthy to be vulnerable and share openly. Why is that encouraged instead of keeping things private?

    Comment 5 – I believe it is very important to share with others and not keep everything inside. I also want to share that I was in an IOP, and in my experience it seemed designed more for people who are relatively healthy.

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    58 mins
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