Season 1: Episode 5 - Emily Knust

Emily is a Community Recovery Specialist at Rutland Mental Health Services. She and I cover a range of topics including: Why she wanted to work in the field of mental health. What a day in the life of a Community Recovery Specialist looks like. How she filters traumatic stories from clients. The danger of working with certain individuals. Differences in mental health services between VT and NJ. Her definition of mental illness and it’s relationship with our current society. Her self care practices she partakes in. Her interest in researching bird and insect species. Researching topics in the “Information Age”. Her passion for Christmas and much, much more!