Ep. 106 Supporting Parents Facing Burnout Hosted by Celina Wright SLP Ft. Casey Mouton LMFT
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What is the purpose of this episode and who are the hosts?
Welcome to this week's NeuroAffirm Show. My name is Selena Wright, and I'm so grateful to be joining you with my guest Casey, who will be introducing herself in just a moment. This is a really special conversation that we're letting you in on and we can't wait to hear what your thoughts are. If you're not familiar with me, my name again is Selena and I'm on the Inside Out team. I'm also on the NeuroFirm Academy team. I've worked with Chris and Jesse for many years. And in that time, it's been wonderful to share mission and core values and get to partner in neurodiversity affirming practices and connect with this community who's committed to that as well. So, my time here on the show today is going to be spent sharing a bit of personal background with Casey.
We both were talking before we got on this interview today and realizing that our stories converge in also the journey about being special needs parents. So we come to our work. As clinicians, but as well as with this parent perspective that we think is really special, unique, and colors so much of how we show up in that space and in life in general. So I'm going to let Casey share a little bit more about herself and then we'll get into our conversation for today. Casey, thank you so much for being here.
Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to talk about all of this. Um, and it's so nice to be here. My name is Casey Muton. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist. And I specialize in maternal mental health. And I also specialize in caregiver support and therapy for the parents of children with special needs. Like Selena mentioned, I am also a special needs parent. So this work is my professional passion, but it's also my personal passion.
Yes, definitely share that as well, that vein. Um, my story of special needs parenting started many years ago, almost twenty one years ago exactly. Our oldest son Jacob just celebrated his twenty first birthday. I was telling Casey, I'm pinching myself that that milestone. Came around this week. And when Jacob was born Both my husband and I were navigating very young parenthood. And in addition, Jacob experienced a brain injury at birth. That ultimately resulted in his diagnosis of cerebral palsy, of a seizure disorder, an intellectual disability. And that was a lot to navigate at the time. I didn't realize what influence that would have in all aspects of my life. I think in the moment we were just navigating the medical aspect of things, but it really has influenced every single part of our journey.
professionally as well. I don't think I would be a speech pathologist today had it not been for that spark and that introduction to that area of the field as a result of being the parent to Jacob. So I I really appreciated the uh the pre-gaming that we were doing right before hopping on and I look forward to expanding on that with you today, Casey. Yeah. Um I love what you were sharing about understanding the caregiver experience and you were talking specifically about the mental health component to that. Lots of clinicians tune in to the NeuroFirm Show Weekly as well as parents. So I'd love to chat about that a little bit. Um, what does it mean to Prioritize mental health for the caregiver.
Yeah, I mean I think it's imperative. And I think I was sharing with you before we got on that. For most parents, I know myself included at times. Um, caring for yourself kind of comes last on the list of things that you have to get done in a day when you're taking care of a child with special needs. Um, and you know, we see burnout in caregivers kind of come to the surface when there's extreme exhaustion, extreme stress, and just less of an ability to cope. Um, I know for myself, I can kind of sense that I'm nearing burnout when I know that I'm more reactive, I have less of an ability to kind of ground myself. Myself. I am quick to respond in an angry way, especially with my husband. Um, which you know, I think when we think about this, a lot of that ends up kind of coming out in the relationship with a partner.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this episode and who are the hosts?
0:08–6:05
2
How did Selena and Casey’s personal journeys shape their perspective on caregiver burnout?
6:05–11:21
3
What are the early warning signs that a parent is heading toward burnout?
11:21–21:08
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Which realistic self‑care practices can parents use without feeling guilty?
21:08–28:05
Speakers
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