Episode 70 features a discussion between Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum and Cara Tyrrell, M.Ed., early childhood educator, parent educator, and founder of Core4Parenting, exploring how young children experience and process anxiety — and why parents' instinct to "fix" often backfires.

EP65 of the Unspoken Words podcast features a discussion between Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum and clinical psychiatrist, Dr. Jamie Furr, on the critical role parents play in their child's Selective Mutism treatment.

EP63 features a discussion between Dr E and Dr. Jenna Blum, a lead Clinical Psychologist at the SMart Center and the Director of the SMart Center’s growing general mental health department, Counseling & Assessments. In this episode, Dr. E and Dr. Jenna discuss the upcoming Halloween holiday.

EP60 of the Unspoken Words podcast features a discussion between Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum and psychiatrist, Dr. Natalie Weder, on how to help young children bounce back from social and emotional setbacks. In the episode, Dr. Elisa-Shipon-Blum and Dr. Natalie Weder discuss resilience, reframing, recognizing micro-moments of success and more.

In the episode, Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum and Dr. Jody LeVos discuss how different types of play—from structured therapy to free exploration—can be integrated into treatment to support emotional regulation and encourage speech development.

In this episode, Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum and Ruth Perednik discuss why children don’t progress by practicing skills only in a treatment setting, how to continue therapy at home, how to get buy-in from teachers and school staff and more.

In this episode, Dr. E and Dr. Jenna break down how to foster independence in elementary-aged children. They discuss how to encourage decision making, foster self-help skills, develop your child’s problem-solving abilities and more.

In this episode, Dr. E and Anna discuss bilingualism and multilingualism’s connection to Selective Mutism,  the differences between Speech & Language Difficulties and General Anxiety, how to approach Treatment & School-Based Accommodations for children with Speech & Language challenges, and more.