Episode 45: Nicole Perry on being a feminist therapist

On this episode of engendered, our guest is Nicole Perry, a Registered psychologist with a practice in Edmonton, Canada.  For the past ten years, she has worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and uses an approach called Somatic Experiencing, a body-based therapy, for healing trauma.  She is known for her work as a “feminist counselor” and helps her clients work on setting boundaries, seeing problems within their context and making healthier decisions in their lives. We speak with Nicole about how her feminist, collaborative approach is used to help both her survivor and non-survivor clients.

During our conversation, we talked about these additional resources:

• Tom Digby's book, Love and War:  How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance and our conversation with Tom
• Peter Levine's book, Healing Trauma about his work on somatic experiencing
• Jaclyn Friedman's book, What You Really Really Want:  The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety
• Video of women apologizing to men

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