In this episode Dr. Leslie Cary joins us to talk about the physiological effects of uncleared trauma, especially on children, and how, different from the animal kingdom, the unconscious mind of human beings processes learnings from traumatic and significant emotional events differently, resulting in a constant replaying of those events in a harmful way to our physiology. Be prepared to be amazed at you learn about the long term effects of carrying trauma and why healing is vital. - The show is i...
Jul 20, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 29
In this episode Patty joins us to share of the work she is doing in the Charlotte, NC area with the Carolina Center for Recovery. The Carolina Center for Recovery is paving the way with innovative therapy integrating trauma resolution along with the substance abuse treatment. They are getting excellent results, recognizing that this wholistic approach affirms that in so many cases of substance abuse it's only a cover for underlying trauma. CarolinaCenterforRecovery.com - The show is intended to ...
Jul 13, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Dr. Diego Hernandez is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, trauma expert, and Clinical Director of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Research at the University of South Florida and past Clinical Director of the Military Trial of ART at USF. With 20 years of mental health experience and a combat trauma expert, Dr. Diego works privately and on retreats with active duty military and Veterans. His practice emphasis is with Combat Veterans as well as active duty with emphasis on Special Forces. In t...
Jun 29, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Ed is a Florida firefighter, former Veteran and degreed counselor who joins us this week to talk about one of the many faces of PTSD: firefighters and first responders, and how their trauma is often bigger and more unexpected than what the public thinks. In light of a recent death of a friend on the force due to cancer caused by chemicals released in a burning building, Ed gives us a glimpse of how great the sacrifices are of these heroes. FirstOrlandoCounseling.com The show is intended to provi...
Jun 22, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Eric was a police officer on a smaller Florida city force who was shot in the line of duty. The initial shock of the experience led him to assume life would go on as normal but upon return to the force he began to experience the symptoms of PTSD that heightened his fight flight response and ultimately led to his reaching out for help. Unfortunately the average care provided by the most readily available help isn't helping our finest. Dr. Diego Hernandez, who ultimately worked to clear Eric's tra...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Caroline Barron’s father never found his birth mother. After he dies suddenly on her twentieth birthday, Caroline develops an insidious fear of her own untimely death. When she nearly bleeds out on an operating table during childbirth, it almost seems her greatest fear is justified. Emerging from the experience a changed woman, Caroline spends the next six years poring over her family history in an attempt to make sense of her inexplicable rage. The family secrets she unearths threaten to destab...
Jun 08, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In this episode we welcome veteran Mark whose story of multiple traumas while serving in our Armed Forces, included facing constant mortar fire on deployment testicular cancer and nearly dying of a heart attack related to his military vaccines and the subsequent outlook on life cause by constantly facing death. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whats...
Jun 01, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In this episode we dialogue about how many therapists expressed feeling overwhelmed by the emotional fallout stemming from the height of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
May 25, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 21
In this episode we welcome Jess, who enrolled in the Armed Services at 17 years old in order to have a future that paid for the college her family couldn't afford. By 18 she had experienced two instances of military sexual trauma (MST) and later in life her husband left her after 14 years of marriage. Hear her story of recover and learn why so many instances of MST go unreported each year. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and...
May 18, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In this episode we welcome Stacie, who's husband Michael was comatose and on a ventilator as a result of COVID-19. As their family reeled, Stacie read a chance social post that led her to the solution that may have ultimately saved her husband's life: plasma. Michael is now home recovering and the family is creating their new normal after become yet another of the many faces of trauma. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT...
May 11, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 19
In this episode we welcome Brenton Wright, father of Calvin Desir, the second of two Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students lost to suicide in the aftermath of the Valentine's Day 2018 shooting. Less than a week earlier the Coral Springs, Florida-Parkland, Florida community lost Sydney Aiello, a fellow survivor of the shooting. While Life After PTSD generally focuses on the story after the story, where a new normal of someone's deciding is realized after clearing their trauma, we also lab...
May 04, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 18
In this episode special guest Ashley shares of how after birthing her son she grew to resent her breasts when they failed to continue to produce milk for her son. This ultimately created a triggering response for her when her husband would initiate intimacy, specifically that part of her body. Trauma affects countless numbers of marriages and often for reasons that aren't about bad behaviors in marriage. Still, the effect remains the same and uncleared, the joy of the marriage and the teamwork a...
Apr 27, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 17
In this episode we welcome back Kim Krawczyk, teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Coral Springs, FL. With the Broward County School Board having announced that classes will be held online for the remainder of the year, teachers like Kim had to shuffle to transition to an entirely different style of teaching. Even more significant, this represents yet another year where students at the high school face a traumatic ending. Kim shares her perspective on what the kids are feeling and ...
Apr 13, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In this episode we welcome therapist Chris and client Samantha, who was in a long term abusive relationship with a boyfriend who not only sexually assaulted her, forcing her to have an abortion, but imposed curfews and systems of permission concerning what Samantha could or couldn't do as a human being. Domestic violence is real and it's all around us. Please be aware of your own situation but also your friends and family around you who may be victims themselves, in need of a lifeline. - The sho...
Apr 06, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 14
In this episode we welcome back special guest Scott Brook, Mayor of Coral Springs, Florida. In these uncertain times of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), emotional health is perhaps more relevant than ever, with a panic stricken world suffering for relief. As powerful and wonderful as reconnection can be, some among us need more care and the mayor is on a crusade to end the stigma and help them find it. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes ...
Mar 23, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In this episode Kari Russo joins us to introduce Lisa who decided to work on some uncleared trauma from external circumstances early on and all throughout her marriage. The three talk about the reality that countless marriages are struggling because of uncleared trauma, many of which long precedes the relationship. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity w...
Mar 02, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this episode, licensed mental health counselors Shannon and Chris join us along to talk about how vast the need is for effective trauma care in the mental health world and how when effective therapists do stellar work with the best protocols, they don't have to worry about where their next clients are going to come from. Having been trained, Shannon and Chris are part of a cutting edge wave of counselors who understand that the world has trauma and therapists don't need to worry about keeping...
Feb 24, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode we welcome Ed, a member of the Orlando Fire Department, to talk about trauma among first responders and how training peer support groups for first responders (like Ed is a part of), we can work to save lives by relieving initial trauma suffering before encouraging longer term care in the hands of a trauma trained clinician or coach. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or ...
Feb 17, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode Dr. Leslie, a clinician with over 18 years of experience working with parents, children and families, joins us to talk about what happens when clinicians get trauma, why clearing trauma isn't optional even though we often don't feel like doing it, and how trauma affects children. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please se...
Jan 27, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode we welcome Kate, who was domestically abused to the point of falling head first and knocking out several teeth in an incident with her ex-husband. Because of being in shock from the event and her ex- telling a different account she was taken to a very difficult mental institution. Trigger warning for those who have suffered from domestic violence, but Kate's story has a great ending. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purpose...
Jan 13, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode we welcome Dakota, a teenage boy who lived through Hurricane Dorian's devastating path through the Bahamas and was left with the traumatic memories of almost drowning in his own house when water levels rose in ways previously unthinkable to those who called their area home. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek hel...
Jan 06, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode we step back for a review of the amazing stories of Life After PTSD's first season: 2019. Enjoy sound bites from some of the most memorable moments of the year as we conclude season 1. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
Dec 23, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 67
In this episode we welcome back Brian, of episode 4 fame, along with Dr. Ben Rall, a wholeness doctor of chiropractor, to discuss Brian's physiology as a result of combat deployment and subsequent treatment for trauma. Many veterans are treated with similar regiments to Brian's and need physical healing as much as their need for trauma clearing. Special thanks to the Philip Stein Company for supporting the show. Please visit PhilipStein.com and use promo code "PTSD10" to support the work of Life...
Dec 16, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 66
In this episode Allen Kanerva joins us to address the stigma of PTSD as an illness or disorder. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified mental health provider.
Dec 09, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 65
In this episode we welcome special guest Bill, a Vietnam Veteran traumatized by the deaths of fellow soldiers on a make shift bridge in Vietnam that he was responsible for certifying. Unlike most guests, Bill has only begun his treatment and still carries trauma from both the bridge incident and a fear of heights. Part of Bill's recovery will be the ability to tell the story of what he did and saw in Vietnam. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainme...
Dec 02, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In this episode MSW, LCSW Patty joins us on the line with client Jim, a former military serviceman and presently a first responder who had shut down his emotions and closed off from the world. We discuss how trauma isn't always a one time significant event but can be several lesser events and circumstances over a long period of time, leaving someone suffering from PTSD. Special thanks to the Philip Stein Company for supporting the show. Please visit PhilipStein.com and use promo code "PTSD10" to...
Nov 25, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 63
In this episode we welcome guest Dani, a former first responder in both Niagara and Newfoundland. A domestic violence call left Dani with a trauma she couldn't shake and robbed her of a career she once loved. At the prodding of her sister, she attending a training with Allen and was cleared of her trauma as a live demo subject. The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal...
Nov 18, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 62
In this episode we welcome guest Rory for a round table discussion on how trauma being cleared by clinicians using the latest evidence based high-efficacy protocols is often not enough to bring complete healing and what other skills are necessary for effective work. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertainment purposes only and NOT a substitute for proper treatment or to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please seek help from a qualified menta...
Nov 11, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 61
In this episode we welcome guests Angela and Vicki, stage 4 cancer survivors who not only live today cancer free, but also cleared the PTSD associated with their diagnosis and treatment and now both coach clients to breakthrough in their own traumas. Special thanks to the Philip Stein Company for supporting the show. Please visit PhilipStein.com and use promo code "PTSD10" to support the work of Life After PTSD. - The show is intended to provide encouragement for the listener but is for entertai...
Nov 04, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 60
In this episode Kurt Gies of the American Legion joins Kari us to talk about what the Legion is, why it was formed and how it's helping veterans overcome trauma. On November 16th (2019) the Legion is sponsoring "Challenge 22," a charity walk and community event to raise money for suicide awareness and the prevention of PTSD. Special thanks to the Philip Stein Company for supporting the show. Please visit PhilipStein.com and use promo code "PTSD10" to support the work of Life After PTSD. - The sh...
Oct 28, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 59
