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System Speak: Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

Diagnosed with Complex Trauma and a Dissociative Disorder, Emma and her system share what they learn along the way about complex trauma, dissociation (CPTSD, OSDD, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality), etc.), and mental health. Educational, supportive, inclusive, and inspiring, System Speak documents her healing journey through the best and worst of life in recovery through insights, conversations, and collaborations.
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Episodes

Caring for the Body (Part 1)

We talk about caring for the physical body. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the...

May 31, 202132 minEp. 268

Emails

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

May 27, 202130 minEp. 267

Splinters

Therapy update. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us! Content No...

May 24, 202133 minEp. 266

In Session (Part 3)

We review the book In Session. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join...

May 17, 202139 minEp. 265

In Session (Part 2)

We read from the book In Session. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. J...

May 13, 202134 minEp. 264

In Session (Part 1)

We read from the book In Session. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. J...

May 10, 202142 minEp. 263

Guest: Lou Himes

Dr. Lou Himes discusses gender, identity, expression, and roles. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us! To submit an email to the podcast: podcast@systemspeak.com Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared her...

May 03, 202158 minEp. 262

Mother Hunger Revisited

We welcome Kelly McDaniel back to the podcast. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining ...

Apr 19, 202155 minEp. 260

ISSTD Recap (Part 2)

We continue an ISSTD recap. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us...

Apr 15, 202147 minEp. 259

ISSTD Recap (Part 1)

We recap an ISSTD event. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us! C...

Apr 12, 202154 minEp. 258

Guest: Mary-Anne Kate, PhD

Our guest this week is Mary-Anne Kate, PhD, from Australia. She shares her research into Dissociation. She explains how she educates about and advocates for a broader understanding of Dissociation. She gives a history of the study of Dissociation, and about the silencing of survivors and the dismissing of their stories. She explains her research comparing the fantasy and trauma models. Trigger warning for reference to different types of abuse, but only in context of categorizing for research - n...

Apr 05, 202150 minEp. 257

The Ghost in the Mirror

We share an update about re-engaging in therapy, ever so slowly and carefully. We shared how our new therapist used art and books to help us safely start talking in therapy again. We talk about losing our previous therapist to Memory Time. We talk about the book Complex PTSD and the book Stranger in the Mirror. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari b...

Mar 29, 202141 minEp. 255

Emails

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

Mar 22, 202138 minEp. 254

Guest: Jillian Hosey (Part 2)

We visit with Jillian Hosey, a therapist in Toronto. We explore presence in therapy, ruptures and repair, and the importance of our own work in caring for our clients. This is a two-part conversation. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have...

Mar 18, 202134 minEp. 253

Guest: Jillian Hosey (Part 1)

We visit with Jillian Hosey, a therapist in Toronto. We explore presence in therapy, ruptures and repair, and the importance of our own work in caring for our clients. This is a two-part conversation. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have...

Mar 15, 202138 minEp. 252

Emails

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

Mar 11, 202119 minEp. 251

Guest: Nicole Black, PhD, LPC-S, LCDC, RPT

Our guest, Dr. Nicole Black, shares the "Dissociative Experiences Cards" she has created for use with clients. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Add...

Mar 08, 202141 minEp. 250

ISSTD Conference Presentation

We share our presentation from ISSTD about the history of diagnostic categories and how that connects to the lived experience movement. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social...

Mar 01, 20211 hr 6 minEp. 249

Emails

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

Feb 25, 202128 minEp. 248

Feeling Words

We process big feelings. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us! C...

Feb 22, 202126 minEp. 247

Emails: How to Find a Therapist

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

Feb 18, 202137 minEp. 242

Reflections

We reflect on learning and recent processing. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining t...

Feb 15, 202145 minEp. 241

Healing Together 2021

We share about Healing Together 2021. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the group...

Feb 11, 202149 minEp. 240

Therapist Memorial

We share about the death of our new therapist from COVID. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available ...

Feb 08, 202133 minEp. 239

Guest: Maureen McEvoy, MA, RCC

Our guest today is Maureen McEvoy, who volunteered to talk with us about re-enactment. She provides three examples, including one that references sexual consent in marriage. She clarifies that intrusions (like flashbacks) are when memory time invades now time, but re-enactment is when the same dynamic is actually happening again in now time (with different people or circumstances). Trigger warning to passing reference to “home movies” which she uses in references to old messages and memories fro...

Feb 01, 202146 minEp. 237

Emails

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

Jan 21, 202134 minEp. 236

Emails

We read and respond to listener emails. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the gro...

Jan 16, 202132 minEp. 235

Going to the Dentist

We share about going to the dentist, and trying to tend to our body even though it is hard. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine. We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes. Additional zoom groups...

Jan 14, 202149 minEp. 234

Dr. E Steps Out

Dr. E steps out. The website is HERE . You can join the Community HERE . Remember that you will not be able to see much until joining groups. Message us if we can help! You can contact the podcast HERE . Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general. Content descriptors are generally given in each episode. Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this...

Jan 12, 202126 minEp. 233

Try Softer

We share about finding a new therapist - again. The website is HERE . You can join the Community HERE . Remember that you will not be able to see much until joining groups. Message us if we can help! You can contact the podcast HERE . Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general. Content descriptors are generally given in each episode. Specific trigger warnings are not given...

Jan 08, 202129 minEp. 231
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