We chat with guest Peter Maves, a pioneer in the field and a colleague we work with planning conferences and building the professional training program with ISSTD. 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 podcast...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 355
Eli Somer, a clinician in Israel, joins us to discuss dissociative absorption, reality shifting, and maladaptive daydreaming. He says the experience of non-traumagenic plurals is entirely valid, but also distinct from traumagenic DID. He says that final fusion or integration is not the only treatment goal, nor a decision for the therapist to make. He distinguishes the anthropological experience of multiplicity as a new phenomenon and a completely different thing than DID. He shares about his res...
Dec 16, 2021•46 min•Ep. 325
This month in our NerdTown Topics Meetup, our colleague, Bill Woodburn, MEd, LPC-S, LMFT-S, shared about using stories in therapy. 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 ...
Oct 09, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 323
We share about therapy. 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! Co...
Sep 30, 2021•59 min•Ep. 297
We share about trying to publish an article after more editing. 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 avai...
Sep 23, 2021•31 min•Ep. 295
We share our process of trying to write an article. 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 joi...
Sep 20, 2021•38 min•Ep. 294
We welcome our friend and colleague, Christy. 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...
Sep 16, 2021•36 min•Ep. 293
We welcome our friend and colleague, Christy. 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...
Sep 13, 2021•43 min•Ep. 292
We share about the beginning of our Community. 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 ...
Sep 07, 2021•46 min•Ep. 296
Our guest is Dr. Joan Turkus, who shares her pioneer history in the field of traumatology. She explains her perspective of trauma and dissociation, including clarifying the importance of the DSM despite its limitations. We discuss psychodynamic and relational approaches to the trauma framework. She shares some of her thoughts about the more pragmatic aspects of advocating for survivors in treatments. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE . We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego gro...
Sep 06, 2021•46 min•Ep. 290
We share about therapy, and learning to recognize the difference between thoughts and 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 gr...
Sep 02, 2021•38 min•Ep. 289
We share our visit to the cemetery. 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....
Aug 30, 2021•33 min•Ep. 288
We share from a book by Courtois & Ford. 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 th...
Aug 26, 2021•37 min•Ep. 287
We share from a book by Courtois & Ford. 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 th...
Aug 23, 2021•34 min•Ep. 286
We read listener emails, including one that contained a poem. 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 availa...
Aug 16, 2021•22 min•Ep. 284
We share about a therapy assignment. 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...
Aug 12, 2021•39 min•Ep. 283
We share about a dream we had. 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...
Aug 09, 2021•50 min•Ep. 282
We continue our discussion with Kirsten Stach. Trigger warning for discussion of historical trauma. 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...
Aug 05, 2021•41 min•Ep. 281
Our guest this week for two-part episodes is Kirsten Stach, MA, Dipl, MIACI. We discussed trauma and dissociation. We explore the neutralizing of shame through cognitive understanding of the brain and how it works. She applies compassion to survivors, distinguishing what they have endured from the label of a diagnosis. (Part 1 of 2). 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 opti...
Aug 02, 2021•36 min•Ep. 280
We talk with Nathan about our new memoir. 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 g...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 279
We talk with Cleo from H.O.W., who shares their integrative experience. 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 o...
Jul 26, 2021•40 min•Ep. 278
We talk again with our friend Kim, who helps us spill the tea (and move forward again in healing). 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...
Jul 22, 2021•54 min•Ep. 277
Our oldest son, Alex, now old enough for consent, requests his episode from 2021 return to the podcast! He shared about autism. 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,...
Jul 19, 2021•49 min•Ep. 276
We attended a training presented by Dolores Mosquera about working with parts and dissociation. 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 gr...
Jul 15, 2021•30 min•Ep. 275
We welcome Beauty After Bruises, who share their own stories of how the organization came to be and what they are doing to help the survivor and dissociative community. 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, a...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 274
Our guest is Elizabeth Power, who shares her story of dissociation in response to medical trauma (sans perpetrator), and how she has used her experiences to help others. We discuss shame, honoring hard feelings, and the authenticity of doing depth work to acknowledge pain and stay present with it so that it can be tended to and cared for well. We talk about boundaries, betrayals, and how owning our big feelings gives us the power to choose our responses. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 273
We talk about "New Now Time". 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 ...
Jun 14, 2021•50 min•Ep. 272
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...
Jun 10, 2021•28 min•Ep. 271
Our guest this week is Richard P. Kluft, MD, one of the first and most extensively published research clinicians of dissociative disorders. He tells the story of dissociation treatment, giving the history of how he stumbled into it himself, his friendship with Cornelia Wilbur, and the shifts in treatment over the decades. He reflects on newer treatment tools and when they are beneficial and why sometimes they are not. Our website is HERE: System Speak Podcast . You can submit an email to the pod...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 270
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...
Jun 03, 2021•31 min•Ep. 269