Bethany Brand, Ph.D. specializes in the assessment and treatment of trauma related disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative disorders (DDs). She has over 25 years of clinical experience, including training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, George Washington University Hospital, and at Sheppard Pratt Health System’s Trauma Disorders program. She is a Professor of Psychology at Towson University ( http://grad.towson.edu/program/master/psyc-clpy-ma/) . Dr. Brand has been h...
Aug 13, 2015•41 min
Anna Berardi, PhD., Lic Marriage & Family Therapist, Lic Prof Counselor Director of the Trauma Response Institute ( http://www.georgefox.edu/counseling-programs/clinics/tri/index.html ) and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at George Fox University - Portland, Oregon. Anna’s specialty in trauma includes work as a private practitioner, graduate mental health educator, with special emphasis on directing the TRI, including the post-graduate certificate in trauma response services ( http:...
Aug 11, 2015•39 min
Sara Jacobovici (pronounced Yakobovich) is a Creative Arts Psychotherapist. Sara has been working in the health and mental health field for 30 years, specializing in using the creative arts in Trauma work. She received her Bachelor's of Music from McGill University in Montreal and her Master's in Creative Arts Therapy from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. Sara was born in Israel to Romanian parents, grew up in Canada, studied and worked in the United States and is now living and working In ...
Aug 06, 2015•37 min
Courtney Armstrong is the author of The Therapeutic “Aha!” ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393708403/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393708403&linkCode=as2&tag=wescoatrapro-20&linkId=GU24KP6OEJ4NHFXY) (2015) and Transforming Traumatic Grief ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983499918/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0983499918&linkCode=as2&tag=wescoatrapro-20&li...
Aug 03, 2015•42 min
Over the past decade, Molly Boeder Harris has worked in community-based rape crisis centers as a medical and legal advocate, provided crisis support and prevention education for students on college campuses and has directed a campus Women’s Center. During that time, she also became a certified yoga instructor and has since been teaching yoga at rape crisis centers, yoga studios, counseling clinics and social service agencies. In 2012, Molly founded The Breathe Network ( http://thebreathenetwork....
Jul 30, 2015•40 min
Monica O'Connell MA LMFT LADC is located in Minneapolis and provides national training on the intersections of trauma, addiction and mental health. She works with the nations' only LGBTQ exclusive dual diagnosis treatment center where she offers supervision and trauma therapy. She has a thriving private practice supporting clients and providing consultation and supervision. Her dog Louie is a certified therapy dog and visits the treatment center frequently. Support this podcast at — https://redc...
Jul 27, 2015•33 min
Dr. Slonim is a board certified psychiatrist (in Israel and in California) and has been practicing in Beverly Hills since 1984. She is the medical director of D.S.A. Medical Clinic. Dr. Slonim graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University Medical School, Israel, in 1974. Dr. Slonim has integrated energy psychology in her practice and was a co-director of NATO projects, teaching her unique Sabotage Correction Technique ( http://www.removeselfsabotage.com/ ) (SCT) ( http://www.removeselfsabot...
Jul 23, 2015•29 min
Iryna Natalushko is a practicing and teaching therapist living in Ukraine, trained in art therapy with a trauma therapy concentration at the George Washington University graduate art therapy program (2008-2011) via a Fulbright Scholarship. Iryna uses intensive trauma therapy, developed by her professor, Dr. Linda Gantt, PhD ( http://www.westcoasttraumaproject.com/podcast/linda-gantt-phd/ ) (episode 46 on The Trauma Therapist Podcast) and her late husband psychiatrist Louis Tinnin, and its adapta...
Jul 20, 2015•44 min
Dr. Kathy Platoni served as a U.S. Army psychologist for more than three decades, doing heavy lifting on behalf of the nation as an expert in combat stress control and war trauma. She served as a volunteer debriefer to the NYPD following the attacks of 9/11, and as an on-the-ground mental health professional for troops in two combat zones during multiple deployments. She is a survivor of November 2009 Fort Hood Massacre, and has been an outspoken survivors' advocate since. As a survivor of the F...
Jul 17, 2015•34 min
Prof. Mooli Lahad is a senior medical psychologist and has been working with individuals, civilians as well as soldiers and veterans, suffering from PTSD since 1975. Dr. Mooli is the founder and president of the Community Stress Prevention Center ( http://www.eng.icspc.org/) in Kiryat Shmona Israel, the oldest center in the world that deals with community as an ecological entity for recovery and healing pre- and post critical incidents. Dr. Mooli is the author & co-author of 35 books on resi...
Jul 14, 2015•45 min
Teresa Descilo, MSW, MCT is the Founder and Executive Director of the Trauma Resolution Center ( http://www.traumaresolutioncenter.net/index.htm) , formerly known as Victim Services Center. Founded in 1995, the TRC is the first trauma-focused Community Mental Health Center and state licensed substance abuse program in the US. Teresa has always believed in the resiliency of the human spirit and in the ability of each being to expand consciousness and tap inner strengths. She has explored many pat...
Jul 09, 2015•33 min
Anita Sugimura Holsapple is a filmmaker, not a therapist. She is also the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, who has written and directed the incredible, forthcoming film Battlefield home: through the lens of the daughter of a Vietnam Vet (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/534187316/battlefield-home-through-the-lens-of-the-daughter). Anita has more than 14 years experience in broadcast as a television news and field producer in both domestic and international markets. Her knowledge in the field o...
Jul 06, 2015•32 min
Lynette Danylchuk, PhD has been working in the trauma field since the mid-80s, starting with Vietnam Vets and people with DID. She served 12 years on the original Board of Directors of Survivorship ( https://survivorship.org/) , and then worked for the Board of the Star Foundation ( http://www.starfound.org/ ) for several more years. Lynette has her private practice in San Mateo, California, where, in addition to working with clients, she continues to do periodic consultation and teaching where ...
Jul 02, 2015•36 min
Gabriella Grant is the director of the California Center of Excellence for Trauma Informed Care (http://www.trauma-informed-california.org/). Her background includes heading the nation’s first community corrections-based victim advocacy program and running a three-year project funded by the California Department of Public Health to increase access to domestic violence shelters by women with mental health and/or substance abuse issues. The domestic violence shelter project showed that it is possi...
Jun 29, 2015•39 min
Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S is Senior Vice President of Clinical Development with Elements Behavioral Health (http://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/). He has developed clinical programs for The Ranch (http://www.recoveryranch.com/treatment-programs/sexual-recovery/) outside Nashville, Tennessee, Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu (http://www.promises.com/treatment-programs/stimulant-and-sexual-disorders-program-at-promises-malibu/), and The Sexual Recovery Institute (http://www.sexualrecovery....
Jun 25, 2015•1 hr 2 min
Dr. Sam Himelstein is a Licensed Psychologist and works in the Alameda County Juvenile Hall. He founded and governs the Center for Adolescent Studies (https://vimeo.com/122489139), and has written extensively on clinical work using mindfulness with young people, including two books: A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415642450/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0415642450&linkC...
Jun 22, 2015•52 min
Dr. Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy ( http://childtrauma.org/) , a not-for-profit organization based in Houston, TX, and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. He serves as the inaugural Senior Fellow of the Berry Street Childhood Institute ( http://www.childhoodinstitute.org.au/) . Dr. Perry is the author, along with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Do...
Jun 18, 2015•33 min
A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them. For twelve years Dr. Maté worked ...
Jun 15, 2015•38 min
Ashley Davis Bush, LICSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in southern New Hampshire with over twenty-five years experience in the mental health field. She is also the author of six self-help books, including Transcending Loss and Shortcuts to Inner Peace, and Simple Self-Care for Therapists: Restorative Practices to Weave Through Your Workday ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393708373/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393708373&l...
Jun 11, 2015•42 min
Dr. Peter Bernstein is founder and director of the Bernstein Institute for Trauma Treatment ( http://www.bernsteininstitute.com/)in Petaluma, CA. In private practice since 1974, Peter holds a doctorate in clinical psychology as a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He specializes in the field of emotional and physical trauma and is the author of Trauma: Healing the Hidden Epidemic ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/148232749X/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&c...
Jun 08, 2015•47 min
Odelya is a trauma survivor who became a therapist, trainer, facilitator and consultant with over a decade of experience working with survivors and aid workers in locations of conflict and trauma. She has worked for the UN, governmental institutions, and NGOs in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Odelya focused on trauma studies in three graduate studies programs, earning a Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation as a Fulbright scholar at Eastern Mennonite University, a Masters in ...
Jun 05, 2015•38 min
Helga Luest is a recognized trauma expert, keynote presenter, and trainer. Helga’s professional focus to facilitate positive social change stems largely from her own life experiences. She survived an attempted murder in 1993 and, more recently, domestic abuse. Helga currently works with Abt Associates where she is managing editor of SAMHSA News ( http://newsletter.samhsa.gov/ ) (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) and communications officer with the U.S. Preventive Service...
Jun 01, 2015•49 min
Michele Rosenthal is an award-winning PTSD blogger, bestselling and award-nominated author, founder of HealMyPTSD.com ( http://healmyptsd.com/) , and a former faculty member of the Clinical Development Institute for Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center ( http://www.timberlineknolls.com/information/about/staff) . Host of the radio program, Changing Direction ( http://www.blogtalkradio.com/michelerosenthal) , Michele is also a trauma survivor who struggled with posttraumatic stress disor...
May 28, 2015•44 min
Amber is a longtime practitioner of body centered arts and sciences (Somatic Psychology, Life Impressions Bodywork, energy medicine, cranio-sacral therapy, yoga, and shiatsu), a board-licensed mental health professional, and an advocate of human rights. She is an award winning dance movement therapist and an authorized Continuum Movement Teacher. Amber has worked for almost 20 years with people who have survived human rights abuses, war, natural disaster, as well as with humanitarian response te...
May 25, 2015•37 min
Ron Gellis, Ph.D. has been a Clinical and Forensic Sports Psychologist in California for over 30 years and specializes in PTS, TBI, addictive and/or co-occurring disorders. Ron was a Navy Psychologist during the post Vietnam Era during which time he treated and worked with the first wave of Vietnam veterans with PTSD. Ron has established The Integrated Recovery Foundation ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Integrated-Recovery/170412962991814) , a program designed to assist Veterans and First Respo...
May 21, 2015•59 min
Usha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology at Boston College as well as in Independent Practice in Cambridge, MA. She has presented nationally and published peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters on the topics of immigration, trauma, cultural competence and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Usha has served as the chair of the Multicultural Concerns Committee ( http://www.apadivisions.org/division-39/leadership/c...
May 18, 2015•34 min
Patricia D. Wilcox, LCSW, Vice President of Strategic Development, Klingberg Family Centers ( http://klingberg.org/) , New Britain, Connecticut specializes in treatment of traumatized children and their families. She created the Restorative Approach™ , a trauma- and relationship-based treatment method. She is a Faculty Trainer for Risking Connection® and an Adjunct Faculty at the University of CT School of Social Work. She travels nationally to train treaters on trauma-informed care, specializin...
May 14, 2015•33 min
Lee Klinger Lesser, MS, has developed and led retreats for Veterans since 2008, integrating her experience of mindfulness and meditation into accessible programming for Veterans. She has been leading workshops in the mindfulness practice of Sensory Awareness since 1976. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Honoring the Path of the Warrior ( http://www.honoringthepath.org/) , a non-profit program that provides a safe environment for veterans to rediscover meaning, purpose, and joy in t...
May 11, 2015•39 min
Dan Griffin is the author of three ground-breaking publications: A Man’s Way through Relationships: Learning to Love and Be Loved ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193761266X/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=193761266X&linkCode=as2&tag=wescoatrapro-20&linkId=FUYXZ2BINAREQSWR), A Man’s Way through the Twelve Steps ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592857248/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&cr...
May 07, 2015•43 min
Mark Lilly is the founder and Board President of Street Yoga ( http://streetyoga.org/who-we-are/) , an internationally recognized non-profit which provides yoga and mindfulness classes to at-risk populations in Portland and Seattle. Mark is a mindfulness and communication trainer who has taught workshops all over North America to widely diverse audiences including physicians, nurses, social workers, police officers, therapists, and countless others. Mark has developed many specialized mindfulnes...
May 05, 2015•38 min
