Today, for the first time I interview two guests, a therapist along with her client. Seanne Larson Emerton and Geri Henderson have an interesting relationship which has evolved over the past several years. It began as therapist and client and after several years shifted into that of co-authors. Seanne Larson Emerton, L.M.F.T., L.I.M.H.P., has been in private practice for over twenty five years and is the owner of a group counseling practice and EAP called Family Resources of Greater NE, P.C. ( h...
Oct 25, 2016•30 min
Roberto Rodriquez, M.A., is a Licensed Associate Marriage, a Family Therapist and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and has over ten years of experience in the treatment of substance use disorder. He has worked in intensive outpatient settings and residential settings, providing transformative experiences for adolescents, men, couples, and families. Rob is highly experienced in facilitating Helping Men Recover groups (providing co-occurring disorder, gender-responsive, trauma-informed servic...
Oct 17, 2016•31 min
Jean-Paul Bédard is an author, advocate, elite endurance athlete, and was named one of the "50 Most Influential Canadians" by Huffington Post. In 2013, Jean-Paul disclosed to family and friends that he is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and rape. As a result, he turned to long-distance running to help him battle his addiction and mental health issues. Since that time, he has become an international advocate for other survivors of sexual violence. In 2014, Jean-Paul ran the iconic Boston Mar...
Oct 10, 2016•36 min
Paul Riedner is the Executive Director of the startup non-profit called the Veteran Resilience Project ( http://www.resiliencemn.org/about/) which uses EMDR to address a number of after-effects of military service and war. Paul has an Economics degree and an MBA focused on business anthropology and consumer behavior. From 2006 - 2010 he was a Deep Sea Diver in the US Army. Since returning from war and the military, Paul began exploring how to use art to express his changing perspectives and to c...
Oct 03, 2016•32 min
Jan Winhall M.S.W. R.S.W. F.O.T. is a Registered Clinical Social Worker and Coordinator with the Focusing Institute in New York City ( http://www.focusing.org/) . She is a member of the International Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy Association ( http://www.focusing.org/) and Director of Focusing On Borden, a training centre where she teaches Focusing and supervises therapists. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer with the University of Toronto Master of Social Work program. Jan has worked in the area...
Sep 26, 2016•31 min
Ayelet Amittay is a poet and a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Her private practice, Wild Geese Mental Health ( https://sites.google.com/site/wildgeesementalhealth/) , focuses on providing integrated medication management for clients who have experienced trauma or loss. Ayelet holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan and an MSN from the Yale School of Nursing. She is interested in the ways that trauma and creative writing dovetail with one another. Ayelet has worked in settings tha...
Sep 19, 2016•46 min
Dr. Glenn Schiraldi is a graduate of West Point, a Vietnam Vet, and served at the Pentagon where he developed a prototype courses in Stress Management for The Department of The Army. Glenn has served on the stress management faculties at The Pentagon, The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation ( https://www.icisf.org/) , and The University of Maryland, where he received the Outstanding Teacher Award. Glenn is also author of the new book, The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, ...
Sep 12, 2016•33 min
Linnea Butler is founder and Clinical Director of Bay Area Mental Health ( http://www.bayareamh.com/) in Los Gatos, CA. She specializes in treating trauma and mood disorders as well as running a DBT program. Linnea has trained in trauma treatment with Janina Fisher, Manuela Mische-Reeds, Bessel van der Kolk and Ame Cutler. Before founding Bay Area Mental Health ( http://www.bayareamh.com/) , Linnea worked at various agencies, including Momentum for Mental Health where she ran an outpatient clini...
Sep 05, 2016•34 min
Ron Gellis, Ph.D is back. This time, without a doubt, it’s personal. If you’ll recall, Ron joined me previously on episode 86 of the podcast ( http://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcast/ron-gellis-phd/) . Today, I’m proud and excited to speak with him. In this episode, Ron shares with us a part of his life that is quite intimate and personal. As a result, this interview becomes an amazing opportunity for learning for each of us. Ron has been a Clinical and Forensic Sports Psychologist in C...
Aug 29, 2016•41 min
Richard Strozzi-Heckler has a PhD. in Psychology and a sixth-degree black belt in Aikido. He is the founder of the Strozzi Institute ( http://www.strozziinstitute.com/) , The Center for Leadership and Mastery, and the developer of Strozzi Somatic Work. Richard is the author of eight books including The Anatomy of Change ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556431473/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=15564...
Aug 22, 2016•32 min
Rochelle holds a PhD in Child and Youth Care (UVIC). Beginning with a career in forensic psychiatric nursing, she has 30 years of clinical experience in the areas of post-traumatic stress, attachment trauma and developmental wounding. In her private clinical practice, Rochelle sees both children and adults who have experienced abuse, neglect and other traumatic experiences such as vehicle accidents, natural disasters, bullying, chronic degradation and so forth. Rochelle is an EMDRIA-approved con...
Aug 15, 2016•34 min
Sarah Plummer Taylor, MSW, is a social worker, health coach, and yoga instructor. She is also the author of Just Roll With It: 7 Battle Tested Truths for Building a Resilient Life ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613143117/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1613143117&linkId=1cefdbf703538c825734551cf5da6536), and currently sits on the Advisory Board for the University of California San Francisco’s,...
Aug 08, 2016•31 min
Joe Morgan was a Sergeant for 13 years in the Marine Corps and was on multiple Combat tours. Now he’s helping other veterans manage the transition home through both his Post Combat Normal Podcast and the Failure to Adapt Podcast. A friend of mine turned me on to Joe’s podcast, and once I realized what he was doing and how he was trying to help other vets, I knew I had to invite him on to my podcast. Joe shares his just a bit of his experiences in combat, what his transition home was like, and ho...
Aug 01, 2016•39 min
Vanessa Snyder is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Traumatologist and AAMFT Approved Supervisor in Training in Atlanta, GA. She specializes in the treatment of sexual abuse and trauma, complex trauma, and dissociative disorders, sexual and gender identity issues, as well as marital and family work. Her research is focused on the population and treatment of children and adults in the commercial sex trafficking trade, secondary traumatic stress in aftercare pro...
Jul 25, 2016•31 min
Dave is the Founder and Director of Yoga Services for the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute ( http://www.traumacenter.org/clients/yoga_svcs.php) in Brookline Massachusetts, where he coined the term trauma-sensitive yoga. David was responsible for curriculum development, supervision and oversight of the yoga intervention component of the first of its kind, NIH funded study, conducted by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk to assess the utility and feasibility of yoga for adults with treatment-r...
Jul 18, 2016•36 min
Today, another episode of Trauma Therapist Live. These are shorter episodes during which I focus in on topics that have come up on the podcast which have resonated with me and which I feel are pertinent to the work we do. The topic on this episode of doing less. I love this subject because in a sense it is a call to action. It’s a not-so-quite invitation for us, as therapists, to be mindful of exactly what we’re doing in session, the relevant and the not so relevant. It’s a reminder for us to be...
Jul 11, 2016•21 min
Mark Wolynn is the director of The Family Constellation Institute (http://www.markwolynn.com/) in San Francisco and is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. A sought-after lecturer, he has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the Western Psychiatric Institute, Kripalu, The Omega Institute, The New York Open Center, and The California Institute of Integral Studies. Mark specializes in working with depression, anxiety, obsessive thoughts, fears, panic disorders, self-injury,...
Jul 04, 2016•38 min
Anin Utigaard is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Registered Expressive Arts Therapist based in San Francisco, who uses the Person-Centered approach in her practice with groups and individuals of all ages. Anin was a founding Co-Chair for the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association ( http://www.ieata.org/) and a faculty member of the Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute ( http://www.personcenteredexpressivearts.com/) for over ten years, a program founded by Natalie Roge...
Jun 28, 2016•37 min
Brian Harris, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT is a music psychotherapist in private practice in NYC. He holds a PhD in Expressive Therapies and is an adjunct faculty member at New York University and SUNY New Paltz. Brian is the founding director of the company Creative Arts Psychotherapy ( http://www.creativeartspsychotherapy.com/about-us.html) , and is the past head of the Pavarotti Music Center’s ( http://www.mcpavarotti.com/index_eng.htm) music therapy department in Mostar, Bosnia where his work focused on...
Jun 20, 2016•36 min
I’ve been following Sebastian Junger’s work for some time now. It’s been his war documentaries, however, such as Restrepo (http://www.sebastianjunger.com/films-1/) and Korengal (http://www.sebastianjunger.com/films-1/), that have pulled me in and had an impact on me and the work I now do. When I saw that he had a new book coming out which looked at our need for community and connection, as seen through the eyes of combat veterans, I knew I wanted to invite him on the podcast. I contacted him on ...
Jun 13, 2016•34 min
Helen Thomas holds a Master of Counseling degree from Arizona State University, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Arizona, and a Registered Clinical Counsellor in the province of British Columbia, where she currently resides. Helen has experience in domestic violence shelter settings and transitional housing programs. She has practiced therapy in trauma-informed community mental health agency settings, as well as a government-funded counseling program for women who have experi...
Jun 09, 2016•35 min
Catherine specializes in Cybertrauma and Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation (the former being an area and phrase she coined in 2012). She is currently completing a dual MSc and works as child/adult trauma therapist BACP (accredited) and UKCP Psychotherapeutic counsellor for adults. Catherine initially trained as the first woman to complete her trade in the Armed Forces as an Instrument Engineer. She’s also been a practicing Martial Artist of Shotokan Karate for 30 years. Support th...
Jun 05, 2016•28 min
Today, it’s personal. In this episode I share how my experience with the podcast and interviewing my incredible guests have impacted my life--as a husband, a father, a therapist, and as a son. This episode was taken from a blog post ( http://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/blog/let-go-dragged/) I wrote a few weeks ago. I deliberated whether or not I should write it, and I did. I deliberated whether or not I should share this episode, and here it is. Thanks for listening. Support this podcast a...
May 31, 2016•16 min
Kim is the founder of the Mission OM Foundation ( http://www.missionom.org/) and served as a Clinical Yoga Therapist for the Department of the Army ( https://www.army.mil/) for more than two and a half years. During her work there, she provided yoga therapy for service members in Chronic Pain with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, and more, and successfully incorporated yoga into the clinical hospital setting at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center ( http://www.ddeamc.amedd.army.mil/) at Ft. Gor...
May 23, 2016•35 min
Keith Myers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and has been working in clinical mental health for over 13 years. His clinical specialties include trauma, combat-PTSD, Veterans issues, and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. He has published peer-reviewed articles and given presentations on trauma, combat PTSD, and ethical issues. He owns a private practice just north of Atlanta and regularly works with military members and their families, providing therapy advocacy ...
May 19, 2016•34 min
Jesse Hanson holds both a PhD and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. He specializes in neuroscience, somatic (body-centered) psychology and holistic healing. Trained in EMDR and other forms of somatic therapies, Jesse helps clients release held trauma and negative emotions from the body and inspires them to create themselves anew. After more than ten years in the holistic health field and many years of working with a multi-faceted treatment team approach at Passages Malibu, Jesse brings h...
May 15, 2016•33 min
Dr. Carolyn Daitch is the director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders ( http://www.anxiety-treatment.com/) in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She is a certified and approved consultant, former Vice President and elected Fellow with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis ( http://www.asch.net/) , elected fellow of Michigan Psychological Association, President of the Michigan Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and is a certified Imago relationship therapist. She is recognized for her p...
May 10, 2016•29 min
Dr. Craig Haen has been working clinically with people impacted by interpersonal, developmental, and familial trauma for 15 years. He has a full-time private practice in White Plains, New York where he treats children, adolescents, adults, and families. Dr. Haen is a graduate adjunct faculty member at New York University and Lesley University, co-chairs the American Group Psychotherapy Association’s Community Outreach Task Force (which provides trauma response to diverse communities), and is the...
May 06, 2016•33 min
Kimberly Campbell is the Executive Director of Exhale to Inhale ( http://exhaletoinhale.org/) , founded by Zoe Le Page, which brings yoga to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in New York City, the Hudson Valley, Long Island and Connecticut through weekly classes at shelters and community-based organizations. By providing access to the practice of yoga to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Exhale to Inhale offers a valuable resource to a distressed community. Kimbe...
Apr 28, 2016•36 min
Christopher Willard, PsyD, is a psychologist and educational consultant based in Boston, specializing in mindfulness for adolescents and young adults and has been practicing meditation for over fifteen years. Christopher currently serves on the board of directors at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy and the Mindfulness in Education Network. Dr. Willard has published five books on contemplative practice, including his most recent book, Growing Up Mindful ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...
Apr 25, 2016•35 min
