Inner-Work For The New Trauma Worker My first online course is now live! Inner-Work For The New Trauma Worker. A process for cultivating authenticity, compassion, presence and vulnerability for those working with individual impacted by trauma. I’m psyched! In this episode, I share a little bit of behind the scenes of how this course began, what it is, and who it’s for--and not for. I also talk about the bonuses going on for this week only! Interested in checking out the course, click here: Inner...
Jun 19, 2018•28 min
Angelica Singh is the founder and creator of a holistic approach to healing called The Embodiment Process™ ( https://angelicasingh.com/) . She works with individuals and groups utilizing biodynamic craniosacral therapy, trauma resolution, medical intuition and depth consciousness work, and trains other healers. Angelica’s life-changing healing crisis began at the age of 28, which led her to a deep understanding of energy systems and trauma. This event awakened Angelica’s healing abilities to new...
Jun 18, 2018•30 min
I’m excited to have Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute sponsoring the podcast this month. As part of that, I invited Sara Moser on the podcast, to talk about her experience both as a clinician, as the Admissions and Community Engagement Manager for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. Sara is currently training with the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute in their Trauma Center - Trauma Sensitive Yoga program. She is in practicum for her Master of Arts in ...
Jun 11, 2018•38 min
Analie Shepherd, the award-winning author of Mending the Shattered Mirror, has been happily married for 38 years, is the loving mother of four wonderful children and has recently welcomed five precious grandchildren into her heart. She recently retired form directing the children's performing-arts program she founded 30 years ago, and is currently the director of her church choir and a community choir, and recently established her own community theater. Analie owns, and plays, 18 different music...
Jun 04, 2018•34 min
Kat Love is the founder and lead designer of Empathysites a website solution for therapists ( http://empathysites.com/) . Inspired by the way therapists helped them heal from childhood sexual abuse, b they chose to specialize in creating therapist websites. Kat's focus is on creating websites that are easy-to-use, professional, and truly reflect who a therapist is so that they can attract their best-fit clients. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-gu...
May 29, 2018•37 min
William Pullen is a psychotherapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ( https://www.bacp.co.uk/) and is the author of Running with Mindfulness: Dynamic Running Therapy (DRT) to Improve Low-mood, Anxiety, Stress, and Depression. ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735219796/ref =as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0735219796&linkId=830ec4cf0bf024e7df86b0b0942031dc) William offer...
May 21, 2018•36 min
Guy Macpherson, PhD, is a husband, a father of two, and holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. He has spent the last several years studying the impact and treatment of trauma, and early psychosis. In 2014, Guy founded The Trauma Therapist Project with the goals of raising the awareness of trauma and creating an educational and supportive community for new trauma workers. The Trauma Therapist Project has now grown to include The Trauma Therapist | Podcast, now being listened to in more than 16...
May 19, 2018•29 min
Several weeks ago I received an email from Anne Lauren. In her message she thanked me for the work I was doing to help individuals who’ve been impacted by trauma, and she also explained that she’d been so inspired by the #metoo movement that she wanted to share her story, as well. Anne is a word weaver, a woman warrior, and a wisdom wayfinder. She authors the blog, Blue&Lavender ( http://www.bluandlav.com/) , in which speaks of her experience recovering from sexual abuse and seeks to educate...
May 14, 2018•53 min
First Lady Tonette Walker was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She spent more than 20 years employed in the insurance industry before working for the American Diabetes Association. Currently, the First Lady works in the development department for the American Lung Association in Wisconsin. As First Lady, Mrs. Walker most enjoys using her role to help improve the lives of the people of Wisconsin. She is currently working in partnership with various foundations and nonprofit organizations ...
May 07, 2018•31 min
When I initially began this podcast, when asked, I would have said that it’s about. Now? It’s truly about so much more. It’s about the incredible people and the story of their lives and what’s compelled them to do the inspiring work of helping those who’ve been impacted by trauma. It’s about inspiration and the courage to reflect on one’s own life and the cultivation of authenticity. My guest this week, Julia Rose, exemplifies this. And it's the reason why, before I’d even finished my first inte...
Apr 30, 2018•35 min
Suzanne Scurlock-Durana is the author of Reclaiming Your Body ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608684687/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1608684687&linkId=d5ef7fe38d7806e36cd9ad9294f68b70) and Full Body Presence ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1577318609/ref =as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1577318609&am...
Apr 23, 2018•40 min
Laurie Kahn MA, LCPC, MFA is a pioneer in the field of trauma treatment. For more than thirty years, she has specialized in the treatment of survivors of childhood abuse. In 1980, she founded Womencare Counseling and Training Center ( http://www.womencarecounseling.com/) . Since then, her ideas and expertise have served people who have experienced childhood abuse, as well as hundreds of clinicians who have graduated from her Trauma Consultation Training Program. Psych Central, reviewing her rece...
Apr 16, 2018•35 min
At the time I’m writing this I’ve completed 278 interviews on The Trauma Therapist | Podcast. However, I can’t name one guest who specializes in working with early childhood and trauma. Meet Dr. Mica Gonzalez. Mica is a clinical psychologist specializing in early childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work involves helping young children and their families recover from trauma and loss primarily through the medium of the child-parent relationship. Mica received his doctoral degree from the ...
Apr 10, 2018•37 min
Chris Molaro reached out to me about two months ago. He talked about some of his experiences (see below), the work he’s doing now and what inspired him to do this work. As I was listening to him share his story, I knew pretty much immediately that I wanted to have him on the podcast, and do what I could to support his work. So, we met for breakfast, talked some, and here we are. Chris is an accomplished military veteran, Army Officer and Bronze Star recipient – serving five years as a Field Arti...
Apr 02, 2018•35 min
Stephanie Covington Armstrong is the author of, Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556527861/ref =as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1556527861&linkId=73475094a5616f4675c51607cf138c09), her memoir in which she vividly describes her struggle as a black woman with bulimia. Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556527861/ref =as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&a...
Mar 27, 2018•43 min
This week I’m so excited to have back on the podcast, Trauma Therapist | 2.0 member, Jessica Culp. Jessica first joined me on episode 237 ( https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcast/can-trust-trauma-therapist-2-0-member-jessica-culp/) . I thought it would be a great idea to invite her back to talk about her experiences as a student, a young therapist, and as a member of Trauma Therapist | 2.0 ( https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/community/trauma2/) , progressing along her trauma-i...
Mar 19, 2018•35 min
Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. is a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress. His work integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment. Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has p...
Mar 12, 2018•41 min
Today I had the unique privilege of speaking with David Carr. David has written an expose titled, We Can Overcome: An American Trauma This is riveting, and at times hard to read, and yet also inspiring and empowering. (And I’m not getting paid to say that.) As a boy, David heard the stories of what his father endured as a boy: Fists appearing like unexpected rain, kicks in the side, and nails in his skin. But Carr’s father never set a hand on him. The cycle of abuse, however, was not broken: Dav...
Mar 05, 2018•35 min
If you’ve been listening to the podcast recently, then you might know that about a month ago I left my full-time job at the county here in California to pursue work full-time with The Trauma Therapist Project, The Trauma Therapist | Podcast and Trauma Therapist | 2.0. I was working at the county for the last 5 years and was there as a Mental Health Clinical Specialist, under a licensed supervisor, and assessing and treating young people between the ages of 12 and 25 who were showing early signs ...
Feb 27, 2018•48 min
A few months ago I received an email from one of my podcast listeners. The writer of this email (and my guest today), James Winnike, said that they liked the podcast, however, felt it was excluding a perspective and lens which needed to be addressed, and that it could, in fact, do better. The email was I’d like to share a bit of that email here: Hey Guy, [Summary: I love your podcast, but wish it more often included an intersectional lens and talked about the ways that marginalized communities e...
Feb 19, 2018•43 min
Dave Talamo, MFT is the founder of Wilderness Reflections ( https://www.wildernessreflections.com/) , an organization which leads individuals into the outdoors for healing and sanctuary. Dave has over 35 years of experience guiding wilderness trips, works as a therapist with youth and adults, and is a certified Wilderness First Responder. A Certified Hakomi Therapist and advanced-level student of Somatic Experiencing, Dave is a pioneer in the field of ecotherapy and was one of the first wilderne...
Feb 12, 2018•34 min
Peter M. Bernstein is back. Peter was first on the podcast in episode 91 (https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcast/peter-m-bernstein-phd-fapa-mft/) and if you’ve listened to that interview then you know how much compassion and authenticity exudes from this individual. I have to say that Peter’s interview truly epitomized what I’m trying to do, and stand for here at The Trauma Therapist Project: Authenticity, integrity, and compassion in the pursuit of helping those who’ve been impacted ...
Feb 05, 2018•48 min
The individuals in my membership community, Trauma Therapist | 2.0, represent trauma workers of a variety of disciplines, and who are from all over the globe. Today, I’m talking with one of them, Allan Katz. Allan is a licensed professional counselor and a certified sex addiction therapist. Allan currently works in an alcohol and drug residential treatment center where he sees clients and facilitates the trauma group program for men, using experiential methods as well as teaching Dialectical Beh...
Jan 29, 2018•33 min
Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, speaker for TEDx and RAINN, health advocate, award-winning actress, and playwright. As a survivor and “thriver” of multiple traumas, Amy eagerly shares the gifts of life’s “beautiful detours” her educational programming, writing, mixed media art, performance and inspirational speaking. Amy has headlined international conferences on leadership, entrepreneurship, women’s rights, mental health, disabi...
Jan 22, 2018•37 min
A large part of my focus with The Trauma Therapist | Podcast has been supporting those therapists and the filmmakers who work with and/or help to heal military veterans. There have been a number of filmmakers and I take it as one of my goals to do what I can to support their work. Today I have as my guest Stephanie Seldin Howard, the Director and Producer of The Weight of Honor ( https://theweightofhonormovie.com/) , a documentary about families caring for their catastrophically wounded loved on...
Jan 16, 2018•39 min
Today I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the past year. As with everyone, I’m sure, a lot has transpired this past year with both myself, and The Trauma Therapist | Podcast, and I’d like to share a few of those things with you. I enjoy doing these episodes (and I hope you enjoy them, too!) because it gives me a chance to share my reflections on the podcast, what I’m doing (or attempting to do) with The Trauma Therapist Project, and where I envision things going with my work here. Support t...
Jan 08, 2018•27 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...
Jan 02, 2018•40 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 ...
Dec 26, 2017•41 min
Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW is a New York City psychotherapist and interfaith minister in private practice. Sheri is also a freelance writer, a playwright and the creator of a therapeutic theater event for at-risk women and girls in the public sector of New York City. Sheri's journey of recovery was told through an animated film short by OC87 Recovery Diaries ( http://oc87recoverydiaries.com/) , aired on PBS. She is the author of A Clinicians Journey from Complex Trauma to Thriving: Reflections on A...
Dec 18, 2017•34 min
Emma Cameron is a UKCP registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist based in the UK. She works in private practice and also online with creative, sensitive, thoughtful women who are struggling with anxiety and the effects of trauma. Emma has a Masters degree in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy, she's an HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist, and she has a Diploma in Online Therapy. Emma’s also been a practising artist for 25 years; she’s had many solo shows, and one of her paintings is featured in an...
Dec 11, 2017•31 min
