Today, we continue with the series Managing in The Midst of The Outbreak, with Sharon Salzberg, New York Times Best selling author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West. In 1974, Sharon co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. First a giant thank-you to my sponsors: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute Do you struggle to help numb, disconnected clients who can’t feel emotion or explore inner experience?/ Learn ...
Apr 02, 2020•38 min
Today we continue with the series, Managing in The Midst of COVID-19. My guest today, Fran Waters is one of those therapists you wish you had: She’s funny, warm, creative and super smart. In this interview we talk about the global impacts of trauma and how to manage during this unprecedented time, as well as explore how the trauma of this experience is impacting individuals and therapists alike. Fran S. Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT, is an internationally recognized trainer and consultant in the fiel...
Mar 30, 2020•42 min
I hope you're continuing to stay healthy during these times. Today my guest is the incomparable Janina Fisher, PhD. This is the third in the series, Managing in The Midst of COVID-19, (listen to Bruce Perry here and Peter Levine here). When I reached out to the Trauma Therapist | 2.0 community to ask them who they’d like to hear from for this series, Janina’s name (not surprisingly) came up quickly. I’ve been fortunate to have been trained by Janina during my Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 a...
Mar 26, 2020•34 min
Today in this second of the series, Managing in The Midst of COVID-19, (listen to Bruce Perry’s interview here) my guest is Dr. Peter A. Levine. Peter received his PhD in medical biophysics from the University of California in Berkeley and also holds a doctorate in psychology from International University. He has worked in the field of stress and trauma for over 40 years and is the developer of the Somatic Experiencing® method. Peter’s original contribution to the field of Body-Psychotherapy was...
Mar 23, 2020•36 min
Today on the podcast, I bring on two senior members of Gould Farm team. This episode truly inspired me because it really validated the fact that there are incredible people, and in this case--teams of people--doing amazing work to help those who've been impacted by mental health issues and trauma. I turned off the mic and walked away from my desk after the interview and I was like, "These two women are amazing and their team must be incredible to do the work they do." Gould Farm. A Model of Comp...
Mar 19, 2020•47 min
Dr. Bruce Perry is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist. He is senior fellow at the ChildTrauma Academy and an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. In addition to having written more than two hundred scientific articles, Dr. Perry has coauthored with Maia Szalavitz two books for general audiences: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook and Born for Love: Why Empath...
Mar 19, 2020•35 min
Today on the podcast a Trauma Therapist | 2.0 member spotlight with Diana Lea Baranovich. Trauma Therapist | 2.0 is my online membership community that helps support, educate and inspire new trauma therapists. Diana is an American who has lived in Malaysia for the past 12 years. Along with being a full-time professor and research supervisor at the University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, she also runs a very busy private psychotherapy practice where she specializes in traumatized children, at-ris...
Mar 16, 2020•36 min
Today on the podcast, an incredibly tragic subject, the loss of a child, though ultimately one that is profoundly inspiring. My guest, Megan Hillukka encourages and supports grieving mothers to recognize that despite having gone through an unimaginable experience, that life is not over for them. Megan, herself, is a grieving mother, with 6 children, 5 of whom are still alive. --- First, a huge-thank you to my sponsors for this episode: CPTSD Foundation CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer...
Mar 12, 2020•39 min
At the age of 12 my guest today, Jeannette Dijkstra was raped at a campsite. A life ruled by this trauma lay ahead. Jeannette managed to grow up and had a good job in the OR in an academic hospital. At the age of 40 she started her training as a therapist, with a transpersonal specialization. More and more her own traumatic experience became important, but no therapist could ever help her --- First, a huge thank you to my sponsors for making this podcast happen: Talkspace Talkspace online therap...
Mar 09, 2020•32 min
Lack of self-belief, or self-esteem, or confidence? Who me? I've been doing this podcast for a few years now and I think each month I can feel myself able gaining a bit more courage and able to peel back the layers and share the things about myself that maybe aren't the easiest to share, or that maybe aren't the qualities that you'd (or I'd!) most want people to see. I often talk about how when I stepped into graduate school I knew from the get go that I wanted to focus on trauma and become a tr...
Mar 05, 2020•33 min
First, a huge-thank you to my sponsors for this episode: Gould Farm Gould Farm is the first residential therapeutic community in the nation dedicated to helping adults with mental health and related challenges move toward recovery, health and greater independence through community living, meaningful work, and clinical care. In a supportive community environment made up of residents, staff and their families, we help adults begin to rebuild and regain their lives. Gould Farm offers a full continu...
Mar 02, 2020•39 min
The combination of passion for helping those who’ve been impacted by trauma, and the knowledge that comes from working with those who live in a land constantly under threat, is exemplified in this week’s guest, Professor Mooli Lahad. -- First, a giant thank-you to my sponsors: CPTSD Foundation CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer-led, interactive group calls, in a safe atmosphere for survivors of complex trauma, equipping them with skills and information they can use every single day in t...
Feb 27, 2020•37 min
Today it’s about what is going on around here. And by “here,” I mean with the podcast and me and everything. In this episode I share with you folks some of my thoughts about doing the podcast, and take you behind the scenes to check out the ins and outs of what it takes to put together a podcast and how I’m still learning thGuy 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 tra...
Feb 24, 2020•36 min
Today it's about one of the subjects that has always intrigued me on its own--buddhism--but also intrigued me within the context of therapy, and more specifically, trauma. Mark Epstein, M.D. is my guest today. Mark is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. --- First, a huge thank you to my sponsors for making this podcast happen: CPTSD Foundation CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer-led, in...
Feb 20, 2020•41 min
My sexual abuse does not define me, it fuels me. I am not a victim, I'm a fighter. These are the words of my guest today, Christian Griffith. This interview is a powerful and inspiring one, and it's also one that some might find hard to listen to at times. So please listen with discretion and take care of yourselves. This interview is also a great example of why I do this podcast: to talk to incredibly courageous people and to help build awareness about the subject of trauma. --- First, a huge t...
Feb 17, 2020•42 min
Dr. Sam Himelstein is back! We talk a lot on this podcast about the importance and significance of authenticity within the context of working with those who've been impacted by trauma. And one of those practitioners who exemplifies this topic in terms of both his knowledge on the subject and the way he integrates his own experience into his work, is Sam Hemelstein. --- First, a huge thank you to my sponsors for helping me keep this podcast afloat! Talkspace Online therapy is the most convenient ...
Feb 10, 2020•43 min
This podcast is about the human spirit. Period. Trauma, yes. Healing, yes. Relationship, yes. But most of all, the humanbeingness within each of those things. Today, it's about the journey of the survivor and one of the people forging a path by sharing her journey, and the lessons we can all take whether we're a therapist, teacher, survivor, or all of the above--Cissy White! --- First, a huge thank you to my sponsors for making this podcast happen: CPTSD Foundation CPTSD Foundation provides live...
Feb 06, 2020•43 min
Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year onlineContemplative Studies Program. Author ofGradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles ...
Feb 03, 2020•43 min
Today it's about getting to the core of what this podcast is about. It's about reacquainting myself--and perhaps, you, as you're listening to this--to what I'm trying to do here on a daily basis, which is to create not just a greater awareness of trauma, but to explode the awareness of trauma, so that more and more people are able to recognize it and talk about it. Because, that's when the healing will get done on a larger scale. A giant thank you to my sponsors for this episode: CPTSD Foundatio...
Jan 30, 2020•40 min
What does it mean to become embodied? Why is it important and how does one go about doing it? Today my guest, Mark Walsh, takes us on his own journey of becoming embodied. --- First off, a giant thank-you to my sponsor: Somatic Experiencing Trauma may be a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Somatic Experiencing is a psychobiological method of addressing clients’ physical and emotional trauma conditions, and helps to give voice to their experiences without a need for them to...
Jan 27, 2020•37 min
Adrian Marquez at Florida Counseling Centers brings a unique perspective to the field of counseling. He spent 16 years in the Marine Corps as a Reconnaissance Marine and Marine Special Operations – Critical Skills Operator. During this time he served as a sniper, combatant diver, military free-fall jumper, Force Reconnaissance team leader, and Special Operations Team Chief. After a complicated history, which required him being medically retired and seeking his own mental health services, he deci...
Jan 23, 2020•32 min
This one is intense. With the immigration situation the way it is in the country now (and yes, too, the world!), it’s comforting to know that there are people like my guest today, out there. Georgia King, LCSW is a psychotherapist who specializes in immigration law. Working with lawyers throughout Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., she has completed more than 90 clinical evaluations for immigration cases. ---- First, a huge-thank you to my sponsors that help make this podcast happen: Brighter Vis...
Jan 20, 2020•33 min
Rebecca Cooper has been named to the newly created role of National Spokesperson & Vice President of Public Affairs for Childhelp, one of the nation’s largest non-profit organizations dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse. First, a huge thank you to my sponsors for this episode: CPTSD Foundation : CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer-led, interactive group calls, in a safe atmosphere for survivors of complex trauma, equipping them with skills and information they ca...
Jan 16, 2020•35 min
Sarah Peyton returns. This is the third in our four-episode series on Relational Trauma and The Brain. (Sarah on episode 260.) Sarah is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and teaches people how language changes relationship and the brain. she works with audiences internationally to create a compassionate understanding of the effects of relational trauma on the brain, and writes about and teaches people how words change and heal us. First, a huge thank you to my sponsor for making th...
Jan 13, 2020•40 min
Jennifer Kindera is a complex trauma survivor who has been traveling the path of recovery for over 25 years. As a Certified Advanced Trauma Recovery Coach, she works one-on-one and in a group setting with survivors of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Offering an honest, inclusive and compassionate space for the unfolding of her client’s life journey, she focuses on some of the bi-products of trauma: shame, codependency, and addiction. --- First, a huge thank you to my sponsors: CPTSD Founda...
Jan 09, 2020•30 min
Harry Zeit MD, Dr. Zeit has been involved in teaching and in creating educational events in the field of psychotherapy and trauma, bringing together physicians and mental health care workers in order to foster dialogue and build bridges between disciplines. First, a huge thank you to my sponsors that help make this podcast happen: CPTSD Foundation CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer-led, interactive group calls, in a safe atmosphere for survivors of complex trauma, equipping them with sk...
Jan 06, 2020•39 min
In this final episode of 2019 I pause to look at the journey of The Trauma Therapist | Podcast and share a bit about what's next for it and for me! Thank you for being a part of this podcast and for your support. It means the world to me. Have an awesome 2020! Guy And a huge thank you to my sponsor: CPTSD Foundation CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer-led, interactive group calls, in a safe atmosphere for survivors of complex trauma, equipping them with skills and information they can us...
Dec 30, 2019•30 min
The Trauma Therapist | Podcast is a podcast about the human spirit. It’s a podcast about hearing the stories and the journeys of those who have dedicated their lives to helping others who’ve been impacted by trauma. It’s about cultivating authenticity, presence, and compassion. Nancy Morgan is one of those individuals who I believe epitomizes what this podcast is about, and she is back as my guest this week, and I couldn’t be more excited! This episode is sponsored by PESI. When you need innovat...
Dec 23, 2019•48 min
Today, I’m very excited to be joined by one of our special Trauma Therapist | 2.0 members, Caroline Cook. Caroline is a mental health advocate who shares her lived experience of TBI, PTSD, anxiety and depression. In February of 2014 Caroline was injured with a TBI. By July of that year, she experiencing PTSD and by the end of the year she became homeless for a full year. Caroline shares her journey, and generational trauma, in the hope that someone else may find healing and move forward. Carolin...
Dec 19, 2019•29 min
This month I've been posting some of my favorite episodes of the year. Of course Dr. Bruce Perry is going to be on that list! --- Before I dive in about Dr. Perry, let me first thank a new sponsor, Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of amazing classes covering dozens of creative and entrepreneurial skills, and they are offering The Trauma Therapist | Podcast listeners 2 months for free by going to Skillshare.com/TRAUMAGUY I talk a lot on this podcast about know...
Dec 16, 2019•45 min
