Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of Somatic Experiencing® International . Dr. Levine holds doctorate degrees in Medical Biophysics and in Psychology, and during his thirty five-year study of stress and trauma, has contributed to a variety of scientific and popular publications. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Levine has received Lifetime Achievement awards from Psychotherapy Networker, the US Association for Body-Oriented Psycho...
Aug 15, 2024•42 min
Amy Stark is a former science teacher, now certified Energy Practitioner who bridges the divide between science and spirit. She channels her extraordinary abilities to demonstrate the unseen, and shares the wisdom and knowledge she’s cultivated over the past two decades helping people to heal their mind, body, and spirit. As the host of The Stark Transformation Show, she has shared her message of hope, healing and transformation with a global audience, catalyzing transformations worldwide. In Th...
Aug 12, 2024•33 min
Fran S. Waters is a licensed clinical social worker and marriage and family therapist in private practice in Marquette, MI. She provides services to individuals, couples, and families with a variety of challenges. Ms. Waters is an internationally recognized trainer and consultant in the field of childhood trauma, abuse, and dissociation. As an invited presenter, she has conducted extensive training programs on a variety of related topics both nationally and internationally ranging from a day to ...
Aug 08, 2024•55 min
Dr. Kristin Arden is Lead Clinician at Mindbloom (a ketamine therapy service) and is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years experience working in mental health. Her work has been instrumental in the development of Mindbloom’s treatment methodologies. In addition to work at Mindbloom, Arden was a guest lecturer at NYU on topics such as psychedelic therapy and substance use disorders, and practices addiction medicine, from a harm reduction mindset, with individuals in ...
Aug 05, 2024•36 min
Dr. Grand is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a PhD from International University, a writer, lecturer, performance coach and humanitarian famous for the discovery and development of the internationally acclaimed Brainspotting (https://brainspotting.pro/) method which brings about life-changing breakthroughs at "Warp Speed". Dr. Grand is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in the arenas of healing trauma and enhancing performance and creativity. His Brainspotting me...
Aug 01, 2024•41 min
Rob Morris is the co-founder and CEO of Koko , whose mission is to combat the youth mental health crisis by meeting young people where they’re at—online. Rob's journey with Koko began during his graduate studies at MIT, a period marked by personal struggles with mental health. It was out of this challenging experience that the seeds of Koko were planted. Hailing from the heart of Silicon Valley, Rob's early interests diverged from technology towards a fascination with humanity. This led Rob to d...
Jul 29, 2024•31 min
What does it take to become a master trauma therapist? Join us as Linda Curran shares her wealth of experience and the lessons learned on her inspiring journey as one of the world’s leading trauma clinicians. Linda Curran is a trauma specialist, veteran clinician, sought after national trainer, best-selling author on trauma and a film producer. Linda has trained thousands of mental health clinicians on trauma treatment across the country. --- If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast...
Jul 25, 2024•46 min
Sara Miley is an experienced crisis advocate and an IFS-informed trauma recovery coach. Through her own learned and lived experiences, she is passionate about helping survivors find the roots of their suffering. Sara’s focus is on survivors of developmental/childhood trauma, attachment wounds, emotional abuse and neglect, and cPTSD - those who struggle with the emotional and relational aftereffects of dysfunctional formative years. She is the owner and coach of Full Circle Wellspring LLC, the fo...
Jul 22, 2024•31 min
Courage. Vulnerability. Daring. Fear. Self-Acceptance. Self-Trust. I need work on all of those. All of those things, words, elements, characteristics within that image up there, I could stand to improve upon. As we all know life isn't this fixed destination, but rather an ever-shifting journey. My name is Guy Macpherson, PhD. I’m host of The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Over the course of the last several years I’ve interviewed hundreds of incredible guests and now coming up on 1000 interviews! One...
Jul 19, 2024•15 min
Lisa is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, depathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for 34 years. She presents workshops and keynote addresses nationally and internationally, and is a clinical consultant to practitioners and mental health agencies in the United States, Canada, and UK and Ireland. Lisa has been an Adjunct Faculty member at University of Maryland School of Social Work, University of Baltimore at Maryland, University of Maryland Department of Fam...
Jul 18, 2024•49 min
Erika Shershun, MA, LMFT, is a somatic psychotherapist who specializes in helping sexual trauma survivors reclaim the life they were meant to live. She’s the author of the Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook, and the Healing Sexual Trauma Guided Journal (Oct. 2024 release). She's also the facilitator of the PESI Sexual Trauma Clinical Training, and the upcoming Sexual Trauma Healing Journey. Her approach is trauma-informed, rooted in somatic principles, and draws on neuroscience as well as integrativ...
Jul 15, 2024•31 min
Michael Ashford is the Director of Marketing at The Receptionist in Denver, Colo., and has spent the past decade building and leading marketing teams at companies large and small. Prior to his career in marketing, Michael was an award-winning journalist after graduating from Kansas State University. Michael’s approach to marketing focuses on scaling companies through the power of effective communication, storytelling, and humanizing brands. In This Episode Michael Ashford's Website Socials: FB: ...
Jul 11, 2024•26 min
Karen is a licensed therapist (LCSW) in the state of Oregon & California with an office based in Portland. She currently provides both telehealth and in-person sessions, specializing in trauma therapy for women. Through her background as a psychotherapist she has developed unique insights to lead Creative Empaths out of chaos and into harmony. Karen understands the lived experience of suffering and emotional pain due to the effects of childhood wounds and being caught in a self-medicating cy...
Jul 08, 2024•32 min
Keith Kurlander, MA, LPC, is the Co-Founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute , the industry leader in psychedelic-assisted therapy training. Keith is also a psychotherapist and coach, Co-Founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Centers, Co-Host of the Higher Practice Podcast , and previously founded and ran the Higher Practice business that helped therapists grow their practices. In This Episode Keith Kurlander's Website --- If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work ...
Jul 04, 2024•29 min
Shari Botwin, LCSW, has been counseling survivors in recovery from all types of traumas in her Cherry Hill, New Jersey private practice for over twenty-eight years. Her second book, “Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing, Rowman & Littlefield,” (Rowman & Littlefield, November 8, 2019) deals with overcoming trauma including physical and sexual abuse, war-related injury, loss due to tragedy or illness and natural disaster. Shari's new book, “Stolen Childhoods: Thriving About...
Jul 01, 2024•30 min
Holly and Dylan Crumpler are a mother-son team of enthusiastic advocates working to reduce the stigma associated with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Given that D.I.D. has historically been depicted in a very inaccurate, sensationalized, and negative way in film and television, Dylan envisioned and created his senior thesis film, Petals of a Rose, at Chapman University to realistically depict a day in the life of a woman with D.I.D. He co-wrote the screenplay with his mother, Holly, who was diag...
Jun 27, 2024•39 min
Dr. Glenn Doyle has extensive clinical experience in inpatient, outpatient, and consultation settings. He has presented multiple times at the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Doyle got into psychology because, as a teenager, he became deeply fascinated with the self-help movement as well as literature, and as a professional has made it his mission to bring the techniques and resea...
Jun 24, 2024•32 min
This one from the archives is with one of my favorite guests, Gerald W. Vest, LMFT. Gerry is no longer with us yet his passion, which I'm sure you'll hear in this interview, was a driving force for me as I've continued to produce this podcast. Gerry's compassion for those veterans he worked with is so friggin' inspiring. I so wish I could have him back on the show. Gerald W. Vest, LMFT was a military OneSource and TRICARE provider for individuals, couples, and families. He supervised students an...
Jun 20, 2024•50 min
Chelsea Brown is an LPC Supervisor in Oklahoma and owns Restoration Behavioral Health in Muskogee, OK. She is a nationally certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, having trained at the University of Oklahoma’s Center for Child Abuse and Neglect and is also a provider of Cognitive Processing Therapy, an evidenced-based treatment approach to Post-Traumatic Stress in Adults. Chelsea grew up in Muskogee, OK, and has raised a family there since 2005. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts...
Jun 17, 2024•26 min
Leann R Johnson, MS, is an Industrial/Organizational Psychology practitioner and systems therapist. She has 30 years of experience as an Equity and Inclusion professional, having worked in non-profit, higher education, private and public sectors. Leann is a professional storyteller and an actor in comedic and dramatic improvisational theater in Portland, Oregon. She co-created Black Woman/White Woman, an evolving, experimental work featured in 2022 by the National Conference on Race and Ethnicit...
Jun 13, 2024•31 min
Laurie Moore is a spiritual teacher with graduate degrees in expressive arts therapy, Marriage Family Counseling, and certificates in animal communication and hypnotherapy. Her work utilizes communicating with all species and moment to moment creation and her message is that you are a gift to the universe. In This Episode Laurie’s website DrLaurieMoore.com Animiricales Laurie’s books --- If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly d...
Jun 10, 2024•29 min
Originally from New York and with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing, Erin moved to Florida in 2011 to study for her Masters in clinical mental health counseling. Now Erin is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida. She gained clinical experience working at a university counseling center, a residential addiction treatment facility, and an outpatient eating disorder facility. In 2021 she connected with Nick Padlo to develop the clinical program at Sophros Recovery . Erin...
Jun 06, 2024•31 min
We've all heard of Type A and Type B, but Type C is common to many women and can harm our health if taken too far. Here’s a set of common Type C behaviors: -Being overly conscientious and responsible -Carrying others’ burdens -Not setting sufficient personal boundaries -Wanting to please others -Avoiding conflict -Internalizing toxic emotions It sounds familiar, right? Unfortunately, this “pathological niceness” is scientifically linked to disease. At 'Type C Toolbox,' Dr. Kore Nissenson Glied a...
Jun 03, 2024•34 min
Zina Ortiz is a childhood trauma survivor. Her experiences of chronic neglect, physical, mental, and sexual abuse have provided her with a unique opportunity to embark on a personal journey of healing. Through this transformative process, she has gained a profound understanding of the complexities and far-reaching impacts of trauma, as well as the incredible power of healing. Zina founded the Elephant in The Room group psychotherapy practice where she specializes in the treatment of Complex Trau...
May 30, 2024•29 min
Amy Meyers, PhD, LCSW is a social work professor at Molloy University and a clinician in NYC where she has maintained a private practice for 30 years. She is an advisory board member to the Sibling Abuse and Aggression Research Advocacy Initiative at the University of New Hampshire and has published and presented nationally about sibling abuse. She has also conducted numerous trainings and workshops on diversity, locally and nationally, and transformed a Long Island School District’s approach to...
May 27, 2024•30 min
Claudia was called to become a Compassionate Inquiry facilitator and offers an abiding safe presence, deep listening, and curiosity as gifts for others. Her work is held in the containers & modalities of Compassionate Inquiry, IFS and Focusing, FSPM, End of Life, relational PAT with Integration. Claudia explains that “These are my strengths when supporting healing, because healing happens in relationship—with one another and specifically, with the SELF and body.” In This Episode Claudia's We...
May 23, 2024•23 min
Audrey White is the CEO of the Grief Coach Academy and holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan. She understands grief both professionally and personally. In 2020, Audrey lost eight family members, including her mother. In 2022, her brother was tragically killed by his wife, who subsequently took her own life. Through her own journey of healing, Audrey has developed a deep compassion for those suffering from loss, setbacks, and grief. In This Episode Audrey White’s Website...
May 20, 2024•42 min
Christine Forner (BA, BSW, MSW, RSW) has over 30 years of clinical experience offering effective and distinctive counseling. For the past 20 years, Christine has specialized in working with individuals with Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic Dissociation, Developmental Trauma, Dissociative Disorders, and the effects of stress on the physical, emotional, mental, and imaginative aspects of our being us. In This Episode Christine Forner's Website Socials: FB: @christine.forner IG: @...
May 16, 2024•40 min
Despite her early life being dominated by childhood trauma and parental neglect, you will not hear Beck use the terms ‘survivor’ or ‘thriver’. Trauma would not be the hero nor the legacy of her life. Beck has made it her mission to change the way her childhood trauma tainted her view of the world. Her approach to trauma recovery is determined and unabashedly honest, getting real with the girl within to repair and renew her sense of worth and value. Beck is the author of the memoir ' Chasing Norm...
May 13, 2024•38 min
Dr. Martha Beck has spent a lifetime offering powerful, practical, and entertaining advice that helps people improve every aspect of their lives. Her written work includes several New York Times and international bestsellers, as well as over 150 magazine articles. For the past 18 years, Dr. Beck has been a monthly columnist at O, The Oprah Magazine. She earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, all in social sciences. For over two decades she has been, in the words of USA Today, “on...
May 09, 2024•28 min
