Audrey Omenson is a licensed counselor based in Houston, TX. She has been working in the mental health field since 2009 and is passionate about using Somatic Experiencing and other tools to support clients in reclaiming their body, identity and agency post-trauma, focusing particularly in the areas of religious trauma and purity culture.In addition to this being a professional specialty of hers, it is deeply related to her personal experience and healing journey. After leaving the conservative religious spaces of her early life, she has found somatic experiencing and other healing supports to be crucial in the reclamation of her own body, agency, sexuality and queernessIn This EpisodeAudrey’s website---What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviewsThe Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Episode 748: Religious Trauma and Purity Culture with Audrey Omenson

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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 EpisodeChristine Forner's WebsiteSocials:FB: @christine.fornerIG: @christinefornerX: @assoc1counsell---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Episode 827: Misogyny And Trauma with Christine Forner

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 Normal,' and as a primary teacher, speaker and presenter, she brings a unique perspective inspiring others with her unwavering belief in change and the human capacity for healing.In This EpisodeBeck Thompson's Website Socials:FB - beckthompsonchasingnormalIG - @beck.thompsonX - @ibeckthompson---A giant thank-you to our sponsor, NordVPN. Secure your online data with Nord VPN. Go to nordvpn.com/thetraumatherapist for an exclusive deal. Plus, it's risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee.--If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Episode 826: Chasing Normal with Beck Thompson

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, “one of the best-known life coaches in America.” She has trained over 3,000 other coaches. She is a popular speaker to groups ranging from intimate seminars to audiences numbering in the thousands.In This EpisodeMartha Beck's Website Socials: FB: https://www.facebook.com/themarthabeck/IG: https://www.instagram.com/themarthabeck/---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Episode 825: Choosing Joy with Dr. Martha Beck

Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW is celebrating her 49th anniversary in the field of mental health, where she has been a leader in integrating spiritual modalities with traditional practice. She is the award-winning author of The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD From the Inside Out (Quest, 2012) and Wisdom, Attachment and Love in Trauma Therapy: Beyond Evidence-Based Practice (Routledge, 2018). Her newest book Women Therapists on Healing will be released in the Fall of 2024 from North Atlantic Books.In This EpisodeSusan's WebsiteSusan's FacebookSusan's Twitter---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Episode 824: Women Therapists on Healing with Susan Pease Banitt

Myriam D. Savage (Mimi) Ph.D., RDT/BCT, is a registered drama therapist, board-certified trainer, and associate professor at California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco in the Master of Counseling Psychology & Expressive Arts program. She is a core faculty member teaching courses such as Human Development and Family, Group Dynamics, Arts in Therapy and Professional Development.Dr. Savage is also founding faculty for the Arts and Healing Initiative (formerly UCLArts and Healing) in the Social Emotional Arts (SEA) program, where she collaborated with a team of creative art therapists, creating curricula and manualized professional development programs that use various modalities for therapists, artists, and educators. Conference topics and publications include narrative, arts-based research, and drama therapy interventions using digital art apps, exploring self-identity with young women adopted from foster care and facilitating unhoused women on skid row, LA. Dr. Savage has published in peer review journals and books. She recently penned a chapter -- called "Bricolage: On Being Enough, Healing Through Narrative Co-Construction" -- for a new book edited by social worker/author Susan Pease Banitt: a collection of essays called Behind the Curtain: Eleven Women Therapists Get Real about Healing Trauma.Dr. Savage's previous clinical work consists of mainly acute settings such as inpatient psychiatric units for adults and children, residential treatment facilities where she created expressive arts programs, neurodiverse populations and the unhoused. She has served as the North American Drama Therapy education chair and directs SoCal Drama Therapy Center (http://www.socaldramatherapycenter.com/) where she mentors an international student body of professionals and students who want to become registered drama therapists.In This EpisodeMyriam's LinkedInMyriam's websiteMyriam's email---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Episode 748: Religious Trauma and Purity Culture with Audrey Omenson

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