The Trauma Therapist

By Guy Macpherson, PhD

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The Trauma Therapist | Podcast is a podcast about the human spirit. Join Guy Macpherson, PhD at traumatherapistproject.com as he interviews thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga and we learn about the journeys of these passionate mental health therapists who dedicate their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma.

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Shannon Moroney is the author of two bestselling memoirs: Through the Glass and Out of the Shadows. She is an internationally recognized advocate of restorative justice and travels extensively--in person and virtually--to lead transformative forgiveness workshops and retreats for people ...

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03.14.2022 Episode 593: The Journey of Post-Traumatic Growth with Shannon Moroney Shannon Moroney is the author of two bestselling memoirs: Through the Glass and Out of the Shadows. She is an internationally recognized advocate of restorative justice and travels extensively--in person and virtually--to lead transformative forgiveness workshops and retreats for people ...
03.10.2022 Episode 592: Leading Schools Through Trauma with Dr. Michael Gaskell Dr. Michael Gaskell is a veteran principal in New Jersey and currently the Principal at Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick. Michael has been actively writing about highly relevant solutions to problems in educational leadership since 2018. His second book, ...
03.07.2022 Episode 591: What Can I Do To Serve People? Doreen Hills. Doreen Hills, MS, NCC, LPC, is the Founder, Director, & Center for Healing Trauma & Attachment. Their mission is to provide cutting-edge treatment approaches in healing traumatic distress. We are committed to finding ways to provide quality and affordable therapy ...
03.03.2022 Episode 590: Growing Beyond Pain with Amrita Subramanian For more than 22 years, Amrita Subramanian has dedicated her career to helping organizations thrive in the midst of crisis. She is also a trailblazer in the field of post-disruptive growth as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
02.28.2022 Episode 589: Bringing the Light of Hope Cindy Benezra was born in Arizona into a Mexican and German family with strong values and traditions. Despite what looked like an upstanding family, she faced physical, sexual, and emotional abuse inside her home. As an American living abroad for ...
02.24.2022 Episode 588: The Two Questions. Paula Fontanelle Paula Fontenelle, MA, was a journalist and a published author in Brazil when her father took his life in 2005. Her search for meaning in the face of this tragedy led her to make a radical career change. Today she ...
02.17.2022 Episode 586: Connecting People To Their Light. Licia Sky Licia Sky is a Boston based Embodied Awareness Facilitator, artist, singer-songwriter, and bodyworker who works with traumatized individuals and trains mental health professionals to use mindful meditation in movement, theater exercises, writing and voice as tools for attunement, healing and ...
02.14.2022 Episode 585: Healing Kids, Healing Horses. Michael Remole Michael has been working with children and families for close to two decades, in a variety of capacities, including as a Multi-Systemic Therapist, Clinical Director, Children’s Pastor, Camp Counselor and speaker. After serving as a Children’s pastor, he went on ...
02.03.2022 Episode 582: Connecting People To Their Light Licia Sky is a Boston based Embodied Awareness Facilitator, artist, singer-songwriter, and bodyworker who works with traumatized individuals and trains mental health professionals to use mindful meditation in movement, theater exercises, writing and voice as tools for attunement, healing and ...
01.31.2022 Episode 581: A Journey of Self-Awareness I'm thrilled to have Jessica Culp back on the podcast. Jessica's previous interview has been one of the most downloaded interviews on this podcast! Jessica is a licensed professional counselor who works at Hope Centered Counseling, LLC, in Savoy, Illinois. ...
01.27.2022 Episode 580: Empowering Survivors of Sexual Assault with Jenna Cox-Hadley Jenna Cox-Hadley is the composer, lyricist, and playwright for Wait for Her, an original musical. Jenna grew up in a musical and mixed-race family in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Throughout her education, she distinguished herself with her creative mash-ups, ear for ...
01.25.2022 Ready To Start Your Own Podcast? Are you ready to start your own podcast?! Several months ago I invited a limited number of therapists to take part in my first podcasting workshop... How To Start A Podcast For Mental Health Care Workers. mentalhealthpodcasters.com And if I ...
01.24.2022 Episode 579: A Story of Trauma, Healing and Resilience. Riana Milne Riana Milne is a certified, global life, love trauma tecovery & mindset coach, a cert. clinical trauma & addictions professional, a #1 bestselling author. She is the host of her podcast called Lessons in Life & Love™, an educational speaker, ...
01.17.2022 Episode 577: Advocating For Racial & Social Justice. Georgia King Georgia King returns! Georgia who initially joined me on episode 420 is a therapist who specializes in providing mental health evaluations for immigration legal cases. In 2017, she founded The Immigration Evaluation Training Center, through which she has taught hundreds ...
01.13.2022 Episode 576: The Power of Therapy. Joshua Newman Joshua Newman is a licensed professional clinical counselor in private practice and the author of The Power of Therapy: How to Navigate Change, Transform Trauma, and Make Sense of Your Mental Health Care. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in ...
01.10.2022 Episode 575: Transcending Trauma with Frank Anderson Frank Anderson, MD, is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy ...
01.06.2022 Episode 574: Self Identity, Eating Disorders and Trauma. Jessica Begg Jessica Begg is a Registered Dietitian and Clinical Counsellor at Shift Nutrition & Counselling. She helps people heal from overly emotional eating and binge eating. She has worked over 10 years in multiple eating disorders treatment programs. She now works ...
01.03.2022 Episode 573: Advocating For Men and Mental Health with Mikkel Sibe Mikkel Sibe has written multiple articles about men and mental health and works to create more openness about the topics of men and mental health. This is a topic that needs to be addressed within the world of therapy and ...
12.30.2021 Episode 572: The Courage to be a Human Being with PJ Lewis PJ is a Registered Clinical (RCC) and Canadian Certified (CCC) Counsellor as well as the Clinical Director of the DBT Centre of the Fraser Valley. PJ has particular expertise in providing individual, group and family treatment to high-risk youth and ...
12.27.2021 Episode 571: Broken-Heartedness, Addiction & Healingwith Andrew Susskind, LCSW. Andrew is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a Certified Group Psychotherapist. In 1988 he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst before transitioning to the West ...
12.23.2021 Episode 570: Honoring Intuition Within The Healing of Trauma with Kaitlyn Rose Holsapple Kaitlyn (Kaity) Rose Holsapple is one of those individuals who you can easily find yourself drawn to. She has a presence about her and a compassion about her that is not only refreshing, but it’s something that’s much needed in ...
12.20.2021 Episode 569: The Embody Lab with Dr. Scott Lyons Scott Lyons is the creator of The Embody Lab — a hub forembodied education, self-discovery and healing— and developer of Somatic Stress Release™ — a process of restoring our biological adaptation system. Scott has had the privilege of teaching Embodied ...
12.16.2021 Episode 568: Marine Colonel to Mental Health Advocate with Robert Macpherson My guest today Robert Macpherson (no relation to myself!) was a career infantry officer in the U.S. Marines with service in Vietnam, Iraq, and Somalia. After retiring as a Colonel, he enjoyed a second career with the humanitarian organization CARE. ...
12.13.2021 Episode 567.5: Trusting In Our Perfect Imperfection with Guy Macpherson, PhD I've been doing this podcast now for a few years and I continue to love it. I love it because I get to speak with incredible people who have dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma. ...
12.02.2021 Episode 565: Caring For Families with Robyn Gobbel Robyn Gobbel, LMSW-Clinical, has over 15 years experience working in the field of child and family therapy, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and adoption. She is a therapist, trainer, and consultant who recently relocated to Grand Rapids, MI from Austin, ...
11.29.2021 Episode 564: We've forgotten that we live in our bodies with Jan Winhall, MSW My guest today, Jan Winhall of Focusing on Borden, began her career as social worker and psychotherapist 40 years ago. [CW for text below: mention of self-harming behaviors] She began listening with non-pathologizing ears and heard shocking stories of sexual ...
11.25.2021 Episode 563: The Weekend University. Niall McKeever I love what I do because I get to speak with some pretty incredible and inspiring people. Meet my guest today, Niall McKeever. Niall is an entrepreneur and psychology student from Northern Ireland who is passionate about making great ideas ...
11.22.2021 Episode 562: Treating Trauma & Dissociative Disorders with Julia Barry Julia Barry is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Somatic Experiencing® practitioner, and certified EMDR Practitioner in Boston, MA. Julia's clinical practice focuses on the treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders. She has received training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, with an ...
11.18.2021 Episode 561: Helping to Heal Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault with Vjosa Rizaj Vjosa is a psychotherapist and consultant in domestic violence and sexual abuse. Vjosa holds two master’s in counselling and the second in understanding domestic violence and sexual abuse and an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Counselling. Alongside her private practice ...
11.15.2021 Episode 560: This Work is Who I Am. It's Cellular. Teresa Gil Today I'm happy to welcome Teresa Gil, Ph.D. to the podcast. Teresa has been a psychotherapist, professor, and trainer for more than 25 years. She has a private practice working with women dealing with recovery from child abuse and trauma. ...
11.11.2021 Episode 559: Jen Fiser & Edward Levy. Trauma, Psychedelics and Saving a Life Today I welcome a client and his therapist. This is the story of how these two people met, began working together, and of how one's life was saved. Jen Fiser MA, LPC has most recently been the clinical director at ...
11.08.2021 Episode 558: Linda Thai, MSW. The Journey of a Therapist Linda is an adjunct faculty member in the Social Work Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and specializes in trauma-informed care and compassion fatigue resilience skills; She assists internationally renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, ...
11.04.2021 Episode 557: Judy Weaver. Trauma Consciousness Judy Weaver is a yoga therapist and a yoga teacher-of-teachers with over 30 years of experience and is the founder of Connected Warriors and Bodymind Recalibration. Judy is known for her expertise in the world of trauma and developed evidence ...
11.01.2021 Episode 556: Vulnerability In This Moment. Guy Macpherson Today I talk about vulnerability. This is one of those qualities that we talk about a lot on this podcast, and for good reason. It's one of those states that is crucial for all therapists, certainly, and yet for those ...
10.28.2021 Episode 555: Brad Kammer. Personal & Collective Healing Brad, who joined me back on episode 365, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California. He has trained under and taught with Dr. Peter Levine, the creator of Somatic Experiencing, is a certified ...
10.25.2021 Episode 554: Jeffrey Rutstein, PsyD. Meditation, Presence & Healing Trauma My guest today is Jeffrey Rutstein, Psy.D., CHT. And I have to say this is a great interview and it's all because of my guest and his passion and inspiration. Jeffrey is a clinical psychologist, an expert in the treatment ...
10.21.2021 Episode 553: October Trauma Therapist Newsletter. Guy Macpherson, PhD Today we take a peek at the October issue of The Trauma Therapist Newsletter. Each month this newsletter goes out to all subscribers and we cover the goings on in the field of trauma and trauma training and treatment. Learn ...
10.18.2021 Episode 552: Uwe Dockhorn. Letting Go. Letting In Uwe Dockhorn is known as the Lifestyle Liberator. He has delivered over 15,000 two-hour sessions worldwide in the last 12 years. Uwe is the founder of The AIM System™: A simple 3-step life-changing experience for in-demand professionals and their spouses, ...
10.14.2021 Episode 551: The Path to Genuineness. Guy Macpherson, PhD Today it’s about a bit about what I learned from my recent experience moderating the Master Series with Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Levine, and Stephen Porges. I hope you enjoy it. Guy --- A giant thank-you to my sponsor ...
10.11.2021 Episode 550: Jill Shanteau, LCSW. Caring For Service Members Jill Shanteau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker employed as a therapist at the Harry S Truman VA in Columbia, Missouri. Jill previously joined me back on episode 503. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Life Science from Kansas State ...
10.07.2021 Episode 549: Katiuscia Gray, LCSW. Mind Meets Movement Katiuscia Gray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified yoga teacher (200hr) and psychotherapist. She graduated from Adelphi University in 2006 with an M.S.W. in Social Work and received a yoga certification in 2018. In 2019, she became a certified ...
10.04.2021 Episode 548: Eli Weinstein, LCSW. Finding Your Superpower When Eli was 19, he says that he had little to no confidence in being himself. While studying abroad, he took a Dale Carnegie Course about public speaking and self-esteem building. That course helped him break out of his shell ...
09.30.2021 Episode 547: Deborah L. Korn, Psy.D. Being An Intimate Human Being Deborah L. Korn, PsyD maintains a private practice in Cambridge, MA, is an adjunct training faculty member at the Trauma Research Foundation, and is a senior faculty member at the EMDR Institute. Dr. Korn has authored or coauthored numerous articles ...
09.27.2021 Episode 546: Timothy Shaw, PhD. The Trauma of Moral Injury Hold on to your hats because in this interview we take a deep dive into moral injury with my guest Timothy Shaw, PhD. Dr. Shaw studies the impact, origins and implications of moral injury. And in this interview I can ...
09.23.2021 Episode 545: Lee Lyttle, RSSW. The Courage of The Wounded Healer Statistics show there are more than 45 million survivors of child sexual abuse in North America and that one in five boys on this continent are sexually abused before age 18. The experience can unleash a bitter struggle for connection, ...
09.20.2021 Episode 544: Damon Wood, PhD. The Journey of a Prison Psychologist Dr. Damon Wood is back on the podcast. Damon was my guest on episode 400 of The Trauma Therapist \| Podcast in which we talked about safety within the prison setting. Today, however, he’s back to share a personal story, ...
09.16.2021 Episode 543: Danette May. Embracing Our Intution Driven by passion and a powerful calling to serve Mother Earth and humanity, Danette May inspires people around the world to step up into the true and full expression of themselves. Her coaching, products, and programs have transformed the lives ...
09.13.2021 Epsisode 542: Jan Haaken, PhD. The Nuances of Trauma & Its Treatment This interview with Jan Haaken was incredible. That is to say that she’s incredible. Jan has a lot to say about trauma, what trauma is and is not and how it’s perceived both by society and the clinicians who treat ...
09.09.2021 Episode 541: Maureen McEvoy, MA. The Education of a Trauma Therapist Maureen McEvoy, MA, RCC has been working in the field of trauma for 30 years. She works with individuals, couples and groups. She is a long -standing instructor with the Justice Institute of BC, teaching other counsellors skills for working ...
09.06.2021 Episode 540: Graham Taylor, PhD. The Power of The Relationship I’m honored to be joined by Dr. Graham Taylor. Graham is one of those individuals who after you listen to you say to yourself, Okay, now this is the person I want as my therapist. That’s what I said to ...

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