The Trauma Therapist

By Guy Crawford Macpherson

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What's The Trauma Therapist about?

The Trauma Therapist | Podcast is a podcast about the human spirit. Join Guy Macpherson, PhD at thetraumatherapistproject.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.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5739761/advertisement

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10.02.2023 Episode 759: Reclaiming Our Sexual Wellness with Court Vox Court Vox provides personal guidance and expertise in the unique and often ignored areas of sex. Court is a trained Sex and Intimacy Consultant, Surrogate Partner Intern and Sacred Intimate. His approach is personal and necessary.Founder of his practice, The ...
09.27.2023 Unapologetic Vulnerability with Zahabiyah Yamasaki: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Zabie Yamasaki."Healing comes in waves and maybe today the wave hits the rocks and that’s ok, that’s ok, darling, you are still healing, you are still healing." — Ijeoma umebinyuoZabie Yamasaki ...
09.26.2023 How to Share Your Work with MEDIA+ MEDIA+ is the new division of our company through which we’re going to be helping mental health practitioners of all kinds promote their incredible work and brands, and share it with the people who want and need to hear it.I’ve ...
09.25.2023 Episode 758: Accessible Mental Health Care for All with Dr. Christopher S. Taylor Dr. Christopher S. Taylor utilizes existential psychotherapy to provide treatment for individuals struggling with loss of identity. In 2015, he was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve on the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors as a ...
09.21.2023 Episode 757: The Courage To Be Together Alone with Dorith Mous Multiple award-winning, Dutch multi-hyphenate Dorith Mous (1986), was seemingly born into her art, gaining beautiful knowledge of physical form and capturing depth from a subject through her own nomadic experience as a fashion model for two decades.Having moved fluidly from ...
09.20.2023 Attachment & Relational Trauma with Karen Treisman: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Karen Treisman.Dr Karen Treisman, MBE, is a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist and trauma specialist who has worked in the National Health System and children’s social services for several years. Karen has ...
09.19.2023 Episode 756: The Rising Tide Conference with 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 ...
09.18.2023 Episode 755: Transforming Couples Therapy with David Mars, PhD As a young therapist, Dr. David Mars went into couples therapy looking for help. Instead, he found that the models offered seemed to make matters worse by unnecessarily drawing out and evoking the vicious cycle of distress. He found that ...
09.13.2023 Carl Waggett. First Responders, Trauma & Healing: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Carl Waggett.There are some people who are able to articulate concepts and feelings in a kind of perfect, let’s-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter way for a particular group of people, and Carl is that person ...
09.11.2023 Episode 754: Disembodied Eating with Michelle Cleary Michelle Cleary (she/her) is a licensed psychotherapist who is trained in EMDR, holds a certificate in Somatic Experiencing™ (SE), assists at SE trainings throughout the year, is a former adjunct professor for SUNY Stony Brook, School of Social Welfare, and ...
09.06.2023 Global Trauma. How To Change A Culture. Edward Tick, Ph.D: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Edward Tick, Ph.D.Edward Tick is an internationally recognized transformational healer, psychotherapist, writer and educator. Ed has worked internationally on the psychospiritual and cross-cultural healing of military and war trauma and on ...
09.04.2023 Episode 753: The Way is Through The Wound with K.J. Ramsey K.J. Ramsey is a trauma-informed licensed professional counselor and author whose work offers space to see every part of our souls and stories as sacred. She holds degrees from Covenant College and Denver Seminary and is the author of 'The ...
08.30.2023 Dr. Nancy Morgan. This Work Is Spiritual: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Dr. Nancy Morgan.Nancy Morgan specializes both in working with adults with severe mental health challenges whose traumatic histories influence and inform their thoughts and behaviors, and in providing Trauma-Focused training and ...
08.28.2023 Episode 752: Mentaya. Empowering Therapists & Clients with Christine Li Christine Li is a strong advocate for mental health, and her reasons are personal.Her experience as a young highschool student and seeing many around her struggling impacted her to such a degree that it changed the trajectory of her life.Now, ...
08.24.2023 Episode 751: Project 2 Heal with Charlie Petrizzo Charlie was born and raised in Staten Island, New York and as a young adult he moved to Old Bridge and later Millstone, New Jersey. His success in the financial services industry allowed him to rise through the ranks of ...
08.23.2023 The Body Keeps The Score. Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Bessel A. van der Kolk.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 ...
08.21.2023 Something Special: MEDIA+ I’m excited to announce—MEDIA+MEDIA+ is the new division of our company through which we’re going to be helping mental health practitioners of all kinds promote their incredible work and brands, and share it with the people who want and need ...
08.16.2023 A Masterclass in Self-Awareness Adena Bank Lees, LCSW: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Adena Bank Lees."There is a God and I’m not it."-Twelve-step saying.Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LISAC, BCETS, CP is an internationally recognized speaker, author, trainer and consultant, providing a fresh and important ...
08.14.2023 Episode 750: Grief and The Dance of Self-Discovery with Edy Nathan Edy Nathan is a Certified Sex Therapist and thought leader specializing in grief, trauma, and sexuality. She works with businesses, universities, and long-term care homes to help people understand how these areas filter through their lives and affect everything from ...
08.09.2023 Capturing The Present Moment with David Carr: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Sarah Peyton."Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential."-Winston ChurchillI’m going to let you in on a secret. The Trauma Therapist Podcast isn’t really ...
08.07.2023 Episode 749: Getting Back In The Game with Colleen Ryan-Hensley Colleen Ryan-Hensley is a 10-year Navy Veteran, an advocate for mental health and expert in mental toughness who created the online educational resource BingingSober. Colleen struggled with depression since she was a teenager and instead of expressing her feelings and ...
08.03.2023 Episode 748: Religious Trauma and Purity Culture with Audrey Omenson 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 ...
08.02.2023 Teri Barney. Occupational Therapy & Trauma Treatment: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Sarah Peyton.Teri Barney is an occupational therapist, OTR/L who finds fulfillment in helping children, teens and adults achieve good physical and mental health through meaningful functional activities, sensory integration and psychosocial ...
07.31.2023 Episode 747: The Surprising Allure of Vulnerability with Vaishnavi Katta Mentality magazine is the first college publication, run by students, nationwide that focuses solely on mental health.Vaishnavi is a junior from Livonia, Michigan studying biology hoping to one day pursue the study of psychology. She enjoys Mentality because it provides ...
07.27.2023 Episode 746: Complex PTSD Coping Skills with Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD Tamara McClintock Greenberg, Psy.D., M.S., joins me on the podcast today to talk about her new book, The Complex PTSD Coping Skills Workbook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Manage Fear and Anger, Build Confidence, and Reclaim Your Identity.Tamara is a clinical ...
07.26.2023 Mindfulness & Self-Compassion. Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Sarah Peyton."A human being is a part of a whole"-Albert EinsteinElisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles and creator of the 6-month mentorship ...
07.24.2023 Episode 745: Getting Unstuck from PTSD with Patricia Resick, PhD, ABPP Patricia A. Resick, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical School. Dr. Resick began developing and testing cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in 1988 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where she founded the Center ...
07.20.2023 Episode 744: Touch. The Most Fundamental of Human Experiences with Cornelia Elbrecht Cornelia studied at the School for Initiatic Therapy in the Black Forest, Germany and holds degrees in fine arts and arts education along with extensive postgraduate training in Jungian and Gestalt Therapy, Bioenergetics and at the Somatic Experiencing Training Institute ...
07.19.2023 Mark Wolynn: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Mark Wolynn.Mark Wolynn is the director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco and is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. A sought-after lecturer, he has ...
07.17.2023 Episode 743: Decluttering & Trauma with Valerie Huard From trauma to triumph, Valerie Huard has seen it all. She is a published author, speaker and expert who works with people all over the world on the topic of decluttering, and decluttering more than one's environment. In This EpisodeValerie’s ...
07.13.2023 Episode 742: Sound Vibration, Movement & Trauma with Paula Scatolini Paula Scatolini (SHE/HERS) is a writer, educator, and thought-leader in somatics, movement, and embodied consciousness. As a mentor, guide, and facilitator of experiential and transformative processes. Paula brings over 30 years of training in human behavior that she interweaves with ...
07.12.2023 Courtney Armstrong. Attachment Styles & Complex Trauma: from the archives COURTNEY ARMSTRONG, MEd. LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and Nationally Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy who specializes in grief and trauma recovery. With a career spanning more than two decades, she is the founder of the Institute for ...
07.10.2023 Episode 741: Trauma Treatment International with Dr. Brock Chisolm Brock is founder of Trauma Treatment International & a consultant Clinical Psychologist. He has over 15 years experience in the psychological assessment and treatment of trauma survivors.and has assisted in the development and implementation of comprehensive services for trauma survivors ...
07.06.2023 Episode 740: Understanding Suicide with Paula Fontenelle For more than 20 years, Paula worked as a Brazilian journalist, but that all changed after the suicide of her father in 2005. After experiencing this trauma, she decided to dedicate time to preventing suicide. Since then, She’s trained in ...
07.05.2023 Moving Out of Survival Mode. Irene Lyon: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Irene Lyon."Pray, read, re-read, work, and you shall find."Irene Lyon, MSC., is a nervous system specialist who helps people release their deepest traumas from their nervous systems, allowing them to finally ...
07.03.2023 Episode 739: Can We Play With That with Nina Garcia Nina L. Garcia is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Drama Therapist, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.Nina is passionate about creatively supporting people to redefine their relationship to trauma, emotional drama, and intersectional identity. While specializing in trauma, Nina has a ...
06.29.2023 Episode 738: We Are All Just Shaky Beings with Jan Winhall, MSW Jan began her career as a social worker and psychotherapist 40 years ago. She began listening with non-pathologizing ears and heard shocking stories of sexual torture, and responses that confused her.As she continued to listen she learned that somehow these ...
06.28.2023 The Creative Process & Trauma. Lisa Mitchell LMFT, ATR, LPC: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Lisa Mitchell."When we stay closely and non-judgmentally with someone exploring pain we find beauty in the midst of the ruins."-Saki Santorelli, Heal ThyselfLisa Mitchell LMFT, ATR, LPC is the author of ...
06.26.2023 Episode 737: When The Trauma Comes Knocking with Dean Yates Dean Yates led the Reuters teams that covered the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Indonesia’s Aceh province. He was Reuters deputy bureau chief for Israel and Palestine in 2006 – during the Lebanon War – ...
06.22.2023 Episode 736: Breakdown, Break Open And Breakthrough with Sara Miley Sara Miley is an experienced crisis advocate and an IFS-informed, advanced certified trauma recovery coach with her own all-virtual, private practice called Full Circle Wellspring LLC.Through her own learned and lived experiences, she is passionate about helping people find the ...
06.21.2023 Gabor Maté, MD: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Dr. Gabor Maté, MD.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 ...
06.19.2023 Episode 735: Trauma-Informed Occupational Therapy with Alyson Stover Alyson Stover is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at The University of Pittsburgh. She earned her juris doctorate in law with a post-graduate certificate in health law from the U of P. Her day-to-day client practices ...
06.15.2023 Episode 734: Asking Is The Medicine with Dr. Aimie Apigian Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is a Board-Certified Preventive Medicine physician with a Masters in Biochemistry and a Masters in Public Health. She is an author, speaker and founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated, LLC and Family Challenge Camps, and host ...
06.14.2023 Dr. Mica Gonzalez. Early Childhood, Trauma & Healing: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Dr. Mica Gonzalez."To be a child is to endure a prolonged situation in which the human mind is more complex than the self can ordinarily bear. Our minds in themselves produce ...
06.12.2023 Episode 733: The Profound Impact of Bilateralstimulation with Yanick Steinbeck Yanick Steinbeck was a client of EMDR and experienced the profound impact of bilateralstimulaiton first-hand.He created bilateralstimulation.io at the beginning of COVID to enable his former therapist to practice EMDR online. Then something unexpected happened: the tool went viral in ...
06.08.2023 Episode 732: From Special Operations to Healing with Psychedelics with Neil Markey A Captain in the US Army Special Operations 2nd Ranger Battalion, Neil was deployed once to Iraq, and twice to Afghanistan. After, as an MBA/MIA masters student at Columbia University, he suffered from depression and PTSD. This led him to ...
06.07.2023 Kate Hudgins, PhD. Post-Traumatic Growth & The Therapeutic Spiral Model: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Kate Hudgins.Kate is an inspirational leader and a stellar trainer known worldwide for her innovative model of safe and effective trauma treatment.Recognized as an international expert and author on trauma, Kate ...
06.05.2023 Episode 731: Healing Radically and Honestly with Alisa Zipursky Alisa is a storyteller, writer, facilitator and childhood sexual abuse survivor. Her work focuses on offering emotional support to other young survivors healing from sexual trauma. Alisa started Healing Honestly™ in 2016 as a way to share her experiences as ...
06.01.2023 Episode 730: Healing From Chronic Pain with Joshua Cameron Joshua is a combat veteran who specializes in helping those who are caught in a life of chronic pain (emotional or physical) heal through healing the spirit and following Taoist principles of inviting flow where there are blocks in our ...
05.31.2023 Mooli Lahad Ph.D. Forging Community Resiliency in Shmona Israel: from the archives This is a republishing of an archived episode with Mooli Lahad.When you combine a 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, ...

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