Therapy isn't the only way to work towards healing from difficult events. Attending to your inner child is one way. In this episode, Dr. Joharchi and Dr. Dowtin provide examples of inner child healing activities you can try at home.  

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We are back with the first episode in season 2, our farewell season.  What is distraction and is it okay to use to get you through your day? Dr. Hannah Alia Joharchi and Dr. LaTrice L. Dowtin answer those questions and more! 

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To round out our season 1, we finish with an episode about the impact of institutional level trauma on Black millennials in the US. We go there as we are joined by the esteemed Dr. Angelina Nortey is a licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. She is the Founder and Clinical Director of Sage Wellness and Consulting. As a former school-based practitioner, she quickly learned that child and adolescent work was really adult work. Angelina has extensive experience working within and consulting with public, public charter and private schools. Her clinical interests are in wholistic and healing psychological approaches for addressing childhood trauma in adults. She specializes in working with Black and Brown millennial professionals to claim their authentic selves. Her clinical practice also has an emphasis on interpersonal relationships and identity development. She also enjoys clinical supervision of graduate students and unlicensed clinicians. Angelina’s research relies on Black Feminist and critical theories to explore issues of race and disability. Her primary research interests are in school discipline and early career school psychologists’ social justice needs, with an emphasis in qualitative methodology. Angelina has varied teaching experiences and was most recently a Clinical Assistant professor. She is currently the Co-Chair of Social Justice Initiatives for the National Association of School Psychologist (NASP) Early Career Committee. She earned her doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Florida. 

Dr. Nortey's website: https://sagewellness.co

Dr. Nortey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_angelinanortey

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We break it apart and discuss toxic characteristics of unhealthy relationships and explore how to make moves that promote healing. We are joined by Devaney Knight who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of Texas and California. She is the Clinical Director at West Lake Houston Counseling in Kingwood, Texas where she serves in the therapist role with individuals, couples, and families with a specialization in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. Devaney's background in community mental health includes working with transitional age youth, incarcerated youth, families involved in social services, and court-mandated clients. Devaney is also an adjunct psychology instructor, speaker, and clinical supervisor. Join us, Dr. Dowtin and Dr. Joharchi for the second to last episode of the season as we chat with Devaney.

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Trauma reactions can come back for many reasons. We explore them in this episode to help you learn how to reduce this from happening to you. 

This one is for adults only folks. Dr. Li joins us to discuss sex, sex therapy and vaginismus, a psychological disorder that is commonly related to trauma. Dr. Margaret Li is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder of Ray Psychology. She specializes in couple therapy and sex therapy. As an Asian American immigrant herself, she is passionate in fighting the shame and stigma of sex in mainstream society. As a certified sex therapist, she specializes in working with individuals and couples struggling with physical and emotional sexual pain, sexual dysfunction, mismatched libido, porn concerns, as well as sexual trauma. Aside from her clinical practice, Dr. Li also hosts a YouTube Chanel to provide sex education in Mandarin Chinese.  Website: www.raypsychology.com Sex Education Youtube in Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4t3zdBsULgYqHKjbZ9GkFQ/featured

Disclaimer: This episode is not intended to provide diagnosis, treatment or medical advice. Content provided on this epsidoe is for informational purposes only. Please consult with a physician or other healthcare professional regarding any medical or health related diagnosis or treatment options. Information on this Youtube channel should not be considered as a substitute for advice from a healthcare professional. The statements made about specific products throughout this podcast are not to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.   All the sex education provided by this podcast are based on consensual sex among adults. This channel strongly condemn sexual behaviors based on non-consensual sex including but not limited to forced sex, transactional sex, cross-generational sex, unwanted touch, and molestation. Please seek help if you are experiencing non-consensual sex.

Procrastination is a common experience, but why? And, what does procrastination have to do with a trauma podcast? We answer these questions and provide useful ways to potentially reduce your tendency to procrastinate. To stay connected or to have your questions answered on our show please leave a comment here, or on Instagram.

We're back with a part two allowing you to explore mysterious behaviors that are sometimes associated with trauma. Get ready to explore early childhood trauma and experiences that likely led to why you do the things that you do now. 

As promised, we returned wih a part two of "What is Gender Affirming Mental Healthcare". This time, we focus examples of gender trauma and ways to prevent them. Dr. Hannah Alia Joharchi, gender therapist, explores how to use cisgender privilege to combat systems that were designed to oppress people based on gender. Parents may want to visit the article on inviting in for children in the LGBTQ community.  https://www.playfulleighpsyched.com/post/5-ways-to-support-your-lgbtq-child-inviting-in

Ever wonder how your world view can change simply from listening to or learning about a trauma that happened to someone else? Well, neuropsychologist in training, Dr. Jesús O. Barreto Abrams joined us to explore the definition of vicarious trauma, what it looks like among helping professions such as therapists, lawyers, and interpreters, and how you can support your loved ones when they are recounting traumatic events. 

Dr. Jesús O. Barreto Abrams is a white Latino, cisgender male licensed psychologist from Isabela, Puerto Rico. He graduated with his doctoral degree in clinical psychology and with a graduate certificate in early intervention (ages 0-3) for Deaf and hard of hearing children and their families from Gallaudet University. At Gallaudet, he specialized in the provision of psychotherapy, assessment, and consultation services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing populations. Dr. Barreto Abrams is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship in cultural clinical neuropsychology at UCLA’s Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior.  He plans to continue working with traditionally underserved and marginalized communities in the United States with the goal of continuing to dismantle racist, audist, xenophobic, and heteronormative systems. In addition to being a psychologist, Dr. Barreto Abrams is a nationally certified interpreter working in Spanish, American Sign Language, and English. His research has explored vicarious trauma in interpreters, early intervention for deaf children and their families in Puerto Rico, and verbal memory in healthy Deaf college students. He has also taught psychology, interpreting, and early intervention. He is the curator of @aslbrainhealth on Instagram, a page that attempts to make mental health and brain health accessible in ASL.

Dr. Barreto Abrams email: [email protected]