In this Episode, Julie and Ginger welcome Dr. Janyne McConnaugheyinto the studio.   Janyne has a long career in teaching, teacher education and an expertise in early childhood development. Dr. McConnaughey is a nationally known trauma-informed author, having lived with the effects of childhood sexual abuse from the time she was three years old until she entered therapy and began healing at the age of 61. Janyne joined ATN’s Board of Directors in 2019 and is now in her second year as the Board President. Her latest book is “Trauma in the Pews”.

Janyne’s mission with this book is to help ministry leaders understand what they are seeing in their congregations. What they are seeing is not a spiritual problem; What they are seeing is the impact of trauma. Janyne knows that there are a lot of books out there that look at this situation through a spiritual lens, but, as she says, “No - we must look at it through a trauma lens.”

To purchase any of Dr. McConnaughey’s books, go the ATN’s bookshop at https://bookshop.org/shop/AttachmentTraumaNetwork. To learn more about her, go to her website at https://www.janyne.org/.

Janyne says that “without ATN, this book would not have been written.” Thank you Janyne for your service to both ATN and the trauma- informed movement.