Dr Janina Fisher is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor at Harvard Medical School. Having trained directly with the likes of Bessel van der Kolk and Pat Ogden, she is now widely recognised as an international expert on the treatment of trauma.

Janina is an Advisory Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation and the author of three books including, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma, and The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022). She is best known for her work on integrating mindfulness-based interventions into trauma treatment, and she is also the creator of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) therapy.

In this conversation, we discuss:

— Dr Fisher's experiences training with Bessel van der Kolk in the 1990s

— The left and right brain "split", and how trauma gets stored in the body as implicit memories

— The limitations of the "Uni-Consciousness" Model and why a parts paradigm is more effective for healing trauma

— Why secure attachment is the number one variable in mental health and how to cultivate "earned secure attachment" internally

And more.

You can learn more about Dr Fisher's work at www.janinafisher.com.

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Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is an Advisory Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation and the author of three books, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017), Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists (2021), and The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022). She is best known for her work on integrating mindfulness-based interventions into trauma treatment, and she is also the creator of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) therapy.

Interview Links:

— Healing the Fragmented Selves - Dr Janina Fisher: https://amzn.to/3ANKAGp

— Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists - Dr Janina Fisher: https://amzn.to/3Blo1ux

— The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart (2022): https://amzn.to/3cQbAx3

3 Books Dr Fisher Recommends Every Therapist Should Read:

— Introduction to IFS - Dr Richard Schwartz: https://amzn.to/3qaOt3y

— Healing the Fragmented Selves - Dr Janina Fisher: https://amzn.to/3ANKAGp

— Getting Through The Day - Nancy Napier: https://amzn.to/3KJoiKu