The Trauma Therapist

Adam Blevins is a former Virginia state trooper who transitioned into mental health and now serves as the operations director of the Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program (VALEAP). 

After experiencing firsthand the toll of trauma, he transitioned into mental health, becoming an EMDR provider, ICISF instructor, and PhD student in trauma-informed care. Drawing from his unique perspective as both a first responder and a mental health provider, Adam wrote Welcome to the S.H.I.F.T. Show™: How to Love Yourself in a World That Won't, a raw, unfiltered guide to self-discovery and resilience in an unforgiving world.

 
In This Episode

• VLEAP website
• Adam on Facebook
• Adam’s book: Welcome to The S.H.I.F.T Show
• Adam on Youtube
• Adam on LinkedIn

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Jenny Hughes, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in trauma and PTSD. She supports helpers and healers through the common experience of vicarious trauma as the founder of  The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective. Jenny helps trauma therapists be human again as they learn how to manage vicarious trauma and enhance vicarious resilience together. As a clinician, she practices Brainspotting, EMDR, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Jenny is the author of The PTSD Recovery Workbook and Triggers to Glimmers: A Vicarious Resilience Journal and Workbook.

Dr. Michael Gomez is a licensed clinical psychologist in Texas and Rhode Island who specializes in trauma across diverse contexts, including child abuse, disaster response, sexual trafficking, immigration, secondary trauma, and systemic racism. He’s served on clinical faculty at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School and has directed trauma-focused clinics like the Adversity and Resilience Community Center in West Texas. Dr. Gomez is also a co-founder of the NCTSN’s Trauma and IDD Workgroup and part of the film team at the University of Connecticut’s Center for the Treatment of Complex/Developmental Trauma Disorders. He currently sees clients through PCS Counseling in Lubbock, Texas.


In This Episode

• On Instagram, @braveproviders
• On Facebook, in The Vicarious Trauma Community with Jenny Hughes
• And on TikTok, @braveproviders

You can learn more about what I do here:
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The Trauma Therapist Podcast:  I interview thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga such as Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk and Bruce Perry. https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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Dr. 1Drea Pennington Wasio, *formerly known as Andrea Pennington*, is an American integrative physician, founder of Soul Sense Alchemy and the holistic health company and media platform, In8Vitality, which integrates modern neuroscience with aesthetics, music, and conscious media. 

She is a Certified Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Facilitator and psilocybin retreat leader, and creator of The Cornerstone Process for Conscious Evolution and The Attunement Meditation.
With over two decades of medical practice specialized in trauma recovery, addiction medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture, Dr. 1Drea has provided medical services, workshops and retreats to help thousands of people build resilience, reclaim vitality after burnout, recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences and nurture real self love in order to thrive in all areas of life.

She has written or contributed to 18 books, and is the bestselling author of The Top 10 Traits of Highly Resilient People, as well as The Real Self Love Handbook, among others. 


She is also an international speaker with over 4 million views of her TED talks, hosts the Conscious Evolution Podcast, and has a vast career in global media and documentary filmmaking. 

In This Episode

• Dr. 1Drea Pennington Wasio’s Website

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Dr. Nick Brüss, EdD, LMFT, is a leading expert in psychedelic-assisted therapy and a licensed therapist. He serves as a clinical researcher and supervisor on the FDA phase III MAPS trial using MDMA for PTSD and is the lead therapist on Compass Pathways’ psilocybin trial for treatment-resistant depression. A specialist in Internal Family Systems therapy, Dr. Brüss has shared his work at UCLA and Yale. He’s also a certified mindfulness facilitator and Compassion Cultivation teacher, blending science, compassion, and innovation in healing.

 
In This Episode

• Nick’s website

You can learn more about what I do here:
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa
The Trauma Therapist Podcast:  I interview thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga such as Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk and Bruce Perry. https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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Yosi Amram Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, a CEO leadership coach, and a best-selling and award-winning author. 
Yosi is a pioneer researcher in the field of spiritual intelligence whose research has received over 1000 citations. As an Amazon best-selling author of the book Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire by Being Inspired, which won the Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal, Yosi is committed to awakening greater spiritual intelligence in himself and the world. 

Previously the founder and CEO of two companies he led through successful IPOs, Yosi has coached over 100 CEOs, many of whom have built companies with thousands of employees and revenues in the billions. With engineering degrees from MIT, an MBA from Harvard, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Sofia University. 

 
In This Episode

• Yosi’s website
• Yosi on Youtube

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Susanne Babbel, originally from Germany, moved to the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. Known for her deep listening and insight, she was drawn to psychology through her own journey of personal growth. Her interest in the mind-body connection led her to study somatic psychology, earning master’s degrees from John F. Kennedy University and Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.

Maggie Kline, LMFT, has decades of experience as a school psychologist, family therapist, and Somatic Experiencing® faculty member. She’s co-authored Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes and Trauma-Proofing Your Kids with Peter Levine, and written extensively on trauma-informed care for children. 


In This Episode

• https://www.instagram.com/drbabbel/
• https://www.facebook.com/DrBabbel
• https://x.com/DrBabbel

You can learn more about what I do here:
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa

The Trauma Therapist Podcast:  I interview thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga such as Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk and Bruce Perry. https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z


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Karen Goslin has a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto and in 1998, she founded Karen Goslin & Associates. 

Karen is passionate about guiding people toward transformation, helping them process depression, anxiety, conflicts, addiction, chronic illness, loss and trauma as invitations to change, and ultimately discover clear purpose and limitless potential.

Karen is the author of Yellow Paint: Learning to Live Again in which she talks about The KG Method and how to take the first step toward personal accountability, healing, and transformation.
Her work draws on evidence based therapeutic approaches and creates safe, deep spaces that enable the straight talk necessary for powerful accountability and meaningful healing. 

Now, Karen is sharing her insights with a broader audience. She speaks to us with compassion and insight, developed from her personal and professional experiences.

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http://www.karengoslinspeaks.com/
 
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Christina Kantzavelos is a neurodivergent, and first-generation (third culture) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), life coach, writer and chronic illness warrior.  She received both her BA and MSW from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her MLIS from San Jose State University (SJSU). 

Tyler Orr, LPC/MHSP (TN), LCMHC (NC), NCC, is the creator of Constructed Awareness (CA) and President of the Constructed Awareness Institute. He offers an interactive, here-and now approach to counseling, consulting, and teaching that integrates mindfulness, nonviolence, and process-oriented approaches. If you’d like to learn more about CA, visit www.constructedawareness.com or email Tyler directly at [email protected].

In This Episode

• constructedawareness.com
• https://www.instagram.com/constructedawareness/
• https://www.youtube.com/@constructedawareness
• Christina’s website

• Neural Retraining information
• Constructed Awareness

You can learn more about what I do here:
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa

The Trauma Therapist Podcast:  I interview thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga such as Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk and Bruce Perry. https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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Dr. Linda Gantt is the co-founder of the ITR Training Institute and HelpForTrauma.com. After closing her long-standing Intensive Trauma Recovery clinic, she now dedicates her efforts to expanding the reach of the Instinctual Trauma Response® (ITR) protocol to practitioners worldwide. Grounded in neuroscience, ITR is a structured, integrative approach that combines parts psychology, art, narrative, and somatic therapies. 

This method effectively addresses trauma at its core—including prenatal and preverbal experiences—without requiring individuals to relive distressing events. Versatile and accessible, ITR can be implemented with individuals as young as three, in both group and individual settings, through hourly sessions or intensive formats.

Danni Davis, LCSW brings over 30 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults, first responders, and couples. Certified in EMDR and ITR, as well as a Clinically Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist, she specializes in trauma-related disorders. 
Danni views ITR as a transformative tool in mental health—capable of rapidly reducing symptoms while promoting long-term healing and resilience

 
In This Episode

• @HelpForTrauma (X)
• https://www.instagram.com/helpfortrauma
• https://www.youtube.com/HelpForTrauma
• www.linkedin.com/in/itr-training-trauma-resolution-35023a158

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Veronique Mead, MD, MA is a former Dartmouth-affiliated assistant professor of family medicine and obstetrics. She retrained with a Master’s degree in somatic psychotherapy from Naropa University and specialty training in pre and perinatal and other forms of trauma. For the past 25 years she has explored the scientific literature on how effects of trauma from the prenatal and other periods in a person’s life can influence risk for autoimmune and other chronic illnesses. She shares the research on her blog Chronic Illness Trauma Studies.

Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki was born and raised in Tanzania where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree, trained as a science teacher, and later was trained as a healer using holistic methods. Efu is a Faculty Member of Somatic Experiencing®, a method founded by Dr Peter Levine, and a Professor of Family Constellation System Therapy by Hellinger Institute. In the last 31 years Efu has been living in Brazil facilitating trainings and Holistic therapy for trauma healing using Somatic Experiencing® and Family Constellation System Therapy. While living in Brazil, Efu has also been traveling in different countries such as India, Egypt, South Korea, China, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Tanzania, Philippines, Sweden, Portugal, Spain  and Hong Kong facilitating trainings and workshops. After the pandemic situation, Efu has been giving international trainings, workshops, summits, webinars, podcasts, conferences, and individual therapy sessions and case consults through online. Efu is a co- founder of AFYA: Holistic Healing Center located in the northeast of Brazil. Afya supports many people from the local community as well as national and international individuals that approaches the center to receive support and healing.  Efu is a writer of the book titled: Trauma healing using Family Constellation System Therapy and Somatic Experiencing®.

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Veronique:

• https://chronicillnesstraumastudies.com/
• https://lnk.bio/veroniquemead
• FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/chronicillnesstraumastudies/
• LINKED IN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/veroniquemeadillnessblog/
• YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh-ng96Ji8rJSIJdXjCpCqA/videos
• PINTEREST - https://www.pinterest.com/chrillog/_created/
• INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/veroniquemead/

Euphrasia:

• https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0BYXYGQ1V
• https://linktr.ee/efunyaki?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=8eaad01c-d2dd-4e12-a35e-3b250748f25f

You can learn more about what I do here:

The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa

The Trauma Therapist Podcast:  I interview thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga such as Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk and Bruce Perry. https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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