Transforming Trauma

Isaac Samuelson, LPC, is a Chicago-based NARM Therapist, primarily working with people who are discovering and maintaining their queer identity or struggling with it. Isaac identifies as queer themselves and sees their identity as a strength: together with their clients, Isaac collaborates to discover the challenges and joys in the lifelong journey of connecting with oneself.

Having worked as an actor, performer, and clown, Isaac learned to empathize with the characters they played. This practice of empathy gave them a relational roadmap for supporting their later therapeutic development: "I was able to do my own thinking about those parts of myself that I was not as thrilled about and to say, actually, this is a part of who you are and it can be charming."

Isaac reflects on their experience of being queer in America, emphasizes the dramatic impact a positive adult can have on a queer child's mental health, and discusses what genuine support can look like. The intersection of cultural trauma and one's own agency is where clients can do transformative work. While it is important to acknowledge ongoing real-world limiting factors, it is equally important to acknowledge the great possibility for self-activation and transformation.

About Isaac Samuelson:

Isaac Samuelson is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Chicago who specializes in counseling LGBTQIA adolescents and adults. Isaac is working at Chicago Institute for Change and was a group therapist for the Second City's "Improv for Anxiety" group. Isaac completed a Postgraduate Fellowship at Live Oak and a clinical internship at Hartgrove Hospital.

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Crystle Lampitt, LMSW, is a former TV journalist and model. To her private practice, CL Wellness LLC, Crystal brings a unique perspective: from her background of being in a highly visible career, living a multi-ethnic identity, and facing significant life transitions.

Crystle talks about her experience with hustle culture and experiencing toxic stress. "The message we get is that if you're not hustling, then you're doing something wrong or you're not going to be successful." Crystle's growing awareness of these objectifying social realities, and her own health challenges with an autoimmune disease, led her to learn more about the body-mind effects of trauma and pursue a graduate degree in social work.

Crystle shares her journey of learning NARM, the NARM Therapist Training, and how she integrates NARM principles into her work with others and herself. "I've given myself more permission to be a human by utilizing NARM and using its concepts. I think by doing that I'm also helping to reinforce the agency that my clients have."

About Crystle Lampitt:

Crystle Lampitt is a former TV journalist turned licensed therapist and speaker. After years of struggling with mysterious health issues, chaotic relationships, and job burnout, she decided to look inward, dig deep, and change everything about her life. She now has a therapy practice in Kansas City and enjoys supporting others on their journeys to heal trauma and lead more meaningful lives. As an Indonesian-American, she is particularly interested in supporting the BIPOC community during a time of great collective trauma and pain.

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In this special episode of Transforming Trauma, the NARM Training Institute presents a summertime gift to Transforming Trauma listeners: the webinar NARM and Intergenerational Love. The class provides a window into the NARM Inner Circle learning community.

NARM creator Dr. Laurence Heller and NARM Senior Faculty Brad Kammer examine how intergenerational love interfaces with complex and intergenerational trauma. They discuss the importance of including love in the therapeutic process and reflect on how love plays a significant role in attachment, developmental and relational trauma.

In addition to exploring the meaning of intergenerational love, Larry and Brad touch on subjects like the paradox of trying to be loved, the relationship between love and hope, and how themes of intergenerational love make their way into clinical sessions.

Throughout the episode, self-reflective exercises support the listeners' learning process.

About Dr. Laurence Heller and Brad Kammer:

Dr. Laurence Heller is the creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), Senior Faculty member, International Trainer, and author.

Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC, is a Somatic Psychotherapist. He has worked in the field of trauma for over 20 years, specializing in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). Brad is a NARM Master Therapist, Consultant, and Faculty Trainer.

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We invite you to explore the NARM Inner Circle online learning program, where we host NARM Topic Webinars like this every month. For further information and to sign up for a free two-week trial, visit:

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Nancy McWilliams, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of psychoanalytic/psychodynamics. Her genuine curiosity for trying to understand and help people has led to a rich, 50-year career.

In this conversation, Nancy shares learnings from her research in the field of complex trauma and profound lessons from clients who have opened up their worlds to her.

Reflecting on the changing landscape of psychotherapeutic approaches, and her objections to the "so-called evidence-based treatments", she highlights the humanity in the psychotherapeutic relationship: meeting the clients where they are. "You have to tolerate uncertainty and not knowing – a kind of moral equality with the patient, where we're figuring it out together. I have to learn from you; I'm not here to apply something to you."

About Nancy McWilliams:

Nancy McWilliams, PhD, is a renowned psychoanalytic psychotherapist, professor, and author. Nancy teaches psychoanalytic theory and therapy at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey. She is also a senior analyst with the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey and the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. Nacy's influential book, Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, is a response to the significant change of direction of the DSM IV and has become a standard text in many training programs for psychotherapists in the United States and abroad.

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Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP Psychoanalytic Diagnosis Text

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In this episode of Transforming Trauma, NARM Senior Faculty Brad Kammer shares an excerpt from the highly anticipated new book he co-authored with NARM Creator Dr. Laurence Heller, The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma.

This book will be released soon on July 26, 2022!

The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma provides helping professionals with the theoretical background and practical skills they need to help clients transform complex trauma using the Neuro Affective Relational Model (NARM). Using many therapeutic examples, case studies, and exercises throughout the book, it demonstrates how NARM can serve as a catalyst for clients to feel more fully alive and become more fully human. Brad shares, "Our intention for this Practical Guide is to promote greater accessibility to the NARM Therapeutic Approach. It is our hope that this book will be used by helping professionals in enhancing therapeutic effectiveness for healing complex trauma"

Reflecting on this book as a resource for not only helping professionals but for anyone seeking healing and growth, Brad shares: "Our greatest hope is that NARM can lead to increasing opportunities for connection, healing, and transformation in individuals, relationships, communities, and society. It is our hope that this work will support personal and collective change."

This episode is the first time the new book is being shared publicly, and we hope you enjoy listening! If you're interested in reading the book, we encourage you to pre-order your copy today! Please visit www.narmtraining.com/books for more information and to view available online retailers.

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Ingrid Cockhren is the CEO of PACEs Connection, a social network that connects organizations, systems, and communities that implement trauma-informed policies and practices, as well as positive and adverse childhood experience (PACEs) science.

Ingrid dedicated her career to educating the public about the connection between adversity and poor health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, criminal behavior, and incarceration.

Ingrid entered academia with the question, "Why do so many African American children end up in our juvenile justice system?" Considering Black parenting styles, scientific colonialism, toxic stress, and intergenerational trauma, she makes the connection between adverse childhood experiences and the implications of historical trauma.

She also shares how her own adverse experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and her work with primarily black incarcerated youth brought her to complex and historical trauma.

About Ingrid Cockhren:

Ingrid Cockhren is an adjunct professor specializing in Black psychology, developmental psychology, abnormal psychology, and personality theory at Tennessee State University. She holds a B.S. in psychology from Tennessee State University and an M.Ed. in child studies from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, specializing in minority and impoverished children. Cockhren's research focuses on African American parenting styles, positive and adverse childhood experiences, historical trauma, intergenerational trauma, brain development, developmental psychology, and epigenetics.

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Dr. Laurence Heller and Dr. Stephen Porges engage in a stimulating conversation about safety cues, life-threat reactions, shame, and connection as our "biological imperative." Dr. Porges, a distinguished neuroscientist and originator of the Polyvagal Theory, emphasizes the importance of physiological states in expressing trauma-related behavioral and health problems.

The fascinating exploration takes the listener on a journey of understanding trauma: from learning how the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) and the Polyvagal Theory have profoundly impacted the knowledge of trauma and how the two frameworks relate. Dr. Heller: "What we learn in adapting to connection failures very early on in life is what we have a tendency to carry forward, not just on a cognitive level but on an emotional level and a physiological level."

About Dr. Larry Heller and Dr. Stephen Porges:

Dr. Laurence Heller is the creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), Senior Faculty member, International Trainer, and author.

Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. In 1994, Dr. Porges proposed the Polyvagal Theory. The construct links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in expressing behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. He has published several books and more than 400 peer-reviewed papers.

Learn More:https://www.stephenporges.com/ https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org https://kinseyinstitute.org/research/traumatic-stress.php

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"Our heartfelt desire is that the NeuroAffective Relational Model can support you and your clients and that this book will enhance the work you are all doing to heal our world." - Laurence Heller and Brad Kammer, co-authors

NARM creator Dr. Laurence Heller and Senior NARM Trainer and Training Director Brad Kammer are co-authors of the new book, The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma, which will be released on July 26th, 2022.

Larry and Brad share their intention to help make learning about the NeuroAffective Relational Model more accessible to a greater number of people, for both clinicians and people learning for their own healing. They offer a sneak peek of what's included in the book: self-reflective exercises, annotated session transcripts, and more.

Join us for the virtual book launch party on July 26th from 10:00-11:00am Pacific TIme. To RSVP, please go to www.narmtraining.com/booklaunchparty.

About Dr. Laurence Heller and Brad Kammer:

Dr. Laurence Heller is the creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), Senior Faculty member, International Trainer, and author.

Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC, is a Somatic Psychotherapist and has worked in the field of trauma for over 20 years, specializing in working with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD).

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Dr. Sandra Bloom is a Board-Certified psychiatrist, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, and the Founder of Creating Presence, an online organization for creating trauma-informed systems. She is the founder of the Sanctuary Model which provides inpatient psychiatric programs for the treatment of trauma-related emotional disorders. Dr. Bloom is the author of a series of books on trauma-informed care, including "Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies."

Dr. Bloom is also the co-chair of a new national organization, the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP), whose goal is to advocate for public policies and programs that incorporate scientific findings regarding the relationship between trauma and many social and health problems.

Dr. Bloom shares that she began her work with complex trauma before there was research on it or even a name for it. She would like listeners to "get a sense of the connection between trauma work and working with individual patients and the bigger picture of how trauma and adversity impact our workplaces and impacts our society in very similar ways to the way it impacts individuals."

Dr. Bloom introduces the SELF tool for working through trauma: Safety, Emotions, Loss, and Future. Dr. Bloom likens these four domains to a compass, "You move it around depending on where the person is at in the process." SELF provides an organizing framework for the complex problems presented by trauma survivors, by families with problems, and by chronically stressed organizations.

About Dr. Bloom:

Dr. Sandra L. Bloom is a Board-Certified psychiatrist, graduate of Temple University School of Medicine and currently Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University. For the past forty-two years, Dr. Bloom has done pioneering work in the field of traumatic stress studies and is a past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr. Bloom is the Founder of the Sanctuary Model (1980) and in 2020 introduced a new, online organizational approach called Creating PRESENCE™. Since 2012, Dr. Bloom has also served as Co-chair for the Philadelphia ACEs Task Force. Since 2015, Dr. Bloom serves as Board Chair of the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP).

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https://www.creatingpresence.net

https://www.philadelphiaaces.org

https://www.ctipp.org

https://sandrabloom.com

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Bayo starts off by sharing a proverb from his Yoruba people: "In order to find your way, you must become lost". This leads to an invitation to being in the world in a different way.

He offers an alternative, non-pathologizing way to think about trauma and our adaptations to it. Instead of pathologizing what we are afraid of, he invites us to "lean into the cracks, the failures… and maybe by performing your way through those cracks, you may find other ways of being in the world." Throughout this episode, Bayo offers a possible new vision through stories of transformation.

About Bayo: Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.), rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea and Kyah, the grateful life-partner to Ije, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak, Bayo Akomolafe is the Chief Curator of The Emergence Network and host of the online post-activist course, 'We Will dance with Mountains'.

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www.emergencenetwork.org

www.facebook.com/bayoakomolafeampersand

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