Dr. Deborah Borne joins Matt in this episode to discuss the relationship between trauma and spiritual health. Learn how Dr. Borne integrates spiritual health into her medical practice with those experiencing addiction, homelessness, and living with HIV.

In this episode, Dr. Melody Brown returns to talk about the trauma and marginalized communities. Trauma is playing a major role in the impact of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. Dr. Brown brings her expertise to examine the role of trauma in the challenges facing our communities. My name is Dr. Melody Brown […]

I am excited to announce my new Heart Rate Variability Podcast. I wanted to give my regular listeners a chance to check out our first episode: What is HRV?

In this episode, Jennifer Wilson and Laura Rossbert join the show to discuss trauma-informed design. Learn how a strategic approach to physical space creates community and calm while empowering people in services. This is definitely an episode to check out on video to see their amazing work. Designing for Healing Dignity and Joy White Paper […]

Bobby Watts and Dr. Barbara DiPietro join the show to discuss how they view advocacy work as part of their self-care. Both Bobby and Barbara work at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and are at the epicenter of both the pandemic and the fight for social justice. Find out more about the […]

Sometimes the best thing we can do is listen. When we listen and pay attention to our reactions we might find our unconscious bias and areas we can evolve. In this episode, I explore a simple model that has helped me identify my own unconscious bias and grow my knowledge and effectiveness when working with […]

In this episode, Dr. Liz Frye joins Matt to discuss harm reduction, street medicine/psychiatry, and trauma-informed care. Dr. Liz Frye is one of the leading international experts in the field of street psychiatry and has provided street-based psychiatric care to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness for the past 12 years. She is the founder and former […]

In this episode, Allen Kanerva joins Matt to discuss Trauma-Focused Neuro Linguistic Programming. Allen Kanerva the co-founder of Inspired Outcomes Corp., a Canadian based organization that is committed to the treatment of post traumatic stress and the training of practitioners. Returning home from a six-month peacekeeping mission in the middle-east in 1990, Allen knew that […]

Dr. James Petrovich joins the show to discuss his efforts at TCU and in Fort Worth Texas to create trauma-informed communities. Find out more about Dr. Petrovich’s work here  

Somatic Experiencing therapist and author Ilene Smith joins the Trauma-Informed Lens Podcast to discuss her work and new book Moving Beyond Trauma. Learn more about Ilene Smith and her book: www.ilenesmith.com Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/ilenesmithhealing/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/SomastasisLLC/