The Trauma Therapist

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).  Karen Sprinkel Ancelet is a psychotherapist, consultant, teacher and author. Her unique East...

JoAnn Lagace is an author, advocate, nonprofit founder, and woman in long-term recovery whose life has been shaped by trauma, resilience, and the decision to turn pain into purpose. In her memoir, Seeds in Shattered Soil, she shares an unfiltered journey through childhood trauma, addiction, mental health challenges, survival, recovery, and ultimately healing and self-acceptance. After more than 20...

Dr. Lisa Strohman is an attorney, licensed clinical psychologist, author, and advocate whose work focuses on mental wellness and the impact of technology on children and families. She is the founder and director of Digital Citizen Academy, a nonprofit program created to educate students, parents, and educators about technology addiction and overuse.  In her clinical work, Dr. Strohman has spent mo...

Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, professional speaker, and bestselling author who has written numerous books on psychology, spirituality, and personal growth, including Ecstasy as Medicine . For more than three decades, he has explored practical approaches to emotional healing, meditation, and expanded states of consciousness.  His work focuses on helping people access greater well-being, c...

Yunetta S. Smith , LPC-MHSP, NCC, is a mental health counselor with Spring Forth Counseling in Clarksville, Tennessee. Her practice specializes in helping leaders navigate the pressures and expectations that can accompany being highly visible, including difficulty saying no and feeling that their problems are magnified by their leadership roles. Spring Forth Counseling emphasizes providing a warm,...

Meghan Phelan is a senior care leader with nearly two decades of experience supporting families navigating aging, dementia, and in-home care. She is part of the leadership team at Granny Nannies Miami, where she focuses on helping families access personalized care that allows loved ones to remain safely at home. Meghan is especially passionate about Alzheimer’s and memory care education, working t...

Lisa Lacy is a writer, trauma educator, and speaker whose work explores trauma, identity, nervous system adaptation, and the psychological patterns people develop to survive. After nearly three decades in corporate consulting and high-stress environments, she transitioned into trauma-informed education, recovery advocacy, and storytelling.  Now, drawing from her own recovery from addiction and psy...

Esin Pinarli is a licensed professional counselor and the founder of Eternal Wellness Counseling, where she specializes in helping individuals heal from trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges.  Drawing from both clinical expertise and a holistic perspective, she integrates evidence-based therapy with mindfulness and wellness-oriented approaches to support emotional healing...

“Jai” Jennifer Greenwald is a yogi, educator, filmmaker, and founder of Quundalini™, a healing modality that brings together ancient wisdom and modern science. A longtime Kundalini yoga instructor, Jai developed Quantum Healing Yoga, an approach incorporating breathwork, movement, mantra, conscious awareness, and trauma-informed practices. Jai is also the writer and producer of Quundalini: Quantum...

Ruby Jo Walker, LCSW, SEP, CHT, is an author, trainer, trauma therapist, and Course Partner for the Polyvagal Institute, specializing in the neurobiology of trauma and resilience. With more than 35 years of experience in trauma treatment, she is certified in Somatic Experiencing® and Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. Ruby Jo is the founder of SW Trauma Training Services and developer of Post-T...

Rupi Moussanza is the co-founder of Iboga Medicine, where she serves as a provider and integration guide.  Iboga is a powerful and sacred plant traditionally used by the Bwiti people of Gabon, where it has been honored for generations as a source of wisdom, clarity, and spiritual awakening. Rupi’s work is informed by her own healing experience with Iboga, as well as training within the Bwiti tradi...

Maria Szandrach is the co-founder and CEO of Mentalyc, an AI-powered platform that helps therapists automate clinical documentation and streamline administrative tasks. Maria created Mentalyc to make therapy more efficient and effective. Her mission is deeply personal: as a teenager, she struggled with an eating disorder and worked with multiple therapists before recovering, an experience that ins...

Dr. Shan Shan Jing is a Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon working in a Major Trauma Centre in London, where she has spent years treating patients with devastating injuries, restoring nerves, vessels, and soft tissues after life-altering trauma.  In 2022, while working abroad during the pandemic, she experienced trauma from the other side when she survived a high-speed collision that killed her p...

Dr. Adriana Popescu is a clinical psychologist, author, speaker, podcast host, spiritual counselor, and empowerment coach who is based in San Francisco, California and practices worldwide. She specializes in treating addictions and trauma and has directed a number of treatment programs in the Bay Area, including Firebird Healing, where she is the Founder and CEO, and Avery Lane, where she works as...

Dr. Monique M. Chouraeshkenazi is a clinical neuropsychometrician, psychology resident, researcher, professor, forensic neuropsychopathology expert, and two-time international bestselling author.  She is the founder of The Chouraeshkenazi Group , a multidisciplinary practice focused on mental healthcare, medical services, research, consulting, and education.  A U.S. Air Force Global War on Terrori...

Pauline Chiarizia is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who specializes in trauma, dissociation, attachment wounds, and the long-term impact of relational harm. Through her private practice, she works with individuals seeking deeper emotional understanding, healing, and greater connection to themselves and others. Dr. Chiarizia’s approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, rel...

Veronique Mead, MD, MA was a Dartmouth-affiliated assistant professor of family medicine and obstetrics. She retrained with a Master’s degree in somatic psychotherapy from Naropa University and additional 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...

Shirley Dvir, PhD, is the founder and lead teacher of Relational Somatic Healing and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned her PhD in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, where her dissertation explored relational touch in psychotherapy for healing relational developmental trauma.  Shirley has practiced psychotherapy since 1997, working with families...

Deanna Chrones is the founder of Tholage and the creator of the Tholage approach, a modality designed to help individuals access and process trauma through body-based awareness and healing.  Her work emphasizes the connection between physical sensations, emotions, and unresolved traumatic experiences, offering an alternative pathway to recovery that extends beyond traditional talk therapy. Through...

Dr. Adrienne Fletcher is a psychologist, author, speaker, and survivor whose life and work sit at the intersection of trauma, healing, identity, and transformation.  After more than two decades in the mental health field, she now speaks and writes about the realities of complex trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder, post-traumatic growth, and what it means to build a meaningful life beyond surviv...

Sarah Stasica is the founder of Medical Trauma Support and host of the Medical Trauma Support Podcast. She is a trauma-informed practitioner, mental health peer specialist, and somatic educator committed to helping both clinicians and individuals recognize medical trauma for what it is and respond to it with the nervous-system-informed care it deserves. Sarah supports people on their healing journ...

Sarah Dionne is a consultant and trainer with 18 years of experience in clinical mental health. Her work focuses on complex trauma and dissociative disorders, providing clinicians and mental health practices with consultation, supervision, training, and trauma-informed education.  Sarah brings both clinical expertise and lived experience as a survivor of severe trauma to her work. She is also an i...

Austin Rampt is the author of One Last Hit: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Finding Purpose, a candid account of his journey from addiction to recovery.  Austin began struggling with substance abuse at age 12, a battle that eventually led him to flee to Mexico and lose nearly everything before finding redemption. Through his memoir, Austin shares the lessons he learned about addiction, recovery,...

Sunshine Grace is an Austin-based public speaker, filmmaker, and clairaudient spiritual medium whose work explores the intersection of mental health and contemporary spiritual awakenings. Her path was shaped by profound non-ordinary experiences with psychedelics, which led her to advocate for greater understanding and normalization of spiritual emergencies, including voice hearing, shamanic-style...

Dr. Hindie M. Klein is a Psychologist and Psychoanalyst who serves as Senior Clinical Consultant at OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services. She is the Editor of Voices of Strength and was Clinical Project Manager of the acclaimed film Rising From Divorce. Formerly Director of Tikvah, OHEL’s licensed outpatient mental health clinic, Dr. Klein holds a postdoctoral degree from NYU and runs a privat...