The Evidence Based Therapist

Religious trauma can’t be understood only through symptom checklists—it emerges from deeply internalized relational and symbolic dynamics. In this episode of The Evidence-Based Therapist , we explore religious trauma through a psychoanalytic lens, drawing from thinkers like Freud, Winnicott, Rizzuto, and McWilliams to understand how a person’s “God image” forms, fractures, or heals. We unpack how...

In this episode of The Evidence-Based Therapist , we sit down with local therapist and religious trauma specialist Darryl Schafer to explore how belief systems shape identity, belonging, and the development of the self—sometimes in deeply painful ways. We discuss the relational nature of religious trauma, how clients internalize theological narratives as self-concepts, and why reclaiming the “abje...

In this episode, Bridger, Caleb, and Ethan dive into Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy: A Critical Process for Change (Moran, Eubanks, & Samstag, 2022). Through the lens of embodied relational science, they explore how disconnection and repair form the heartbeat of therapeutic change. Together, they unpack the tension between explicit and implicit forms of rupture, the role of mutual account...

In this episode of The Evidence Based Therapist , we sit down with Ethan to explore his emerging research on the intersection of religious trauma and neurodiversity. Together we talk about the challenges of studying a topic with so little existing scholarship, the independent study that sparked our collaboration, and how our friendship has grown through that work. This conversation sets the tone f...

After 14 months away, Bridger and Caleb are back at the mics. In this special episode, they reflect on where life, work, and curiosity have taken them this past year—through doctoral defenses, major health challenges, and profound shifts in perspective. Along the way, they share what they’ve been reading, exploring, and creating: from consciousness studies and epistemology to Enneagram pathways an...

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger dive into a new article entitled Presence Psychotherapy: A Novel Integrative Trauma Treatment Model for Thorough Memory Reconsolidation published in the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration in 2022. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger finish up their discussion on Therapeutic Presence , an article by Geller & Greenberg in the journal of Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies in 2002. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Join Caleb and Bridger as they pick back up on their conversation around Presence in Psychotherapy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Join Caleb and Bridger as they kick off the new season of the Evidence Based Therapist with a conversation about Geller and Greenberg's (2002) Therapeutic Presence: Therapists' experience of presence in the psychotherapy encounter. To find the article, find it here: Therapeutic Presence with Notes Did you know? After full completion of Beyond Healing Institute’s Somatic Integration and Proces...

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger continue their discussion on the development of an original manuscript they are coauthoring. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger continue their discussion on the process of research creation in the Art of Original Research. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger introduce the new season of EBT with a special topic and announcement! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Join Caleb and Bridger as they wrap up their discussion on Koziol and colleagues' series on Large Scale Brain Systems. With this understanding, we can understand more deeply the implications of neurobiological synchronization in and between human beings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger dig back in to the short series of articles of Koziol and colleagues detailing a new way to understand the function of the various systems that make up our interconnected brain and give way to an emerging and complex mind. The title of the article discussed in this episode is Large-Scale Brain Systems and Subcortical Relationships: The Vertically Organized Brain...

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger dig back in to the short series of articles of Koziol and colleagues detailing a new way to understand the function of the various systems that make up our interconnected brain and give way to an emerging and complex mind. The title of the article discussed in this episode is Large-Scale Brain Systems and Subcortical Relationships: The Vertically Organized Brain...

Listen in to this special release from The Evidence Based Therapist to hear Caleb and Bridger discuss a new and hot topic from the world of academia and pop culture - Chat GPT. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger's discussion on an article from Koziol and colleagues entitled "The Small-World Organization of Large-Scale Brain Systems and Relationships with Subcortical Structures". This article is the second in a series of four where the authors dive into the mysterious world of the brain and our emergent mind. Moving away from a modular or "brain parts" understanding of t...

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger continue their discussion of Leonard Koziol and Colleague's work on large-scale brain systems. This episode is the first of two episodes covering the second article in the four part series. To follow along with the episode, download the article here: https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/21622965.2014.946803 Here's the abstract from the article: Brain structure and functio...

Listen in to hear Caleb and Bridger continue their exploration of Koziol and colleague's series on large scale brain systems and why they matter. In this episode, the hosts finish their discussion on the first article in the series, entitled "Structure and Function of Large-Scale Brain Systems". To read along, download the article here: https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/21622965.2014.946797 See Privacy P...

Bridger and Caleb begin their discussion on a 4-part series based on the work of Leonard Koziol and colleagues about brain system conceptualization. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Listen to Bridger and Caleb dive into neuroscience. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Caleb and Bridger continue their discussion on whether the brain is adaptive or triune. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Adaptive or Triune Brain? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Caleb and Bridger interview Andrea about her original research. Check the show notes to see how you can get involved! The Evidence Based Therapist: Where We Read so You Don't Have to (but we'd love if you did), Welcome to Your Invitation to Get Involved...And You Can Do Your Own Research as Well, and We'll Talk About it. #spicypsychology See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californ...

On this week's episode of EBT, Bridger and Caleb talk through Perez & Sundheims' 2015 article on treating early relational trauma. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .