The Trauma Therapist

Gabriella Tranchina is the creator and host of Gabriella Rebranded, a spiritual podcast about healing after trauma, brain injury recovery, and spiritual growth told with honesty and dark humor. After surviving a 3.5-week coma, brain surgery, and multiple fractures from being struck by a car, Gabriella reframed her life around resilience, spirituality, and joy — even in the face of adversity.  Her...

Dr. Howard Schubiner is an internist and the director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan and a Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He has authored more than 100 publications in scientific journals and books, and lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Schubiner is a senior teacher of...

Shelly Grimm is a Financial Consultant, Author, and Founder of The Perpetual Caregiver, empowering families facing chronic illness. A "Ladypreneur" recognized by the Worldwide Women's Association with 27 years of financial expertise, she helps ensure dignity and peace of mind through unique tools like the Family Love Letter. Shelly's journey began as the lifelong caregiver for her mother, the firs...

Anne-Marie Zanzal, M.Div. is a coming-out coach, ordained minister, and grief counselor who specializes in supporting individuals—particularly women—navigating later-in-life sexuality, divorce, and identity transitions. A graduate of Yale Divinity School and former hospice chaplain, she blends spiritual care, group coaching, and lived experience to help clients move toward authenticity, self-trust...

Sara Davidson is a Registered Psychotherapist, former elite athlete and coach, and the author of Any Body Can Heal  — a memoir about trauma, resilience, and the body's capacity to recover. Drawing on her clinical work and her own story, Sara blends trauma-informed and body-based approaches — including Polyvagal Theory and somatic awareness — to help people understand their nervous systems and rebu...

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Dr. Sam Zand is a holistic psychiatrist, educator, and entrepreneur dedicated to merging traditional psychiatry with innovative neuroplastic therapies. A Johns Hopkins graduate and Professor of Psychedelic Medicine, he founded Anywhere Clinic to expand global access to telepsychiatry and integrative care. From utilizing integrative psychiatry and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy to leading philanthropic...

Tammy Sollenberger, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and a certified IFS consultant. She is also the author of the book "The One Inside: 30 Days to Your Authentic Self” and host of The One Inside Podcast. For more information about Tammy Sollenberger’s book, podcast, and resources related to Internal Family Systems, visit https://tammysollenberger.com/ John Clarke’s mission is...

Kathleen Harnish McKune is an author, speaker, and co-founder of the nonprofit Remarkably Resilient, Inc. Drawing on her lived experience as a survivor of childhood incest and trauma, she helps translate the neuroscience of trauma into practical tools for healing and resilience. She is the co-author of Remarkably Resilient: Community Matters and works to support individuals and communities in buil...

Darlene Lekowski is a survivor, speaker, advocate, and business leader who transformed decades of silence into a platform for truth and healing. After fifty years of keeping quiet about the sibling sexual trauma and abuse she endured as a child, she broke her silence and successfully defended herself in a civil lawsuit brought against her by her brother. Her debut memoir, Shattering Silence: A Sto...

David Lomax is a teacher of 18 years and the author of Trails of Thoughts, a memoir 25 years in the making. The book explores survival, resilience, and the search for meaning — drawn from an unusually difficult life, including years working in remote regions of Alaska. The memoir began as an attempt to understand endurance, emotional control, and survival. It ended as something more. David's son,...

Daniel Zimmerman, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist and co-founder of Acheron Psychiatry in New York City, where he integrates psychodynamic theory with modern interventions like Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). He views the therapeutic process as a "delicate dance between hiding and revealing oneself," moving beyond simple symptom management to help patients cultivate authentic self-t...

Dr. Cassius Drake, M.D. is the co-founder and Medical Director of The Drake Center for Transformative Healing, where he applies over two decades of emergency medicine experience to holistic trauma care. Trained at Cornell University and The University of Texas Medical Branch and board-certified in emergency medicine, Dr. Drake saw firsthand how traditional Western medicine can fall short in addres...

Join Jan Winhall and her daughter Marika Heinrichs as they explore trauma, embodiment, racial justice, and systemic change. This heartfelt conversation delves into personal histories, therapeutic models, and the path toward collective liberation. Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture: https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characteristics.html Paul Kivel, Christian Hegemony: https://christian...

Tonya Pieske is a musician, producer, and sound designer based in Portland, Oregon. She is the creator of How to Tell Someone, a storytelling podcast exploring the moments of communication that shape how we perceive and move through the world. Tonya blends her lived experience with CPTSD together with her background in fostering psychological safety through her nonprofit work to create a trauma-in...

Ruth Cohn, MFT, CST, BCN, is a psychotherapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has specialized in working with survivors of trauma, neglect, and their partners and families since 1988. Since that time she has focused on childhood neglect trauma and developed Neglect-Informed Psychotherapy, an approach that integrates attachment theory with clinical practice. She is the author of  Working w...

Dan Grové is an author and the creator of the Fire & Water Paradigm, a framework reimagining modern masculinity through emotionally honest and mythic experiences. His work, which includes the book series Strong Enough to Fall, Strong Enough to Rise, and Strong Enough to Lead, guides men from emotional shutdown to sovereignty and from wounded boyhood to embodied manhood. Rather than offering qu...

Sharon is the co-founder of Joyous PBC, an AI-powered platform focused on making mental health treatment affordable and accessible.  A cognitive psychologist, she has led the development of patient programs and created Joyous for Therapists, a collaboration tool designed to support clinicians. Her work centers on the psycholytic ketamine approach for trauma treatment — a low-risk method with negli...

Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LIAC, BCETS, CP is a licensed clinical social worker, licensed addiction counselor, board-certified expert in traumatic stress, and certified practitioner of psychodrama with more than 35 years of experience. A recognized authority on childhood trauma, Adena specializes in covert emotional incest — a form of hidden abuse she also knows personally, as a thriver with a lived h...

Megan Earles, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma, attachment, and relational healing. Through her practice, she helps individuals, couples, and families develop emotional regulation, deepen connection, and build resilience after experiences of loss, betrayal, and chronic stress. Megan blends evidence-based therapy with warmth and collaboration, inviting clients to...

Bronwyn Schweigerdt is a licensed psychotherapist, podcaster, and anger expert dedicated to addressing the root causes of mental and physical illness. Drawing from her own personal experiences with depression, she explores the vital importance of acknowledging and managing internal feelings—specifically anger—as a primary catalyst for personal growth and informed decision-making. Beyond individual...

Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir is the author of Sacred Psychiatry . She approaches trauma from a holistic and integrative perspective, bringing together psychiatry, somatic awareness, relational work, and astrology as meaningful frameworks for understanding psychological suffering and healing.  Her book,  Sacred Psychiatry , received a National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) in Alternative Health and Ps...

John Henry Parker is a modern author, behavioral analyst, and former Marine focused on trauma recovery and veteran transition. As co-founder of Harvesting Wisdom, he is known for his narrative approach to helping individuals navigate personal, professional, and military-to-civilian life challenges. He is the author of Men Harvesting Wisdom, a transformational guide to self-leadership that blends t...

Jason is the founder of TellMyStory.org, a nonprofit he launched after the suicide of his 14-year-old son in 2018.  The foundation is dedicated to educating and empowering parents with practical, up-to-date resources to better recognize and support their children’s mental health struggles. Through its sister organization, Mental Wellness Media, Jason produces documentary films and educational prog...

Becky Aste is the founder of I Do Breakthrough, a trauma-informed somatic relationship coaching practice that helps individuals and couples break cycles of re-trauma and build secure, emotionally connected partnerships.  Drawing on body-based awareness and attachment-focused work, Becky supports clients in repairing relationship patterns at their root rather than managing surface conflict. Her wor...