The Trauma Therapist

Christine Li is a strong advocate for mental health, and her reasons are personal. Her experience as a young highschool student and seeing many around her struggling impacted her to such a degree that it changed the trajectory of her life. Now, Christine is the founder and CEO of Mentaya – a company that helps private practice therapists grow their revenue and private-pay client base by leveraging...

Charlie was born and raised in Staten Island, New York and as a young adult he moved to Old Bridge and later Millstone, New Jersey. His success in the financial services industry allowed him to rise through the ranks of First Union/Wachovia, ultimately leading him and his wife, Sandy, of 30 years, and their two daughters, Melissa and Kristen, to Charlotte. He assumed the role of the director of sa...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Bessel A. van der Kolk. Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. is a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress. His work integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment. Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impac...

I’m excited to announce— MEDIA+ MEDIA+ is the new division of our company through which we’re going to be helping mental health practitioners of all kinds promote their incredible work and brands, and share it with the people who want and need to hear it. I’ve been fortunate over the course of the past several years to create a sizable social presence. The Trauma Therapist Podcast receives hundred...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Adena Bank Lees. "There is a God and I’m not it." -Twelve-step saying. Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LISAC, BCETS, CP is an internationally recognized speaker, author, trainer and consultant, providing a fresh and important look at addiction treatment, traumatic stress and recovery. She has provided more than 1000 workshops for professionals around the w...

Edy Nathan is a Certified Sex Therapist and thought leader specializing in grief, trauma, and sexuality. She works with businesses, universities, and long-term care homes to help people understand how these areas filter through their lives and affect everything from creativity to productivity. Working together, she offers creative ways to deal with grief, trauma, and sexuality. In her NEW book, It...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Sarah Peyton. "Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential." -Winston Churchill I’m going to let you in on a secret. The Trauma Therapist Podcast isn’t really about trauma. It’s actually a podcast about the human spirit. It’s about the incredible people who’ve experienced trauma and the people who work...

Colleen Ryan-Hensley is a 10-year Navy Veteran, an advocate for mental health and expert in mental toughness who created the online educational resource BingingSober . Colleen struggled with depression since she was a teenager and instead of expressing her feelings and getting help, she was taught to "rub some dirt on it and get back in the game." To cope with depression, she started drinking and...

Audrey Omenson is a licensed counselor based in Houston, TX. She has been working in the mental health field since 2009 and is passionate about using Somatic Experiencing and other tools to support clients in reclaiming their body, identity and agency post-trauma, focusing particularly in the areas of religious trauma and purity culture. In addition to this being a professional specialty of hers,...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Sarah Peyton. Teri Barney is an occupational therapist, OTR/L who finds fulfillment in helping children, teens and adults achieve good physical and mental health through meaningful functional activities, sensory integration and psychosocial interventions. As an occupational therapist and adoptive parent of two boys from Eastern Europe, Teri has a...

Mentality magazine is the first college publication, run by students, nationwide that focuses solely on mental health. Vaishnavi is a junior from Livonia, Michigan studying biology hoping to one day pursue the study of psychology. She enjoys Mentality because it provides her an outlet to express those wayward thoughts that bounce around in her mind from time to time. In her free time, she enjoys t...

Tamara McClintock Greenberg, Psy. D., M.S., joins me on the podcast today to talk about her new book, The Complex PTSD Coping Skills Workbook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Manage Fear and Anger, Build Confidence, and Reclaim Your Identity . Tamara is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco, CA, where she specializes in treating adults with depression, anxiety, relationship is...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Sarah Peyton. "A human being is a part of a whole" -Albert Einstein Elisha Goldstein, Ph. D. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles and creator of the 6-month mentorship program A Course in Mindful Living . He is a psychologist, speaker and author who has published numerous articles, chapters, and blogs, including: - Un...

Patricia A. Resick, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical School. Dr. Resick began developing and testing cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in 1988 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where she founded the Center for Trauma Recovery and was an Endowed Professor. CPT is considered a first-line therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in the...

Cornelia studied at the School for Initiatic Therapy in the Black Forest, Germany and holds degrees in fine arts and arts education along with extensive postgraduate training in Jungian and Gestalt Therapy, Bioenergetics and at the Somatic Experiencing Training Institute (SETI). She is best known for her cutting edge work with Guided Drawing and Clay Field Therapy, and holds regular workshops arou...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Mark Wolynn. Mark Wolynn is the director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco and is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. A sought-after lecturer, he has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the Western Psychiatric Institute, Kripalu, The Omega Institute, The New York Open Center, and The California Instit...

From trauma to triumph, Valerie Huard has seen it all. She is a published author, speaker and expert who works with people all over the world on the topic of decluttering, and decluttering more than one's environment. In This Episode Valerie’s website Valerie’s programs --- What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project! The Trauma 5 : gold nuggets from my 700+ interviews The Trauma Therapist Newsle...

Paula Scatolini (SHE/HERS) is a writer, educator, and thought-leader in somatics, movement, and embodied consciousness. As a mentor, guide, and facilitator of experiential and transformative processes. Paula brings over 30 years of training in human behavior that she interweaves with her experience in the nervous system, the therapeutic use of sound, movement, and bioenergetic principles to suppor...

COURTNEY ARMSTRONG, MEd. LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and Nationally Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy who specializes in grief and trauma recovery. With a career spanning more than two decades, she is the founder of the Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy and developed her Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy (TM) approach after studying with numerous trauma experts and...

Brock is founder of Trauma Treatment International & a consultant Clinical Psychologist. He has over 15 years experience in the psychological assessment and treatment of trauma survivors.and has assisted in the development and implementation of comprehensive services for trauma survivors internationally. In addition he is also an advisory to several NGOs on self-care and prevention of burnout...

For more than 20 years, Paula worked as a Brazilian journalist, but that all changed after the suicide of her father in 2005. After experiencing this trauma, she decided to dedicate time to preventing suicide. Since then, She’s trained in Psychoanalysis and just finished her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health. For 12 years now, she’s been helping families deal with this kind of loss and those who...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Irene Lyon. "Pray, read, re-read, work, and you shall find." Irene Lyon, MSC., is a nervous system specialist who helps people release their deepest traumas from their nervous systems, allowing them to finally heal from chronic mental, physical, and emotional conditions they’ve tried everything to fix. Irene has intensively studied and practices t...

Nina L. Garcia is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Drama Therapist, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Nina is passionate about creatively supporting people to redefine their relationship to trauma, emotional drama, and intersectional identity. While specializing in trauma, Nina has a unique interest in empowering people with mixed identities and diverse narratives to heal fr...

Jan began her career as a social worker and psychotherapist 40 years ago. She began listening with non-pathologizing ears and heard shocking stories of sexual torture, and responses that confused her. As she continued to listen she learned that somehow these self-harming behaviors were “helping” individuals to escape intolerable emotional states. They were shifting their mood from flooding anxiety...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Lisa Mitchell. "When we stay closely and non-judgmentally with someone exploring pain we find beauty in the midst of the ruins." - Saki Santorelli , Heal Thyself Lisa Mitchell LMFT, ATR, LPC is the author of Creativity as Co-Therapist: The Practitioner’s Guide to the Art of Psychotherapy (Routledge 2016). An art therapist, she has specialized in h...