The Trauma Therapist

Dean Yates led the Reuters teams that covered the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Indonesia’s Aceh province. He was Reuters deputy bureau chief for Israel and Palestine in 2006 – during the Lebanon War – and bureau chief in Iraq – responsible for 100 people – from 2007-2008. It was during this time that a U.S. Apache gunship killed two Reuters journalists in Baghdad on July 1...

Sara Miley is an experienced crisis advocate and an IFS-informed, advanced certified trauma recovery coach with her own all-virtual, private practice called Full Circle Wellspring LLC. Through her own learned and lived experiences, she is passionate about helping people find the roots of their suffering. By making sense of their trauma, they can make meaning out of their healing. Her focus is on s...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Dr. Gabor Maté, MD. A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and...

Alyson Stover is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at The University of Pittsburgh. She earned her juris doctorate in law with a post-graduate certificate in health law from the U of P. Her day-to-day client practices focus on using occupation, self-advocacy, and role-defining to create a path to healing for individuals who have experienced intimate partner violence,...

Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is a Board-Certified Preventive Medicine physician with a Masters in Biochemistry and a Masters in Public Health. She is an author, speaker and founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated, LLC and Family Challenge Camps , and host of Bio-Optimize Summit. After a few years in a general surgery residency in Portland, OR, she decided to forge her career path as a Trauma, Attachm...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Dr. Mica Gonzalez. "To be a child is to endure a prolonged situation in which the human mind is more complex than the self can ordinarily bear. Our minds in themselves produce contents that will be overwhelming. To be successfully normal then, we rather have to dumb ourselves down." - Christopher Bollus At the time I’m writing this I’ve completed...

Yanick Steinbeck was a client of EMDR and experienced the profound impact of bilateralstimulaiton first-hand. He created bilateralstimulation.io at the beginning of COVID to enable his former therapist to practice EMDR online. Then something unexpected happened: the tool went viral in the EMDR community! One week after launch the site briefly went offline because there was so much traffic! What ha...

A Captain in the US Army Special Operations 2nd Ranger Battalion, Neil was deployed once to Iraq, and twice to Afghanistan. After, as an MBA/MIA masters student at Columbia University, he suffered from depression and PTSD. This led him to alternative wellbeing practices and marked the start of a profound healing journey with mindfulness and psychedelics. As co-founder and CEO of Beckley Retreats,...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Kate Hudgins. Kate is an inspirational leader and a stellar trainer known worldwide for her innovative model of safe and effective trauma treatment. Recognized as an international expert and author on trauma, Kate brings rigorous clinical training in psychology, psychodrama, and experiential psychotherapy as well as cross-cultural and indigenous l...

Alisa is a storyteller, writer, facilitator and childhood sexual abuse survivor. Her work focuses on offering emotional support to other young survivors healing from sexual trauma. Alisa started Healing Honestly™ in 2016 as a way to share her experiences as a millennial woman trying to live her career-building, tequila-drinking, sex-having, Netflix-and-chilling life while contending with her exper...

Joshua is a combat veteran who specializes in helping those who are caught in a life of chronic pain (emotional or physical) heal through healing the spirit and following Taoist principles of inviting flow where there are blocks in our energy. Joshua has spent over 10 years in the medical field from combat medic in the Army to pediatric medical research and data analysis at the University of Utah....

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Mooli Lahad. When you combine a passion for helping those who’ve been impacted by trauma, and the knowledge that comes from working with those who live in a land constantly under threat, you’re speaking about my guest today, Professor Mooli Lahad. Dr. Lahad is a senior medical psychologist and has been working with individuals, civilians as well a...

Laurence Heller, PhD, holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. He was in private practice for 40 years. He developed the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM©). His book Healing Developmental Trauma has been published in 14 languages and his model is taught throughout the world. He is the Founder/Director of the NARM Training Institute and teaches regularly in the US and Europe. His new book, wr...

Dr. Mark M. McNear is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and maintains a private practice in New Jersey. With over thirty years of experience in clinical practice, Dr. McNear now focuses on helping those who have had trauma, abuse, and addictions in their lives, sharing the hope of healing that he has realized in his own life. He graduated from Northeastern Bible College, New York University, and O...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Mark Epstein. Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts without a Thinker , Going to Pieces without Falling Apart , Going on Being , Open to Desire , Psychotherapy without the Self and The Trauma of Everyday Lif...

Monique Hoving-Smeets is a trauma therapist (MAMFT), of Dutch origin, based on Vancouver Island, whose private practice is called RelationshipWorx. Professionally over the last 3-4 years she has been developing an integrative trauma treatment, The Trauma Regulation Integration Process, or TRIP, that has now fully actualized and is now offering training in this modality. Monique’s private practice...

Dr. Leslie Ellis is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2019) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of P...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Abi Blakeslee. Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph. D., integrates Somatic Experiencing with clinical research, the psychobiological principles of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in her practice and teaching. She has conducted original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing with a committee that includ...

David Archer is an EMDRIA approved EMDR Consultant and course provider. He maintains a full time private practice and he is often recruited to provide consulting services to other therapists and organizations throughout North America. He is a Master of Social Work graduate from McGill University, where he also subsequently graduated from their Couple and Family Therapy program. He is also a regist...

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Lisa Ferentz. Lisa is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, depathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for 34 years. She presents workshops and keynote addresses nationally and internationally, and is a clinical consultant to practitioners and mental health agencies in the United States, Canada, and UK and Ireland. L...

Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), speaker, and author of the groundbreaking book Try Softer and its companion, The Try Softer Guided Journey. Aundi is the owner of Kolber Counseling, LLC, established in 2009. In addition to her MA in community counseling, she has received additional training in her specialization of trauma- and body-centered therapies, including the highly r...

I first met Indira when she enrolled in a podcast workshop I was hosting. I was struck by her passion for helping others as well as her passion for life. When I meet people like her I invite them on the podcast. I was ecstatic when I heard that she had her podcast up and running. And now I'm thrilled to share this conversation with you. Indira is a daughter, sister, wife, mamá, friend, tica, and h...

Today I'm republishing an episode with the incredible Jennifer Kindera. As I say during our interview, "This is why I do this podcast." It's because I get to interview people like her. Jennifer says, "As a complex trauma survivor who has been traveling the path of recovery for over 30 years, I was diagnosed with PTSD, depression and anxiety at the age of twenty due to abuse in childhood. I deeply...

Esther Goldstein is a licensed clinical social worker in the Five Towns and surrounding areas. As a Trauma Specialist, Trauma Educator and Founder of Integrative Psychotherapy her goal is to make sure that her clients are set up with just the right customized therapeutic experience to help them along their healing journey. Esther comes to this field, first, as a fellow human who appreciates human...

This is a special episode to honor the late Cissy White. Cissy was a bright light in our world and in the field of healing. She inspired me with her words, her energy, and her strength. Cissy was a trauma-mama writer and joy-stalking survivor. She believed it was possible - but difficult - to live, love, and parent well while post-traumatically stressed. Her goal, as she explained it, was to make...