The Trauma Therapist

Saj Razvi, LPC is the Director of Education at PSI. He was a clinical researcher in a MAPS Phase 2 trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His primary focus is on the wide scale adoption and accessibility of psychedelic therapy through training therapists to work with cannabis and ketamine-assisted therapy in private practice settings. He has taught trauma s...

Today I’m joined by Cheryl Price. Cheryl is a clinical counsellor, trauma therapist and art therapy clinician, with experience working in private practice, agency and school settings. She has also worked as a senior residential social worker in a therapeutic unit for severely abused children. Cheryl has a strengths-based, non-pathological approach to working with mental health issues and is passio...

Catherine is a multi-state Licensed Professional Counselor (OR, DC, NY) and private practice owner, who specializes in trauma counseling and human sexuality. In addition to her clinical work, she teaches several masters-level supervisory classes and works as an adjunct faculty member at The Family Institute of Northwestern University.   Catherine’s 10+ year career has afforded her the opportunity...

Issue #2 of The Trauma Therapist Newsletter is out! This month we feature the amazingAdena Bank Lees - Speaker, Author, Consultant, a repeat guest on the podcast and for great reasons: she has that incredible ability to be simultaneously authentic and compassionate while maintaining a sense of humor. I love this woman. In addition we feature several of the online conferences and events coming up,...

Jill Shanteau, LCSW & Jessica Culp, LPC. Trauma Therapy in The Time of COVID   This one has been a long time coming. Today I’m honored to be joined by two long-time Trauma Therapist | 2.0 members, Jill Shanteau and Jessica Culp.  Jill and Jessica met through the membership a few years ago and have continued to remain in contact. Today they share their experiences of what it’s been like to deliver...

Today’s episode is about taking your experience and using it to help those who’ve been impacted by trauma. My guest today is Luke Worsfold. Luke grew up with a drug-addicted mother who died when he was 10. The experience of her death caused severe trauma throughout Luke’s life, which led to Luke’s own drug addiction. When Luke realized that he, himself, was heading towards his own death, it was in...

Today, I'm continuing to re-post this series I did a few months back, Managing in The Midst of The Current Outbreak, with none other than Dr. Thema Bryant Davis. Why? Because I feel we could use her hope. Thema, a repeat guest on this podcast, is a light of hope for all of us. Watch this interview and you’ll feel it. Thema is a licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and sacred artist who has wo...

Alyssa is a speaker and psychotherapist, treating adults and adolescents with trauma and eating disorders out of her independent practice in NJ, accompanied by her therapy dog, Noel. Many of her speaking engagements are centered around the long-term physical and emotional impacts of trauma, as well as the hope that comes with making the decision to seek treatment.    First, a huge-thank you to my...

It's been quite some time since I sat down and did a solo episode. What with our moving from Oakland, CA to Bend, OR, and the craziness of everything going on like the pandemic and riots and all, there's been much swirling around in my head that I've wanted to share. Today I do that. Mostly, I wanted to say thank-you for being here, for listening, and supporting the podcast. I also wanted to encou...

Chris wears many hats: Mom, wife, writer, speaker, hospital chaplain, advocate and former social worker and retreat leader. Chris earned her Master of Religious Studies from Cardinal Stritch University in 1995, and MSW from Loyola University Chicago in 2002.   First, a huge-thank you to my sponsor for making this podcast happen: Talkspace   Talkspace online therapy is the most convenient and affor...

Shayla Vaughan, RYT200, CYT500, CNP, is a trauma-informed yoga teacher who has studied yin yoga, functional movement, and trauma. She is also a holistic nutritionist, specializing in nutrition and mental health.  A big thank you to our sponsor for this episode: Thrive Causemetics Thrive Causemetics was born out of a friendship. Makeup artist and product developer, Karissa Bodnar, lost her dear fri...

Dr. Darsa received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California Graduate Institute, and has about 20 years of clinical and administrative experience in trauma and mental health disorders. Dr. Darsa began her career in 1998 as a foster care social worker and continued her work with abused children and their families and adults abused as children. Dr. Darsa later worked as a trauma speci...

Samuel Moore-Sobel is an author, speaker, and columnist. His debut memoir, Can You See My Scars? is the story of a harrowing encounter with sulfuric acid, trauma and severe burns. --- But first, a huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode: Thrive Causemetics Thrive Causemetics was born out of a friendship. Makeup artist and product developer, Karissa Bodnar, lost her dear friend Kristy to can...

Kerry Heckman is a freelance writer and clinical social worker in private practice in Seattle. After ten years as a high school social worker in the Chicago area, she followed her intuition to the Pacific Northwest in 2018. There she was introduced to a therapeutic modality called Somatic Transformation created by Dr. Sharon Stanley. --- A big thank you to our sponsor for this episode: Thrive Caus...

Originally from Oakland, CA, Chesarae Fletcher inherited a rich faith heritage. Granddaughter of the late Bishop Vernon Robinson, she began her study of scripture in the African-American Holiness Pentecostal tradition. This early spiritual legacy birthed a deep hunger for intimacy with Christ’s spirit and his word, which led her into over 22 years of the academic study of theology. --- But first,...

Ignacio G Hutía Xeiti Rivera, M.A., is a cultural sociologist with expertise in sexual trauma, healing, and liberation for marginalized people. They are an internationally known gender non-conforming speaker, sexuality coach, trainer, and consultant. Ignacio is a Queer, Trans/Yamoká-hu/Two-Spirit, Black-Boricua, and Taíno activist who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they.” --- A giant thank-yo...

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 is a MothStorySLAM competition champ and has been in publications such as Allure, Teen Vogue, BUST, TIME, The Guardian, Bustle, Thought Catalog, Oprah Winfrey Network, Hello Giggles, Brit+Co, and the Voices for C...

Since there is little to no information about the models of healthy masculinity, Onyangobegan a podcast that tackles the complexities of African Masculinities; from culture, religion, politics, to the historical underpinnings of what informs the African man's perceptions of himself and his environment, and how these perceptions affect the day to day goings on of his country and the African contine...

Dr. Sharon Stanley has educated thousands of healthcare professionals internationally in the principles and practices of somatic psychotherapy. Building on her research on empathy with traumatized youth, Sharon founded Somatic Transformation (ST), a trauma model and professional curriculum. ST is based on emerging research in Interpersonal Neurobiology and a phenomenological, intersubjective appro...

Peter is the founder and Executive Director of Gateway Mountain Center, a youth development organization innovating how youth learn, heal and thrive. He has enjoyed a 40-year career guiding people into mountain experiences and being an entrepreneur in embodied peak experience. Peter has traversed a trajectory from world-class climber, to Chief Guide of the Yosemite Mountaineering School, to founde...

Dr. Palfy is unique in her field. She is a retired RCMP officer (the Canadian Federal Police Department) who specialized in international sex crimes committed against children.  She file-coordinated the RCMP's 1st Sex Tourism case, then went on to do her Ph. D. During her training she saw a need and developed an interest in working with male survivors of sexual abuse. She is the first female autho...

Robert is a US Navy Veteran (Hospital Corpsman) who was diagnosed with PTSD in Jan 2016. After a long battle with his internal demons, he decided to immerse himself in ancient practices as a means to master his mind.   During his time on active duty after deployment, Robert attempted suicide 2 times and was placed on anti-depressants and sleeping medications. After battling an addiction to alcohol...

Mahshid Hager is a licenced marriage and family therapist and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Her professional life includes providing therapeutic services to clients from all walks of life, volunteering for non-profit organizations in San Diego, that offer resources to new, incoming refugees and attending Somatic Experiencing training modules in various capacities and supporting SE students....

Russell Kennedy is one of those rare physicians who actually has the condition they specialize in treating.   For decades Dr. Kennedy has struggled with debilitating anxiety. After 30+ years of traditional therapies and medications that did not help, he became frustrated and took his emotional recovery into his own hands.     Dr. Kennedy has traditional degrees in medicine and neuroscience, but it...

Tracy Morgan is a breath of fresh air. Tracy is an occupational therapist with 15 years experience, practicing for the last 10 in early intervention in psychosis in the UK Midlands.   In this interview you can hear the passion Tracy has for her work and the clients she helps who are experiencing early symptoms of psychosis.     Tracy has experienced fairly significant trauma herself  and now she w...