Ep 145: Living a Vibrant Life after Sexual Trauma with Charna Cassell, MFT

Why is trauma so pernicious? What is the window of tolerance? How does a somatic approach to healing differ from talk therapy? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the Psychotherapist and Sexuality Coach Charna Cassell on Living a Vibrant Life after Sexual Trauma For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-145-living-a-vibrant-life-after-sexual-trauma-with-charna-cassell/ Learn more about your guest below: Charna Cassell, an LMFT, and a Trauma-Trained Psychotherapist and Sexuality Coach, helps clients heal from trauma and find bodily joy, emotional regulation, vitality, and hope. For over two decades, first, as a sex educator at Good Vibrations located in San Francisco. Then, as a Master Somatic Coach, a bodyworker, and now a licensed psychotherapist. Outside of private practice, Charna teaches sexuality education classes, leads body wisdom workshops, and offers trauma and resilience training in various institutions, nonprofits, and therapeutic settings. Currently, she is building an online course, Pathways to Peace: Mindful Practices for Transformative and Vibrant Living, and writing a book. As the host of The LaidOPEN Podcast, Charna shares her own story, answers listeners' questions, and offers practical exercises. She has conversations with post-trauma thrivers who share creative resources to support reaccessing our connection to aliveness. Together they explore how to live a pleasure-filled, peaceful life while reducing and gaining control over reactive behaviors. In every episode, Charna explores how to build our physical and emotional capacity to be with all that moves through us and around us to ultimately feel more liberated on the other side. Charna’s work and expertise have been featured in Oprah magazine, TeenVogue.com, InStyle.com, Psychcentral.com, and Askmen.com. Charna is in private practice in Oakland, California. You can learn more about her at https://passionatelife.org/ and www.charnacassell.com Learn more at https://passionatelife.org https://charnacassell.com/ https://www.instagram.com/laidopenpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/laidopenpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@chachee2020 Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/