

The Trauma Therapist
Guy Crawford Macpherson
The Trauma Therapist | Podcast is a podcast about the human spirit.Join Guy Macpherson, PhD at thetraumatherapistproject.com as he interviews thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, mindfulness, addiction and yoga and we learn about the journeys of these passionate mental health therapists who dedicate their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
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Apr 4, 2024 • 30min
Episode 815: There is No Family Without Trauma with Dr. Galit Atlas
Dr. Galit Atlas, a psychoanalyst, discusses intergenerational trauma, emotional inheritance, and the impact of family history on clients. She shares personal anecdotes on healing ancestral traumas, navigating emotional challenges as a therapist, and the importance of maintaining authentic therapeutic relationships.

Apr 1, 2024 • 34min
Episode 814: Speaking Truth To Power with Rosie McMahan
Rosie McMahan currently works at MASS Mentoring Partnership as the Training & Special Projects Manager and owns & operates Optimistic Options, a private practice rooted in trauma informed care and restorative justice principles. Her book, Fortunate Daughter, A Memoir of Reconciliation was published in 2021 and was awarded first place in the Chanticleer International Book Awards in 2023. In this story, Rosie offers the reader a portrait of childhood sexual abuse, followed by the difficult and painful task of healing—a journey that, in the end, reveals a complicated and rare experience of repair, reconciliation and the freedom that comes along with it. Rosie participates in community-based activities attempting to eradicate inequities and she brings personal experience and a solid understanding of the current research and findings to support and promote healing in all the work she does.In This EpisodeOptimistic OptionsFortunate Daughter, A Memoir of ReconciliationRosie’s podcast Heart 2 Heart---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 28, 2024 • 31min
Episode 813: Empowering Pregnant Women with Tomilyn Ward
Tomilyn has a Master’s in Professional Counseling from Carlow University and is also an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) practitioner. She works with clients who have experienced traumatic births, adoption issues, PTSD, grief and loss, and voluntary and involuntary termination of parental rights.Tomilyn is also the founder of the MAYA Organization, a nonprofit focused on supporting people both during and after pregnancy. In This EpisodeTomilyn Ward's Website---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 25, 2024 • 33min
Episode 812: The Willingness to Hear with Mónica Guzmán
Mónica Guzmán is Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America. She is host of A Braver Way, a podcast that equips people with the tools they need to bridge the political divide in their everyday lives, and founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity, an organization working to build a more curious world.Mónica is also the author of I Never Thought Of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times.Mónica is the inaugural McGurn Fellow at the University of Florida, working with researchers at the UF College of Journalism and Communications and beyond to better understand ways to employ techniques described in her book to boost understanding.She was a 2019 fellow at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, where she studied social and political division, and a 2016 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, where she studied how journalists can better meet the needs of a participatory public. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Glenn Beck Podcast, Reader’s Digest, BookTV, and EconTalk, and she is an advisor for Starts With Us and the Generations Over Dinner project.In This EpisodeMónica Guzmán's Website---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other newsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 21, 2024 • 31min
Episode 811: The Righteous Healing Journey with Justin B. Long
Justin B. Long is an author, business owner of a successful veterinary practice, and the host of the hit podcast, Straight from the Horse Doctor’s Mouth, which he produces with his wife, Dr. Erica Lacher.Justin’s mission is to make the world a better place for people by helping men learn to understand themselves and grow into their full potential. His current book, The Rage of a Ten-Year-Old Boy, is a raw, intense examination of his childhood, the traumatic events that formed his negative self-image, and his journey through therapy to overcome it all.Meanwhile, his wife’s mission is to make the world a better place for horses. Justin’s bestselling book series, The Adventures of the Horse Doctor’s Husband, has been enjoyed by readers all over the world.In This EpisodeJustin B. Long's Website---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist PodcastClick here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 18, 2024 • 34min
Episode 810: Coming Home To Our Bodies with Esther Goldstein, LCSW
Esther Goldstein LCSW is a psychotherapist and trauma specialist with a private practice in Cedarhurst, in Long Island NY. Esther specializes in treating anxiety, trauma, complex ptsd, and dissociative disorders. Esther provides trauma informed consultation to therapists committed to improving their trauma-informed practice and attachment focused EMDR consultation to therapists attaining hours towards EMDRIA certification.In This EpisodeEsther Goldstein's Website---What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviewsThe Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 14, 2024 • 32min
Episode 809: The Healthy Pursuit of Pleasure with Haylin Belay
Haylin is a seasoned sex educator and health promotion professional with a focus in reproductive justice and intersectional, trauma-informed strategies for healing and care. With over a decade of hands-on experience developing award-winning health education programming and providing professional development for clinicians, educators, and activists, Haylin has dedicated her life to teaching people of all ages practical skills for a healthier, more pleasurable life.She's the creator of Sex Ed For All and My Feminism Involves Witchcraft. She also co-hosts a podcast, Emotional Labor, and is the host of Cosmopolitan's web series How To Sex Toy (18+). Her mission is to support everyone—regardless of gender, orientation, libido, relationship style, kink/fetish, ability, size, trauma background, or sexual experience—in living their best and healthiest lives.In addition to her classroom work, she’s also a yoga instructor and spiritual coach, offering workshops, trainings, and one-on-one coaching from a trauma-responsive, integrated mind-body-spirit perspective. She's also a practicing witch and professional Tarot reader currently living in Baltimore with her cat, Princess Walter.In This EpisodeHaylin Belay's Website---What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviewsThe Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 11, 2024 • 30min
Episode 808: Holding Circle with Dr. Nina Burrowes
Dr. Nina Burrowes is a psychologist, author, and activist specializing in the psychology of sexual violence and relationship abuse. She is the author of The courage to be me, an illustrated book about recovery from sexual abuse, Eyes open to sexual abuse. What every parent needs to know, and the creator of the online course How do people heal from trauma?As an educator, Nina is keen to bring the trauma literature to a wider audience using illustration, video, events, and even a game show to help people build their understanding of trauma, consent, and relationships. She is the founder of The Consent Collective, a social enterprise delivering education resources to universities, colleges, police forces, and trauma support organizations across the UK. There, she holds Circle as part of her practice, as well as Healing from Injustice ceremonies for survivors of sexual harm, to support their healing journey.In This EpisodeNina's WebsiteNina's Twitter---What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviewsThe Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 7, 2024 • 32min
Episode 807: Trauma-Informed Intake: The Questions with Doreen Hills
Doreen Hills, MS, NCC, LPC, is the Founder, Director at the Center for Healing Trauma & Attachment. Their mission is to provide cutting-edge treatment approaches in healing traumatic distress and they’re committed to finding ways to provide quality and affordable therapy and to be the pioneer in healing trauma in NE region. Doreen has been a mental health provider for over 20 years and has worked in various mental health settings in New York, Philippines, and Colorado. Doreen's background includes intense and immersed experiences working with poverty stricken fishermen in the Philippines, orphans that were severely neglected and abandoned, as well as Muslims in Manila. These experiences gave her immense insight to trauma, resiliency and healing.In This Episodewww.chtainc.orgDoreen's email---What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma Therapist Bookstore: Personal and inspiring suggestions from my incredible guests.The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.

Mar 4, 2024 • 32min
Episode 806: Healing Trauma From The Inside Out with John Clarke
John Clarke’s mission is to accelerate recovery from trauma, anxiety, depression and addiction so that together people can create a more peaceful and connected world.As a trauma therapist, he creates a custom, integrative therapy using a blend of evidence-based therapies including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Somatic Experiencing (SE). Not only has he committed his professional life over the past 10+ years to helping others, he’s personally done the work over the course of 20+ years in his own therapy journey and healing from his own trauma. In This Episode:John’s websiteJohn’s clinical consultingPodcast: Going Inside: Healing Trauma From The Inside OutJohn on Facebook John on InstagramJohn on TikTok---What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviewsThe Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.