The Trauma Therapist

K.J. Ramsey, a trauma-informed licensed professional counselor and author, discusses the intersection of theology, psychology, and spiritual formation. They share their experiences of complex trauma, religious trauma, and disability that influenced their therapeutic journey and writing. The conversation also touches on working with trauma clients, embracing a God of love and connection, and the humanity of Jesus.

This is a republishing of an archived episode with Dr. Nancy Morgan.Nancy Morgan specializes both in working with adults with severe mental health challenges whose traumatic histories influence and inform their thoughts and behaviors, and in providing Trauma-Focused training and supervision to future therapists.Her primary work has been in Partial Hospitalization Program settings, Secure Residential Treatment Facilities, and Intensive Outpatient Programs, where she’s served as a clinician, manager, or most often as program clinical supervisor. Currently, Dr. Morgan works as the Director of Behavioral Health at LifeMoves, Northern California’s largest agency dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness where she has developed a Trauma-Focused Mindfulness-Based training curriculum whereby she provides didactics, supervises, and mentors graduate psychology students.In This EpisodeNancy’s email: nlmorgan@gmail.comLifeMovesNancy’s websiteMad In AmericaBecome 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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/

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 out of network benefits to bring client costs down closer to a copay. They instantly check clients’ benefits and automatically file out of network claims to help your clients get reimbursed.It’s a win-win with Mentaya: Collect the full fee you deserve while significantly lowering costs for your clients.In This EpisodeMentaya 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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/

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 sales, marketing and product development for the Wachovia Insurance Group, a legacy Wells Fargo company; he left the company in 2003.His story of surviving two tragic accidents, including the major brain trauma of a car accident and an “electrocution” in which he burned over two thirds of his body, became the focus of the 2012 award winning docu-drama called Charlie’s Scars.The inspiration for the founding of Project 2 Heal came in part from Charlie’s recognition of the care he needed and received from his parents during, and after, his two trials from the accidents, but also from the recognition of how many friends offered to help his family during that time.In This EpisodeCharlie’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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/

Bessel A. van der Kolk, clinician, researcher, and teacher on posttraumatic stress, discusses the importance of talking about trauma for healing, the uselessness of the diagnostic manual, learning from mistakes in trauma therapy, and the impact of feedback on the brain.

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 hundreds of thousands of downloads per month and we have thousands of followers across our social media channels.I’d like to offer you the opportunity to utilize this platform to promote your work, whether it’s a book you have launching, or a course, or even your private practice.Here’s how we’ll promote your work and brand:Social Media PLUS Advertising: we’ll work closely with you to create an eye-catching graphic (consisting of an image, text and link to your service/offering, as well as to your episode on the podcast) and we we’ll post this out across our social channels.Video Clips: I’ll do a short (15-minute) interview with you in which you’ll share about you and your offer (your course, workshop, book, event, program etc.) and we’ll use this to create dynamic video clips that will go out across our social channels including Tik Tok and Youtube!Your Own Sponsor Spot: The sponsor spot is exactly what we offer our regular sponsors. This includes text created by you and then recorded by Guy that will then be played in the mid-roll spot across our catalogue of 700+ interviews!Who is this for?We’re looking to help promote anyone in the mental health field who’s passionate about what they’re doing and who want to reach more people. This means therapists and/or coaches of any kind.You do not have to be licensed to take advantage of this opportunity.*How does it work?Once you make your purchase, you’ll receive a receipt with information and I will then be in touch with you about next steps such as images you’d like to use for social posts, information about scheduling your interview, and the text/copy for your sponsor spot!I look forward to working with you!Click here to learn more about MEDIA+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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/

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 world on topics related to childhood abuse, PTSD, eating and substance use disorders, other addictions and related mental health issues. Her specialty is childhood sexual abuse, in particular, covert emotional incest.Adena’s lectures, workshops and presentations are lively, informative, engaging and current. Participants say they are moved by the integration of information that makes sense to them, sometimes for the very first time. Being introduced to covert emotional incest is often the most powerful and life changing piece participants claim to walk away with. In This EpisodeAdena’s websiteAdena’s trainingAdena’s Facebook pageAdena’s Go-To BooksWar and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Edward TickSilently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners, Kenneth M. Adams PhDTrauma and the Therapist: Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization in Psychotherapy with Incest Survivors, Laurie Anne Pearlman and Karen W. SaakvitneThe Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors, Regina A. Goulding and Richard C. SchwartzThe Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/

Certified Sex Therapist Edy Nathan discusses grief, trauma, and sexuality in her new book. They explore the impact of loss and trauma, the importance of separating personal experiences, and the role of forgiveness in healing. They also discuss the universality of grief across cultures and the book's contribution to the global conversation about grief.

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 ChurchillI’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 with those people. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with David Carr and there is no doubt that David’s story is one of inspiration. Devastation, yes. But resilience, motivation and inspiration, too.David has written an exposé titled, 'We Can Overcome: An American Trauma.' This is riveting, and at times hard to read, and yet also inspiring and empowering. (And I’m not getting paid to say that.)As a boy, David heard the stories of what his father endured as a boy: Fists appearing like unexpected rain, kicks in the side, and nails in his skin. But Carr’s father never set a hand on him. The cycle of abuse, however, was not broken: David suffered mental and physical abuse from the people that were supposed to protect him.As an adult, he realizes that his continuing mental anguish was self-inflicted. In challenging himself to see his life in a new way, David realized that the story of his childhood trauma did not consist of what happened to him, but rather way he responded to what happened. This realization set the stage for him to embark on a transformative journey—one that began as a terrified child—but has since included him as a mixed martial artist, as the vice chairman of The Joyful Child Foundation, and as an advocate for children’s rights nationwide, and he has built two successful international companies.He lives on a Southern California ranch style home with his wife of twenty years and three children. I loved speaking with David. His strength and courage is pretty palpable, and so too is his recognition and acceptance of his own vulnerability.In This EpisodeDavid’s ExposeDavid’s WebsiteDavid on FacebookContact DavidThe Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass,‎ Laura DavisBrain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive, Jeffrey M. SchwartzThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/

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 going on long runs to escape the things that hurt.When she joined the Navy, she brought this mental and physical toughness with her. Sure, it was the perfect combo for being a great sailor, but not so great for relationships, health and overall wellbeing. It wasn't until well after her Navy days that she started focusing more on the feelings she kept bottled up and peeling away the decades of toughness she had built up around her.Today, Colleen shows others how to avoid making these costly decisions and live a balanced life where escape and reality can live in harmony.In This Episode:Collen’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.Thank you to our Sponsors:Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.appArizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/