The Trauma Therapist

Sophie Scott is a practicing transpersonal psychotherapist and the founder of Balance, where she was also the Editor-in-Chief for seven years, bringing mindfulness and mental health topics to the mainstream.She has written for Forbes, Wired, Sheer Luxe and Thrive Global, as well as speaking at a variety of events and festivals, including Live Well Festival.Whether you’re worrying about a partner struggling with depression or witnessing a friend spiral into addiction, many of us feel helpless when someone we love faces mental health challenges.In her groundbreaking book, You Are Not Alone In This: Supporting a Loved One’s Mental Health Without Losing Your Own, Sophie draws on moving client stories, proven therapeutic techniques and her own personal journey to help you navigate the emotional complexities of caring for someone with mental illness – while still taking care of yourself.Learn more about the book: You Are Not Alone In This by Sophie ScottBecome 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.

Resh Joseph is the Clinical Director of Highlands Recovery, and he specializes in the treatment of complex psychological trauma, PTSD, addictions and other trauma-related disorders.Resh commenced his career as a Doctor in the UK, ceased practicing medicine in 2005, and then fully retrained as a counseling psychotherapist obtaining a Masters in Psychology and the Neuroscience of Mental Health (MSc) from prestigious Kings College in London. For the past 15 years he has practiced exclusively as a psychological professional working in Singapore, Indonesia, Switzerland and now, Australia.Resh's trauma related work experience includes working within the criminal justice system in Singapore as part of the prison psychiatric team, treating individuals with a wide range of serious psychiatric illnesses and severe personality and behavioral disorders. More recently, he has spent time working in the private sector with The Cabin Addiction Services Group as a substance abuse and trauma therapist at Asia’s largest inpatient rehabilitation center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Resh set up The Cabins’ outpatient facility in Singapore as Head Counsellor in 2015 which included the only fully dedicated intensive outpatient program for psychological trauma in Asia.Resh’s experience in the field of addiction and psychological trauma also extends to teaching, speaking at international conferences and lecturing on addiction medicine and trauma-related subjects. In 2022, he published his first book, “Trauma a Beginners guide” to enable Trauma sufferers and their families to understand the psychological and neurological impacts of trauma, and how to recover from these.In This Episodewww.highlandsrecovery.com.au---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.

Staci K. Haines is the developer of generative somatics, and the Somatics and Trauma courses. Her work emerges from the Somatics tradition of Richard Strozzi Heckler, integrating Polarity Therapy, Gestalt, Vipassana meditation, and Aikido.She is a senior teacher in the field of Somatics and leads courses in Somatics and Leadership, Somatics and Trauma, and Somatics and Social Justice. In addition she is the founder of generationFIVE, a social justice organization whose mission is to end the sexual abuse of children, and the author of Healing Sex: A Mind Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma.In This EpisodeStaci'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.

Alisa Zipursky is a keynote speaker, CSA survivor advocate and the author of Healing Honestly a survivor-to-survivor book to support people healing from childhood sexual abuse. She is the founder of HealingHonestly.com an online community of over 500,000 survivors from around the world. Alisa works with universities, nonprofits, and medical organizations to provide support to survivors and the people who love them.Emi Nietfeld is the author of Acceptance (Penguin Press ‘22), a memoir of her journey through foster care and homelessness, interrogating the true meanings of resilience, ambition, and success. After graduating from Harvard in 2015, she worked as a software engineer, an experience she wrote about in her viral New York Times essay, “After Working At Google, I’ll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again.”Emi is passionate about mental health, helping young people navigate their careers, and the connection between engineering and creativity. A dynamic, sought-after speaker, she can be found on podcasts, leading conference keynotes, and speaking at universities and companies alike. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, noted in The Best American Essays, and taught in classrooms from high schools to MFA programs. In This EpisodeEmi's articleAlisa's websiteEmi'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.

Jules is a therapist, author, teacher, and mom who is creating spaces where people can move into more self-compassion, self-trust, empowerment, and integrity. She regularly teaches and speaks to people from all around the world, and translates new understandings in neurobiology into practices that can support brain change.Jules is the author of Setting Boundaries that Stick: How Neurobiology Can Help You Rewire Your Brain to Feel Safe, Connected and Empowered. She is an associate Instructor with the Coherence Institute and a core faculty member with Therapy Wisdom. In This EpisodeJule’s websiteJules on IG---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.

Jen Warner, LICSW, LCSW, is one of those therapists, one of those individuals, who is so passionate about her work (and compassionate, as you'll hear in this interview!) that after listening to her, you walk away inspired. I certainly did.Jen is a Washington, Illinois, Oregon, and New York State licensed clinical social worker, and psychotherapist with advanced training and certification in trauma-informed care and the treatment of trauma, as well as holistic health and nutrition.Additionally, Jennifer has taught on the subject of abuse and trauma at the graduate social work schools of Portland State University and Columbia University. She has provided direct services to child and adult survivors of interpersonal violence, including domestic violence, sexual abuse, and gun violence. She has supervised clinicians and graduate students on the provision of trauma-informed care, and was the crime victim social worker at the largest public hospital in the South Bronx before moving to the Pacific Northwest.In This EpisodeJennifer's WebsiteContact JenniferTrauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, Judith L. HermanTrauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy, Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, Clare Pain---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.

We've all heard of Type A and Type B, but Type C is common to many women and can harm our health if taken too far.Here’s a set of common Type C behaviors: -Being overly conscientious and responsible-Carrying others’ burdens-Not setting sufficient personal boundaries-Wanting to please others-Avoiding conflict-Internalizing toxic emotionsIt sounds familiar, right? Unfortunately, this “pathological niceness” is scientifically linked to disease.  At 'Type C Toolbox,' Dr. Kore Nissenson Glied and Anna White's mission is to build awareness, offer guidance and strategies, create community, connect women, and encourage further learning. Dr. Kore Nissenson Glied is a clinical psychologist born and raised in New York City. She worked for over 15 years in city hospitals providing both patient care and academic training and has maintained a private practice in Manhattan since 2010, where she provides evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, and stress due to a wide range of conditions including past history of trauma, pregnancy, and relationship issues. Dr. Glied received her BA from Carleton College in Minnesota. After receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University in 2006, she completed an internship at Montefiore Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship in trauma at NYU. Dr. Glied lives with her husband, two sons, and dog in Manhattan.Anna White is a former Wall Street executive who experienced severe burnout and subsequent chronic illness during her years in the corporate sector. Type C traits were a significant contributor to her declining health. After leaving corporate life, she founded a specialty care package company, Rest & Heal. She holds a B.S. and M.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.In This EpisodeType C Toolbox ProjectDr. Kore Nissenson Glied's WebsiteRest & HealType C Toolbox Podcast---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.

Dr. Suro is a psychologist, author, and researcher in Washington, D.C., specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma.In addition to her outpatient clinical practice, she is the Director of Research at Monte Nido, a leading eating disorder treatment conglomerate. Her 2019 workbook Learning to Thrive, is highly regarded in the field. She regularly contributes to The Journal of Eating Disorders and European Eating Disorder Review as well as publications like Psyche and ThriveGlobal on the intersection of eating disorders and trauma.In This EpisodeDr. Suro’s websiteIG: @giuliasurophd---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.

Prof. Mooli Lahad is a senior medical psychologist and has been working with individuals, civilians as well as soldiers and veterans, suffering from PTSD since 1975. Dr. Lahad is the founder and president of the Community Stress Prevention Center in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, the oldest center in the world that deals with community as an ecological entity for recovery and healing pre- and post critical incidents. Dr. Lahad is the author & co-author of 35 books on resiliency and coping from early childhood to old age and has developed the integrative model of coping and resiliency. His most recent work is, The Lonely Ape That Told Himself Stories: The Necessity of Stories for Human Survival (Psychology Research Progress).In This EpisodeThe Community Stress Prevention CenterWindows to Our Children: A Gestalt Approach to Children and Adolescents, Violet OaklanderProtocol for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: See Far CBT Model, Mooli Lahad and Miki Doron---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.

Edy Nathan is a Certified Sex Therapist and thought leader in grief, trauma, and sexuality, known for her book 'It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss.' She shares her personal journey from the corporate world to therapy, highlighting the complexities of 'sexual grief' and its impact on relationships. The conversation emphasizes the importance of curiosity and empathy in healing, while also addressing the profound effects of predatory experiences and developmental trauma, offering strategies for personal agency and emotional recovery.