Safe Space Radio

Judy Harmon is a psychiatrist and Harvard Medical School professor. She talks about how group therapy for trauma can reduce shame and support survivors to take action that reduces helplessness. Dr. Herman describes the deep shame and isolation that accompany trauma, and how group therapy creates a community where members can give and receive empathy. The post Group Therapy for Trauma Survivors with Judy Herman appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

An interview with psychologist Janina Fisher about dissociation in the face of trauma. Janina describes “structural dissociation” as the process where parts of our Self respond to traumatic experience not only with Fight or Flight, but also by terrified freezing, calling for help, and desperately seeking to attach out of fear of abandonment, and total submission.  She describes the process in therapy where you can begin to notice these reactions to triggers in the present, and respond to them with compassion, instead of becoming them. The post Trauma and Dissociation with Janina Fisher appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

Therapist Celia Grand is an EMDR facilitator and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy trainer with trauma survivors and their partners. Celia blends her expertise in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) with her extensive experience working with the body in trauma.  She describes three phases of trauma recovery and how EMDR in particular can change the way that traumatic memory is stored in the brain, allowing new beliefs about the self to emerge. The post Trauma and EMDR Therapy with Celia Grand appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

This episode of Safe Space Radio features therapist, advocate and trauma survivor, Mary Auslander. She discusses the nature of trauma, the ingredients of recovery and what a person can realistically hope for as they heal from trauma. Mary describes giving up her child to adoption after a history of childhood sexual abuse, and the painful ways in which the psychiatric system re-traumatized her when she most needed help.  Mary explains how symptoms are an expression of what were initially survival strategies, and can be honored as such, even if they are no longer useful. The post The Ingredients of Recovery with Mary Auslander appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

This episode features Episcopal priest Margaret Bullitt-Jonas talking about her experience of food addiction. She discusses living with feelings of longing and how she found support in OA. The post Food Addiction and Spiritual Hunger with Margaret Bullitt-Jonas appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

Jean Fain is a psychotherapist who specializes in eating disorders and chronic dieting. Her book is The Self-Compassion Diet. The post Self-Compassion and Weight Loss with Jean Fain appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

This episode of Safe Space Radio features nutritionist and family therapist Ellyn Satter talking about the feeding relationship between parent and child. Ellyn describes what she calls “Division of Responsibility,” wherein the parent is in charge of the when, where and what of a meal and the child is responsible for the how much and whether of eating. She outlines the importance of not trying to control how much your child eats, and the elements of eating competence for adults. The post The Relational Dynamics of Feeding Your Child with Ellyn Satter appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

An interview with therapist Lori Galperin about how to have a non-judgmental relationship to an eating disorder. Lori describes the many roles that eating disorders serve in the life of a young person, and the importance of not getting into power struggles to try to remove it. She highlights anorexia as an attempt to turn the body into a machine that is not subject to vulnerability and unpredictability, as a way to feel safe. The post Understanding Anorexia and Eating Disorders with Lori Galperin appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

Julia Jarvis talks about her struggle with bulimia and her recovery. Julia describes her profound experience with feeling she was bad, and keeping a journal of her daily sins. She credits her recovery with the loosening of a rigid and punitive theology, prozac, and the community she found in Adult Children of Alcoholics. The post The Inner Feelings of Bulimia with Julia Jarvis appeared first on Safe Space Radio.

This interview is with therapist Alice Rosen about compulsive eating. Alice describes her own struggle with food, and of experiencing satisfaction for the first time through mindful eating. She speaks about the possibility of trusting our bodies to give us clear messages about what we want to eat. The post Mindfulness and Compulsive Eating with Alice Rosen appeared first on Safe Space Radio.