The Trauma Therapist
The Trauma Therapist Podcast explores the human spirit through conversations with thought leaders in trauma, mindfulness, addiction, and yoga. Host Guy Macpherson, PhD, interviews passionate professionals who share personal stories and insights about helping others heal from trauma. The podcast also offers a curated membership library with over 1,000 episodes grouped by topic. Some guests pay a fee for sponsored appearances, which are clearly disclosed.
Episodes
Merging Eastern and Western Healing with Romain Daumont
Romain Daumont is an entrepreneur and founder of Luminara, a digital platform designed to make energy healing and biofield therapies more accessible worldwide. He created Luminara to bridge ancient healing practices with modern technology, curating vetted practitioners and delivering one-to-one sessions through a remote, immersive experience. His work is driven by a personal journey of loss, which
Guest Host Anna & Kore Interviews Elizabeth Clemants
Dr. Kore Glied and Anna White interview conflict mediation expert Elizabeth Clemants about child sexual abuse. Kore and Anna are co-founders of The Type C Personality Project, which helps people who have difficulty saying no, take responsibility for the emotions of others, carry the weight of the world on their shoulders, and avoid conflict at all costs. They are authors of the upcoming book, The
50 Shades of Shit with Zalak Raval
Zalak Raval is a Senior Associate practicing Corporate Securities law in New York., an author, and a TEDx speaker. After experiencing a period of personal and professional upheaval, she began rebuilding her life through self-awareness, gratitude, and meditation. In 2024, she published her first book, 50 Shades of Shit: How to Unlearn and Rewire Our Unconscious, which combines philosophy, practical
I Was Attacked By A Bear with Amma Thanasanti
Amma Thanasanti first encountered the Dharma in 1979 and was a Buddhist nun for 26 years in the Ajahn Chah Forest Tradition. She has been teaching intensive meditation retreats internationally since 1995, combining the precision and rigor of the Forest Tradition with compassion, pure awareness practices, and a passion for wholeness. Her teaching emphasizes deep listening, authenticity, inquiry, an
Trauma, Somatics and Transference with Dr. Eric Wolterstorff
Dr. Eric Wolterstorff is a psychotherapist and developer of the Trauma Integration Protocol (TIP), with more than three decades of experience studying trauma recovery, memory systems, and group response to threat. He began training with Peter Levine in 1993 and has also studied with Pat Ogden, Max Schupbach, and Arnold Mindell, later earning a doctorate focused on group traumatology.Eric created t
This is Going to Sound Nuts with Ashley Buckner, LCSW
Ashley Buckner, MSW, LCSW, is the Founder and CEO of Anchor & Rise Therapy and Anchor & Rise Academy, providing therapy, supervision, and consulting nationwide with licensure across 45+ states.A Master Certified ART clinician, she integrates trauma-informed, somatic approaches with CBT and Motivational Interviewing, specializing in trauma, anxiety, substance use, and complex cases.Ashley h
Pathways To Prevention Symposium with Dr. Bruce Perry, Michael Remole and Dr. Emily Wang
Episode sponsered by Gateway Family Services.Michael Remole, MA, LCPC, NCC, I/ECHMHC, is a clinician, speaker, author, and consultant with more than 20 years of experience specializing in trauma and the neuroscience of healing. He is the founder and CEO of Gateway Family Services of ois, where he integrates the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and Natzural Lifemanship's Trauma-Focused Equine
How To Speak Without Fear with Adrienne Binder
Adrienne Binder is a researcher devoted to healing at the intersection of identity, dignity, and human experience. As the founder of Restoration Resources, she specializes in helping individuals heal from trauma, abuse, and relational wounds.Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, she equips individuals, families, and organizations with practical tools for healing, resili
Entering Into The Client’s World with Dr. Stephanie Sacks
Dr. Stephanie Sacks is a licensed clinical psychologist, CPT trainer, and co-founder of MindScience Collective, a continuing education platform delivering practical, evidence-based training for therapists.In private practice, she specializes in cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD and trauma-related disorders and serves as a national trainer and consultant for organizations including the Natio
Guest Host Christina P. Kantzavelos interviews Alanna Brennan
Alanna is a Womb Worker, Vocal Coach, and Somatic Practitioner devoted to helping women reclaim their Divine Feminine power. Through her own deep journey of womb healing, she has studied and integrated multiple modalities to bridge ancient feminine wisdom with modern nervous system science.Alanna is the founder of Womb Reclamation, where she is passionate about guiding women to reclaim their voic
Love and Healing Addiction with Richard Taite
Richard Taite is the founder and Executive Chairman of Carrara Treatment Wellness & Spa, Executive Chairman of 1 Method Treatment Centers, and the former founder of Cliffside Malibu, which he sold in 2018.A leading figure in the addiction treatment industry for over a decade, Richard has built a career dedicated to helping people reclaim their lives from substance use and mental health challen
Resolving Debilitating Emotions with Cedric Bertelli
Cedric Bertelli is the founder of the Emotional Health Institute and co-developer of Emotional Resolution® (EmRes®), a body-based method designed to resolve debilitating emotional patterns by working with interoception and the brain’s predictive mechanisms. His work bridges clinical practice, neuroscience, and philosophy, and is currently being studied in collaboration with UCLA in research on anx
What is Medical Trauma with James C. Jackson, PsyD
James C. Jackson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and award-winning author specializing in trauma, PTSD, and the psychological impact of critical illness. He serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where his work focuses on ICU survivors and the long-term effects of medical trauma.Dr. Jackson is the author of Clearance and Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trau
Living Life Fearlessly with Michelle Smith, LPC
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Somatic Awareness for People Pleasers with Sara Lichstein, MA.
Sara Lichstein, LMFT, is a trauma therapist based in California who integrates Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, and IFS. She works with people-pleasers, those healing from emotionally immature caregivers, and individuals navigating breakups and additional relational traumas. Her approach is rooted in helping clients reconnect with their bodies and build self-trust. Her background includes equine-assist
Marginalized Couples in Therapy with Akilah Riley-Richardson
Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP, is a couples therapist, published researcher, and Relational Healing Facilitator with over 16 years of experience. She specializes in working with couples—including those practicing consensual non-monogamy—and supporting sexual and racial minorities across the Caribbean and internationally.She is the founder of the BIPOC Relational Healing Institute and creator
Getting To The Why with Rachel Siegfried, PhD
Rachel Siegfried, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York City with extensive experience treating trauma across diverse populations. She holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a doctorate from LIU Brooklyn, and has trained in major NYC hospital and clinic settings, working with individuals including trauma survivors, veterans, 9/11 first responders, undocumented individuals, LGBTQIA
Guest Host Esther Goldstein Interviews Steven Booker
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Holding Space for Me with Elizabeth Cappelletti
Elizabeth Capalletti is a trauma-informed guide and practitioner who supports individuals navigating deep healing and transformation, particularly through ketamine-assisted work.Her approach emphasizes safety, presence, and integration—helping clients make sense of and embody their experiences beyond the session itself.She is the creator of Awaken & Integrate, a gentle, trauma-informed workboo
I Just Want To Be Myself with Sharon Kwon
Sharon Kwon founder of Bodhi Aware Therapy, where she works as a psychotherapist specializing in immigrant and BIPOC individuals, couples, and families.A cognitive psychologist, she develops accessible, innovative mental health solutions while maintaining a grounded clinical practice focused on identity, cultural assimilation, spirituality, religious trauma, and relational dynamics.Her work also c
Fighting Shadows with Zetta Thomelin
Zetta Thomelin is an author, therapist, coach and recognized leader in the field of hypnotherapy. She is Chair of the British Association of Therapeutic Hypnotists, Vice Chair of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations, and serves as a trustee for the Research Council for Complementary Medicine. She also served as CEO of Children with AIDS Charity and Vice Chair of Mama Biashara, a char
There Are Many of us Put There with Christal Castagnozzi
Christal Castagnozzi is a registered Psychologist and the founder of Thrive Psychology Health Team, with nearly a decade of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families. Christal specializes in comprehensive psychological assessments (psychoeducational, ADHD, Autism, psychodiagnostic, and gifted) and evidence-based therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, and neurodivergence.
The Mother Wound with Arani
Arani is an author and guide whose work weaves depth psychology, somatic awareness, and embodied spiritual practice. She supports women healing the mother wound and seekers integrating transformative experiences through presence, relational care, and respect for the nervous system’s pace.Her approach is grounded, trauma-informed, and experiential, emphasizing integration as a lived process rather
Healing The Hidden Pain with Mike Wood
Mike Wood spent over 30 years living with anxiety and depression before making the decision, six years ago, to go all-in on his own healing. What came out of that journey is Learn to Love Being You, a 10-week program built around the tools and practices that actually worked for him — breathwork, meditation, mindset work, and emotional healing.Mike's approach isn't clinical — it's personal, practic
3 Days of Pure Validation with Gabriella Tranchina
Gabriella Tranchina is the creator and host of Gabriella Rebranded, a spiritual podcast about healing after trauma, brain injury recovery, and spiritual growth told with honesty and dark humor.After surviving a 3.5-week coma, brain surgery, and multiple fractures from being struck by a car, Gabriella reframed her life around resilience, spirituality, and joy — even in the face of adversity. Her wo
Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos interviews Howard Schubiner
Dr. Howard Schubiner is an internist and the director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan and a Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.He has authored more than 100 publications in scientific journals and books, and lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Schubiner is a senior teacher of
Grit and Vigor with Shelly Grimm
Shelly Grimm is a Financial Consultant, Author, and Founder of The Perpetual Caregiver, empowering families facing chronic illness. A "Ladypreneur" recognized by the Worldwide Women's Association with 27 years of financial expertise, she helps ensure dignity and peace of mind through unique tools like the Family Love Letter.Shelly's journey began as the lifelong caregiver for her mother, the first
Coming Out To Ourselves with Anne-Marie Zanzal, M.Div
Anne-Marie Zanzal, M.Div. is a coming-out coach, ordained minister, and grief counselor who specializes in supporting individuals—particularly women—navigating later-in-life sexuality, divorce, and identity transitions.A graduate of Yale Divinity School and former hospice chaplain, she blends spiritual care, group coaching, and lived experience to help clients move toward authenticity, self-trust,
What Does It Mean To Heal with With Sara Davidson
Sara Davidson is a Registered Psychotherapist, former elite athlete and coach, and the author of Any Body Can Heal — a memoir about trauma, resilience, and the body's capacity to recover.Drawing on her clinical work and her own story, Sara blends trauma-informed and body-based approaches — including Polyvagal Theory and somatic awareness — to help people understand their nervous systems and rebui
EMDR Intensives with Rachel Stanton, LCSW
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Giving More Than Receiving with Dr. Sam Zand
Dr. Sam Zand is a holistic psychiatrist, educator, and entrepreneur dedicated to merging traditional psychiatry with innovative neuroplastic therapies.A Johns Hopkins graduate and Professor of Psychedelic Medicine, he founded Anywhere Clinic to expand global access to telepsychiatry and integrative care. From utilizing integrative psychiatry and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy to leading philanthropic e
Guest Host Series John Clarke interviews Tammy Sollenberger
Tammy Sollenberger, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and a certified IFS consultant. She is also the author of the book "The One Inside: 30 Days to Your Authentic Self” and host of The One Inside Podcast.For more information about Tammy Sollenberger’s book, podcast, and resources related to Internal Family Systems, visit https://tammysollenberger.com/John Clarke’s mission is t
The Incredibly Resilience of Two Sisters with Kathleen Harnish McKune & Karen Dickson
Kathleen Harnish McKune is an author, speaker, and co-founder of the nonprofit Remarkably Resilient, Inc. Drawing on her lived experience as a survivor of childhood incest and trauma, she helps translate the neuroscience of trauma into practical tools for healing and resilience. She is the co-author of Remarkably Resilient: Community Matters and works to support individuals and communities in buil
I’m Done Being Quiet with Darlene Lekowski
Darlene Lekowski is a survivor, speaker, advocate, and business leader who transformed decades of silence into a platform for truth and healing. After fifty years of keeping quiet about the sibling sexual trauma and abuse she endured as a child, she broke her silence and successfully defended herself in a civil lawsuit brought against her by her brother.Her debut memoir, Shattering Silence: A Stor
When A Memoir Takes A Turn with David Lomax
David Lomax is a teacher of 18 years and the author of Trails of Thoughts, a memoir 25 years in the making. The book explores survival, resilience, and the search for meaning — drawn from an unusually difficult life, including years working in remote regions of Alaska.The memoir began as an attempt to understand endurance, emotional control, and survival. It ended as something more. David's son, w
The Indomitable Power of Authentic Being with Daniel Zimmerman, M.D.
Daniel Zimmerman, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist and co-founder of Acheron Psychiatry in New York City, where he integrates psychodynamic theory with modern interventions like Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).He views the therapeutic process as a "delicate dance between hiding and revealing oneself," moving beyond simple symptom management to help patients cultivate authentic self-tr
What Does It Mean to Transform with Cassius Drake, M.D.
Dr. Cassius Drake, M.D. is the co-founder and Medical Director of The Drake Center for Transformative Healing, where he applies over two decades of emergency medicine experience to holistic trauma care.Trained at Cornell University and The University of Texas Medical Branch and board-certified in emergency medicine, Dr. Drake saw firsthand how traditional Western medicine can fall short in address
Guest Host Series Jan Winhall interviews Marika Heinrichs
Join Jan Winhall and her daughter Marika Heinrichs as they explore trauma, embodiment,racial justice, and systemic change. This heartfelt conversation delves into personalhistories, therapeutic models, and the path toward collective liberation.Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture: https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characteristics.htmlPaul Kivel, Christian Hegemony: https://christianhege
How Do I Tell You This with Tonya Pieske
Tonya Pieske is a musician, producer, and sound designer based in Portland, Oregon.She is the creator of How to Tell Someone, a storytelling podcast exploring the moments of communication that shape how we perceive and move through the world. Tonya blends her lived experience with CPTSD together with her background in fostering psychological safety through her nonprofit work to create a trauma-inf
Neglect is the story of nothing with Ruth Cohn, MFT, CST, BCN
Ruth Cohn, MFT, CST, BCN, is a psychotherapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has specialized in working with survivors of trauma, neglect, and their partners and families since 1988.Since that time she has focused on childhood neglect trauma and developed Neglect-Informed Psychotherapy, an approach that integrates attachment theory with clinical practice. She is the author of Working wit
The Truth of Who You Are with Dan Grové
Dan Grové is an author and the creator of the Fire & Water Paradigm, a framework reimagining modern masculinity through emotionally honest and mythic experiences.His work, which includes the book series Strong Enough to Fall, Strong Enough to Rise, and Strong Enough to Lead, guides men from emotional shutdown to sovereignty and from wounded boyhood to embodied manhood.Rather than offering quic
The Benefits of Ketamine with Sharon Niv, PhD
Sharon is the co-founder of Joyous PBC, an AI-powered platform focused on making mental health treatment affordable and accessible. A cognitive psychologist, she has led the development of patient programs and created Joyous for Therapists, a collaboration tool designed to support clinicians. Her work centers on the psycholytic ketamine approach for trauma treatment — a low-risk method with neglig
Heart, Soul and Guts with Adena Bank Lees, LCSW
Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LIAC, BCETS, CP is a licensed clinical social worker, licensed addiction counselor, board-certified expert in traumatic stress, and certified practitioner of psychodrama with more than 35 years of experience.A recognized authority on childhood trauma, Adena specializes in covert emotional incest — a form of hidden abuse she also knows personally, as a thriver with a lived hi
Two Therapists in A Room with Megan Earles, LCSW and Mark Sylvester, MD
Megan Earles, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma, attachment, and relational healing. Through her practice, she helps individuals, couples, and families develop emotional regulation, deepen connection, and build resilience after experiences of loss, betrayal, and chronic stress. Megan blends evidence-based therapy with warmth and collaboration, inviting clients to
Anger What Do You Need From Me with Bronwyn Schweigerdt
Bronwyn Schweigerdt is a licensed psychotherapist, podcaster, and anger expert dedicated to addressing the root causes of mental and physical illness.Drawing from her own personal experiences with depression, she explores the vital importance of acknowledging and managing internal feelings—specifically anger—as a primary catalyst for personal growth and informed decision-making.Beyond individual h
Guest Host Series Susanne Babbel interviews Judyth Tsafrir
Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir is the author of Sacred Psychiatry. She approaches trauma from a holistic and integrative perspective, bringing together psychiatry, somatic awareness, relational work, and astrology as meaningful frameworks for understanding psychological suffering and healing. Her book, Sacred Psychiatry, received a National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) in Alternative Health and Psycho
Saving Lives, Saving Men with John Henry Parker
John Henry Parker is a modern author, behavioral analyst, and former Marine focused on trauma recovery and veteran transition.As co-founder of Harvesting Wisdom, he is known for his narrative approach to helping individuals navigate personal, professional, and military-to-civilian life challenges.He is the author of Men Harvesting Wisdom, a transformational guide to self-leadership that blends the
What Gets You Up In The Morning with Jason Reid
Jason is the founder of TellMyStory.org, a nonprofit he launched after the suicide of his 14-year-old son in 2018. The foundation is dedicated to educating and empowering parents with practical, up-to-date resources to better recognize and support their children’s mental health struggles. Through its sister organization, Mental Wellness Media, Jason produces documentary films and educational progr
Moving Through A Storm of Shame with Becky Aste
Becky Aste is the founder of I Do Breakthrough, a trauma-informed somatic relationship coaching practice that helps individuals and couples break cycles of re-trauma and build secure, emotionally connected partnerships. Drawing on body-based awareness and attachment-focused work, Becky supports clients in repairing relationship patterns at their root rather than managing surface conflict. Her work
It’s Not What You Think. It’s How You Think with Amanda Anderson
Amanda Anderson is a speaker and resilience teacher who draws on her lived experience with trauma, loss, and adversity to help others rebuild meaning and strength.Having endured family deaths, a stroke, divorce, and frontline trauma that “rewired her nervous system,” Amanda brings more than 17 years of work in NLP, resilience, and real-world mental health to her talks and coaching. She shows peopl
Looking For The Human with Will Dobud, PhD
Will Dobud, PhD, MSW, is a social work clinician, researcher, and senior lecturer whose work focuses on outdoor and experiential therapies for youth and improving therapeutic outcomes for adolescents and families. He founded the non-profit True North Expeditions in Adelaide, Australia, and has received recognition including the 2015 Australian Postgraduate Award and 2021 Distinguished Researcher o
Using Psychometric Measures to Help Your Clients with Hilah Kate Kaufman, PhD
Hilah Kate Kaufman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at George Mason University whose work centers on trauma, resilience, and adaptation across the lifespan. She integrates developmental and clinical science to better understand how individuals respond to adversity and how trauma-informed approaches can support healing.In addition to her academic role, Dr. Kaufman is involve
There Is A Way with Ashleigh Di Lello
Ashleigh Di Lello is a brain coach, keynote speaker, and creator of Bio Emotional Healing®, a neuroscience-based method that helps people rewire their nervous systems to break free from emotional trauma, limiting beliefs, anxiety, chronic pain, and unhealthy patterns. Drawn from her own 20-year journey overcoming life-threatening illness, chronic pain, and emotional trauma — and later becoming an
Guest Host Series Esther Goldstein Interviews Veronica Lowenbok
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Working With The Anger Behind Addiction with Scott Kiloby
Scott Kiloby is an international speaker, non-duality teacher, entrepreneur, and author of seven books that make authentic spiritual awakening accessible and grounded.He co-founded the Kiloby Center for Recovery and the Natural Rest House, among the first U.S. treatment centers to place mindfulness and nondual awareness at the core of trauma and addiction recovery.Scott is also the co-founder of K
Getting High Acuity Mental Health Care Right with Dr. Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW
Dr. Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW, is a leader in high acuity mental healthcare and the Chief Clinical Officer and Co-Founder of Charlie Health.Dr. Fenkel oversees all aspects of Charlie Health’s clinical programming, including the delivery of evidence-based care by teams of expert therapists. She’s also the head of Charlie Health’s industry-leading Research and Clinical Outcomes team, which regularl
Nobody Gets To Beat Themselves Up with Shawn Mahshie
Shawn Mahshie, M.A., is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and self-love coach based near Washington, D.C. She specializes in helping purpose-driven women overcome burnout and self-abandonment through her signature "Living in Symmetry" approach.This system integrates her "Wheel of Self-Forgiveness" with her expertise as a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie to transform an
Moving The Darkness Out of The Way with Alexandra R. Johnson, MD
Dr. Alexandra R. Johnson, MD, is an integrative family medicine physician who blends Western and functional medicine with Breema® bodywork, lifestyle counseling, and mind–body approaches to support whole-person health. Trained in Family Medicine at the University of Colorado with a fellowship in obstetrics, she has served on faculty in the U.S. and abroad and has developed physician wellness curri
Rebuilding Our Lives with Jackie Young
Jackie Young is the founder of Open Minds Hypnosis and creator of the Life Architect coaching program, an integrative approach that blends hypnotherapy, counselling, and mentorship to help people recalibrate their lives and reconnect with purpose and joy. Through one-on-one coaching and personalized exercises, she guides clients to identify what brings them fulfillment, release what holds them bac
Living In A World Without Sunlight with Doug Smith, MSSW
Doug Smith, MSSW, is the managing partner of D-Degree, a leadership development and coaching practice focused on trauma-informed leadership and personal transformation.A certified trauma-informed coach and author of The Path of Rocks and Thorns: Leadership Lessons from a Prison Cell, Doug draws on his lived experience with mental illness, substance use recovery, and incarceration to help individua
Timeline Therapy with Jamie Green
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I Am Someone You Know with David Russell Shamszad
David Russell Shamszad is an author, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate whose memoir, I Am Someone You Know, chronicles his descent into untreated bipolar disorder and alcoholism and his long road back. In his early twenties, mood swings, addiction, psychiatric hospitalizations, and incarceration unraveled what once looked like a promising life, culminating in profound loss and near surrende
The Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos, LCSW interviews Lauren Auer
Lauren Auer is a Trauma Therapist who has built a community of nearly 200,000 followers by sharing what she's learned from seeing trauma from every possible angle.Lauren's path into trauma work was unintentional. What started as a graduate school internship at an agency working with both juvenile offenders and abuse victims turned into a career-defining passion. She discovered she loved the comple
I Made A Decision to Heal Myself with Inna Segal
Inna Segal is an internationally acclaimed healer, author, and creator of the The Secret Language of Your Body method, a psychosomatic healing system that connects emotional and psychological patterns to physical symptoms. With over 25 years of clinical experience, she blends intuitive insight with evidence-informed practice to help people transform chronic illness, emotional blocks, and life patt
Manifest Life with Dr. William Kalatsky
Dr. William Kalatsky is the creator of The Intuition Method, a framework designed to help individuals access their inner guidance, manifest desired outcomes, and heal at deep levels—especially from recurring migraines and other challenging patterns.With his Headaches Heal Method and supporting courses and book, Dr. Kalatsky combines intuitive wisdom with practical strategies to steer life from aut
The Unconscious Mind in Healing with Dr. Brian Alman
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Rebuilding A Human From Scratch with Angie Peacock
Angie is a U.S. Army veteran and trauma-informed coach whose work is shaped by firsthand experience with psychiatric injury and recovery. After serving seven years as a signal specialist, including a deployment to Iraq, she was medically discharged due to severe illness and PTSD and became dangerously overmedicated. Her withdrawal and recovery journey was documented in the film Medicating Normal,
Problematic Sexual Behaviors with Laney Knowlton
Dr. Laney Knowlton is a licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor licensed in multiple states, a certified sex therapist, and the President of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). She is the creator of the Connected Recovery™ model, which combines the treatment of Problematic Sexual Behaviors, infidelity, and betrayal recovery with relational counseling and sex therapy
When Men Are Betrayed with Adam Nisenson, LMFT, CSAT
Adam Nisenson, LMFT, CSAT — known as The Betrayal Shrink — is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist who specializes in helping men heal from partner betrayal trauma.Drawing on both his clinical training and his own experience of infidelity and betrayal, Adam created a male-focused framework for recovery that blends empathy with practical understanding of th
Giving Meaning to Crisis with Dr. Howard Woodruff
Dr. Howard T. Woodruff is a Christian leader, life coach, crisis expert and the founder of Reclaimed Living who transforms grief into growth and pain into purpose.With deep experience in disaster response, theological reflection, and emotional healing, he stands as a trusted guide for individuals and organizations seeking lasting change through faith, courage, and practical wisdom.In This EpisodeD
Helping Teens Develop Resilience with Emily Waitt
Emily Waitt, MA, LMFT is the founder and Clinical Director of Kincove Adolescent Therapy and Wellness, a Los Angeles-based center dedicated to helping teens and young adults develop resilience, confidence, and emotional well-being. Emily’s journey into therapy began with her own early experiences in therapy, which inspired her to make support more accessible and effective for young people and thei
I Shut Up And Listened with Ryan T. Reicher
I Shut Up And Listened with Ryan T. Reichert is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, author, speaker, podcaster, and servant leader whose life spans more than four decades of leadership, struggle, and transformation. After 23 years of military service including airborne, ranger, and multiple combat deployments, Ryan transitioned into the Fortune 500 world, gaining firsthand experience in corpor
My Pain Is My Identity with Lawyer Johnson
Lawyer is the author of My Pain Is My Identity, a raw and redemptive memoir tracing his journey from childhood sexual abuse and incarceration to healing, forgiveness, and service. Abused at age seven by a family acquaintance in upstate New York, he spent years battling anger, addiction, and violence—until finding faith, mentorship, and emotional truth while serving time in North Carolina prisons.
The Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos, LCSW interviews Robert Bransfield
Dr. Robert Bransfield is a board-certified psychiatrist and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has held leadership roles including Past President of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). With over 30 years of clinical experience, his
Fear, Shame and Embarrassment with Matt von Boecklin
Matt von Boecklin is the founder of Quit Kit, a science-backed recovery tool created from his own lived experience with alcohol addiction.After years of struggling with kratom abuse—intensified by frequent relocations and the mental toll that came with them—Matt began looking for practical, physiological support for the earliest and hardest phase of quitting. Drawing on his background in chemical
It Will Be Worth It with Ed Chen
Ed is a BCACC registered, CCPA certified clinical counsellor, and BCACC Approved Clinical Supervisor. and the lead trainer at the DBT Centre of Greater Vancouver, and a senior clinician at the DBT Clinic of Greater Vancouver.Ed has extensive experience in delivering Dialectical Behavior Therapy to high-risk adults, youths and families experiencing concerns such as suicidality, self-harm, impulsivi
The Language of intergenerational trauma with Mark Wolynn
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Changing Our Healing Paradigm with Kayse Gehret
Kayse Gehret brings nearly three decades of experience in the healing arts, having founded the wellness center Soulstice Mind + Body Spa before shifting toward global mentorship and transformational wellness.As a Reiki Master, certified yoga instructor, and author of Body/Work: Careers in Massage Therapy, she’s helped countless clients — from corporate leaders to professional athletes — heal and r
I Made A Phone Call with Kerisma Vere
Kerisma Vere is a wellness coach, author, and creator of The Light SWitch Myth: Contemporary Approaches To Creating Lasting Change. Her work centers on helping individuals become more attuned to their own needs, emotions, and inner narratives while cultivating self-compassion and realistic pathways for growth.Through a blend of lived experience, trauma-informed insight, and practical coaching tool
The Guest Host Series Jenny Hughes interviews Liliana Baylon
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