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The Trauma Therapist
The Trauma Therapist Podcast is about the human spirit.
Join host Guy Macpherson, PhD, as he talks with thought leaders in trauma, mindfulness, addiction, and yoga.
Hear the personal stories and insights of passionate professionals who dedicate their lives to helping others heal from trauma.
Some guests pay a fee for sponsored appearances, which helps support production of the show. All paid segments are clearly disclosed.
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Episodes
- The Trauma Therapist
Episode 587: Radical Honesty with Gabrielle Bernstein.
Gabrielle Bernstein is incredible. I have to say that this interview with her is one of my favorites because this woman exudes passion and authenticity and the…
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Episode 586: Connecting People To Their Light. Licia Sky
Licia Sky is a Boston based Embodied Awareness Facilitator, artist, singer-songwriter, and bodyworker who works with traumatized individuals and trains mental…
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Episode 585: Healing Kids, Healing Horses. Michael Remole
Michael has been working with children and families for close to two decades, in a variety of capacities, including as a Multi-Systemic Therapist, Clinical…
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Episode 584: Stories of Living & Healing. Shari Botwin
Shari Botwin, LCSW opened her Cherry Hill private practice in 1996. Prior to starting her own practice Shari worked at the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia. She…
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Episode 583: A Story of Trauma, Healing and Persistence
Riana Milne was Selected as “One of the Top Coaches to Follow in 2022” by Wealth Insider Magazine; and is also seen in FORBES Magazine. She is a Certified…
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Episode 582: Connecting People To Their Light
Licia Sky is a Boston based Embodied Awareness Facilitator, artist, singer-songwriter, and bodyworker who works with traumatized individuals and trains mental…
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Episode 581: A Journey of Self-Awareness
I'm thrilled to have Jessica Culp back on the podcast. Jessica's previous interview has been one of the most downloaded interviews on this podcast! Jessica is…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 580: Empowering Survivors of Sexual Assault with Jenna Cox-Hadley
Jenna Cox-Hadley is the composer, lyricist, and playwright for Wait for Her, an original musical. Jenna grew up in a musical and mixed-race family in Fort…
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Ready To Start Your Own Podcast?
Are you ready to start your own podcast?! Several months ago I invited a limited number of therapists to take part in my first podcasting workshop... How To…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 579: A Story of Trauma, Healing and Resilience. Riana Milne
Riana Milne is a certified, global life, love trauma tecovery & mindset coach, a cert. clinical trauma & addictions professional, a #1 bestselling author. She…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 577: Advocating For Racial & Social Justice. Georgia King
Georgia King returns! Georgia who initially joined me on episode 420 is a therapist who specializes in providing mental health evaluations for immigration…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 576: The Power of Therapy. Joshua Newman
Joshua Newman is a licensed professional clinical counselor in private practice and the author of The Power of Therapy: How to Navigate Change, Transform…
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Episode 575: Transcending Trauma with Frank Anderson
Frank Anderson, MD, is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical…
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Episode 574: Self Identity, Eating Disorders and Trauma. Jessica Begg
Jessica Begg is a Registered Dietitian and Clinical Counsellor at Shift Nutrition & Counselling. She helps people heal from overly emotional eating and binge…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 573: Advocating For Men and Mental Health with Mikkel Sibe
Mikkel Sibe has written multiple articles about men and mental health and works to create more openness about the topics of men and mental health. This is a…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 572: The Courage to be a Human Being with PJ Lewis
PJ is a Registered Clinical (RCC) and Canadian Certified (CCC) Counsellor as well as the Clinical Director of the DBT Centre of the Fraser Valley. PJ has…
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Episode 571: Broken-Heartedness, Addiction & Healingwith Andrew Susskind, LCSW.
Andrew is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a Certified Group Psychotherapist. In 1988 he completed a…
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Episode 570: Honoring Intuition Within The Healing of Trauma with Kaitlyn Rose Holsapple
Kaitlyn (Kaity) Rose Holsapple is one of those individuals who you can easily find yourself drawn to. She has a presence about her and a compassion about her…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 569: The Embody Lab with Dr. Scott Lyons
Scott Lyons is the creator of The Embody Lab — a hub forembodied education, self-discovery and healing— and developer of Somatic Stress Release™ — a process of…
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Episode 568: Marine Colonel to Mental Health Advocate with Robert Macpherson
My guest today Robert Macpherson (no relation to myself!) was a career infantry officer in the U.S. Marines with service in Vietnam, Iraq, and Somalia. After…
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Episode 567.5: Trusting In Our Perfect Imperfection with Guy Macpherson, PhD
I've been doing this podcast now for a few years and I continue to love it. I love it because I get to speak with incredible people who have dedicated their…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 567: CPTSD Survivor & Founder of Sisu, a Trauma-Informed Toolkit with Effy Huck
Effy Huck is a survivor of C-PTSD, an entrepreneur, and the founder of Sisu (see-sue). Sisu is a trauma-informed self-guided mental health toolkit to manage…
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Episode 566: Childhood Trauma & The Role of The Therapist with Sue Buratti
I'm very excited to be joined by Sue Buratti today. Sue advocates for children’s rights and has trained and presented on topics relating to childhood trauma…
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Episode 565: Caring For Families with Robyn Gobbel
Robyn Gobbel, LMSW-Clinical, has over 15 years experience working in the field of child and family therapy, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and…
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Episode 564: We've forgotten that we live in our bodies with Jan Winhall, MSW
My guest today, Jan Winhall of Focusing on Borden, began her career as social worker and psychotherapist 40 years ago. [CW for text below: mention of…
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Episode 563: The Weekend University. Niall McKeever
I love what I do because I get to speak with some pretty incredible and inspiring people. Meet my guest today, Niall McKeever. Niall is an entrepreneur and…
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Episode 562: Treating Trauma & Dissociative Disorders with Julia Barry
Julia Barry is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Somatic Experiencing® practitioner, and certified EMDR Practitioner in Boston, MA. Julia's clinical…
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Episode 561: Helping to Heal Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault with Vjosa Rizaj
Vjosa is a psychotherapist and consultant in domestic violence and sexual abuse. Vjosa holds two master’s in counselling and the second in understanding…
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Episode 560: This Work is Who I Am. It's Cellular. Teresa Gil
Today I'm happy to welcome Teresa Gil, Ph.D. to the podcast. Teresa has been a psychotherapist, professor, and trainer for more than 25 years. She has a…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 559: Jen Fiser & Edward Levy. Trauma, Psychedelics and Saving a Life
Today I welcome a client and his therapist. This is the story of how these two people met, began working together, and of how one's life was saved. Jen Fiser…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 558: Linda Thai, MSW. The Journey of a Therapist
Linda is an adjunct faculty member in the Social Work Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and specializes in trauma-informed care and compassion…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 557: Judy Weaver. Trauma Consciousness
Judy Weaver is a yoga therapist and a yoga teacher-of-teachers with over 30 years of experience and is the founder of Connected Warriors and Bodymind…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 556: Vulnerability In This Moment. Guy Macpherson
Today I talk about vulnerability. This is one of those qualities that we talk about a lot on this podcast, and for good reason. It's one of those states that…
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Episode 555: Brad Kammer. Personal & Collective Healing
Brad, who joined me back on episode 365, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California. He has trained…
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Episode 554: Jeffrey Rutstein, PsyD. Meditation, Presence & Healing Trauma
My guest today is Jeffrey Rutstein, Psy.D., CHT. And I have to say this is a great interview and it's all because of my guest and his passion and inspiration…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 553: October Trauma Therapist Newsletter. Guy Macpherson, PhD
Today we take a peek at the October issue of The Trauma Therapist Newsletter. Each month this newsletter goes out to all subscribers and we cover the goings on…
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Episode 552: Uwe Dockhorn. Letting Go. Letting In
Uwe Dockhorn is known as the Lifestyle Liberator. He has delivered over 15,000 two-hour sessions worldwide in the last 12 years. Uwe is the founder of The AIM…
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Episode 551: The Path to Genuineness. Guy Macpherson, PhD
Today it’s about a bit about what I learned from my recent experience moderating the Master Series with Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Levine, and Stephen Porges…
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Episode 550: Jill Shanteau, LCSW. Caring For Service Members
Jill Shanteau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker employed as a therapist at the Harry S Truman VA in Columbia, Missouri. Jill previously joined me back on…
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Episode 549: Katiuscia Gray, LCSW. Mind Meets Movement
Katiuscia Gray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified yoga teacher (200hr) and psychotherapist. She graduated from Adelphi University in 2006 with an…
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Episode 548: Eli Weinstein, LCSW. Finding Your Superpower
When Eli was 19, he says that he had little to no confidence in being himself. While studying abroad, he took a Dale Carnegie Course about public speaking and…
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Episode 547: Deborah L. Korn, Psy.D. Being An Intimate Human Being
Deborah L. Korn, PsyD maintains a private practice in Cambridge, MA, is an adjunct training faculty member at the Trauma Research Foundation, and is a senior…
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Episode 546: Timothy Shaw, PhD. The Trauma of Moral Injury
Hold on to your hats because in this interview we take a deep dive into moral injury with my guest Timothy Shaw, PhD. Dr. Shaw studies the impact, origins and…
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Episode 545: Lee Lyttle, RSSW. The Courage of The Wounded Healer
Statistics show there are more than 45 million survivors of child sexual abuse in North America and that one in five boys on this continent are sexually abused…
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Episode 544: Damon Wood, PhD. The Journey of a Prison Psychologist
Dr. Damon Wood is back on the podcast. Damon was my guest on episode 400 of The Trauma Therapist | Podcast in which we talked about safety within the prison…
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Episode 543: Danette May. Embracing Our Intution
Driven by passion and a powerful calling to serve Mother Earth and humanity, Danette May inspires people around the world to step up into the true and full…
The Trauma TherapistEpsisode 542: Jan Haaken, PhD. The Nuances of Trauma & Its Treatment
This interview with Jan Haaken was incredible. That is to say that she’s incredible. Jan has a lot to say about trauma, what trauma is and is not and how it’s…
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Episode 541: Maureen McEvoy, MA. The Education of a Trauma Therapist
Maureen McEvoy, MA, RCC has been working in the field of trauma for 30 years. She works with individuals, couples and groups. She is a long -standing…
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Episode 540: Graham Taylor, PhD. The Power of The Relationship
I’m honored to be joined by Dr. Graham Taylor. Graham is one of those individuals who after you listen to you say to yourself, Okay, now this is the person I…
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Episode 539: Casey Stevens. Intuition in the healing of Trauma
Casey is a licensed Psychotherapist, Consciousness Coach and Healer with over ten years of experience who utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to cultivate a…
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Episode 538: Anna Holtzman & Donna Jenson. Writing to Heal Trauma
Anna Holtzman and Donna Jenson are the creators of Healing Feelings: Reconnecting Mind, Body and Voice – a writing workshop for survivors of incest and sexual…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 537: Mara Tesler Stein, PsyD. A Personal Discussion About The Path of Courage
Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D. is one of those therapists who inspire me to keep doing what I’m doing, which is merely to invite people on the podcast and push…
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Episode 536: Brad Kammer. Personal & Collective Healing
Brad, who joined me back on episode 365, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California. He has trained…
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Episode 535: Dr. David H. Rosmarin. Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Mental Health
David H. Rosmarin, PhD, is director of the Spirituality and Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychology in the Department…
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 534.5: Jeanna Gomez. The Moment Somatic Experiencing Made Complete Sense.
This is one of those episodes that makes you say to yourself, “Yes, this is why I’m a therapist!” Jeanna Gomez, LCSW is my guest today and she’s truly what…
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Episode 534: Kelly Smyth-Dent, LCSW. Refugee Trauma and The Healing Journey
“My mission is to empower people to live the life they deeply desire.” As a therapist, Kelly has seen that people desire to live a life that is filled with…
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Episode 533: Jennifer Hobbs. Author. Veteran. Teacher
Jennifer Hobbs is an Army Veteran whose compassion and humor reaches far and wide through her drive to connect with and support others. She has dedicated over…
The Trauma TherapistSpecial Announcement: The August Issue of The Trauma Therapist Newsletter Goes Live on Sunday!
The August Issue of The Trauma Therapist Newsletter Goes Live on Sunday! And through Saturday only you can choose your subscription rate…
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Episode 532: Megan MacCutcheon, LPC. Perinatal Anxiety & Trauma
Megan MacCutcheon, LPC, M.Ed., LLC. Perinatal Anxiety & Trauma. Megan MacCutcheon is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Perinatal Mental Health…
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Episode 531: Beth Tyson. The Beginner's Mind
Beth Tyson, MA, is a psychotherapist, childhood grief and trauma expert, and a children's book author. She earned several years of experience as a clinician…