376: Beyond Protocol: The Art + Science Of EMDR With Rotem Brayer
Therapy Chat
Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Rotem Brayer, M.Ed, LPC, who is a licensed professional counselor, certified EMDR therapist, EMDR consultant, and advanced EMDR trainer. He is the founder of The EMDR Learning Community (), a community that brings EMDR therapists together and provides education on EMDR therapy and the integration of this modality with other treatment approaches. As the co-founder of EMDR Denver, a practice that helps clients heal with an “EMDR first” approach, Rotem divides his time between consulting on cases, coaching EMDR...
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375: Memory Reconsolidation Explained with Jules Taylor Shore
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C shares about her recent experience attending Psychotherapy Networker, where she met this week's guest, Jules Taylor Shore, in person! Jules is a neuroscience nerd who is passionate about relational therapy. In this conversation you'll hear Jules explain memory reconsolidation, a natural healing process in the brain which can be interrupted by trauma and attachment wounds. Jules explains the role of implicit memory in how we function in relationships. This is a fascinating conversation about a complex subject that Jules...
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374: Embodiment + Fitness: Lifting Heavy Things With Laura Khoudari
Therapy Chat
Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Laura Khoudari, author of Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep At A Time. In this conversation, you'll hear the two Lauras discussing trauma-informed strength training; dissociation and disembodiment within fitness culture; and how the culture of the fitness world is evolving. Laura Khoudari is a pioneer in trauma-informed strength training, a speaker, and the author of Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time. She is passionate about giving people the tools they need to heal from...
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373: Ethics, Integrity, Trust + Harm In Context Of The BetterHelp Settlement Proposal
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Welcome back to TherapyChat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C speaks out about a major issue affecting those who use online mental health platforms like BetterHelp and others, and how this breach of public trust is likely to impact trauma survivors and anyone who has been abused or marginalized particularly deeply. Laura reminds listeners that we all have a voice, even when learning about abuse, as horrifying as it is, we are not powerless. In this episode Laura goes through the press release, pointing out important parts and offers some suggestions of what those affected can do. ...
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372: The Secret Of High Achieving Entrepreneurs with Kasey Compton
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Kasey Compton, LMFT, author of the recent book, "Fix This Next for Healthcare Providers: Your Business Is Like A Patient, You Just Have to Treat It That Way," psychotherapist, group practice owner, consultant, coach, mother, and human. Laura and Kasey had a deep conversation about the surprising mindset shifts that can make all the difference for entrepreneurs. It's not what you think! Kasey shared about her journey from successful entrepreneur to happy, healthy and balanced human (who is still a...
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371: How To Do The Inner Work Of Parenting With Dr. Shefali Tsabary
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Dr. Shefali, Tsabary. Dr. Shefali received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy, she brings together the best of both worlds for her clients. She is an expert in family dynamics and personal development, teaching courses around the globe. She has written five books, three of which are New York Times best-sellers, including her two landmark books The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family. Her newest...
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370: Connecting To Self Through Herbalism With Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie, author of "The Trauma Informed Herbalist," about how we can use herbs and nature to improve self connection and self care. Elizabeth Guthrie is a board certified wellness practitioner who holds a PhD in Natural Medicine with a focus in Naturopathic Psychology and a Master's of Public Health in Functional Nutrition. She has helped create research for University of Alabama Birmingham’s Integrative Medicine clinic, teaches practitioners online, and works as a wellness practitioner and...
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369: Breathwork + Trauma With Alicia Barmon
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Alicia Barmon, LCPC, a Baltimore area yoga therapist and psychotherapist, about breath work. Alicia combines Somatic Experiencing with breathwork to build a bridge between the subconscious and conscious mind - the implicit and the explicit... allowing trauma energy to emerge and be supported, held and felt in a new way - in relationship with the loving witness. Her work emerges from the intersection of science and spirituality as she weaves modern science with ancient practices to create 30...
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368: Helping Someone Who Has Suicidal Thoughts - With Dr. Stacey Freedenthal
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews an esteemed guest, Dr. Stacey Freedenthal on the important subject of how to support someone who shares with you that they're considering suicide. In this episode you'll hear Stacey normalizing the common experience of having suicidal thoughts and clarify what happens when people tell mental health professionals they're having suicidal thoughts. Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW, is recognized for her expertise in helping people who have suicidal thoughts. She authored the books Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips...
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367: Opening To Receive with Keri Nola
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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews returning guest Keri Nola. Keri is an Intuitive Entrepreneur, expressing her medicine as a Former Psychotherapist, Best-Selling Author, Podcaster, Oracle Card Creator and Founder of the Abundance Activator for Healing Entrepreneurs, a membership community oriented to aligning with your Divine desires. While birthing and stewarding an abundant clinical practice specializing in complex trauma and dissociation for over a decade, Keri’s work has since evolved to support therapists, coaches and healers in...
info_outlineWelcome to Therapy Chat! In today’s episode, we’re delighted to welcome Dr. Robert T. Muller, author of the new book, "Trauma & the Struggle to Open Up".
Dr. Robert T. Muller trained at Harvard University, was on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and is currently at York University in Toronto. Dr. Muller was recently honored as a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) for his work on trauma treatment.
And his psychotherapy bestseller, Trauma and the Avoidant Client, in its third printing, has been translated and won the 2011 ISSTD award for the year's best written work on trauma. As lead investigator on several multi-site programs to treat interpersonal trauma, Dr. Muller has lectured internationally and has been the keynote speaker at mental health conferences in New Zealand and Canada.
He founded an online magazine, The Trauma & Mental Health Report, that is now visited by over 100,000 readers a year. With over 20 years in the field, Dr. Muller has a therapy practice in Toronto.
Resources
https://www.amazon.com/Robert-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Struggle-Open-Up-Avoidance-ebook/dp/B0784V8WJB
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