The Trauma Therapist

Latest Episodes:

Making Therapy More Efficient with Maria Szandrach of Mentalyc Sep 25, 2026

Show notes

Maria Szandrach is the co-founder and CEO of Mentalyc, an AI-powered platform that helps therapists automate clinical documentation and streamline administrative tasks. Maria created Mentalyc to make therapy more efficient and effective.
Her mission is deeply personal: as a teenager, she struggled with an eating disorder and worked with multiple therapists before recovering, an experience that inspired her lifelong commitment to improving mental health care. Today, she works closely with clinicians, mental health organizations, and technology leaders to explore how AI and emerging technologies can enhance clinical practice while preserving the therapeutic relationship.
Learn more about Mentalyc here and use our code TTP50OFF for 50% off the first month after your free trail.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

Experiencing Trauma From The Other Side with Dr. Shan Shan Jing Sep 24, 2026

Show notes

Dr. Shan Shan Jing is a Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon working in a Major Trauma Centre in London, where she has spent years treating patients with devastating injuries, restoring nerves, vessels, and soft tissues after life-altering trauma.
In 2022, while working abroad during the pandemic, she experienced trauma from the other side when she survived a high-speed collision that killed her partner and left her hospitalized with multiple injuries. Her recovery involved navigating profound grief, neurological healing, and the identity shift of becoming a trauma patient within the very healthcare system she had dedicated her career to serving.
This experience transformed her understanding of post-traumatic growth, the nervous system’s response to catastrophic loss, and the hidden burdens carried by healthcare professionals, deepening her belief in what she calls the “Holy Trinity” of health: the physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of healing.
In this episode:

Dr. Shan Shan’s website
Dr. Shan Shan on IG
Critical: Between Life and Death (Netflix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83a5EkFwbM (episode 4)
SameYou — brain injury advocacy https://www.sameyou.org/portrait_shan_shan

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

What If You’re Not As F***ed Up As You Think You Are? Dr. Adriana Popescu Sep 23, 2026

Show notes

Dr. Adriana Popescu is a clinical psychologist, author, speaker, podcast host, spiritual counselor, and empowerment coach who is based in San Francisco, California and practices worldwide. She specializes in treating addictions and trauma and has directed a number of treatment programs in the Bay Area, including Firebird Healing, where she is the Founder and CEO, and Avery Lane, where she works as Chief Clinical Officer.
She hosts the popular podcast Kaleidoscope of Possibilities – Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health, is the author of the book What If You’re Not As F***ed Up As You Think You Are? and co-author of 4 workbooks with TJ Woodward, including Conscious Recovery for Addiction. Her newest book, EFT for Addiction (published by Dawson Church, Ph.D./Energy Psychology Press), will be coming out in Sept. 2026.
With her work, Adriana loves to empower people to release their self-judgments, overcome their imagined limitations, and create a life of infinite possibilities.
In This Episode

Forensic Neuropsychopathology with Dr. Monique M. Chouraeshkenazi Sep 21, 2026

Show notes

Dr. Monique M. Chouraeshkenazi is a clinical neuropsychometrician, psychology resident, researcher, professor, forensic neuropsychopathology expert, and two-time international bestselling author.
She is the founder of The Chouraeshkenazi Group, a multidisciplinary practice focused on mental healthcare, medical services, research, consulting, and education.
A U.S. Air Force Global War on Terrorism combat veteran, she served for 13 years in roles related to cybersecurity, intelligence, antiterrorism, and national security operations. Dr. Chouraeshkenazi is the author of the bestselling three-volume series, Forensic Neuropsychopathology: Clinical and Medical Insights into Brain-Behavior, Mental Disorders, and the Legal System.
Dr. Chouraeshkenazi is credited with developing and formally defining the field of forensic neuropsychopathology, an interdisciplinary discipline that integrates neuroscience, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, psychology, psychiatry, and the legal system to better understand the neurobiological and psychological underpinnings of criminal behavior.
In this episode:

The Belonging Wound with Dr. Pauline Chiarizia Sep 18, 2026

Show notes

Pauline Chiarizia is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who specializes in trauma, dissociation, attachment wounds, and the long-term impact of relational harm. Through her private practice, she works with individuals seeking deeper emotional understanding, healing, and greater connection to themselves and others.
Dr. Chiarizia’s approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational psychoanalysis, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care to help clients explore unconscious patterns and foster lasting change. She is especially interested in the ways early relationships shape identity, emotional regulation, and the capacity for intimacy and authenticity.
Links
• https://www.drpaulinechiarizia.com/my-approach/
• https://www.drpaulinechiarizia.com/about/
• https://www.drpaulinechiarizia.com/contact/
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

Guest Host Veronique Mead interviews Ton Mazzone Sep 17, 2026

Show notes

Veronique Mead, MD, MA was a Dartmouth-affiliated assistant professor of family medicine and obstetrics. She retrained with a Master’s degree in somatic psychotherapy from Naropa University and additional specialty training in pre and perinatal and other forms of trauma. For the past 25 years she has explored the scientific literature on how effects of trauma from the prenatal and other periods in a person’s life can influence risk for autoimmune and other chronic illnesses. She shares the research on her blog Chronic Illness Trauma Studies.com
FACEBOOK
LINKED IN
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
INSTAGRAM
Ton Mazzone is the creator, director, filmmaker, and producer of the documentary Traumality: The Link Between Trauma and Mental Health Diagnoses. Driven by lived experience and a desire to better understand the root causes of psychological distress, Ton spent years researching the growing evidence linking childhood adversity, attachment, trauma and chronic stress to many of the mental health difficulties seen today. The result is a hopeful, evidence-led film inviting audiences to rethink mental health, challenge long-held assumptions and imagine a future where healing begins with understanding.
#TraumalityFilm
Traumality on IMBD
Linked In
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

We’re Living In A Touch-Deprived Culture with Shirley Dvir, PhD. Sep 16, 2026

Show notes

Shirley Dvir, PhD, is the founder and lead teacher of Relational Somatic Healing and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned her PhD in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, where her dissertation explored relational touch in psychotherapy for healing relational developmental trauma.
Shirley has practiced psychotherapy since 1997, working with families, children, couples, and individuals, and spent more than 10 years teaching as a Certified Hakomi Teacher. Her training includes attachment, EMDR, Sensorimotor Trauma Therapy, Hakomi, family therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, and Body-Mind Centering.
In This Episode

The Accessing The Deep Unconscious with Deanna Chrones Sep 14, 2026

Show notes

Deanna Chrones is the founder of Tholage and the creator of the Tholage approach, a modality designed to help individuals access and process trauma through body-based awareness and healing.
Her work emphasizes the connection between physical sensations, emotions, and unresolved traumatic experiences, offering an alternative pathway to recovery that extends beyond traditional talk therapy. Through training programs and workshops, she teaches therapists and helping professionals how to recognize and work with the body's innate capacity for healing.
Links
• https://tholage.com/message-for-therapists-from-deanna-chrones/
• Deanna's website • https://tholage.com/what-is-tholage/
• https://www.instagram.com/tholage/
• https://www.facebook.com/THOLAGE/
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

DID Is In Your Office with Dr. Adrienne Fletcher Sep 12, 2026

Show notes

Dr. Adrienne Fletcher is a psychologist, author, speaker, and survivor whose life and work sit at the intersection of trauma, healing, identity, and transformation.
After more than two decades in the mental health field, she now speaks and writes about the realities of complex trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder, post-traumatic growth, and what it means to build a meaningful life beyond survival.
Her unique perspective comes from both sides of the therapy room as a clinician who spent years helping others heal and as a survivor who has navigated her own journey of integration, loss, resilience, and reinvention.
Dr. Fletcher is a columnist for Psychology Today, a published author in American Psychiatric Association journals, and the author of the children’s book The Adventures of Rockette and Coopie: A Gentle Story About Big Feelings and Brave Hearts.
Her upcoming publication, What Integration Actually Felt Like: A Psychologist’s Lived Experience of DID, offers a rare perspective from someone who has walked the path of healing both personally and professionally.
Through her writing, speaking, and consultation work, Dr. Adrienne helps individuals, clinicians, and organizations navigate uncertainty, embrace authenticity, and discover what becomes possible when pain is transformed into purpose.
In this episode:
Dr. Fletcher on Substack
Dr. Fletcher’s website
One Soul, Multiple Expressions: Poems By The Parts
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

Guest Host Christina P. Kantzavelos interviews Sarah Stasica Sep 10, 2026

Show notes

Sarah Stasica is the founder of Medical Trauma Support and host of the Medical Trauma Support Podcast. She is a trauma-informed practitioner, mental health peer specialist, and somatic educator committed to helping both clinicians and individuals recognize medical trauma for what it is and respond to it with the nervous-system-informed care it deserves. Sarah supports people on their healing journey and clinicians looking to deepen their trauma-informed practice through education, peer support, and somatic approaches that honor the body's wisdom.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
---
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Beducated - Complete the quiz for one month free https://beducate.me/traumatherapist
Introducing the code traumatherapist at the checkout after taking the 2-min quiz gives you a 50% off
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at Jane (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)
Novo - Head to novo.co, use code TRAUMATHERAPIST for a $50 bonus for qualified applicants. Novo - more time building, less time banking.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected