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Guest Host: Rebecca Kase, LCSW. Animal Assisted Therapy and Trauma Healing Nov 26, 2024

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Rebecca Kase founded her training and consultation practice in 2017. A longtime practitioner of EMDR Therapy and a professional educator, Rebecca recognized there was room to improve on training and continuing education for therapists. Through her business, she set out to create thorough and thoughtfully designed educational experiences and a welcoming, inclusive community for EMDR learners and trainers.
Alison Leslie, LCSW, is an EMDR therapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and EMDR Basic Training Facilitator. After years of experience in Animal Assisted Services, a desire to help her clients find deep and sustainable healing with or without an animal present — and to help them listen to and change the patterns inside their bodies — led Alison to EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Transforming Touch.
Along the way she has shared her knowledge at the University of Denver, Institute For Human Animal Connection Certificate program, animal assisted services small group and individual consultation, and as an approved EMDR consultant through EMDRIA (EMDR International Association).
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Bringing Healing Into The World with SEI’s Rebecca M. Stahl Nov 24, 2024

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Rebecca M. Stahl is the interim Executive Director at SE® International and brings a unique blend of legal expertise and trauma-informed practice to their role. As a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP™), Rebecca infuses the organization’s approach with a deep understanding of how trauma affects individuals, families, and systems.
This perspective is particularly valuable given SEI’s work with vulnerable populations. A non-cishet Jewish person, Rebecca believes in the power of community as a focal point for growth and healing. This philosophy and their Somatic Experiencing® expertise underpin their leadership at SE™ International. They work tirelessly to create inclusive, supportive environments that recognize and address trauma, nurturing resilience in all individuals touched by the organization’s work.
Rebecca's journey to Somatic Experiencing® was informed by their extensive child welfare and family law background. Rebecca leverages their Somatic Experiencing® training in their leadership role to guide SE™ International’s programs and initiatives. They emphasize the importance of addressing trauma at both individual and systemic levels. This trauma-informed lens shapes everything from program design to staff training, ensuring that SE™ International's work is effective and compassionate.
As a former representative for children in child welfare cases in Los Angeles County, California, and Tucson, Arizona, they witnessed firsthand the impact of trauma on young lives. This experience, combined with their academic pursuits, including a Fulbright Scholarship in New Zealand, where they earned a Master of Law degree focusing on children’s legal representation, provides a solid foundation for their trauma-informed leadership approach. Before joining SEI, Rebecca served as the Executive Director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children, and the Courts at the University of Baltimore School of Law. In this role, they continued integrating their Somatic Experiencing® training with legal practice, recognizing the powerful potential for healing when these disciplines are combined.
Rebecca is a respected voice in both legal and trauma-informed circles. They have presented at international conferences on children’s rights and family law, often focusing on the intersection of legal practice and trauma awareness. Their co-authored book, “Representing Children in Dependency and Family Law: Beyond the Law” reflects their commitment to holistic, trauma-informed representation of child clients. At SE™ International, Rebecca conducts worldwide trainings to help lawyers and other professionals navigate trauma manifestations in themselves and their clients. This work is central to their vision for the organization, as they believe that trauma-informed practices can revolutionize how we approach our communities and the world with more compassion.
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From the archives: Richard Schwartz, PhD Nov 21, 2024

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Richard Schwartz began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic. He co-authored, with Michael Nichols, Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, the most widely used family therapy text in the United States. Dr. Schwartz was Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Juvenile Research, and later at The Family Institute at Northwestern University.
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Guest Host: Jenny Hughes, PhD. Decolonizing Trauma Therapy through Safety and Attunement Nov 19, 2024

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Jenny Hughes, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in trauma and PTSD. She supports helpers and healers through the common experience of vicarious trauma as the founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective. Jenny helps trauma therapists be human again as they learn how to manage vicarious trauma and enhance vicarious resilience together. As a clinician, she practices Brainspotting, EMDR, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Jenny is the author of The PTSD Recovery Workbook and Triggers to Glimmers: A Vicarious Resilience Journal and Workbook.
Tawanna Woolfolk, LCSW and EMDR-CIT is certified as an EMDR therapist, Trauma Professional, and Grief Specialist. She is in private practice at Sacred Ground Institute, LLC where she is also the director and CEO. Tawanna grew up in the foster care system after suffering malnutrition, educational neglect, sexual and physical trauma. Tawanna always intuitively knew who were the right people to steward her through towards resiliency and has committed her life to planting mustard seeds of hope and faith through her clinical work, public speaking, training, education, supervision and consultation.
Get Tawanna and Jenny's free Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression In All Forms Statement Workbook, a fillable Google Doc to help therapists, helpers, and healers be proud and out loud when it comes to decolonizing their professional and personal practices.
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Transformational Breathwork with Samantha Skelly Nov 17, 2024

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Samantha Skelly is a powerhouse entrepreneur, international best selling author, sought after international speaker, host of The Can’t Be Contained Podcast & Founder of the world’s leading breathwork brand, Pause Breathwork.
For over a decade Samantha has made a significant impact in the world of spiritual & personal transformation. Her trauma-informed approach to healing and awakening through the power of breathwork has changed the lives of over 500,00 people & counting. Her mission advances through training & certifying people to become breathwork facilitators & through her innovative mobile app - Pause Breathwork.
Samantha has shared the stage with inspirational leaders such as Tony Robbins, Kobe Bryant, Marie Forleo & Marianne Williamson. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Women’s Health, Global TV, The Doctors & CBS.
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Expanding The Definition of Secure Attachment with Linda Thai LMSW Nov 14, 2024

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Linda Thai LMSW (she, her) is a trauma therapist, educator and consultant. She is gifted with the capacity to contextualize, synthesize and communicate complex and nuanced issues pertaining to trauma, attachment, and the nervous system, including the impact of oppressive systems upon identity, mental health and wellbeing.
Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, and now living in Alaska, Linda is a former child refugee who is not only redefining what it means to be Vietnamese, to be Australian, and to be a United States-ian....she is redefining what it means to be wounded and whole and a healer.
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When Something Happens to You with Robyn Miller, Ph.D Nov 11, 2024

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Robyn Miller, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Founder of TheraClosure, the first Therapist Professional Executor Service.
Robyn has been in private practice in Bethesda, MD since 2002. She received a BA in Child Study from Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester. She completed a predoctoral internship at Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Mental Health Center and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University Health Services.
In over 20 years of clinical practice, Robyn has provided training, supervision, coverage, and Professional Will and Practice Executor consultation and services and she has written on this topic.
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From the archives: Ruth Lanius, PhD Nov 07, 2024

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Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and the director of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research unit at the University of Western Ontario. She established the Traumatic Stress Service and the Traumatic Stress Service Workplace Program, both services that specialize in the treatment and research of PTSD and related comorbid disorders.
Ruth currently holds the Harris-Woodman Chair in Mind-Body Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests focus on studying the neurobiology of PTSD and treatment outcome research examining various pharmacological and psychotherapeutic methods. She has authored more than 100 published papers and chapters in the field of traumatic stress and is currently funded by several federal funding agencies. She regularly lectures on the topic of PTSD nationally and internationally
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Ruth's book: Healing the traumatized self: consciousness, neuroscience, treatment (with Paul Frewen)

Guest Host: Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT interviews Jennifer M. Gómez, Ph.D. on Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory Nov 05, 2024

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Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT, E-RYT, is a licensed psychotherapist and founder of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery. A graduate of UCLA and Harvard University, her work has pioneered the field of trauma-informed yoga and transformed our understanding of embodiment practices in therapeutic work. She has written 3 books, most recently Yoga for Trauma Recovery. She created the Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program, the first online training in trauma-informed yoga, and she hosts the How We Can Heal Podcast, featuring interviews with leaders in trauma, dissociation and healing. Listen in and learn more at https://howwecanheal.com.
Lisa did training and mentoring with me to help launch her podcast and I've been a guest on it twice! She's also had Jenifer Gomez on the show, listen and watch all those episodes on her website at https://howwecanheal.com/podcast/
Lisa’s guest today, Jennifer M. Gomez, is an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), Clinical Practice Department, and a Faculty Affiliate at BU’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health.
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Psilocybin Therapy From Functioning to Flourishing with Myles Katz Nov 04, 2024

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Myles leads the development of Confluence Retreats, which seeks to integrate nature-based, multi-day psilocybin retreat experiences into Oregon’s innovative legal framework, and in the process, collaborating with indigenous communities to restore ancient healing practices to the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument.
Previously, Myles co-founded The Synthesis Institute, where he served as Director of Business Development, spearheading the development of one of the world's initial legal psychedelic service models. This groundbreaking initiative supported over 1,000 individuals in their mental health journeys until its closure in 2023.
Additionally, his role in Oregon included contributions to the state’s landmark psilocybin legalization efforts, serving with the Oregon Psilocybin Training Alliance (OPTA) and on various Rule Advisory Committees for the Oregon Health Authority.
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