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Episode 717: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction with Mary Beth O’Connor Apr 17, 2023

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Mary Beth O’Connor has been sober since 1994. She has also been in recovery from abuse, trauma, and anxiety. Six years into her recovery, Mary Beth attended Berkeley Law. She worked at a large firm, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014, she was appointed a federal administrative law judge, a position she held until 2020.
Mary Beth is a director, secretary, and founding investor for She Recovers Foundation and a director for LifeRing Secular Recovery. She regularly speaks about multiple paths to recovery, to groups such as Women for Sobriety. Mary Beth’s op-ed, “I Beat Addiction Without God,” where she described combining ideas from several secular programs to create a robust recovery foundation, appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Her new book, "From Junkie to Judge, One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction" will be released January 24th.
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Mary Beth’s website
From Junkie to Judge, One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, Mary Beth O’Connor.

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Ep 716: Educating The EMDR Community with Rebecca Kase Apr 13, 2023

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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.
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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews
The Therapists Teach Workshop: a workshop for therapists who want to create their first online course.

Gould Farm. A Model of Compassionate and Holistic Healing. From the archives. Apr 12, 2023

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This is a republishing of an archived episode with Lisanne and Jane of Gould Farm.
"Gould Farm is a unique and pioneering refuge for people with mental disorders…a place where respect and relationship, work and friends, are central to the healing process. We need many more such places in the world.” — Dr. Oliver Sacks
Founded in 1913, Gould Farm is the first residential community in the nation dedicated to helping adults with mental health challenges move toward recovery, health, and greater independence through community living, meaningful work, and clinical support. Within this safe, family-like community made up of guests, staff, families and volunteers, all members are accepted, respected and celebrated as individuals.
"We work with adults who are living with mental health conditions such as depression, bipolar and schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia. Gould Farm provides a safe environment in which everyone feels accepted and trusted while also being held to high expectations as a productive, working member of the community. Guests are empowered to share their many talents with the community and are also given the opportunity to learn and practice new skills in a supported environment.Guests work with the clinical team to optimize their medications, build compensatory strategies to manage the symptoms of their illness, and create resiliency in work and social contexts. Through a stepped progression, symptoms improve, real-life skills are learned, and a sense of worth and hope is recovered that allows the individual to build the strength and confidence to move towards greater independence and recovery."
Gould Farm offers a continuum of services including supported transition out of residential treatment and an extended community in both the Berkshires and the Boston area.
Lisanne Finston, Executive Director
Lisanne came to Gould Farm after 20 years serving as Executive Director of an innovative anti-hunger organization serving people with mental health and addiction challenges in N.J. She received her MSW from Rutgers University and her Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Lisanne values the pioneering model practiced at Gould Farm that blends old fashioned, life-enhancing work, with the best in clinical practices to support healing and recovery. From the Farm to Fellside, she loves being a part of this community and seeing people regain a sense of purpose and widen their circle of support for the journey.
Jane Linsley, Clinical Director
Jane has been working in the field of mental health and addictions for over 30 years, and on the Gould Farm Clinical Team since 2004. She has been Clinical Director of the team since 2006.
A graduate of Smith School for Social Work, Jane is licensed in social work and addictions, with additional certifications in both Trauma and Women’s Relational Theory of Mental Health.
Jane has an on-going passion for beneficial new therapies and work in the area of mental health care, as well as an on-going, and long-standing, passion for how people relate to issues of inclusion and the shame resulting from stigma – both for the individual and as a culture.Being part of a multifaceted team is for her both a privilege and a boon, especially the opportunities it allows to explore and introduce the exciting principles of therapies like Open Dialogue, which enhance the Gould Farm network of support around Guests.
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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews

Episode 715: Gratitude Builds Fortitude with Holly Bertone Apr 10, 2023

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Holly Bertone says she’s been given the gift of being a breast cancer and Hashimoto’s survivor. Her super-power is sharing how gratitude builds fortitude... and knowing every lyric to every 80's song ever made ("Duran Duran and Culture Club are my FAVES").
After spending 25 years rising through the ranks of consulting and federal government service, her failing health shattered her corporate dreams. Thankfully, she’s honoring these changes as a gift and has found renewed purpose as a Certified Health Coach focusing on gratitude and mindset.
Holly is the CEO and Founder of Pink Fortitude and Fortitude.Academy and host of the Gratitude Builds Fortitude Podcast, where she helps women view their diagnosis as a gift so that they can unwrap their resilience to build fortitude with gratitude.
You may have seen her on TV and radio segments, articles, podcasts, and summits AND... #bucketlist... my book on the #1 spot on Amazon.
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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

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Episode 714: Let's Not Forget Joy, Laughter & Play with Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT Apr 06, 2023

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Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT, E-RYT is back. And for a great reason: She's pretty amazing. She's super smart, compassionate and has an incredible energy about her. She's one of those people that as you're talking to her you can't help but think to yourself, "This person must be an amazing healer."
Lisa is an author, licensed psychotherapist, and founder of the Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery and creator of the Yoga for Trauma program.
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. More than 450 providers from 25+ countries have completed Lisa’s Yoga for Trauma (Y4T) Online Training Program, the first virtual program to train providers offering yoga for trauma recovery. She serves on the Board and as UN Committee Co-Chair for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, was elected to the role of Secretary in 2018 and was nominated President-Elect in 2020.
She’s written for publications like Good Therapy and the American Psychological Association and was named one of the top 20 Inspirational Yoga Teachers To Follow in 2016. Lisa's books include Embodied Healing: Using Yoga to Recover from Trauma and Extreme Stress (2015), How You Can Heal: A Strength Based Guide to Trauma Recovery (2017), and Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Theory, Philosophy, and Practice (2019).
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How We Can Heal Podcast
The Center for Yoga and trauma recovery
To receive a Free copy of Lisa's book, How You Can Heal, click here.
Lisa’s books
Lisa’s online training programs

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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter

Episode 713: Just Be Yourself with Doug Dane Apr 03, 2023

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Doug Dane is survivor who has risen above a past filled with kidnapping, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and violence to experience a life of freedom, gratitude, thriving relationships, and abundance. Now acting as an international keynote speaker and mindset mentor, he has turned his personal experience into a duplicable system to help people discover their true identity and live a life free of guilt or shame, outlined extensively in his debut novel, Mistaken Identity: A Guide To Letting Go Of A Past That’s Holding You Back.
With his first hand experience in tow, he's on a mission to guide those struggling to overcome a troublesome past a brighter future for themselves, their families, and the world.
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Doug’s website
Doug’s Facebook
The 4 Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz

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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.

Episode 712: The Struggle of Being Myself with Gregory Elsasser-Chavez Mar 30, 2023

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Gregory is gay Christian man who was divorced from his ex-wife in 2019 and subsequently lost his children. Before that he had gone through fifteen years of aversion and reparative “ex-gay” therapy, such as sniffing dog feces, “defeating issues of masculinity” by playing sports with other gay men, completing ex-gay courses, and being placed into two mental hospitals.
Gregory talks to people about coming out later in life and dealing with the trauma of religious reparative therapy and the entire ex-gay movement.
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@GregoryElsasser
Terms of Estrangement

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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.

Episode 711: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice with Judith Herman Mar 27, 2023

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To say that I’m excited and honored to have Dr. Judith L. Herman join me on the podcast is an understatement.
Judith is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. 'Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror,' Judith’s second book, is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors.
The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Judith argues that the first step toward a better form of justice is simply to ask survivors what would make things as right as possible for them. In her new book, 'Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice,' she commits the radical act of listening to survivors. Recounting their stories, she offers an alternative vision of justice as healing for survivors and their communities.
 
Deeply researched and compassionately told, Truth and Repair envisions a new path to justice for all.
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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!

The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews

Episode 710: Helping People Stay Alive with Stacey Freedenthal, PhD Mar 23, 2023

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Stacey Freedenthal, PhD is a suicidologist. Her work focuses on all things suicide – helping people stay alive and want to stay alive, guiding loved ones through grief and healing if the worst happens, and teaching students and professionals how to do all of that, too.
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What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!
The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviews.
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists:
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Episode 709: A Personal Journey of Trauma & Healing With James Stewart Mar 20, 2023

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This is a very interesting interview. It’s a personal story of how one individual, Jim Stewart, was impacted by trauma and how he continued to be impacted by trauma throughout his life. Jim shares his journey of being traumatized and what it was like for him to live with his symptoms and then what it was like to begin his healing journey.
Jim is a trauma survivor, having experienced two near death events as well other traumas early in life. Having had a lifelong struggle with the impact of trauma, in the past six years Jim has embarked on a journey of healing. This included both EMDR and BrainSpotting. He is happy to say that he is now a survivor and he wishes to share his story of hope and healing with others.
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Jim's Email

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The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews
The Therapists Teach Workshop: a workshop for therapists who want to create their first online course.

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