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Episode 356: Early Psychosis. The Course is Coming. Guy Macpherson Apr 24, 2019

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As many of you know, I've been working on The Trauma Therapist Project full-time now for about one year.
Prior to that, my position was as a license-eligible clinician, working under a licensed therapist, at a clinic here in Northern California for five years.
Our role was to assess and treat young individuals between the ages of 12 and 25 who were showing early signs of psychosis.
I absolutely loved the job and learned an amazing amount.
I’ve wanted to create a workshop around this topic for a long time, and so, here it is.
In this episode, I introduce this topic and share a bit about the course.
And yes, I’m very excited!
What is psychosis?
And what is early psychosis?
Two great questions, and ones which you have to answer if you're a therapist, and could certainly help if you're a teacher.
The word psychosis is not an actual diagnosis, but rather a collection of symptoms which indicate that an individual can not distinguish between what is real and what is not.
Early psychosis then describes those symptoms which can sometimes precede full or complete psychosis.
Such symptoms could include visual or auditory hallucinations (among others), but yet the individual still continues to maintain their hold on reality. In other words, someone might experience these symptoms but they know that those symptoms are not real.
Assessing for these symptoms, whether you're a therapist or teacher, and whether you work with children or adults, is a crucial skill.
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Episode 355: Erica Hornthal. Dance, Movement & Healing Trauma Apr 22, 2019

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Today on the podcast I'm very excited to have Erica Hornthal!
Erica is a licensed professional clinical counselor, board-certified dance/movement therapist and the founder and president of Chicago Dance Therapy, Inc., a psychotherapy practice founded in 2011.
A huge thank-you to my sponsors:
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This episode is also sponsored by CPTSD Foundation.
CPTSD Foundation has been successfully equipping complex trauma survivors and practitioners with compassionate support, skills, and trauma-informed education since 2014.
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Erica received her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling from Columbia College Chicago and her BS in psychology from University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
While Erica has worked primarily with individuals who are diagnosed with dementia and movement disorders, she also sees many individuals who are looking for a more holistic approach to dealing with anxiety, trauma, depression, and grief.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/exclusive-content
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Episode 354: Byron Katie. The Work Apr 15, 2019

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I’m thrilled to have Bryon Katie on the podcast!
If you’ve seen her either on video or in-person, then you know why I’m excited. There’s something about her presence, her humor, and her insightfulness that cuts through the BS and gets to the core of the human experience--the struggle, the frustration, and the suffering. That’s exactly why I invited her on the podcast.
This episode is sponsored by PESI.
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This episode is also sponsored by CPTSDFoundation.org
CPTSD Foundation has been successfully equipping complex trauma survivors and practitioners with compassionate support, skills, and trauma-informed education since 2014.
Check out CPTSD Foundation.
Byron Katie's level of insight, her self-awareness and questioning is precisely what’s required of the coaches and mentors and therapists who work with individuals who’ve been impacted by trauma.
In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression, rage, and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning to a state of constant joy that has never left her. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Her simple yet powerful process of inquiry is called The Work.
The Work consists of four questions and the turnarounds, which are a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe. When you question a thought, you see around it to the choices beyond suffering.
Katie has been bringing The Work to millions of people for more than thirty years. Her public events, weekend workshops, five-day intensives, nine-day School for The Work, and 28-day residential Turnaround House have brought freedom to people all over the world.
Byron Katie’s books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. For more information, visit thework.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/exclusive-content
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Episode 353: Trauma Therapist | 2.0 Member Spotlight. Tammy Hatherill Apr 12, 2019

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Today I’ve invited on Trauma Therapist | 2.0 member, Tammy Hatherill.
Tammy is the Director of Tammy’s Tarot and Healing and the newly formed Holistic Health Services NT. She is a well-known Clinical and Neuro Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist, Tarot and Reiki Master/Teacher and is the creator of the revolutionary Reiki Chakra Cards (which are oracle/tarot type cards).
Tammy enjoyed sharing her spiritual and therapy knowledge with a regular radio segment on 104.1 Territory FM, Australian radio, and now continues to spread the word through her own podcast, Holistic Health Services NT.
Tammy is the author of four books: Trapped Behind Bars, The Diary of a Fallen Angel, Special Moments, and Trauma to Triumph – A Spiritual Awakening.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/exclusive-content
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Episode 352: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky. Trauma Stewardship Apr 08, 2019

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Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, founder and director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute and author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others and The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul, has worked directly with trauma survivors for more than three decades.
She has worked with groups as diverse as zookeepers and reconstruction workers in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, community organizers and health care providers in Japan.
Laura is known as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure and much of her work is being invited to assist in the aftermath of community catastrophes–whether they are fatal storms or mass shootings.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/exclusive-content
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Episode 351: Dr. Nancy Morgan. This Work Is Spiritual Apr 01, 2019

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The Trauma Therapist | Podcast is a podcast about the human spirit. It’s a podcast about hearing the stories and the journeys of those who have dedicated their lives to helping others who’ve been impacted by trauma. It’s about cultivating authenticity, presence, and compassion. Nancy Morgan is one of those individuals who I believe epitomizes what this podcast is about, and she is back as my guest this week, and I couldn’t be more excited! This episode is sponsored by PESI. When you need innovative and cutting edge treatment strategies and techniques to meet the changing demands of your clinical work, PESI connects you with today’s leading experts through their state of the art continuing education. Download these effective and practical, printable FREE tools (http://bit.ly/2UtyDmt) for use with your clients today! This episode is also sponsored by CPTSDFoundation.org CPTSD Foundation has been successfully equipping complex trauma survivors and practitioners with compassionate support, skills, and trauma-informed education since 2014. Check out CPTSD Foundation right here: https://cptsdfoundation.org/ (https://cptsdfoundation.org/?fbclid=IwAR2hqotKo6hy7r3YVPx5UtpaCI59-onhFSXyp4KKo1ZYTf1Dci7HAnsOsYo) Nancy Morgan specializes both in working with adults with severe mental health challenges whose traumatic histories influence and inform their thoughts and behaviors and in providing Trauma-Focused training and supervision to future therapists. Her primary work has been in Partial Hospitalization Program settings, Secure Residential Treatment Facilities, and Intensive Outpatient Programs, where she’s served as a clinician, manager, or most often as program clinical supervisor. Currently, Dr. Morgan works as the Director of Behavioral Health at LifeMoves, Northern California’s largest agency dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness where she has developed a Trauma-Focused Mindfulness-Based training curriculum whereby she provides didactics, supervises, and mentors graduate psychology students.
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Episode 350: The Difference Between Dysfunction and Trauma. Nate Postlethwait Mar 25, 2019

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Nate Postlethwait (Postal-weight) recently left a successful 13-year career in real estate to begin sharing his story of overcoming complex trauma. Nate is 41 years old and has been in therapy for 23 years fighting to make sense of much of what he was experiencing in his mind and body. Nate, and the fact that he’s now sharing his story, and the way that he’s sharing his story, is what this podcast is all about. It’s called courage. First off, a huge thank-you to my sponsors: This episode is sponsored by: PESI (https://bit.ly/2CluAOr) Clinicians have advanced their practice and improved client outcomes with education from PESI’s live and online CE seminars for over 40 years. Join their elite community of professionals, influencers and inspirers today and save $35 on your first online CE training with promo code 35PESI: http://bit.ly/2CluAOr (https://bit.ly/2CluAOr?fbclid=IwAR1ZWSfFS469whhwoXPAVyXkFGgPylqn2-FphyVdKagnj8nI7Jc1cUi5O5o) This episode is also sponsored by CPTSD Foundation (https://www.facebook.com/CPTSDfoundation/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARB3qUW8Li_8liMsPHsttuHH3pizX3ao-qq21iIw2VfuBWfIXEZ0OQw0WXStiD-Pr31F9_HlCDI-DuH-&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDNZbeRDmhcgywZA6RQhYEVtKDr_Plf8PWW6sGMRy54PdBL0j440XiM9by3y9Qfc85LRRYdifaa6okA5U9FrGrMQBPW9zGs8vQSdg3OJ38koGsGFJbCuUkTgZ6kU3bH3OBDiSobn9OPX7rKVtWwVlE5bvY--hf_-PFB3291GTomeJ7mLAZpDi7_iU6wmjiRfnIBL2c63IvN8oxxMYKNw_sk6k3MXuKpG0JjwA-zAL43pdRBhWYEafgG0sum2Q9bnaPvgQ42rIrJ8eD6XXPyhpClGAVjPqYSqbphd_xM_QQpCPjoYhNHihgPws3jF5L0cfLWXEO79SVxpyD3aI4_0rgfbA), who has been successfully equipping complex trauma survivors and practitioners with compassionate support, skills, and trauma-informed education since 2014. Thank you!! Nate Postlethwait’s greatest desire is for others to know and understand the difference between dysfunction and trauma, and where to go to get the appropriate help. He hopes to be a pioneer in the way people perceive male sexual abuse and the process for male victims. He is currently traveling the world for a year while building this platform, and personally putting all the disciplines in place to make self care a top priority. His blog and podcast launched just 2 months ago, and already, have gathered thousands of followers.
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Episode 349: Cultivating Compassion, Vulnerability & You. Guy Macpherson, Phd Mar 22, 2019

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Today, a reflection in the wake of the live, online 10-day program I did last week, The Heart-Centered Therapist. Note: I will be doing it again next month, in April. If you're interested in learning more about that, you can do so here: http://theheartcenteredtherapist.com When I created this podcast my initial inspiration was to bring seasoned therapists on to talk about how to treat trauma. What I discovered, however--and what my guests shared--was that and then so much more. It's not about what you know. It's about who you are. I think, if I had to put it in a nutshell, that's what it would be. The process of discovering, of exploring, of honoring, and owning, who we--who you!--are, and then learning to be that, authentically, compassionately and vulnerability, within the context of helping those who've been impacted by trauma, is the foundation (and some would say, the gold!!), of this work. This is what The Heart-Centered Therapist program is about. And like many things, it is simple, but not always easy. This episode is sponsored by my online, 5-day program coming in April, The Heart-Centered Therapist. Click here to learn more: http://theheartcenteredtherapist.com
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Episode 348: Ordinary to Extraordinary. Esther Goldstein, LCSW Mar 18, 2019

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Esther Goldstein LCSW is psychotherapist and trauma specialist with a private practice in Cedarhurst, in Long Island NY. Esther specializes in treating anxiety, trauma, complex ptsd and dissociative disorders. Esther provides trauma informed consultation to therapists committed to improving their trauma-informed practice and attachment focused EMDR consultation to therapist attaining hours towards EMDRIA certification. Esther's website is Integrativepsych.co (http://www.integrativepsych.co/)
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Episode 347: The Power of the Beginner's Mind. Guy Macpherson Mar 15, 2019

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Guy Macpherson, PhD, is a husband, a father of two, and holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. He has spent the last several years studying the impact and treatment of trauma, and early psychosis. In 2014, Guy founded The Trauma Therapist Project with the goals of raising the awareness of trauma and creating an educational and supportive community for new trauma workers. The Trauma Therapist Project has now grown to include The Trauma Therapist | Podcast, now being listened to in more than 160 countries around the world, as well as Trauma Therapist | 2.0, an online membership community specifically dedicated to educating and inspiring trauma workers just starting out on their trauma-informed journey. Guy’s focus currently is on creating a vibrant, global community to support, educate and inspire new trauma workers, as well as to upend the present way that trauma is taught at the graduate level.
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