The Trauma Therapist

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Looking For The Human with Will Dobud, PhD May 18, 2026

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Will Dobud, PhD, MSW, is a social work clinician, researcher, and senior lecturer whose work focuses on outdoor and experiential therapies for youth and improving therapeutic outcomes for adolescents and families.
He founded the non-profit True North Expeditions in Adelaide, Australia, and has received recognition including the 2015 Australian Postgraduate Award and 2021 Distinguished Researcher of the Year from the Association for Experiential Education.
Will is co-author of Kids These Days: Understanding and Supporting Youth Mental Health (2025) and books on outdoor therapy practice, and he advocates for healthier, more effective mental health supports for young people.
Will Dobud – Kids These Days
Kids These Days – The Research

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Using Psychometric Measures to Help Your Clients with Hilah Kate Kaufman, PhD May 18, 2026

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Hilah Kate Kaufman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at George Mason University whose work centers on trauma, resilience, and adaptation across the lifespan. She integrates developmental and clinical science to better understand how individuals respond to adversity and how trauma-informed approaches can support healing.
In addition to her academic role, Dr. Kaufman is involved with NovoPsych (our sponsor for this episode), a platform focused on improving mental health care through evidence-based assessment and measurement tools for clinicians. Her work reflects a strong commitment to bridging research and practice to enhance outcomes in real-world settings.

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There Is A Way with Ashleigh Di Lello May 15, 2026

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Ashleigh Di Lello is a brain coach, keynote speaker, and creator of Bio Emotional Healing®, a neuroscience-based method that helps people rewire their nervous systems to break free from emotional trauma, limiting beliefs, anxiety, chronic pain, and unhealthy patterns.
Drawn from her own 20-year journey overcoming life-threatening illness, chronic pain, and emotional trauma — and later becoming an elite athlete and performer — Ashleigh guides clients to transform entrenched brain-body reactions and create lasting change.
Her work centers on helping people shift from survival mode into genuine self-connection, confidence, and emotional freedom through structured, practical processes.
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Bio Emotional Healing®
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Guest Host Series Esther Goldstein Interviews Veronica Lowenbok May 14, 2026

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Working With The Anger Behind Addiction with Scott Kiloby May 13, 2026

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Scott Kiloby is an international speaker, non-duality teacher, entrepreneur, and author of seven books that make authentic spiritual awakening accessible and grounded.
He co-founded the Kiloby Center for Recovery and the Natural Rest House, among the first U.S. treatment centers to place mindfulness and nondual awareness at the core of trauma and addiction recovery.
Scott is also the co-founder of Kiloby Inquiries (with Dan McLintock), including the KI Emotional Repression Inquiry (KIERI), a structured process for working directly with emotional repression, unmet needs, and frozen fear. His work sits at the intersection of awakening and healing, offering practical tools for recovery, emotional integration, and lasting freedom.
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Whatsapp: 812-204-4324
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Getting High Acuity Mental Health Care Right with Dr. Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW May 11, 2026

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Dr. Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW, is a leader in high acuity mental healthcare and the Chief Clinical Officer and Co-Founder of Charlie Health.
Dr. Fenkel oversees all aspects of Charlie Health’s clinical programming, including the delivery of evidence-based care by teams of expert therapists. She’s also the head of Charlie Health’s industry-leading Research and Clinical Outcomes team, which regularly publishes peer-reviewed research and insights related to treating high acuity individuals.
Dr. Fenkel has over 15 years of experience working with people across all levels of therapeutic care, ranging from residential to outpatient treatment. As the former Executive Director of the Center for Families, Dr. Fenkel designed, implemented, and staffed comprehensive clinical programming for high acuity intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs.
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Nobody Gets To Beat Themselves Up with Shawn Mahshie May 08, 2026

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Shawn Mahshie, M.A., is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and self-love coach based near Washington, D.C. She specializes in helping purpose-driven women overcome burnout and self-abandonment through her signature "Living in Symmetry" approach.
This system integrates her "Wheel of Self-Forgiveness" with her expertise as a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie to transform anxiety into empowered action. Her methodology is deeply informed by her own lived experience of overcoming chronic illness and personal upheaval by learning to stand in her own corner.
Through her retreats and coaching, she guides clients to build the internal safety and self-solidarity needed to live with lasting peace and confidence.

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Moving The Darkness Out of The Way with Alexandra R. Johnson, MD May 06, 2026

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Dr. Alexandra R. Johnson, MD, is an integrative family medicine physician who blends Western and functional medicine with Breema® bodywork, lifestyle counseling, and mind–body approaches to support whole-person health. Trained in Family Medicine at the University of Colorado with a fellowship in obstetrics, she has served on faculty in the U.S. and abroad and has developed physician wellness curricula.
With more than 20 years of study and teaching Breema bodywork, Dr. Johnson focuses on uncovering root causes of stress and illness and helping patients reconnect with their bodies to foster resilience, insight, and lasting well-being. She has also been featured in Why Not Home?, a film highlighting physiologic birth practices.
Her practice integrates personalized care that addresses physical, emotional, and lifestyle factors to help clients build balance, energy, and vitality.
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Rebuilding Our Lives with Jackie Young May 04, 2026

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Jackie Young is the founder of Open Minds Hypnosis and creator of the Life Architect coaching program, an integrative approach that blends hypnotherapy, counselling, and mentorship to help people recalibrate their lives and reconnect with purpose and joy.
Through one-on-one coaching and personalized exercises, she guides clients to identify what brings them fulfillment, release what holds them back, and build a blueprint for a life aligned with their deepest values. Open Minds Hypnosis has been recognized for its holistic healing focus, using mind-body-spirit coherence to support change and resilience.
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Living In A World Without Sunlight with Doug Smith, MSSW May 01, 2026

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Doug Smith, MSSW, is the managing partner of D-Degree, a leadership development and coaching practice focused on trauma-informed leadership and personal transformation.
A certified trauma-informed coach and author of The Path of Rocks and Thorns: Leadership Lessons from a Prison Cell, Doug draws on his lived experience with mental illness, substance use recovery, and incarceration to help individuals and organizations lead with accountability, self-awareness, and integrity.
His work blends solution-focused coaching with trauma-informed principles to support leaders in creating cultures that acknowledge the whole person and cultivate resilience, purpose, and meaningful impact.
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https://www.d-degree.com/
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