The Trauma Therapist | Podcast With Guy Macpherson, Phd | Inspiring Interviews With Thought-leaders In The Field Of Trauma.

Nate Peereboom is the CEO of JotPsych. JotPsych is a best-in-class AI-scribe for behavioral health clinicians. The software reduces documentation time by ~90% for psychiatrists, PMHNPs, psychologists, counselors, and therapists. Since its commercial launch 16 months ago, JotPsych has scribed for over 700,000 patient encounters across the US, Canada, EU, Australia, and New Zealand.In This EpisodeJotPsych.com---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Tracy Morgan is a breath of fresh air. Tracy is an occupational therapist with 15 years experience, practicing for the last 10 in early intervention in psychosis in the UK Midlands. In this interview you can hear the passion Tracy has for her work and the clients she helps who are experiencing early symptoms of psychosis. Tracy has experienced fairly significant trauma herself  and now she works with young people experiencing first episode psychosis.In This EpisodeTracy’s Facebook GroupUnshame: healing trauma-based shame through psychotherapy, by Carolyn SpringRecovery is my best revenge, by Carolyn Spring---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Pam Buchanan founded Quantum Sense in May of 2023 with the goal of pioneering Soul Health innovations. She has 40 years of self-optimization experience along with a career that includes introducing mutual funds to banking and serving 15 years as Managing Director at Nasdaq. Pam has elevated her own energy to excel in the new paradigm, leading with positivity, and letting go of the shame associated with the old ways of thinking. By recognizing that Soul Health encompasses more than just mental and physical well-being, she has created an approach that is set to transform the way we understand and achieve overall health. In This Episodethequantumsense.com---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Kerry Heckman is a freelance writer and clinical social worker in private practice in Seattle. After ten years as a high school social worker in the Chicago area, she followed her intuition to the Pacific Northwest in 2018. There she was introduced to a therapeutic modality called Somatic Transformation created by Dr. Sharon Stanley.This life-changing lens through which to understand trauma and the nervous system taught Kerry how to manage her own complex health issues, as well as, help clients who have experienced trauma. Kerry is now inspired to bring this information to as many people as possible to work towards a more embodied world.In This EpisodeKerry's websiteKerry’s writingContact KerryKerry on Facebook---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.sp

Sarah Peyton is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication. She teaches people how language changes relationship and the brain. She works with audiences internationally to create a compassionate understanding of the effects of relational trauma on the brain, and writes about and teaches people how words change and heal us.Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is a poet. She has 13 collections of poetry, and her work has appeared in O Magazine, A Prairie Home Companion, PBS News Hour, American Life in Poetry, on fences, in back alleys, on Carnegie Hall Stage and on hundreds of river rocks she leaves around her town of Placerville, Colorado. Her most recent collection, Hush, won the Halcyon prize. Devoted to helping others explore creative practice, Rosemerry is also co-host of Emerging Form, a podcast on creative process; co-founder of Secret Agents of Change (a surreptitious kindness cabal); and co-leader of Soul Writers Circle.In This Episode:Sarah’s WebsiteYour Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to En

Stefanie Klein is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) Master Therapist. She is the Assistant Training Director and Faculty for the Complex Trauma Training Center, and is very passionate about the need for helping professionals to be trauma informed and for mental health providers to be trained in effective approaches for working with Complex Trauma. Stefanie has found NARM to be a game changing approach to working with Developmental and Complex Trauma and has devoted the last decade of her career to mentoring and training psychotherapists in the model. That journey has led to her leadership role in the new Complex Trauma Training Center, a professional home for psychotherapists working with Complex Trauma to receive training and mentorship while building community. In This EpisodeComplex Trauma Training Center---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5,

Silvia M. Dutchevici, MA, LCSW is the Critical Therapy Institute (CTI) founder and president.With more than 20 years of experience in social services and a passion for psychotherapy, Dutchevici (pronounced “doot-KAY-vitch”) created CTI when she perceived the need to expand psychoanalytic praxis to reflect how race, class, gender, and religion intersect with psychological conflicts. Silvia has an intensive background in psychoanalytic theory and trauma, with a particular focus on torture.However, after seeing that traditional psychoanalysis was not able to adequately transform and heal her patients, she embarked on an extended period of research and training. Drawing on liberation psychology and critical pedagogy scholarship and combining them with her real-life experience as a practicing psychotherapist, she founded CTI in 2012; it focuses on teaching, research, and the application of critical therapy in advisory, consulting, and educational services.Unlike traditional therapists, critical therapists work fro

Ali Capurro is a licensed professional counselor in Boise, Idaho and has a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. She discovered Somatic Experiencing and fell in love immediately as it provided her with a structure to befriend her own nervous system.Ali is also the host of the Sneaky Powerful Podcast which is dedicated to Somatic Experiencing©, or SE™. She created it as an offering to anyone interested in the ways stress and trauma impact us, specifically through the Somatic Experiencing lens. On the podcast she has interviewed various SE Practitioners, including SEI faculty, who have all graciously shared parts of their work with SE, as well as personal stories.In This EpisodeSneaky Powerful PodcastIG: @sneakypowerfulAli on SEI---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of t

Annie is a Somatic Author, educator, and therapist. She has over 35 years of professional experience helping infants through adults resolve trauma. She teaches courses online, the difference between shock and trauma, and she’s launching a 10-week Healing Complex Trauma course April 7th. Annie has worked at Children’s Hospital in the child trauma centers, in public schools with gang youth, with sexually abused foster children, and has seen families and adults in private practice since 1978. I was director of Somatic Psychology for Naropa University Somatic Masters Program, and also run my own clinic, Colorado Therapies, since 2006. In This EpisodeWebsiteBooks by AnnieFB: @thebrookinstituteIG: @AnnieBrookTherapy---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spr

Dafna is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners who work with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP). Dafna’s expertise is drawn from 25 years of working with families with attachment in many settings: at-risk after school programs, therapeutic foster care, in-home crisis stabilization, residential care and private practice.Karen Doyle Buckwalter has worked in many roles in child-serving agencies including outpatient therapy settings, foster care, adoption, residential treatment, and program development in all of these areas. She has co-authored two books, written for magazines, and contributed to scholarly journals. She pioneered the Attachment Theory in Action podcast which has had over 1 million downloads.In This EpisodeDafna’s websiteKaren's websiteKaren's upcoming workshops---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donat

For the past 17 years, Mallorie Buoy has studied psychology, education (specialized Waldorf education), yoga, mysticism + philosophy and movement education amongst other subjects. She has spent more than 1000 hours studying in the Himalayas, and many more in study of the Quantum and the direct application of this knowledge within her daily life.Yet it took a journey of single + adoptive parenting alongside much experience of and with trauma that catalyzed her deep desire to put all facets of her knowledge and experience together to offer detailed and INFORMED healing practices. No more roadblocks because of misguided advice and gas-lighty spiritualisms! In This EpisodeMallorie's websiteIG: @homebody.healing---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreak

Anjuli Sherin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma recovery, resilience-building and cultivating joy. Since 2003 her practice has been working primarily with Immigrant, South Asian, Middle Eastern, Muslim & LGBTQI populations. In addition to over 30000 hours of individual and group work, she is the creator of three programs: five-day, 12-week and 10-month-long Cultivating Resilience, including a five-day residential retreat in Hawaii on Embodying Joy.​Anjuli has been widely recognized for her unique achievements in the mental health field. In 2007 she received the Emerging Leader Award from the E-women network, a nationwide business community, where she shared her award-winning essay in front of a live audience of 2500 and to thousands more online. Anjuli has also been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, as a finalist of the O Magazine/White House Leadership Project.In This EpisodeAnjuli's websiteJoyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Ine

Erika Shershun, MA, LMFT, is a somatic psychotherapist who specializes in helping sexual trauma survivors reclaim the life they were meant to live.She’s the author of the Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook, the Healing Sexual Trauma Guided Journal (March 2025 release), and teaches the PESI Sexual Trauma Clinical Training. Her approach is trauma-informed, rooted in somatic principles, drawing on neuroscience and integrative modalities like EMDR, energy psychology, parts work, and mindfulness.Erika values diversity, offers individual online therapy sessions in California, and provides coaching to clients outside of the state.In This EpisodeErika’s websiteErika's practice@erikashershun---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-the

Jamie Marich, PhD (she/they) speaks internationally on EMDR therapy, trauma, addiction, dissociation, expressive arts, yoga, and mindfulness, and runs a private practice and online training network in her home base of Akron, OH. Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a particular focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. She has been a consultant to educational, mental health, business, media, and legal professionals, as well as having worked with current members, former members, and families of members of controversial groups.In This EpisodeDr. Jamie’s websiteThe Institute for Creative MindfulnessDr. Lalich's websiteThe Lalich Center on Cults and CoercionDr. Lalich's course at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or

Katie K. May, LPC, is the owner and executive director of Creative Healing. She is a national speaker and trainer specializing in therapy for teens experiencing depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts. As one of only eleven Linehan board-certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) clinicians in Pennsylvania, Katie’s an expert in this gold-standard treatment for life-threatening behaviors. She is committed to helping teens feel accepted for who they are while teaching them skills to build a life they love. In This EpisodeKatie’s website Katie’s book: You’re On Fire It’s Fineyoureonfireitsfine.comFacebookIG: @creative_healingIG: @katiemayLinkedInTikTok---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support

Gunny Sodhi’s family roots in Ayurvedic medicine stretch across generations, but he didn’t personally understand the power of Ayurveda until tragedy struck. The sudden death of his 16-year-old brother completely changed the course of his life, setting him on an unexpected path of self-discovery.Following his brother’s passing, Gunny was consumed by debilitating panic attacks and bouts of deep depression. Diagnosed with PTSD and desperate for relief, he found no comfort in traditional Western therapy. He was lost.It was at that point that Gunny would rediscover his roots. On the advice of his family, he began supplementing his diet with Ashwagandha and other time-tested Ayurvedic remedies. Meditation and yoga became daily practices. Within six weeks, his anxiety faded and his depression lifted.Gunny had experienced the healing potential of Mother Nature first-hand and, in doing so, found a new purpose. Out of a desire to help change people’s lives the way his life had been changed, YouVeda was born.Its mission

Dr. Leslie Ellis is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2019) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book.Dr. Ailey Jolie holds a Master of Counselling Psychology and a Master of Arts in Depth Psychology with an Emphasis in Somatic Studies, and is a graduate of Harvard Medical School’s Global Mental Health: Trauma Recovery Masters certificate program. Ailey also possesses two Honours Bachelor Degrees in Women’s Studies, Communication and Psychology from the University of Ottawa (Université d’Ottawa). She has completed postgraduate training in Sex Therapy from Guelph University, a certificate in Sex Therapy from the Modern Sex Therapy Institute (online), Perinatal Psychology from Postpartum Support International and training in the Clinical Science of Eating Disorders from the Universit

Heidi Crockett is a licensed psychotherapist, interpersonal neurobiology professor, and clinical supervisor specializing in trauma and the relational nature of the brain. She has certifications in Somatic Experiencing for trauma treatment and from the American Association of Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), for sexual health expertise.In This EpisodeHeidi’s websiteHeidi on FacebookHeidi on InstagramHeidi on YoutubeHeidi on VimeoHeidi on LinkedIn---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Samantha is the Behavioral Health Account Executive at The Receptionist, helping their Behavioral Health customers specifically. She lives in St. Pete, Florida, with her husband, their black lab Rosa, and a baby due in February!In This Episodesam@thereceptionist.comSuccess in Session---If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Jeanna Gomez is the owner of Gomez Counseling and Consulting Services (GCCS), and Trauma Healing and Recovery Center.  She comes with 22+ years of clinical and trauma recovery experience. Jeanna is a Complex Trauma specialist and Relational therapist who utilizes Somatic Experiencing including SE Touch work, Integral Somatic Psychology, Brain Spotting, EMDR, and Post Induction Therapy Model (PIT) in her work with clients. Jeanna spearheaded bringing the Somatic Experiencing Professional Trainings to Houston in 2017.  In her journey with Somatic Experiencing, she became the first Latina SE Practitioner in Houston, was the Lead Training Assistant for the Houston & St Louis trainings and now she is the first Latina Faculty member for Somatic Experiencing International (SEI) in North America. She is the faculty trainer for Houston, Austin & San Antonio Texas, Santa Fe, NM, Atlanta, GA trainings and looks forward to establishing more in the U.S and abroad.In This EpisodeJeanna’s website---If you’d like to