Fleet Maull, PhD, an author, meditation teacher, and social entrepreneur, developed Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness (NSM), a deeply embodied, neuroscience and trauma-informed approach to meditation offering an accelerated path to healing & awakening. He is both a Zen roshi and a senior teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He founded Heart Mind Institute, #578 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list, a transformational education platform for self-actualization and life mastery training courses and...

Alisa is a storyteller, writer, facilitator and childhood sexual abuse survivor. Her work focuses on offering emotional support to other young survivors healing from sexual trauma. Alisa is a MothStorySLAM Competition champ and has been in publications such as Allure, Teen Vogue, BUST, TIME, The Guardian, Bustle, Thought Catalog, Oprah Winfrey Network, Hello Giggles, Brit+Co, and the Voices for Change 2.0 podcast. While based in DC, she travels around the country giving talks and...

In this episode Guy shares how conducting 850+ interviews has enlightened him, challenged him, and made him realize that healing isn’t the straight line he was hoping it would be. -- 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:...

Sebern Fisher has integrated Neurofeedback and psychotherapy in her treatment of developmental trauma in adults and adolescents for the past 17 years. Prior to adopting Neurofeedback, Sebern was the clinical director of a residential treatment program for severely disturbed adolescents for fifteen years. While there she introduced the understanding of the impact of attachment rupture and was the first to implement DBT in a residential setting. In April, she published Neurofeedback in the...

Pernille is the founder of Mind Blossom which strives to prevent and combat mental illness through education and fostering community support. Mind Blossom envisions a world where mental health education is integrated into all community centers, schools, and companies with the aim to prevent and reduce mental illness. Mind Blossom integrates humanity with science by using mental health education, an evidence-based method, to empower people’s understanding of their own and others’ physical and...

Ghislaine Boulanger is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and a member of the Relational faculty at New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Since the publication of her book Wounded by Reality: Understanding and Treating Adult Onset Trauma (The Analytic Press, 2007), she has taught and published extensively on the psychodynamic dilemmas facing adults who have survived violent and life threatening events. --- If...

Laura is a holistically and somatically oriented trauma-focused psychotherapist, as well as a Board Approved & Registered Clinical Social Work Supervisor in Maryland. She is a speaker, trauma trainer and owner of the Baltimore Annapolis Center for Integrative Healing, where she and her associates offer integrative trauma and attachment-focused psychotherapy to teens and adults.  In 2021, Laura founded the Trauma Therapist Network, a website resource designed to help people learn about...

Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of Somatic Experiencing® International. Dr. Levine holds doctorate degrees in Medical Biophysics and in Psychology, and during his thirty five-year study of stress and trauma, has contributed to a variety of scientific and popular publications. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Levine has received Lifetime Achievement awards from Psychotherapy Networker, the US Association for Body-Oriented...

Dr. Eric Maisel is the author of more than 50 books. His interests include creativity, the creative life, and the profession of "creativity coaching," which he founded; issues of life purpose and meaning; mental health and critical psychology (also known as critical psychiatry and anti-psychiatry); and parenting in a “mental disorder” age. Dr. Maisel’s most recent book is "Redesign Your Mind. The Breakthrough Program for Real Cognitive Change" (Mango, 2021). Dr. Maisel writes the “Rethinking...

Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of Somatic Experiencing® International. Dr. Levine holds doctorate degrees in Medical Biophysics and in Psychology, and during his thirty five-year study of stress and trauma, has contributed to a variety of scientific and popular publications. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Levine has received Lifetime Achievement awards from Psychotherapy Networker, the US Association for Body-Oriented...

Amy Stark is a former science teacher, now certified Energy Practitioner who bridges the divide between science and spirit. She channels her extraordinary abilities to demonstrate the unseen, and shares the wisdom and knowledge she’s cultivated over the past two decades helping people to heal their mind, body, and spirit. As the host of The Stark Transformation Show, she has shared her message of hope, healing and transformation with a global audience, catalyzing transformations...

Fran S. Waters is a licensed clinical social worker and marriage and family therapist in private practice in Marquette, MI. She provides services to individuals, couples, and families with a variety of challenges. Ms. Waters is an internationally recognized trainer and consultant in the field of childhood trauma, abuse, and dissociation. As an invited presenter, she has conducted extensive training programs on a variety of related topics both nationally and internationally ranging from a day...

Dr. Kristin Arden is Lead Clinician at Mindbloom (a ketamine therapy service) and is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years experience working in mental health. Her work has been instrumental in the development of Mindbloom’s treatment methodologies. In addition to work at Mindbloom, Arden was a guest lecturer at NYU on topics such as psychedelic therapy and substance use disorders, and practices addiction medicine, from a harm reduction mindset, with individuals...

Dr. Grand is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a PhD from International University, a writer, lecturer, performance coach and humanitarian famous for the discovery and development of the internationally acclaimed Brainspotting (https://brainspotting.pro/) method which brings about life-changing breakthroughs at "Warp Speed". Dr. Grand is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in the arenas of healing trauma and enhancing performance and creativity....

Rob Morris is the co-founder and CEO of Koko, whose mission is to combat the youth mental health crisis by meeting young people where they’re at—online. Rob's journey with Koko began during his graduate studies at MIT, a period marked by personal struggles with mental health. It was out of this challenging experience that the seeds of Koko were planted. Hailing from the heart of Silicon Valley, Rob's early interests diverged from technology towards a fascination with humanity. This led Rob...

What does it take to become a master trauma therapist? Join us as Linda Curran shares her wealth of experience and the lessons learned on her inspiring journey as one of the world’s leading trauma clinicians.   Linda Curran is a trauma specialist, veteran clinician, sought after national trainer, best-selling author on trauma and a film producer. Linda has trained thousands of mental health clinicians on trauma treatment across the country.   --- If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist...

Sara Miley is an experienced crisis advocate and an IFS-informed trauma recovery coach. Through her own learned and lived experiences, she is passionate about helping survivors find the roots of their suffering. Sara’s focus is on survivors of developmental/childhood trauma, attachment wounds, emotional abuse and neglect, and cPTSD - those who struggle with the emotional and relational aftereffects of dysfunctional formative years. She is the owner and coach of Full Circle Wellspring LLC,...

Courage. Vulnerability. Daring. Fear. Self-Acceptance. Self-Trust. I need work on all of those. All of those things, words, elements, characteristics within that image up there, I could stand to improve upon. As we all know life isn't this fixed destination, but rather an ever-shifting journey. My name is Guy Macpherson, PhD. I’m host of The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Over the course of the last several years I’ve interviewed hundreds of incredible guests and now coming up on 1000...

Lisa is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, depathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for 34 years. She presents workshops and keynote addresses nationally and internationally, and is a clinical consultant to practitioners and mental health agencies in the United States, Canada, and UK and Ireland. Lisa has been an Adjunct Faculty member at University of Maryland School of Social Work, University of Baltimore at Maryland, University of Maryland Department of...

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, and the Healing Sexual Trauma Guided Journal (Oct. 2024 release). She's also the facilitator of the PESI Sexual Trauma Clinical Training, and the upcoming Sexual Trauma Healing Journey. Her approach is trauma-informed, rooted in somatic principles, and draws on neuroscience as well as...

Michael Ashford is the Director of Marketing at The Receptionist in Denver, Colo., and has spent the past decade building and leading marketing teams at companies large and small. Prior to his career in marketing, Michael was an award-winning journalist after graduating from Kansas State University. Michael’s approach to marketing focuses on scaling companies through the power of effective communication, storytelling, and humanizing brands. In This Episode Michael Ashford's...

Karen is a licensed therapist (LCSW) in the state of Oregon & California with an office based in Portland. She currently provides both telehealth and in-person sessions, specializing in trauma therapy for women. Through her background as a psychotherapist she has developed unique insights to lead Creative Empaths out of chaos and into harmony. Karen understands the lived experience of suffering and emotional pain due to the effects of childhood wounds and being caught in a...

Keith Kurlander, MA, LPC, is the Co-Founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, the industry leader in psychedelic-assisted therapy training.  Keith is also a psychotherapist and coach, Co-Founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Centers, Co-Host of the Higher Practice Podcast, and previously founded and ran the Higher Practice business that helped therapists grow their practices. In This Episode Keith Kurlander's Website--- If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the...

Shari Botwin, LCSW, has been counseling survivors in recovery from all types of traumas in her Cherry Hill, New Jersey private practice for over twenty-eight years.  Her second book, “Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing, Rowman & Littlefield,” (Rowman & Littlefield, November 8, 2019) deals with overcoming trauma including physical and sexual abuse, war-related injury, loss due to tragedy or illness and natural disaster. Shari’s third book, Stolen Childhoods, is due...

Holly and Dylan Crumpler are a mother-son team of enthusiastic advocates working to reduce the stigma associated with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Given that D.I.D. has historically been depicted in a very inaccurate, sensationalized, and negative way in film and television, Dylan envisioned and created his senior thesis film, Petals of a Rose, at Chapman University to realistically depict a day in the life of a woman with D.I.D. He co-wrote the screenplay with his mother, Holly, who was...