Just Healing
Just Healing' is a groundbreaking podcast fostering candid conversations that destigmatize trauma's intersectionality and celebrate unique healing paths. Join us on a transformative journey diving into meaningful discussions, personal stories, and multifaceted healing methods. Through shared experiences and resilience, 'Just Healing' offers inspiration, empathy, and diverse insights. Our guests bring cultural, societal, and personal perspectives to light, highlighting various approaches to healing. Tune in for narratives that dismantle stigma, encourage self-care, and foster understanding.
Episodes
In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra speaks with Michael Levittan, a licensed therapist, expert witness, and longtime advocate, about how definitions of masculinity shape relationships, fuel cycles of domestic violence, and create barriers to emotional connection.
Michael shares his decades of experience working with survivors and perpetrators, unpacking how cultural expectations, toxic masculinity, and coercive control impact...
In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra talks with Maren Casada, a victim advocate and returning SCRIPT Conference presenter, about the concept of active healing—a survivor-centered approach that emphasizes taking ownership of your healing journey without the pressure to forgive.
Maren shares her personal experiences with trauma, the challenges of navigating family dynamics, and why survivors don’t owe forgiveness to their abuser...
In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra talks with Dr. Josh Wyner—founder of Willow Family Health and program chair of Marriage & Family Therapy at the Chicago School—about what ADHD really is (and isn’t).
Instead of just being about attention or hyperactivity, Dr. Josh reframes ADHD as a difference in emotional tagging: how our brains assign value to choices and stimuli. Together, they explore how ADHD overlaps with trauma a...
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault, sexual trauma, and BDSM. Listener discretion is advised.
On this week's episode, Dr. Debra sits down with renowned trauma specialist Andrew Pari, a licensed clinical social worker dedicated to helping survivors of sexual trauma.
This episode explores some of the most misunderstood aspects of trauma recovery...
Curative Kink: Andrew introduces his pio...
In this episode of Just Healing, we sit down with Monica Vega, Program Manager at InsideOUT Writers, to explore the power of community, creative writing, and diversion programs in supporting system-impacted youth.
Monica shares her work managing youth diversion programs in Los Angeles—providing alternatives to incarceration that focus on accountability, growth, and rehabilitation rather than punishment. From open mic nights and life...
In this episode of Just Healing, we explore the groundbreaking release of HOME – Healing Outreach to Men Everywhere—an interactive, trauma-informed resource created for incarcerated male survivors of sexual harm. Clinical psychologist and longtime MenHealing facilitator Sandi Forti joins us to unpack the years-long journey behind this revolutionary book, why it matters, and how it’s already making waves in over 1,100 prisons across...
In this powerful episode of Just Healing, host Dr. Debra is joined by Dr. Shayla Chapman—licensed psychotherapist and trauma specialist—for a deep dive into EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
Together, they unpack:
What EMDR is (and what it isn’t)
How it helps with trauma, grief, anxiety, and more
The 8-phase healing process behind the science
Why you don’t have to talk about your trauma to heal from it
The importa...
In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra welcomes media psychologist Dr. Corey Emanuel for a raw and insightful conversation on how constant media exposure impacts our mental health. From doomscrolling and negativity bias to empathy fatigue and algorithm-driven anxiety, we explore how social platforms shape our trauma—and how to take your power back.
💬 Topics include:
• How the news and social media fuel stress and comparison
• Wha...
Juan Calix, writer and star of the upcoming film "What You Deserve," joins producer Evan Enslow in a moving conversation about transforming lived trauma into powerful art. Together, they open up about the complex intersections of male survivorship, sobriety, HIV stigma, and LGBTQ identity, offering an unfiltered look into the making of a film rooted in healing.
Highlights:
- The emotional toll and triumph of creating fro...
What happens when justice meets trauma—and who gets to decide redemption? In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra is joined by civil litigation attorney Jack Einwechter to explore the shocking resentencing of the Menendez brothers and why they’re suddenly eligible for parole after 35 years behind bars.
Together, they unpack:
- How resentencing works in California
- The impact of trauma and abuse on sentencing
- The legal process ...
What does it mean to heal in a world that feels increasingly unsafe? In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra reconnects with longtime colleague and clinical psychologist Dr. Christopher Deulen to talk trauma, identity, immigration, and hope.
Drawing from decades of work with immigrants, Spanish-speaking clients, and marginalized communities, Dr. Deulen shares deeply personal stories and practical insights on how to connect across...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – Therapy That Works: Debunking Myths for Male Survivors of Sexual Trauma
In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Matt Love, a licensed psychologist with a unique expertise in trauma, male sexual abuse survivors, and sports psychology, joins host Dr. Debra for an insightful conversation on healing and understanding the complexities of trauma.
Dr. Love discusses the often-overlooked experiences of m...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – BONDED: Bellamy Young on Healing, Humanity, and the Power of ArtCurious about what this BONDED play is all about? Come watch Bellamy THIS Sunday. Get you ticket to the livestream here: https://givebutter.com/couragetocreateYou know her as #MellieGrant from ABC’s #Scandal —now meet #Bellamy Young like you’ve never seen her before. Bellamy joins Dr. Debra for a heartfelt, funny, and deeply real conver...
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In Episode 07 of Just Healing, we spotlight four powerful voices—Joshua Knight, Michael Crowley, Bradley Gubler, and Michael Guinn—who share how creative expression became essential to their healing journeys as male survivors of sexual trauma. Hosted by Michael Munson, this intimate conversation dives deep into themes of resilience, ide...
Join MenHealing, actress Bellamy Young, playwright Tyler Martin and more for an evening of art, hope, and healing.
Get your virtual ticket to Courage to Create now: https://givebutter.com/couragetocreateIn this episode of the Just Healing podcast, host Michael Munson is joined by Jim Struve, Executive Director of MenHealing, and Tyler Martin, an actor, writer, director, and the playwright of 'BONDED.' The discussion delves ...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – Cultural Identity: More Than a Label
In this episode of Just Healing, Dr. Debra sits down with Dr. Jorge Wong, a clinical psychologist with a fascinating multicultural background—he’s a Chinese, but born in Cuba, and then immigrated to the United States! 🌏✨
Dr. Wong opens up about his unique journey of balancing multiple cultural identities, facing microaggressions, and finding resilience in the face...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – Overcoming Hate With Love
In this episode of Just Healing, we sit down with Tory Johnson, the powerhouse behind Black Lives Matter, Huntington Beach. Tory takes us on his journey from Indiana to California, sharing the raw realities of facing racism and navigating clashes with the Huntington Beach Police Department. He opens up about how these experiences fueled his activism and deepened his fight fo...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – Healing the Wounds of Institutional Violence
In this episode, we’re examining the complex layers which form institutional violence in the U.S. and the systems that cause harm on a macro and micro level.
Michael Munson and Shalonda Ingram, founder of Born Brown: All Rights Reserved®, Nursha Project, and co-founding member of Zebras Unite, unpack the sometimes hidden traumas folks face on a daily basis,...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – Relearning Life After Prison
In this episode, we’re unpacking the complexities of reentry to society for individuals coming out of incarceration.
Dr. Debra Warner and Terrall E. Tillman, founder of Lessonz Learned and author of “Formula for Success Reentry-030,” discuss what’s needed from reentry people, and reentry providers, to properly set up a support system that helps and heals.
Tune ...
🔊 New Episode of Just Healing – From Rival Gangs to Community Leaders
In this episode, we’re diving deep with Tommy ‘T-Top’ Rivers and Nikko D—two former gang members who turned their lives around in the most inspiring ways. They open up about their pasts, the traumas they’ve faced, and how they broke free from the cycles of violence and incarceration.
We also get into the legendary Menendez case, the power of community intervention...
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