The Trauma Therapist
The Trauma Therapist Podcast is about the human spirit. Join host Guy Macpherson, PhD, as he talks with thought leaders in trauma, mindfulness, addiction, and yoga. Hear the personal stories and insights of passionate professionals who dedicate their lives to helping others heal from trauma. Some guests pay a fee for sponsored appearances, which helps support production of the show. All paid segments are clearly disclosed. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
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May 11, 2026 • 30 mins
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 ...
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 ...
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May 8, 2026 • 30 mins
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 me...
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 me...
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May 6, 2026 • 32 mins
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 stu...
With more than 20 years of stu...
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May 4, 2026 • 31 mins
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...
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...
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May 1, 2026 • 36 mins
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 acco...
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 acco...
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April 29, 2026 • 27 mins
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April 27, 2026 • 41 mins
David Russell Shamszad is an author, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate whose memoir, I Am Someone You Know, chronicles his descent into untreated bipolar disorder and alcoholism and his long road back.
In his early twenties, mood swings, addiction, psychiatric hospitalizations, and incarceration unraveled what once looked like a promising life, culminating in profound loss and near surrender. With the support of loved ones a...
In his early twenties, mood swings, addiction, psychiatric hospitalizations, and incarceration unraveled what once looked like a promising life, culminating in profound loss and near surrender. With the support of loved ones a...
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April 25, 2026 • 38 mins
Lauren Auer is a Trauma Therapist who has built a community of nearly 200,000 followers by sharing what she's learned from seeing trauma from every possible angle.
Lauren's path into trauma work was unintentional. What started as a graduate school internship at an agency working with both juvenile offenders and abuse victims turned into a career-defining passion. She discovered she loved the complexity of seeing trauma from multiple...
Lauren's path into trauma work was unintentional. What started as a graduate school internship at an agency working with both juvenile offenders and abuse victims turned into a career-defining passion. She discovered she loved the complexity of seeing trauma from multiple...
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April 24, 2026 • 34 mins
Inna Segal is an internationally acclaimed healer, author, and creator of the The Secret Language of Your Body method, a psychosomatic healing system that connects emotional and psychological patterns to physical symptoms.
With over 25 years of clinical experience, she blends intuitive insight with evidence-informed practice to help people transform chronic illness, emotional blocks, and life patterns into lasting well-being.
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With over 25 years of clinical experience, she blends intuitive insight with evidence-informed practice to help people transform chronic illness, emotional blocks, and life patterns into lasting well-being.
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April 22, 2026 • 29 mins
Dr. William Kalatsky is the creator of The Intuition Method, a framework designed to help individuals access their inner guidance, manifest desired outcomes, and heal at deep levels—especially from recurring migraines and other challenging patterns.
With his Headaches Heal Method and supporting courses and book, Dr. Kalatsky combines intuitive wisdom with practical strategies to steer life from autopilot into purposeful flow.
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With his Headaches Heal Method and supporting courses and book, Dr. Kalatsky combines intuitive wisdom with practical strategies to steer life from autopilot into purposeful flow.
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April 20, 2026 • 39 mins
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April 17, 2026 • 34 mins
Angie is a U.S. Army veteran and trauma-informed coach whose work is shaped by firsthand experience with psychiatric injury and recovery. After serving seven years as a signal specialist, including a deployment to Iraq, she was medically discharged due to severe illness and PTSD and became dangerously overmedicated.
Her withdrawal and recovery journey was documented in the film Medicating Normal, for which she later led a nationwid...
Her withdrawal and recovery journey was documented in the film Medicating Normal, for which she later led a nationwid...
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April 15, 2026 • 30 mins
Dr. Laney Knowlton is a licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor licensed in multiple states, a certified sex therapist, and the President of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH).
She is the creator of the Connected Recovery™ model, which combines the treatment of Problematic Sexual Behaviors, infidelity, and betrayal recovery with relational counseling and sex therapy through an attachment-focused lens....
She is the creator of the Connected Recovery™ model, which combines the treatment of Problematic Sexual Behaviors, infidelity, and betrayal recovery with relational counseling and sex therapy through an attachment-focused lens....
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April 13, 2026 • 29 mins
Adam Nisenson, LMFT, CSAT — known as The Betrayal Shrink — is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist who specializes in helping men heal from partner betrayal trauma.
Drawing on both his clinical training and his own experience of infidelity and betrayal, Adam created a male-focused framework for recovery that blends empathy with practical understanding of the emotional, psychological, and ide...
Drawing on both his clinical training and his own experience of infidelity and betrayal, Adam created a male-focused framework for recovery that blends empathy with practical understanding of the emotional, psychological, and ide...
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April 10, 2026 • 31 mins
Dr. Howard T. Woodruff is a Christian leader, life coach, crisis expert and the founder of Reclaimed Living who transforms grief into growth and pain into purpose.
With deep experience in disaster response, theological reflection, and emotional healing, he stands as a trusted guide for individuals and organizations seeking lasting change through faith, courage, and practical wisdom.
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With deep experience in disaster response, theological reflection, and emotional healing, he stands as a trusted guide for individuals and organizations seeking lasting change through faith, courage, and practical wisdom.
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April 8, 2026 • 28 mins
Emily Waitt, MA, LMFT is the founder and Clinical Director of Kincove Adolescent Therapy and Wellness, a Los Angeles-based center dedicated to helping teens and young adults develop resilience, confidence, and emotional well-being.
Emily’s journey into therapy began with her own early experiences in therapy, which inspired her to make support more accessible and effective for young people and their families.
Emily’s integrative appr...
Emily’s journey into therapy began with her own early experiences in therapy, which inspired her to make support more accessible and effective for young people and their families.
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April 6, 2026 • 32 mins
I Shut Up And Listened with Ryan T. Reichert is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, author, speaker, podcaster, and servant leader whose life spans more than four decades of leadership, struggle, and transformation.
After 23 years of military service including airborne, ranger, and multiple combat deployments, Ryan transitioned into the Fortune 500 world, gaining firsthand experience in corporate leadership and strategy. Centra...
After 23 years of military service including airborne, ranger, and multiple combat deployments, Ryan transitioned into the Fortune 500 world, gaining firsthand experience in corporate leadership and strategy. Centra...
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April 3, 2026 • 32 mins
Lawyer is the author of My Pain Is My Identity, a raw and redemptive memoir tracing his journey from childhood sexual abuse and incarceration to healing, forgiveness, and service.
Abused at age seven by a family acquaintance in upstate New York, he spent years battling anger, addiction, and violence—until finding faith, mentorship, and emotional truth while serving time in North Carolina prisons. Now based in Arizona, he runs two b...
Abused at age seven by a family acquaintance in upstate New York, he spent years battling anger, addiction, and violence—until finding faith, mentorship, and emotional truth while serving time in North Carolina prisons. Now based in Arizona, he runs two b...
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April 2, 2026 • 58 mins
Dr. Robert Bransfield is a board-certified psychiatrist and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has held leadership roles including Past President of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).
With over 30 years of clinical experience, his work has focused on patients with ...
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April 1, 2026 • 28 mins
Matt von Boecklin is the founder of Quit Kit, a science-backed recovery tool created from his own lived experience with alcohol addiction.
After years of struggling with kratom abuse—intensified by frequent relocations and the mental toll that came with them—Matt began looking for practical, physiological support for the earliest and hardest phase of quitting. Drawing on his background in chemical engineering, he developed Quit Kit,...
After years of struggling with kratom abuse—intensified by frequent relocations and the mental toll that came with them—Matt began looking for practical, physiological support for the earliest and hardest phase of quitting. Drawing on his background in chemical engineering, he developed Quit Kit,...
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