Are you interested in podcast recommendations about complex trauma, mental health, and therapy? A major part of my mental health journey has been psychoeducation. Honestly, it can provide such a sense of relief to hear someone describe your experience, especially when you have felt so alone in that experience. Podcasts provided a springboard for me to begin connecting the dots for myself. Since I spend lots of time in the car, I have utilized podcasts to learn so much, which has resulted in lots of aha moments!
Below, I’m going to list some helpful and memorable podcast episodes that really resonated with me!
Complex Trauma Recovery
CPTSD 101 31 minutes (2021)
Recognizing and Healing from Emotional Neglect 51 minutes (2023)
Connection, Protection, and the Brain 30 minutes (2020)
Learned Helplessness and Learned Empowerment 30 minutes (2021)
Untangling Inner Knots 55 minutes (2023) childhood vulnerabilities & powerlessness, attachment, IFS, safety, trauma symptoms, felt sense of the world, adaptations, coping techniques vs. deep healing
Somatic Experiencing & Attachment Based EMDR with Adele Martelle; 1 hr 28 min (2023) religious trauma & deconstruction, shame, lack of community, control, resistance, colonization, trauma responses, polyvagal interventions, freeze responses, resourcing with IFS & EMDR, attachment to therapist, misdiagnosis, corrective relationships
Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
How (and Why) to Hug Your Inner Dragons with Dr. Richard Schwartz; 60 minutes (2021)
An Ace Therapist Gives Dan a Run For His Money with Dr. Jacob Ham; 60 minutes (2022)
Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System with Deb Dana, LCSW; 59 minutes (2022)
The CPTSD Podcast
Dissociation 1 hr 6 min (2022)
Your Inner Parts & Healing from CPTSD 27 min (2023) protector parts and behaviors, exiled parts and pain, the ages and functions of parts, blended parts, triggers, trust
The Neurodivergent Woman
Friendships 1 hr 26 min (2023)
Autistic Burnout 1 hr 24 min (2023)
Executive Functioning 48 minutes (2022)
Therapy Chat
Complex Trauma, The Freeze Response + Somatic Therapy with Dr. Arielle Schwartz; 47 minutes (2021) Dissociation, resilience, childhood trauma, parts work, window of tolerance, “high functioning,” unexpressed distress, authenticity, emotion
Polyvagal-Informed EMDR with Rebecca Kase; 50 minutes (2023) all about the therapeutic relationship: therapists doing their own work, cues of safety, co-regulation, vicarious trauma, building a foundation of safety and comfort, hypervigilant clients and neuroception
The Art + Science of EMDR with Rotem Brayer; 43 minutes (2023) the relational component of EMDR beyond the standard protocol, integrating the therapeutic relationship; evidence-based practices; resourcing during EMDR in a more relational way; healing in therapy happens right brain to right brain; avoiding rigidity in EMDR; the nonverbal aspect of healing trauma; the preparation phase for complex trauma and attachment wounds; parts work; EMDR can be very relational; new generation of EMDR therapy
Wisdom + “Witchcraft” in Trauma Treatment with Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW; 51 minutes (2023) creating a healing relationship with trauma clients is more important than evidence-based therapies; attachment, emotions, and relationally-focused therapy especially among younger generation; developing trust; the need for connection in therapy
When to Safely Begin Processing Complex PTSD with EMDR with Dr. Deborah Korn; 50 minutes (2023) complex trauma disorders, EMDR, and dissociation
Trauma + Opening Up in Therapy with Dr. Robert Muller; 60 minutes (2023) vulnerability, control, childhood trauma
Understanding Childhood Emotional Neglect with Dr. Jonice Webb; 30 minutes (2019) depression, anxiety, empty feelings, loneliness, growing up when emotional needs are not met, feeling defective and invalid; getting in touch with emotions; how emotions affect relationships and connections
Sensitive Striving: Learning to Trust Yourself for Success in Work + Life with Melody Wilding; 40 minutes (2021)
Being Well
Complex PTSD and Learning to Live with the Past with Stephanie Foo 60 minutes (2023) workaholism; dissociation; restorative yoga; EMDR; IFS; triggers; top-down vs. bottom-up; burn-out; self-criticism; relationships; rupture and repair; receiving feedback; intergenerational trauma; vulnerability and unsafe childhoods; strengths; deep empathy and sensitivity
Healing Your Attachment Wounds with Dr. Diane Poole Heller; 60 minutes (2021) attachment system disconnection, unpredictability, chronic disappointment, fear of abandonment, disorganized & avoidant attachment, safety in relationships
So You Want to be a Therapist? with Forrest Hanson, Dr. Rick Hanson, Lori Gottlieb, Terry Real, and more; 1 hr 45 min (2023) key traits of good therapists, complacent therapists, mistakes in therapy, emotional intimacy, self-regulation, heal yourself first, messiness, modalities, boundaries, what therapy is actually like, being yourself, human connection, vulnerability, first sessions, career paths
What Really Helps Trauma? with Dr. Jacob Ham; 1 hr 11 minutes (2023) a felt sense of connection, parts work, anger, empathy, grief, love, vulnerability, shame, presence, taking risks, pain, processing trauma, protector parts, technique, individuality, authenticity.
Internal Family Systems Therapy with Dr. Richard Schwartz; 52 minutes (2021)
EMDR Chat
EMDR Therapy with Neurodivergent Clients 21 minutes (2023) support and accommodations, sensory processing, stuckness, stimming, shutdown vs. dissociation vs. overstimulation
Notice That
Introduction to EMDR Case Conceptualization 54 minutes (2021) targets vs. getting lost in details, resource installation, anxious energy, the unique biology of mammals and need for relationship, polyvagal theory, loneliness, safety, early relational trauma, shame, invalidation, expressing needs, risk of disconnection or rejection, repressing emotions, unresolved generational trauma, interpersonal neurobiology
The Whole Therapist
Nonverbal Communication 31 minutes (2023) somatic work, regulation with the therapist, early attachment wounds, grief work, sensory information in therapy, moving slowly, attuning to nonverbals, eye contact, embodiment
The Trauma Therapist
Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy with Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW; 39 minutes (2018)
Therapist Uncensored
Story Follows State: Investigating Polyvagal Theory with Deb Dana, LCSW; 56 minutes (2019)
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle
Why We Love the Way We Love: Attachment Styles with Dr. Becky Kennedy; 60 minutes (2023)
The Most Radical Way to Heal: Internal Family Systems with Dr. Becky Kennedy; 60 minutes (2023)
Science of Psychotherapy
EMDR, Polyvagal Theory, Therapeutic Relationship, & Trauma with Rebecca Kase; 40 min (2023)
The Art and Science of EMDR
EMDR & C-PTSD with Dr. Arielle Schwartz; 37 minutes (2021)
2024
Edge of the Couch Helping Clients Take Relationship Risks (2024)
Complex Trauma Recovery People-Pleasing as an Attachment Adaptation (2024)
Audiobook Recommendations
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