Healing

Episode 63: James Powell on the power of social work therapy to heal trauma

August 15, 2019 Gender-Based Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault, Trauma and Abuse

  Our guest today is James Powell, a social worker and practicing therapist at Jason Walter and Associates.  James believes that healing and self-actualization result from a life-long commitment to self-reflection—the constant pursuit of increasing congruency between one’s values and behavior. Her psychotherapeutic practice is rooted in Buddhism, 12-step philosophy, shamanic spirituality, humanistic psychology, and…

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Episode 45: Nicole Perry on being a feminist therapist

April 18, 2019 Body Literacy, Feminism, Gender (Justice), Healing, Podcasts, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of engendered, our guest is Nicole Perry, a Registered psychologist with a practice in Edmonton, Canada.  For the past ten years, she has worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and uses an approach called Somatic Experiencing, a body-based therapy, for healing trauma.  She is known for her work as…

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Episode 39: Trauma therapist Julia Hochstadt on working with survivors of abuse and violence

March 7, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, en(gender)ed Reflections, Gender-Based Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Trauma and Abuse

Our guest today is Julia Hochstadt, a therapist with over twenty years of expertise in working with victims of crime, trauma and interpersonal violence, including child abuse, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Before working in private practice, Julia led New York Presbyterian’s Victim Intervention Program (VIP) providing acute emergency room support, counseling, and…

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Episode 37: #SurvivorStories Series with Sarah Strong on mitigating coercive parenting by an abuser

February 21, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Survivor Stories

On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is Sarah Strong, a protective parent and survivor of domestic violence and coercive control, a fitness instructor, a power lifter, and a health advocate.  Sarah talks about her whirlwind romance with her ex-husband whom she met in March 2016, married three months later in June 2016, and divorced…

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Episode 36: #SurvivorStories Series with Ashley Bendiksen on healing through advocacy

February 13, 2019 Domestic Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault, Survivor Stories

On today’s show, our guest is Ashley Bendiksen, a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault who has transformed her experience to become a vocal advocate, activist and public speaker on issues related to ending gender-based violence.  Her work centers on reaching youth and helping empower them to engage in self-discovery and end abuse. Ashley…

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