Beth Sandlin joins the Trauma-Informed Len Podcast to discuss her Trauma Informed Pilates Approach. Beth provides an amazing example of innovation through the application of the trauma-informed lens!
Beth Sandlin is a Pilates Teacher and Health Educator. She recently left her role at a University Health Clinic as Assistant Director of Educational Services to step full time into her work with Pilates. She also has experience as a College Professor in both Pilates and Health Education.
She is passionate about supporting people with Pilates. In 2019, Beth developed the Trauma Informed Pilates Approach (TIPA) based on current knowledge and best practices of Trauma Informed Care. She is the founder of Trifecta Pilates, offering free Pilates Classes on YouTube and via an online membership.
Dr. Jeff Spiess joins the show to discuss his new book Dying with Ease. We discuss how trauma can manifest in one’s final days and within family dynamics. We also talk about Dr. Spiess’s experience with those who pass away peacefully verse those who struggle at the end.
To learn more about Dr. Spiess and his new book, Dying with Ease: A Compassionate Guide for Making Wiser End-of-Life Decisions, please visit his website.
Dr. Hahn joins the show to discuss Life Centered Therapy. Matt and Dr. Hahn have a wide-ranging conversation on Dr. Hahn’s life work and how he treats trauma through Life Centered Therapy.
Find out more about Dr. Hahn’s work:
Officer Reiley joins the show to discuss the concept of trauma-informed policing. With her background in social work and law enforcement, Reily brings a unique and informed perspective to some of the critical issues of our time.
Kat Houghton joins the podcast to discuss here work with biometrics and what it can tell us about trauma and the post-traumatic growth process.
Learn more about Kat
Kat Houghton PhD is a psychologist fascinated by the intersection of technology and behavioral change. She co-founded ilumivu in 2009 to explore possibilities in digital mental health.
You can connect with Kat on LinkedIn: https://www.
You can learn more about ilumivu here: https://ilumivu.com/
Katherine Wells joins the podcast to discuss the relationship between trauma and eating disorders. Please join us for this episode to learn about a symptom of trauma that often goes undiagnosed and untreated.
Katherine Wells a Licensed Mastered Social Worker who received her undergrad education in Social Work at the State University of Plattsburgh in 2009 and received her Masters of Social Worker from the State University at Albany in May of 2010.
She has been in the field of social work in different sectors for the last eleven years, including child welfare as a social worker in the foster care system. For five years her focus was in the field of addictions as a clinician who served patients at detox, inpatient and outpatient.
Recently, in the last five years she has focused attention on eating disorders working with patients individually and in group therapy. She also worked in HIV care as a director of the behavioral health services at the outpatient clinic. She has experience teaching at the collegiate level at Empire State University as an Adjunct Professor in Introduction to Human Service as well as Family Interventions.
Book recommendations
- Life without Eating Disorders by Jenni Shaefer
- Brain over Binge by Kathryn Hansen
- Brave Girl Eating by Harriet Brown
Jay Levy returns to his show to talk about his Pre-treatment model. Pre-treatment provides a brilliant model that promotes engagement, builds relationships, and minimizes retraumatization. Jay shares his wisdom and insight and challenges us to think differently about the early stages of the helping relationship.
Jay S. Levy has spent more than 30 years working with individuals who experience homelessness. He is the author of the highly acclaimed books Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First and Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways. He has also published a monograph and several journal articles on Homelessness issues. His newest publication features multiple authors from both sides of the Atlantic and is entitled Cross Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness. Jay developed Pretreatment as an approach for helping people without homes and to promote inclusion. He has helped to create new Housing First programs such as the Regional Engagement and Assessment for Chronically Homeless program (REACH).
Jay is currently employed by Eliot CHS-Homeless Services as a Regional Manager for the statewide SAMHSA-PATH Homeless Outreach Team. He is also an adjunct teacher at Anna Maria College and recently taught a unique graduate psychology course on Outreach Counseling, which integrated Pretreatment and PIE perspectives with the clinical challenges of homeless services work.
He has achieved formal recognition from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for his ongoing efforts to help under-served homeless individuals through his direct service, clinical supervision of staff, and program development. Jay received his MSW degree in clinical social work from Columbia University in 1988. Jay lives in Western MA with his wife, Louise. His two children, Talia
and Sara, are off to college and beyond. He is an avid stargazer. If you have any questions or thoughts that you would like to share with Jay, you can e-mail him at [email protected]
Please feel free to visit Jay’s Author’s page at Amazon and/or facebook group or follow him via twitter.
In this episode, Charlie Fredrick joins the show to discuss facilitating organizational conversations about the racial justice and Black Lives Matter movements in our community. While we all work hard to support these movements in our communities, it is equally important to access and address systematic racism and bias within our organizations.
Charlie’s email: [email protected]
Resources from Charlie resources for building Anti-Racist Organizations
* Movement For Black Lives 2020 Policy Platform
* ANTI-OPPRESSION ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND TRANSFORMATION – Aorta
* Building a Multi-Ethnic, Inclusive & Antiracist Organization Tools for Liberation Packet
* TRANSFORMING ORGANIZATIONS A GUIDE TO CREATING EFFECTIVE SOCIAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS by Robert Gass
* WHITE DOMINANT CULTURE & SOMETHING DIFFERENT
* Social Service or Social Change? Who Benefits from your Work? by Paul Kivel
Dr. Deborah Borne joins Matt in this episode to discuss the relationship between trauma and spiritual health. Learn how Dr. Borne integrates spiritual health into her medical practice with those experiencing addiction, homelessness, and living with HIV.
In this episode, Dr. Melody Brown returns to talk about the trauma and marginalized communities. Trauma is playing a major role in the impact of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. Dr. Brown brings her expertise to examine the role of trauma in the challenges facing our communities.
My name is Dr. Melody Brown (she/her/hers). I am a cisgender female, an educator, couple and family therapist, clinical supervisor, consultant, and public speaker. My passion is working to decimate social injustice. I hold several marginalized identities: Queer, Black, Queen Sized, and Woman… and I’m learning to love each part of me more and more every day.
I teach in higher education with a focus on social justice issues in couple and family therapy. I have a private practice offering consultation, training, public speaking, clinical supervision and therapy. I am working on creating a model for new therapists to practice through a social justice lens. The critical element is clinicians begin to learn and own their privilege and the ways privilege decentralizes communities of color and queer and trans communities. I am also working to reach large companies to dismantle the barriers that prevent them from respectfully serving consumers and fairing hiring and managing employees.
This year (2020) we are witnessing the rebirth of combined social justice movements around the world. I am so honored to be alive during this season of change because this time…the REVOLUTION will be televised!
Find information on Dr. Melody Brown’s private psychotherapy practice
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/melody-m-brown-denver-co/774548
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