Trauma-Informed Lens Podcast
The trauma-informed paradigm is challenging traditional views and approaches in education, social work, psychology, and public health. Each week the Trauma-Informed Lens Podcast explores aspects of the trauma-informed paradigm and how it challenges traditional views of service delivery and current events.
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Episode 37: Contagious Emotions, Self-care, & Organizational Culture
Posted on May 28, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager Building on the research discussed in Ep…
Episode 36: Trauma & the Power of Social Networks
Posted on May 22, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager It is too easy to see ourselves and thos…
Episode 35: Where are my Thank Yous! Trauma, Entitlement, & Gratitude
Posted on May 15, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager Our first listener request episode! We s…
Episode 34: Slowing Down for Safety
Posted on May 8, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager In the last couple of episodes, we did a…
Episode 33: Trauma-Informed & Harm Reduction
Posted on May 1, 2018
Podcaster: Susie & James Kowalsky, Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager While pre-dat…
Episode 32: Safety & Healthy Risk Taking
Posted on April 24, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager Safety is a critical component of trauma…
Episode 31: Chaos, Hyperarousal, & Trauma
Posted on April 17, 2018
Last episode we discussed on reaction to stress and trauma when we examined rigidity. In this episod…
Episode 30: Rigidity Thinking and Behavior Resulting from Trauma
Posted on April 10, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager The trauma symptom of rigid thinking and…
Episode 29: “Pop” Behaviorism, Intrinsic Motivation, & Trauma
Posted on April 3, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett & Curt Mower Stop the madness! Token economies, level systems, behavior…
Episode 28: Mindfulness and Trauma
Posted on March 27, 2018
Few things have impacted psychology, education, wellness, and pretty much every other human endeavor…
Episode 27: Free Will & Trauma
Posted on March 19, 2018
Do we have free will? Do we have the capacity to enact our volition even when our neurobiology and e…
Episode 26: Trauma-Informed Goes Primetime
Posted on March 13, 2018
In this episode, Matt, Curt, and Jerry discuss Oprah Winfrey’s 60 Minute reporting on childhood trau…
Episode 25: Trauma & Criminal Thinking
Posted on March 6, 2018
Podcasters: Russha Montag-Knauer, Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager In this episode, M…
Episode 24: Matt & Jerry go to Washington
Posted on February 27, 2018
This episode finds Matt and Jerry in Washington D.C. attending and presenting at the 1st National Tr…
Episode 23: Trauma & Autism
Posted on February 20, 2018
In Episode 23, Curt and Matt are joined by autism experts Dr. Douglas Goldsmith, Safia Keller, and K…
Episode 22: Trauma, Shame, and Unworthiness
Posted on February 13, 2018
Trauma is devastating on so many levels. One of the most significant psychological wounds following…
Episode 21: Trauma & The Roads Model of Stress
Posted on February 9, 2018
Podcasters: Matt Bennett, Curt Mower, & Dr. Jerry Yager In this episode, Matt, Curt, and Jerry e…
Episode 20: The Cup Analogy and the Stress Response
Posted on January 30, 2018
Understanding the biological effects of stress and trauma helps us to comprehend the reason behind c…
Episode 19: Talking about Trauma
Posted on January 23, 2018
Podcaster Matt published a second book! As a follow-up to his first book Connecting Paradigms, Talki…
Episode 18: The Dilemmas of Power
Posted on January 16, 2018
In Episode 18, Matt, Curt, and Jerry talk about the “dilemmas of power”. The most important social…
Episode 17: Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Posted on January 9, 2018
Julie Beem and Melissa Sadin, organizers of the Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference, join M…
Episode 16: Our 1st Annual Search for the Future of the Trauma-Informed Paradigm
Posted on January 2, 2018
Happy 2018! At the beginning of a new year, Matt, Curt, and Jerry look into their crystal ball and c…
Episode 15: Putting it together – The 5 R’s of Intervention
Posted on December 26, 2017
Repeated, chronic exposure to overwhelming stress, especially early in life leads to a variety of di…
Episode 14: Dissociation, Putting Things Together to Understand “Coming Apart”
Posted on December 19, 2017
The fragmentation of mental function that can occur after a series of traumatic experiences may both…