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 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…
Episode 13: Self-care in the Struggle
Posted on December 12, 2017
Special Edition for Annual Homelessness Memorial Day in Collaboration with the National Health Care…
Episode 12: Trauma & Health: World’s AIDS Day Edition
Posted on December 1, 2017
What can HIV in Iowa teach us about trauma’s impact on the health of individuals and communities? By…
Episode 11: Trauma & Memory
Posted on November 28, 2017
Memory is a process that allows for the organization, storage, and retrieval of information from the…
Episode 10: Window of Tolerance
Posted on November 21, 2017
The human body comes equipped with physiology to keep it safe by mobilizing internal resources when…
Episode 9: Attachment, the human operating systems?
Posted on November 14, 2017
In the 1960s, John Bowlby provided a theoretical framework for understanding the importance of early…
Episode 8: Trauma Triggers & Current Events
Posted on November 7, 2017
In this episode, Matt, Curt, and Jerry shine the trauma-informed lens on current events. The trauma…
Episode 7: Impact of Early Experiences on Brain Development
Posted on October 31, 2017
In Episode 7, Matt, Curt, and Jerry examine the effects of childhood trauma on brain development. Th…
Episode 6: The Two Why’s: Expanding how we think about behavior
Posted on October 24, 2017
In Episode 6, Matt, Curt, and Jerry present a framework that has important implications for answerin…
Episode 5: Intergenerational Trauma and Resiliency
Posted on October 17, 2017
In Episode 5, Matt, Curt, and Jerry continue discussing some of the ways that experiences can impact…
Episode 4: Trauma & Epigenetics
Posted on October 10, 2017
In Episode #4: Trauma & Epigenetics, Matt, Curt, and Jerry explore the topic of epigenetics. Gen…
Episode 3: What is your Homeostasis?
Posted on October 3, 2017
In this episode, Matt, Jerry, and Curt start to talk about applying the biological concept of homeos…
Episode 2: What is Trauma Anyway?
Posted on September 26, 2017
If our podcast is all about a “trauma-informed” lens, maybe we should talk about what experiences qu…
Episode 1: Our Trauma-Informed Journeys
Posted on September 13, 2017
Podcasters: Matthew Bennett, Curt Mower, and Jerry Yager Matt, Curt, and Jerry introduce themselves…
