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The Trauma Therapist Project

Raising the awareness of trauma and honoring authenticity. My Story:

Several years ago my brother returned from his tour of duty as a Navy SEAL. Guy
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He returned with PTSD. Nightmares, flashbacks, and broken relationships seemed to come at every turn. I wanted to help my brother though felt so ill-equipped. I didn’t know what to say, what not to say, though I certainly knew he was suffering. I tried to help and comfort him in any way I could. A few years after my brother’s return, and inspired by his accomplishments, I went on a two-week survival course with Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) in the middle of Utah. It was the first time I'd ever done anything like this and it required all the courage I had. There were about 15 of us on that trip. It was the middle of summer. We were hiking all day, no backpacks and just the clothes we could wear. We had water, but no food for the first four days. On the third day one of our members became ill and wasn't able to walk. Myself and another member carried this young man for the next two days. We helped him up ridges, and through canyons, and just talked to him, trying to encourage him with every step. I share these stories because they helped me determined that what I wanted to do with my life was to help others who couldn't help themselves. As a result of these experiences I have focused my energy on the study of trauma psychology and trauma therapy. I’ve spent the last seven years studying trauma therapy and most recently, the intersection of trauma and psychosis. My goal with The Trauma Therapist Project is to help trauma workers thrive--through providing great information, community building, inspiration and support. Family Life:

I have an amazing wife and a 11 year-old son and a 5 year-old daughter. I love challenging myself in many ways, including physically and creatively. I love music: listening and dancing in the kitchen with my family when I’m cooking and listening to Italian music on Pandora. I’m passionate about learning. In fact for the last two years as I’ve been commuting to work I’ve been listening to the “entrepreneur on fire” podcast which has been an incredible education. I’m passionate about helping individuals in crisis situations, hence my interest and specialization in trauma psychology. I love connecting people, putting groups together, convening workshops, and creating events and spaces whereby people can learn and share together. I hope you find something on this site that will help you thrive as a trauma therapist.

12/02/2025

A giant thank you to our sponsor, Arizona Trauma Institute

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12/02/2025

The incredible Melissa Williams joins me today!

Melissa Williams is the creator of the YouTube channel Lostat50Something and the originator of the “Backwards Confession,” a powerful practice of entering a confessional not to seek absolution, but to name the harm caused by certain church doctrines and actions — and then to offer forgiveness as an act of reclaiming personal power and peace.

This deeply personal ritual has become the foundation for a budding movement and online community, r/BackwardsConfession, where individuals are encouraged to engage in similar acts of active forgiveness and liberation from institutional harm.
Through this work, Melissa offers a unique perspective on healing from religious trauma, challenging institutional power dynamics, reclaiming agency in the face of patriarchal structures, and transforming pain into empowerment.

By sharing her own story and guiding others in this practice, she hopes to open new pathways for those navigating religious deconstruction and seeking healing beyond traditional frameworks.

🎧Listen to our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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Arizona Trauma Clinic - Online Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist course (self-paced + CE credits).
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12/01/2025

A giant thank you to our sponsor, Jane App Clinic Software

Did you know nearly 20% (1 in 5) appointments are booked either after hours or on weekends?

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12/01/2025

The inspiring Calvin Armerding joins me today!

Calvin Armerding is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor based in South Carolina, specializing in Adlerian psychology. He regularly leads workshops, offers retreats, and gives keynotes on topics such as grief, couples counseling, and trauma. His recent work explores trauma as what Alfred Adler described as an “exogenous factor” — an external event that collides with an individual’s internal narrative, purpose, and movement.

Calvin teaches a model that integrates trauma with Adlerian lifestyle investigation, framing trauma not as a fixed, defining event but as a disruption that can reveal or amplify a client’s core convictions, compensations, and private logic. This approach helps both clinicians and clients reconnect with agency, courage, and belonging without minimizing pain or pathologizing symptoms.

🎧Listen to our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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A giant thank you to our sponsors:

Jane App – Simple EMR with no contracts or hidden fees. Free onboarding + data imports.
👉 https://janesoftware.partnerlinks.io/facebook | Code GUY1MO
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Journey Clinical – Bringing Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) safely into practice so you can focus on your clients.
✨ https://journey.click/trauma-fb | 1 month free
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Incogni – Your personal privacy team removing your data from brokers.
🔒 https://incogni.com/traumatherapist | 60% off with code traumatherapist
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Arizona Trauma Clinic - Online Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist course (self-paced + CE credits).
🎓 https://aztrauma.thinkific.com/courses/certified-clinical-trauma-specialist-individual | 15% off with ati-15off

Incumental - If you’re struggling with gambling or supporting someone who is — there’s help. The Incumental app offers 24/7 tools and guidance for your recovery journey.
Visit incumental.com.

11/28/2025

A giant thank you to our sponsor, Incogni!

Your personal data deserves protection.

Incogni acts as your personal privacy team, removing your information from hundreds of data brokers so you can stay safe, secure, and in control of your privacy.

Visit incogni.com/traumatherapist and use code traumatherapist for 60% off.

11/28/2025

The incredible Gabriela Rosa joins me today!

Gabriela Rosa is the founder and CEO of The Rosa Institute, the world’s first entirely virtual and holistic fertility clinic. She is a Harvard-trained fertility specialist who has spent decades not only treating the biological side of reproductive health but also holding space for the psychological pain that comes with it. Her clinical insights are matched by her deep empathy for what her patients go through and her belief that we need to start calling this what it is: a trauma that deserves to be witnessed and treated with compassion.

🎧Listen to our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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A giant thank you to our sponsors:

Jane App Clinic Software
A *free* data import? Now that’s what we’re talking about! 👏

Jane is a clinic management software and EMR that guarantees no surprises. When you sign up, you won’t have to pay for your data import or onboarding support, and there won’t be any set-up fees or contracts that tie you in.

See why Jane is the EMR that isn’t too good to be true at https://janesoftware.partnerlinks.io/facebook and use code GUY1MO at check out.

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Journey Clinical Inc.
When therapy feels stuck, KAP can help clients see things in a new light. Hear how Journey Clinical supports therapists to bring this work into practice on the Trauma Therapist Podcast.

Visit join.journeyclinical.com/trauma to learn more and receive a month off your membership

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Incogni
Your personal privacy team, removing your data from brokers so you can feel safe and in control again.

🔒Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code traumatherapist and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/traumatherapist

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Therapy Wisdom - Join the Trauma Wisdom Circle - monthly deep dives with leading trauma experts, self-care sessions like yoga and breathwork, the latest research updates, and a supportive community of professionals.

To learn more and to register go to: https://therapywisdom.com/jan/

11/27/2025

A giant thank you to our sponsor, Journey Clinical Inc.

When therapy feels stuck, KAP can help clients see things in a new light. Hear how Journey Clinical supports therapists to bring this work into practice on the Trauma Therapist Podcast.

Visit join.journeyclinical.com/trauma to learn more and receive a month off your membership.

11/27/2025

The incredible Dennis Church joins me today!

Dennis Church, 76, has been a photographer for 50 years and has used the quiet act of photographing the world around him to navigate childhood trauma, addiction, and shame.

His forthcoming book, DIRT FRESH (Fall Line Press, Atlanta), is part visual memoir and part emotional x-ray—a project rooted in finding light, humor, and color in the mundane. Having survived much, Dennis has made pictures through it all, using photography as a kind of recovery hymn. He speaks on art as healing, vision as survival, and the long arc of becoming whole.
🎧Listen to our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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A giant thank you to our sponsors:

Jane App Clinic Software
A *free* data import? Now that’s what we’re talking about! 👏

Jane is a clinic management software and EMR that guarantees no surprises. When you sign up, you won’t have to pay for your data import or onboarding support, and there won’t be any set-up fees or contracts that tie you in.

See why Jane is the EMR that isn’t too good to be true at https://janesoftware.partnerlinks.io/facebook and use code GUY1MO at check out.

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Journey Clinical Inc.
When therapy feels stuck, KAP can help clients see things in a new light. Hear how Journey Clinical supports therapists to bring this work into practice on the Trauma Therapist Podcast.

Visit join.journeyclinical.com/trauma to learn more and receive a month off your membership

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Incogni
Your personal privacy team, removing your data from brokers so you can feel safe and in control again.

🔒Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code traumatherapist and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/traumatherapist

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Therapy Wisdom - Join the Trauma Wisdom Circle - monthly deep dives with leading trauma experts, self-care sessions like yoga and breathwork, the latest research updates, and a supportive community of professionals.

To learn more and to register go to: https://therapywisdom.com/jan/

11/25/2025

The incredible Will Monlux joins me today!

Will Monlux lives with stage 4 cancer, but his story is defined by more than a diagnosis. It’s shaped by the people and communities who stood beside him, the moments of connection that gave him strength, and the belief that meaning can be found even in life’s most uncertain chapters.
As Chief Advocacy Officer at WondrLink, he works to help patients with life-threatening illnesses access potentially life-saving treatments through compassionate use, clinical trials, and other pathways often overlooked when standard care runs out—pathways that he knows firsthand can make all the difference.

🎧Listen to our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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A giant thank you to our sponsors:

Jane App Clinic Software
A *free* data import? Now that’s what we’re talking about! 👏

Jane is a clinic management software and EMR that guarantees no surprises. When you sign up, you won’t have to pay for your data import or onboarding support, and there won’t be any set-up fees or contracts that tie you in.

See why Jane is the EMR that isn’t too good to be true at https://janesoftware.partnerlinks.io/facebook and use code GUY1MO at check out.

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Journey Clinical Inc.
When therapy feels stuck, KAP can help clients see things in a new light. Hear how Journey Clinical supports therapists to bring this work into practice on the Trauma Therapist Podcast.

Visit join.journeyclinical.com/trauma to learn more and receive a month off your membership

-

Incogni
Your personal privacy team, removing your data from brokers so you can feel safe and in control again.

🔒Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code traumatherapist and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/traumatherapist

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Therapy Wisdom - Join the Trauma Wisdom Circle - monthly deep dives with leading trauma experts, self-care sessions like yoga and breathwork, the latest research updates, and a supportive community of professionals.

To learn more and to register go to: https://therapywisdom.com/jan/

11/24/2025

A giant thank you to our sponsor, Academy of Therapy Wisdom

Jan Winhall, internationally respected trauma therapist, in conjunction with The Academy of Therapy Wisdom, has a new free, 3-part video series out titled: A New Lens on Trauma and Attachment Reclaiming Safety, Connection, and Inner WisdomThrough story, guided somatic practices, and grounded clinical insight, you’ll explore how to:

Shift from trying to fix symptoms to deeply listening to them

Recognize dysregulation as an adaptive survival strategy

Access healing through felt experience, not just analysis

To learn more and to register go to: https://therapywisdom.com/jan/

11/24/2025

The incredible Hakeem McFarlane joins me today!

Hakeem Bourne McFarlane is a creator, author, and motivational speaker whose raw truth and relentless tenacity have inspired thousands to stop living on autopilot and start choosing themselves. He’s the mind behind Choose Yourself To Be Chosen and the founder of the Choose Yourself Movement, a community built for people who are ready to face their excuses head-on, tear down what isn’t working, and build an unshakeable foundation for the life they actually want.

🎧Listen to our full interview here: https://bit.ly/3VRNy8z

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A giant thank you to our sponsors:

Jane App Clinic Software
A *free* data import? Now that’s what we’re talking about! 👏

Jane is a clinic management software and EMR that guarantees no surprises. When you sign up, you won’t have to pay for your data import or onboarding support, and there won’t be any set-up fees or contracts that tie you in.

See why Jane is the EMR that isn’t too good to be true at https://janesoftware.partnerlinks.io/facebook and use code GUY1MO at check out.

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Journey Clinical Inc.
When therapy feels stuck, KAP can help clients see things in a new light. Hear how Journey Clinical supports therapists to bring this work into practice on the Trauma Therapist Podcast.

Visit join.journeyclinical.com/trauma to learn more and receive a month off your membership

-

Incogni
Your personal privacy team, removing your data from brokers so you can feel safe and in control again.

🔒Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code traumatherapist and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/traumatherapist

-

Therapy Wisdom - Join the Trauma Wisdom Circle - monthly deep dives with leading trauma experts, self-care sessions like yoga and breathwork, the latest research updates, and a supportive community of professionals.

To learn more and to register go to: https://therapywisdom.com/jan/

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