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Recovery

Yoga For Trauma with Matthew Sanford

December 26, 2016 by ssradmin

Matthew Sanford is a yoga teacher focused on trauma recovery. Matthew was paralyzed from the chest down at age 13 in a car accident that killed his father and sister. As a teen, he was encouraged to “overcome the silence” of his paralyzed body. He learned that he could listen to his body instead, and …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health, Waiting Room Project - Psychiatry Tagged With: disability, Recovery, Trauma, Yoga

Dropping the Front with Neil McKenty

October 3, 2016 by ssradmin

A conversation with Canadian broadcaster Neil McKenty about his struggles with depression and alcohol. He describes his depression as the result of a collision between his negative ideas about himself and the smooth front of success he had constructed for the world to see, and discusses how sharing his vulnerability was the pivotal step to …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: Addiction & Recovery, Recovery, self esteem

Soldier or Mother? with Meosha Thomas

June 6, 2016 by ssradmin

Meosha Thomas talks about the trauma of a helicopter crash that killed a close friend, and the PTSD symptoms that followed after she returned home. She also describes the impossible choices she has to make while trying to be both a mother and a soldier.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Veterans Tagged With: army, military, military trauma, mothering, Parenting, PTSD, Recovery, war

No Longer Invisible with Kate Weber

May 23, 2016 by ssradmin

This episode is part two of an interview with Kate Weber. In this episode, she discusses the years since her discharge from the army, including her struggle to feel safe in the culture of the VA, her battle with PTSD, and the ways that being in the Oscar-nominated documentary The Invisible War has empowered her …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: Military Sexual Trauma, military trauma, PTSD, Rape, Recovery, Sexual assault, veterans

Beyond Survival with Rachel Grant

May 13, 2013 by ssradmin

In this episode of Safe Space Radio, Rachel Grant talks about the sexual abuse she suffered as a ten-year-old and the work she has done to counteract its lasting impact on her life. Rachel became a coach because she wanted to be able to use her own story as a way to help others.

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: Child Abuse, childhood abuse, coaching, healing, Recovery, resiliency, Sexual Abuse, sexual trauma, survivors, Trauma

Bi-Polar Disorder and Addiction with Christiane Wells

May 25, 2011 by ssradmin

Writer Christiane Wells talks with Safe Space Radio about her experience living with bi-polar disorder and addiction. Chris spent a decade in and out of psychiatric hospitals while addicted to crack, not taking her medication and struggling with suicidal thoughts. She describes how she found the will to take care of herself and change her …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: Addiction & Recovery, bi polar, bipolar disorder, crack, drug user, drugs, living with mental illness, major mental illness, mental hospital, mental illness, people who use drugs, psychiatric care, psychiatric hospital, Recovery, self care, Substance Abuse, substance use, Suicide, treatment

Tantra and Sexual Healing with Betta de Boer van der Kolk

February 9, 2011 by ssradmin

This interview features body psychotherapist Betta de Boer van der Kolk about Tantra as a way to heal from sexual abuse. Betta describes Tantra as an exchange of energy that brings presence, connection, safety and play into sexuality.  She leads the listener in a technique for couples to harmonize their breathing in order to give …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Sexuality Tagged With: body memory, body work, ejaculation, healing, internal family systems, massage, orgasm, Recovery, Sexual Abuse, sexual violence, survivors, tantra, tantric sex, Therapy, Trauma

Aftermath of Sexual Violence with Susan Brison

February 2, 2011 by ssradmin

Philosophy professor Susan Brison survived a sexual assault and attempted murder. She describes the transition from needing to tell the story, to finding the story increasingly boring as she healed—and how group therapy, self-defense classes, and jazz singing all helped her recovery.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: assault, healing, Rape, Rape Culture, Recovery, self defense, Sexual assault, sexual violence, storytelling, survivors, Therapy, Trauma

Trauma and EMDR Therapy with Celia Grand

November 17, 2010 by ssradmin

Therapist Celia Grand is an EMDR facilitator and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy trainer with trauma survivors and their partners. Celia blends her expertise in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) with her extensive experience working with the body in trauma.  She describes three phases of trauma recovery and how EMDR in particular can change the way …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: EMDR therapy, healing, identity, internal family systems, patient experience, psychotherapy, Recovery, relationships, Therapy, Trauma, trauma in the body

The Ingredients of Recovery with Mary Auslander

November 10, 2010 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features therapist, advocate and trauma survivor, Mary Auslander. She discusses the nature of trauma, the ingredients of recovery and what a person can realistically hope for as they heal from trauma. Mary describes giving up her child to adoption after a history of childhood sexual abuse, and the painful …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: advocacy, Child Abuse, childhood trauma, healing, healthcare system, psychiatric care, psychiatric system, psychiatric trauma, Recovery, Sexual Abuse, survivors, Trauma, trauma in the body

The Inner Feelings of Bulimia with Julia Jarvis

September 29, 2010 by ssradmin

Julia Jarvis talks about her struggle with bulimia and her recovery. Julia describes her profound experience with feeling she was bad, and keeping a journal of her daily sins. She credits her recovery with the loosening of a rigid and punitive theology, prozac, and the community she found in Adult Children of Alcoholics.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: adult children of alcoholics, body image, bulemia, bulimia, community, diet culture, Eating Disorders, food, healing, medication, mental illness, Recovery, Shame, theology, Therapy

The Care of Eating Disorders with Patrice Lockhart

September 8, 2010 by ssradmin

Dr. Patrice Lockhart describes her work at the New England Eating Disorders Center at Mercy Hospital. She emphasizes how she tries to help her patients distance their sense of self from the eating disorder, she also describes the key role of family support.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health, Waiting Room Project - Psychiatry Tagged With: anorexia, bulemia, bulimia, diet culture, Eating Disorders, family dynamics, food, identity, mental illness, psychiatric care, psychiatric treatment, Recovery, Therapy

Suicide, Depression, and Zen Meditation with Cheri Huber

May 26, 2010 by ssradmin

Zen teacher Cheri Huber became a student of Zen after her suicide attempt. She describes how Zen led her to awareness of her own self-destructive patterns and allowed her to break from the ruthless voice of self-criticism inside her head.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: death and dying, depression, healing, mental illness, Recovery, suicidality, Suicide, suicide attempt, zen meditation

Cancer and the Tri for a Cure with Julie Marchese

March 10, 2010 by ssradmin

Julie Marchese is the founder of the Tri-for-a Cure, the all women’s triathlon to raise money for women’s cancer. She describes her experiences taking care of her mother when she had cancer, and how that shaped her ability to take charge of her own treatment when she was diagnosed years later.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: cancer, cancer treatment, Caregivers, coping techniques, daughters, diagnosis, health, illness, mothers, physical health, Recovery, Sickness, tri for a cure

Surviving Cancer with Humor with Cathy Kidman

March 3, 2010 by ssradmin

An interview with Cathy Kidman about her diagnosis and treatment for ovarian cancer. Cathy tells the story of how she became a stand up comedian while in treatment, and the ways she has used humor to cope with difficult situations.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: cancer, cancer treatment, coping techniques, Humor, illness, ovarian cancer, physical health, Recovery, Sickness, survivors

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