The Importance of Recognizing & Talking About Trauma, What Really Makes a Good Trauma Therapist with Founder of the Trauma Therapist Project with Guy Macpherson, PhD

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Guy Macpherson is the founder of The Trauma Therapist Project and The Trauma Therapist Podcast. He has a doctorate in clinical psychology and does not offer or provide therapy. Instead, he focuses on bringing awareness to trauma issues and on helping educate, support, and inspire the individuals who are interested in learning more about trauma and who want to help people who have been impacted by trauma.

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:

What trauma really is and why it is so important to acknowledge and recognize What inspired Guy to pursue a career in trauma therapy What The Trauma Therapist Project + Podcast are, and how they came to life What makes a therapist (trauma or otherwise) great Plus much more…

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

Mentioned:

Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke

Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog by Bruce Perry

Connect with Guy:

Website: https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/

QUOTES

“Neurobiologically speaking, trauma has a detrimental impact to the central nervous system, such that it dysregulates it. People experience a variety of things—people can experience anxiety, people can experience depression, people can experience sleepiness or mood disorders; a variety of symptoms.”

“There are a lot of other symptoms that can manifest and that often go undiagnosed because people don’t think they have been traumatized.”

“When you’re working with a kid who is 11, 12, 13, they don’t care where you’ve gone to school. They don’t care how many degrees that you have. They care if you’re authentic. They care, and they will know, if you’re able to handle the shit that they have gone through. And you won’t be able to do that unless you have done your own work.”

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