*Trigger warning for this episode as we are discussing trauma.

*Information shared on this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.

 This episode is for those in the helping professions.

 In this episode of What Your Therapist Is Reading, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Jessica Stone, Ph.D., RPT-S, and Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S, two of the authors of the book, Trauma Impacts: Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma. The episode focuses on the multifaceted effects of trauma, both on individuals and communities, and how these impacts ripple through generations.

 Highlights include:

 10:04 Shares how the book is set up including the 3 sections which include the impacts of trauma, trauma impacts with specific populations, and future implications.

 13:01 Exploring relationships within the systems and need for healing.

 18:19 Generational Trauma

 20:15 When the helper is in crisis too

 21:01 Trauma and neurodiversity 

27:03 Who this book is for

In this episode, Lauren Chava Rose shares about her memoir, The Heart Word: How I Lost it All and Found Myself.  Lauren shares about her experience of exploring the need to estrange herself from her family and the healing journey that she took.  Lauren not only shares about her journey with her therapist, but with her energy healers and the family that she created along the way.