Kirk Schneider on Political Polarization and the Vibrant Center
How can we engage political polarization without falling into passive neutrality or extremism? Dr. Kirk Schneider on presence, openness, and discernment as a path forward.
Therapy Podcast
Here are the podcast episodes that explore therapy from the therapist’s perspective, in chronological order, most recent on top.
See also list of ALL podcasts: Chronological and Alphabetical.
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Procrastination need not be laziness: Jennifer Tantia
Many of us treat procrastination as laziness or a personal failing. But what if it’s your nervous system doing exactly what it’s designed to do?
Systemic shame & trauma healing — from isolation to connection: Merete Holm Brantbjerg
Merete Holm Brantbjerg talks about trauma, systemic shame, and the body’s hidden survival responses, starting from her own experience of female-to-female sexual perpetration at age 14.
Janina Fisher on healing your trauma: Embracing our fragmented selves
Janina Fisher explains what it means to heal your trauma. She describes her trauma-informed parts approach, where these reactions are understood as parts of ourselves that once helped us survive, not as problems to eliminate.
Memory reconsolidation: What makes therapy work
Many clients in therapy understand their patterns and still feel stuck. We explore simple ways to foster the corrective emotional experiences that make lasting change possible.
Where do you feel it in your body?
How to practice embodied therapy when the body doesn’t answer. A relational approach to somatic psychotherapy for therapists who want a practical way to stay present without forcing awareness.
Eric Wolterstorff: How transference impacts growth & healing in therapy
We discuss how transference in the context of trauma therapy. Eric shares an experience that illustrates how this can lead to healing.
Steven C. Hayes: A process-based approach to therapy
Steve Hayes is a developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Here, we talk about going beyond the specifics of any given therapy
Active imagination: Leslie Ellis & Serge Prengel
I invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis to have a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.
Peter Levine reflects on his life and work
Peter Levine talks with Serge Prengel about his personal journey through trauma and how he came to develop Somatic Experiencing.
Raja Selvam: Embodying emotions
Serge Prengel talks with Raja Selvam about developing the capacity for emotions by making more room for them in the body.
Maia Szalavitz: An inspiring perspective on addiction
Maia Szalavitz blends personal experience and years of investigative research into an inspiring perspective on addiction. Conversation with Serge Prengel about her perspective on addiction.
Kirk Schneider: Life-enhancing anxiety
We do our best to avoid anxiety, and in so doing, risk missing out on the best of the depth and mystery of existence. We also risk compounding the very anxiety we hoped to avoid and becoming destructive as a result.
What is Polyvagal-informed Mindfulness?
How does the Polyvagal Theory affect our understanding of mindfulness? Blake O’Connor, Education Director of the Polyvagal Institute, interviews Serge Prengel.
Ken Benau: Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma
This conversation with Ken Benau serves as an introduction to shame and pride-informed psychotherapy with adult survivors of relational trauma
Jeffery Smith: How psychotherapy works
Jeffery Smith describes a 5-step pathway to go beyond the fragmentation of the different schools of psychotherapy and define how psychotherapy works.
Jeffery Smith: How therapy works (video #2: Clinical practice)
This is a continuation of Jeffery Smith’s description of how psychotherapy works
Jeffery Smith: How therapy works (video #3: Q & A)
Q & A session on how therapy works with Jeffery Smith and Serge Prengel
Cherionna Menzam-Sills: Exploring pre- and perinatal experiences
This conversation starts with a guided, experiential exploration. Then we talk about early developmental experiences, with a perspective informed by trauma therapy and mindfulness.
Jan Winhall: Treating trauma & addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal model
Jan Winhall describes how therapists can respectfully understand addiction and treat trauma responses with deep embodied listening.