Season 1
Oct. 10, 2023
Bri Liu - Racial Identity, Immigrant Trauma and Working with Unhoused Communities (019)
In this episode, David sits down with Bri Liu, a Licensed Professional Counsellor offering mental health services through the YWCA and her own private practice, with a focus on immigrant trauma, and somatic healing. They dis…
July 21, 2023
Kari Kinkead - Intimacy, Embodiment and Playing At Your Edge (018)
In this episode, David sits down with Kari Kinkead, a sex and intimacy coach, based in Austin, TX .A student of embodiment (breath sound and movement), sexual yoga, kink, and ontological coaching, she also brings her devotio…
Dec. 5, 2022
Kelly Thomas - Transformational Coaching, Addiction Recovery and Healing Through Community (017)
In this episode, David sits downs with Kelly Thomas, a transformational coach specializing in addiction recovery, psycho-spiritual integration and entheogen treatment preparation. Kelly talks about how the patterns of her ea…
Nov. 17, 2022
John & Melissa King - Repressed Memories, Complex PTSD, Risky Behavior and Finding Grace In Your Relationship (016)
In this episode, David sits down with John and Melissa King at their home in Grapevine, Texas. John talks about the stunning realization at age 45 that he had repressed more than a decade of sexual abuse and sex trafficking …
Nov. 4, 2022
Sabbaticals - How, Why and When (015)
In this solo episode, David talks about his experiences with being on sabbatical for most of 2022, what are some of the important questions and considerations before taking a sabbatical, and goal setting for how you will spe…
Oct. 27, 2022
Olivia Miller-Guerra - Anxiety Disorders, Intrusive Thoughts and Being Forced to Miscarry at Home (014)
In this episode, David sits down with Olivia Miller-Guerra, the youngest sister of two previous guests, Becca DeRoeck and Hannah Albrecht, to discuss how early childhood experiences affected Olivia in a substantially differe…
Oct. 20, 2022
Tracy Carver - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Ayahuasca Experiences, and Shamanic Traditions (013)
In this episode, David sits down with psychologist Tracy Carver, to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, Tracy's personal experiences with ayahuasca, and what we can learn from the rituals a…
Oct. 13, 2022
012 - Maurice F Martin - Divine Intervention, Addiction Counseling, and Working On Your Big But
In this episode, David sits down with musician, author, and podcaster Maurice F Martin. Maurice talks about growing up in an abusive home, his struggles with depression and anxiety through his teens an early adulthood, losin…
Oct. 6, 2022
011 - Experiences with MDMA Therapy
In this solo episode, David does a retrospective on the factors that led to his decision to start MDMA therapy, what his experiences have been like so far over 7 sessions, addresses the topic of repressed memories and the se…
Sept. 29, 2022
010 Scott Van Camp - Working in Group Homes, Men's Issues, Cultivating Humility, and Warrior-Poets
In this week's episode, David sits down with Scott Van Camp, of Search & Create Counseling (www.searchandcreatecounseling.com). Scott is a licensed family and marriage therapist practicing here in Austin, and he has been a m…
Sept. 22, 2022
009 - Hannah Albracht
In this episode, David sits down with Hannah Albracht, the eldest sister of Becca DeRoeck, who appeared in episode #3. Hannah tells her story of growing up in a strictly conservative, religious household, how the messaging s…
Sept. 15, 2022
008 - Laura Shook Guzman
In this episode, David sits down with Laura Shook Guzman, a trauma therapist practicing here in Austin, and somebody who David has worked closely with while processing his own trauma in the last 3 years. Laura talks about th…
Sept. 1, 2022
007 - Danny Mulvihill
In this episode, David sits down with his good friend Danny Mulvihill, host of The Mindstate Podcast. Danny talks about what it was like to grow up in a single parent home, why he chose to stop drinking without a traditional…
Aug. 25, 2022
006 - Jose Porras
In this episode, David sits down with his good friend, Jose Porras. Jose talks about how a chance misunderstanding during high school in his native Mexico led to him enduring an extensive campaign of bullying, why he chose t…
Aug. 18, 2022
005 - Joshua Johnson
In this episode, David sits down with Joshua Johnson, who talks about what it was like to grow up in households with both overt domestic violence, and covert racism and religiosity, how the pressure to perform academically a…
Aug. 11, 2022
004 - Thanh Hoang
In this episode, David sits down with Thanh Hoang, who talks about what it was like growing up Vietnamese in Oklahoma, experiencing domestic violence from a young age, visiting the source of intergenerational trauma in Vietn…
Aug. 4, 2022
003 - Becca DeRoeck
In this episode, David sits down with Becca DeRoeck to talk about what draws her to volunteer work, emigrating to the US from Sweden at age 10, developing an anxiety disorder that would undermine her relationship with the ma…
July 28, 2022
002 - Melanie Robinson
In this episode, David sits down with his good friend Melanie Robinson, to talk about working with at-promise children, having to become self sufficient at a young age when both of her parents suffered severe health problems…
July 28, 2022
001 - Podcast Introduction
In this introductory episode, T is for Trauma host David O'Connor shares some of his story, why he chose to start the podcast, and what you can expect from future episodes.