Season 1
Kelly Thomas - Transformational Coaching, Addiction Recovery and Healing Through Community (017)
Dec. 5, 2022
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…
John & Melissa King - Repressed Memories, Complex PTSD, Risky Behavior and Finding Grace In Your Relationship (016)
Nov. 17, 2022
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 …
Sabbaticals - How, Why and When (015)
Nov. 4, 2022
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…
Olivia Miller-Guerra - Anxiety Disorders, Intrusive Thoughts and Being Forced to Miscarry at Home (014)
Oct. 27, 2022
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…
Tracy Carver - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Ayahuasca Experiences, and Shamanic Traditions (013)
Oct. 20, 2022
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…
012 - Maurice F Martin - Divine Intervention, Addiction Counseling, and Working On Your Big But
Oct. 13, 2022
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…
011 - Experiences with MDMA Therapy
Oct. 6, 2022
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…
010 Scott Van Camp - Working in Group Homes, Men's Issues, Cultivating Humility, and Warrior-Poets
Sept. 29, 2022
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…
009 - Hannah Albracht
Sept. 22, 2022
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…
008 - Laura Shook Guzman
Sept. 15, 2022
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…
007 - Danny Mulvihill
Sept. 1, 2022
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…
006 - Jose Porras
Aug. 25, 2022
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…
005 - Joshua Johnson
Aug. 18, 2022
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…
004 - Thanh Hoang
Aug. 11, 2022
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…
003 - Becca DeRoeck
Aug. 4, 2022
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…
002 - Melanie Robinson
July 28, 2022
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…
001 - Podcast Introduction
July 28, 2022
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.