{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Kiln","title":"Ep 04 - Do It Afraid: Debunking Trauma Treatment Myths","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2763,"description":"Trauma has been having a moment. \n\nPeople are talking about trauma everywhere, from social media to magazine covers, but the prevalence of trauma in our society isn’t shrinking anytime soon. Trauma happens in our families, our relationships, our workplaces, our culture, and our society.\n\nHowever, there is a prevailing school of thought that therapists should avoid exposing their clients to their traumatic memories and that doing so may be actively harmful.\n\nTo which we call BS.\n\nWe believe, from our own experiences and from working with clients, that engaging intentionally with traumatic memories helps people process and lessens the impact of those events on their lives.\n\nAt The Kiln, we support therapists in challenging the anti-exposure paradigm so that they can do this work with confidence and courage.\n\nListen to the full episode to hear:\nThe rapid rise of anti-exposure sentiment thanks to social media\nHow exposure helps people learn that their memories are not dangerous\nWhy all therapists need to be prepared to hold space for clients who want to talk about their trauma\nHow exposure-based therapy positively impacts clients’ self-concept\nWhy our professional culture needs to be more honest about the work being scary and difficult sometimes\nHow the field’s fear of exposure-based therapy hurts the people who have been impacted by trauma the most\nHow avoiding traumatic memories pushes past and present trauma back underground, with our clients and in our culture\n\nLearn more about The Kiln:\nWebsite\n\nLearn more about Dr. Kae Hixson:\nWebsite\n\nLearn more about Riva Stoudt:\nInto the Woods Counseling\nInstagram\n\nResources:\nWaking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter A. Levine\nThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk\nTrauma and Recovery The Aftermath of Violence: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, Judith L. Herman\nShe Redefined Trauma. Then Trauma Redefined Her. - The New York Times\nTruth and Repair: How Trauma...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ol_sHXkCdYSA85-0H0NGO8kUra9MOQJFTKh3xAuFQZM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NjEy/NzYwMTdhNDJlZTYy/NTIxMzg3NjA2ODBi/ZjE1ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}