Healing Trauma with Self-Compassion: Building Your Path to Wellbeing | Wendy Castelino

On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, trauma therapist Wendy Castelino offers a compassionate and clinically grounded exploration of how trauma works, how healing happens, and why self-compassion — both for clients and therapists — is at the heart of truly effective care.Wendy walks us through the different categories of trauma and the wide range of therapeutic modalities she draws on — including CBT, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and EMDR — explaining what each does and when it is most helpful. She also speaks candidly about the importance of therapist wellbeing, the ongoing responsibility to stay educated in an evolving field, and why understanding trauma at a deeper level changes not just how we treat it, but how we see ourselves and others.Key TopicsThe different categories of trauma and how they present differently in each personCBT, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and EMDR — what they are and how they helpWhy EMDR is particularly effective for trauma processing and healingThe critical importance of therapist wellbeing and self-care in the healing professionsThe power of self-compassion as both a therapeutic tool and a life practiceAbout Wendy CastelinoWendy Castelino is a trauma therapist and expert in evidence-based healing modalities. With a deep commitment to compassion — for her clients, her colleagues, and herself — she brings both clinical rigour and human warmth to her work, helping people understand their trauma, process it safely, and find their way back to themselves.Journey to Purpose is a personal transformation podcast featuring real conversations about mindset, trauma recovery, self-worth, spiritual awakening, resilience, and finding your life’s purpose. New episodes every week. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Of0Na1qWovS8Aw2X2FU8M 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philippa.bagley/ 🌐 Website: https://philippabagley.com/ Subscribe and leave a review — it helps others find the show.About your hostPippa Bagley is a clinical hypnotherapist specialising in burnout and sleep, and the host of Journey to Purpose. Based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, she is passionate about helping people reconnect with what truly matters — and build lives and careers that feel genuinely sustainable. Pippa is also studying for an MSc in the Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at King’s College London. Find out more at philippabagley.com