Wisemind Podcast

World-renowned trauma specialist and pioneer of somatic psychology, Dr Pat Ogden offers understanding and relief from trauma and various disorders using the intelligence of the body. We discover skills to relieve and better manage a variety of ailments and find a new way of living in our body in her Wisdom of the Body series at Wisemind.com

World-renowned psychologist and Professor at McLean Hospital, Harvard University, Dr Alan Fruzzetti discusses the stigma of suicide and his motivation to develop treatment programs. He offers therapy sessions on self-harming and suicidal teens in his Divorcing Parents & Kids series.

World-renowned trauma expert and best-selling author of 'The Body Keeps the Score', Dr Bessel van der Kolk discusses how trauma affects the brain. His most recent 2014 New York Times Science best seller, 'The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma' transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, somatically based therapies, EMDR, psychodrama, play, yoga, and other therapies. In his PTSD Relief Therapy series we discover how to restore safety in our body and agency in our mind.

Dr Sia Bandarian is a clinical psychologist with many years clinical experience treating anxiety disorders. His specialty is the behavioural treatment of phobias which has been shown to be an effective therapy for anxiety. He introduces the introduces the topics covered here at Wisemind.

Trauma is a common human experience with surveys showing that 75% of people have experienced at least one potentially traumatic event. World renowned clinical psychologist Dr Janina Fisher offers relief and understanding in her Advanced Trauma Therapy sessions at Wisemind.com