The Trauma Therapist Podcast Guest Information

Previous guests include:

Bessel van der Kolk

Judith Herman

Kathy Steele

Peter Levine

Orna Guralnik

Pat Ogden

Gabor Maté

Bruce Perry

Dan Siegel

Janina Fisher

Hello.

Thanks so much for expressing interest in being interviewed on The Trauma Therapist | Podcast.

This will provide some of the nuts and bolts of the interview:

Who:

  • The Trauma Therapist Podcast interviews the thought-leaders in the fields of trauma, addiction, mindfulness and yoga.

Where:

The interviews will take place over either Riverside audio and/video.

How long will the call take:

  • I am requesting about 35 minutes of your time.

Where will it play:

What questions will you ask:

  • I’m interested in you and your journey. Yes we also will talk about your work and books and courses etc.. But I’m ultimately I’m interested in the details and specifics of your story, as that is what people can relate to. I am not interested in general and big-picture themes.

Sound Quality:

When will the interview be published:

  • We published approximately 3 months from the time of the interview (though this is subject to change).

Allowances:

  • By participating in The Trauma Therapist Podcast interview, you agree to allow The Trauma Therapist Project to record, distribute, and disseminate the broadcast/podcast in any manner. You also agree to allow The Trauma Therapist Project to retain rights to the produced media for potential future use in books, courses, trainings and in all other public distribution.

Questions

Your Journey:

  • The purpose of this interview is to really understand your journey, your struggles and triumphs, and the steps you've taken to get into this field.

Your Story:

  • To do that, I invite stories, not general or aerial views of topics. I’ll guide you to share specific stories about your journey, experiences, individuals you've worked with (excluding names of course), and moments which have made a difference in your life. Stories are things we can relate to and are that which will inspire us!My goal here is to raise awareness of trauma and inspire other trauma clinicians and survivors!

Your Start:

  • I'll ask how you got into this field--of trauma, or therapy, or yoga etc.

Your book, course, program, business etc.:

  • Yes, of course, we’ll talk about whatever you’d like to promote or address. That’s why you’re here.

Your Contact information:

  • As you we ready to close out I'll ask about the best way for people to contact you. This will be an indication that our interview is coming to a close.

The interviews usually go for about 30 minutes.

After this, we'll come to a close and say good-bye.

Thank you! And I look forward to speaking with you.

Guy