Brainspotting From Source (featuring Dr Mark Grixti)
This short episode is an important message in our time. It is taken from a recent production that is core to his trainings, writing and healing retreats. Mark speaks from the heart about the essence of healing and in this brief snapshot, covers key concepts that have been subjugated and marginalised in so much therapy and healing work. Through this narration, we can remind ourselves of the relationship between the person and the psyche, the importance of ritual and ceremony, the power of the collective or the tribe, and the power of meeting our pain within and well beyond psychology. This piece then invites listeners and seekers to explore the retreat opportunity, Brainspotting: From Source. Mark will co-host this alongside esteemed trainer Dr Roby Ables and the remarkable musician, yoga teacher and sound healing trainer, Siobhan Swider. It is time to receive... join usBrainspotting: From Source A Shared, Unifying JourneyMay 13 - 18, 2025Banff, Alberta Canadahttps://www.cpimt.ca/For more information on Brainspotting and to train with Dr Mark Grixti go to: https://bspuk.co.uk/trainings-and-events/ https://www.facebook.com/brainspottinguk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/awe-in-trauma/id1580294433?i=1000543054793 https://twitter.com/BrainspottingUK https://www.instagram.com/brainspotting_uk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wfQEAwQX3qr36zkhh9J0g
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Question Mark - Q&A with experts in the field (featuring Dr David Grand)
Welcome to a captivating special edition of the Awe in Trauma podcast!In this episode, fittingly titled "Question Mark," we unlock powerful insights through a thought-provoking Q&A session with leading experts. As breakthroughs in neurobiology, neuropsychology, spirituality, and healing reshape our understanding of trauma and human suffering, the need for a fresh, holistic framework has never been greater.Contributors in this episode include top professionals (links below) from the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, and bodywork. We’re excited to feature a special guest appearance by regular Awe in Trauma contributor and Brainspotting founder, Dr. David Grand.Join us as we explore emerging concepts brimming with hope, innovation, and the promise of transformation. Tune in to discover new possibilities that blend historic and ancestral wisdom with fresh approaches to healing and growth. We can’t wait to share this journey with you!Links to episode contributors:David Grand https://brainspotting.comAlessia Bruno https://eng.performaceexpansion.comCynthia Swartzberg https://cynthasis.com/Eppie Wells https://eppiewellscounselling.co.uk/Malachy Coleman https://www.malachycoleman.com/en/home/Una Archer https://www.helpyourchildthrive.co.uk/For more information on Brainspotting and to train with Dr Mark Grixti go to: https://bspuk.co.uk/trainings-and-events/ https://www.facebook.com/brainspottinguk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/awe-in-trauma/id1580294433?i=1000543054793 https://twitter.com/BrainspottingUK https://www.instagram.com/brainspotting_uk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wfQEAwQX3qr36zkhh9J0g
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Addiction as Dissociation (with Dr Adam O'Brien)
Dr. Adam O'Brien is an Approved Brainspotting Consultant and special topics trainer. He is a specialist in trauma, dissociation, addiction, recovery, and trauma or memory resolution. His passion is educating on healing through Addiction as Dissociation Model and research, helping others walk the Path of the Wounded Healer, Recovery research, advocating for psychedelic medicine and psychedelic research, and freeing the hearts and minds of audiences by activating states of healing together with his Addiction Re-Educational Program at the Wounded Healers Institute. This powerful episode takes the listener through a journey into the power of history and insight into developing a relationship with parts of oneself that may be hidden away and dissociated off through trauma and overwhelm. Adam takes us through his fascinating doctoral research into the multidimensional nature of the human experience, spirit and soul as well as the incredible impact of drug use on the body, the psyche and the personality. Within a culture of dissociation and isolation, Adam sets out the importance of a fresh and revolutionary approach which serves to honour the connectivity of all things across time and space, so that we can access the abundance of this planet to reconnect with our pasts and our many modalities of experiencing the world, thus facilitating powerful processing and integration to safely transcend and to heal.For more information on Dr Adam O'Brien's work go to:woundedhealersinstitute.orgFor more information on Brainspotting and to train with Dr Mark Grixti go to: https://bspuk.co.uk/trainings-and-events/ https://www.facebook.com/brainspottinguk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/awe-in-trauma/id1580294433?i=1000543054793 https://twitter.com/BrainspottingUK https://www.instagram.com/brainspotting_uk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wfQEAwQX3qr36zkhh9J0g
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The Tribe Is The Medicine (with Hamaima)
A fascinating episode with Hamaima who is a Shamanic Practitioner, Musician, Sound Healer and New Earth Guide with many years of experience in holding space for ceremonies and retreats world wide. In her work she combines ancient practices from different spiritual traditions to guide and empower. In this episode Hamiama approaches healing from ma both a more traditional approach through her earlier years in Social Work to her more recent developments in working with indigenous tribes, plant medicine, and her project named “Mission on Earth”. The listener will get some insight into what it means to engage in a dieta and work with tribes with their ancient and sacred approaches to healing. Here you’ll see the power of the tribe in human wellness which raises interesting questions as to the way that western civilisation now perceives community and the impact that this can have on health and happiness. Hamaima is open and expressive in framing how her losses and suffering became vehicles for change and how she has worked for many years to process this and to explore alternative ways to heal, work and relate. In the final section of the podcast, we hear of her new project and how she hopes to support children and their families from the position that the new generation are highly spiritual and celestial beings that may not fully resonate with more traditional ways of doing things. Yet some of the traditional values of love, support, acceptance, diversity and respect are central to facilitating child development and wellness, which she is keen to support in her approaches to deep healing.More information about Hamaima's work please go to https://hamaima.comFor more information on Brainspotting and to train with Dr Mark Grixti go to: https://bspuk.co.uk/trainings-and-events/ https://www.facebook.com/brainspottinguk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/awe-in-trauma/id1580294433?i=1000543054793 https://twitter.com/BrainspottingUK https://www.instagram.com/brainspotting_uk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wfQEAwQX3qr36zkhh9J0g
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Wounded Healers - Be Well (with Dr Melanie Young)
Dr Melanie Young is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. Melanie is a senior Brainspotting (BSP) trainer, consultant and certified Brainspotting therapist. She assists individuals and couples with relationships, losses, and grief. Melanie helps navigate the challenges around brain injuries, ADD, pain, illness, and phobias. Specialties also include working with seniors, their families, and caregivers. She uses BSP as a tool to help heal trauma, increase effective coping strategies, strengthen internal resources, and enhance performance.This wonderful episode takes the listener behind the scenes of what it's like to be a therapist/healer. Melanie calls upon her wealth of personal experience as a Licenced Psychologist, as well as from those of a plethora of healers to explore the levels of protection that they utilise in working with so much pain and trauma. We hear about how the healer can experience a range of symptoms that can result in burn-out, or compassion fatigue, compromising their ability to thrive, work and be there for their people. Whether you are supporting others in a formal psychiatric setting, a health institution or in the community, this episode provides insightful thoughts and practical ideas to be able to develop your own range of rituals and ceremonies to stay well in a demanding environment. Let the healers be healed.For more information on Melanie's work go to:https://melanieyoungpsyd.com/For more information on Brainspotting and to train with Dr Mark Grixti go to: https://bspuk.co.uk/trainings-and-events/ https://www.facebook.com/brainspottinguk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/awe-in-trauma/id1580294433?i=1000543054793 https://twitter.com/BrainspottingUK https://www.instagram.com/brainspotting_uk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wfQEAwQX3qr36zkhh9J0g
An invitation to explore deeper together into the divinity, science, spaciousness and intuition of hurt and healing with Dr Mark Grixti, Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Trainer.
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