System Speak: Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

Em Standing Up

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Em shares a parenting moment.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Content Note: Content on this web...

Emails

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Content Note: Content o...

Piece by Piece

01 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share about talking in therapy about domestic violence, dating alcoholics, and sexuality.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit...

TA with Papa

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan talks to the kids about "parts" in the context of Transactional Analysis.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to...

Thaylis, Part 2

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thaylis returns to talk about protectors.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Content Note: Content...

Back in Session

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We give a therapy update, referencing the book “In Session”.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HER...

Emails

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Content Note: Content o...

Guest: Tamara Baker

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome our clinical guest, Tamara Baker.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Content Note: Cont...

Un-Collapsing

10 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We give a family and medical update.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Content Note: Content on t...

Guest: Jessica Endres

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Clinical guest Jessica Endres.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE....

Guest: Raja Selvem, PhD

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Clinical guest Raja Selvem, PhD.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HER...

Oh Ship

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Therapy update.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are...

Guest: Thaylis

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with community guest Thaylis.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNIT...

Emails

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Guest: Rachel Walker, LMFT

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Guest clinician Rachel Walker.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE....

Guest: Moon Knight

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan interviews a guest about Moon Knight.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE C...

Moon Knight

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Nathan about the Moon Knight series.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN ...

Unwritten

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We give therapy updates.  References suicidality.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN...

Hallelujah

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Nathan about therapy things as a young adult.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You ...

Iron Throne

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share about a dream and therapy updates.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE CO...

Guest: Kathleen Adams

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Kathleen Adams, PhD, about abject shame and suffering.  She shares about dissociative defenses and terror.  She explains abject shame ...

Attach Cry

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We Google search “attach cry”.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, a...

Guest: Larry Ruhl

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We chat with Larry, who presented at the 2022 Healing Together conference.  We share with each other about our grief over losing therapists, and talk...

Un-Fawning

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We process a therapy session in which we realized we didn’t have to be fawning anymore - and how dysregulating it was not to be fawning. You can JO...

Guest: Peter Maves

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We chat with guest Peter Maves, a pioneer in the field and a colleague we work with planning conferences and building the professional training progra...

Emails

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Seattle Bookends

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share updates.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you a...

Anna

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share updates.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you a...

Pressuring the Surface

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share therapy updates.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  On...

Red (Part 1 of 2)

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We do a movie zoomies after watching Turning Red together.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You...

Unfawning

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We learning about fawning, and consider its purpose and what would happen if we stopped fawning.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can su...

Chicken Rescue

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share a family story from living in the country, and how it became a metaphor for therapy.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submi...

New Bike

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We got a bike.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are ...

Eye Movements

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share our therapy experience.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HER...

Big Ideas

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about transitioning after the pandemic, making changes in our family, me being back in therapy, and the kids growing up.Our website is HERE: ...

Roomies

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We reconnect with our friend from college.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COM...

Spiritual Rape

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Nathan about getting doxxed and how that led to reconnecting to a friend from "Christian college". Our website is HERE:  System Speak Po...

Self-States

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share about therapy.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once...

Jessica's Colt

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We share about being weary post-pandemic as we start with a new therapist.  We share about recognizing we are not okay, and looking at what is not wo...

Casita

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We do a movie group to talk about Encanto.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COM...

Emails

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Compartmentalizing with Alex

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alex shares how he compartmentalizes and contains via "boxes".Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE....

Emails

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Cemetery Revisited

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We process parenting and being parented.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMU...

Healing is Mine

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We process about letting go of the loss of our therapist and apply it to what we are learning about re-enactments.Our website is HERE:  System Speak ...

Guest: Eli Somer

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eli Somer, a clinician in Israel, joins us to discuss dissociative absorption, reality shifting, and maladaptive daydreaming.  He says the experience...

Heifer

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

JohnMark got things to say.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  ...

Out of the Woods

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Nathan.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once yo...

Nutritionist

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about visiting with a nutritionist post-pandemic.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You ...

China Cabinet

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about processing another move, and reflecting on Memory Time feelings showing up in Now Time.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You ...

Presentation: History of Diagnoses

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share our presentation for ISSTD about the History of Dissociative Diagnoses.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to...

Design of Human

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan shares insights.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once...

Soul Skin

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We reference a chapter from the book Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submi...

More Fairytales

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our fairytale project.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY H...

Community Guest: Crystals

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We visit with Crystals from the Community.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COM...

Emails

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Molly’s Samaritan

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Molly visits the podcast.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  On...

Buddy Business

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

JohnMark gives an emotional update.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY ...

Trees

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We reflect on our system and therapy.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNIT...

NerdTown Topics Meetup: Stories in Healing

09 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This month in our NerdTown Topics Meetup, our colleague, Bill Woodburn, MEd, LPC-S, LMFT-S, shared about using stories in therapy. You can JOIN THE C...

Community Guest: Nestor (Part 2 of 2)

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have a conversation with Nestor.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY ...

Community Guest: Nestor (Part 1 of 2)

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have a conversation with Nestor.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY ...

Dreams and Roses

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about therapy.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once...

The Community

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about the beginning of our Community.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE...

Article Reviewers

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about trying to publish an article after more editing.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE...

Article Submission

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share our process of trying to write an article.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOI...

Guest: Christy (Part 2 of 2)

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome our friend and colleague, Christy.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE ...

Guest: Christy (Part 1 of 2)

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome our friend and colleague, Christy.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE ...

Guest: Joan Turkus, M.D.

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest is Dr. Joan Turkus, who shares her pioneer history in the field of traumatology.  She explains her perspective of trauma and dissociation, ...

Challenging the Critic

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about therapy, and learning to recognize the difference between thoughts and feelings.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can sub...

Cemetery

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share our visit to the cemetery.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY ...

Therapeutic Relationships (Part 2 of 2)

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share from a book by Courtois & Ford.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE C...

Therapeutic Relationships (Part 1)

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share from a book by Courtois & Ford.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE C...

Emails and a Poem

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read listener emails, including one that contained a poem.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.Y...

Starting a Fairytale

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about a therapy assignment.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY...

Dream

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We share about a dream we had.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE....

Guest: Kirsten Stach (Part 2 of 2)

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our discussion with Kirsten Stach.  Trigger warning for discussion of historical trauma. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer...

Guest: Kirsten Stach, MA, Dipl, MIACI (Part 1 of 2)

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest this week for two-part episodes is Kirsten Stach, MA, Dipl, MIACI.  We discussed trauma and dissociation.  We explore the neutralizing of ...

Journey to the Past

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Nathan about our new memoir.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMM...

Guest: Cleo from H.O.W. Network

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Cleo from H.O.W., who shares their integrative experience.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podc...

Guest: Our Friend Kim is Back!

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk again with our friend Kim, who helps us spill the tea (and move forward again in healing).Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can ...

Family Guest: Alex and Autism

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our oldest son, Alex, now old enough for consent, requests his episode from 2021 return to the podcast!  He shared about autism.Our website is HERE: ...

Recap: Dolores Mosquera

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We attended a training presented by Dolores Mosquera about working with parts and dissociation.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can sub...

Guest: Beauty After Bruises

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome Beauty After Bruises, who share their own stories of how the organization came to be and what they are doing to help the survivor and disso...

Guest: Elizabeth Power, M. Ed.

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest is Elizabeth Power, who shares her story of dissociation in response to medical trauma (sans perpetrator), and how she has used her experien...

New Now Time

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about "New Now Time".Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE. ...

Emails

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Guest: Richard P. Kluft, M.D., PhD.

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest this week is Richard P. Kluft, MD, one of the first and most extensively published research clinicians of dissociative disorders.  He tells...

Caring for the Body (Part 2)

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about caring for the physical body.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE CO...

Caring for the Body (Part 1)

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about caring for the physical body.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE CO...

Emails

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUN...

Splinters

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Therapy update.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are...

In Session (Part 3)

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We review the book In Session.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE....

In Session (Part 2)

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read from the book In Session.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HE...

In Session (Part 1)

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read from the book In Session.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HE...

Guest: Lou Himes

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Lou Himes discusses gender, identity, expression, and roles.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group,...

Mother Hunger Revisited

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome Kelly McDaniel back to the podcast.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE...

ISSTD Recap (Part 2)

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We continue an ISSTD recap.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  ...

ISSTD Recap (Part 1)

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We recap an ISSTD event.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Onc...

Guest: Mary-Anne Kate, PhD

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest this week is Mary-Anne Kate, PhD, from Australia.  She shares her research into Dissociation.  She explains how she educates about and adv...