This is a republishing of an archived episode with Adena Bank Lees."There is a God and I’m not it."-Twelve-step saying.Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LISAC, BCETS, CP is an internationally recognized speaker, author, trainer and consultant, providing a fresh and important look at addiction treatment, traumatic stress and recovery. She has provided more than 1000 workshops for professionals around the world on topics related to childhood abuse, PTSD, eating and substance use disorders, other addictions and related mental health issues. Her specialty is childhood sexual abuse, in particular, covert emotional incest.Adena’s lectures, workshops and presentations are lively, informative, engaging and current. Participants say they are moved by the integration of information that makes sense to them, sometimes for the very first time. Being introduced to covert emotional incest is often the most powerful and life changing piece participants claim to walk away with. In This EpisodeAdena’s websiteAdena’s trainingAdena’s Facebook pageAdena’s Go-To BooksWar and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Edward TickSilently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners, Kenneth M. Adams PhDTrauma and the Therapist: Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization in Psychotherapy with Incest Survivors, Laurie Anne Pearlman and Karen W. SaakvitneThe Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors, Regina A. Goulding and Richard C. SchwartzThe Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.You can learn more about what I do here:The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa———If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Thank you to our Sponsors:Incogni - Use code [traumatherapist] and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/traumatherapistJane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.app/book_a_demoJourney Clinical - visit https://join.journeyclinical/trauma for 1 month off your membershipTherapy Wisdom - https://therapywisdom.com/jan/

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

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