Therapy Chat

541: How To Raise Conscious Daughters + Sons with Dr. Shefali

Our rapidly changing world is leaving parents needing guidance more than ever. The threats seem to be from everywhere - at school, in the neighborhood, on the internet…

540: Self-Abandonment + Intergenerational Trauma with Alexandra Stevens

If you’re someone who has struggled with self abandonment, you may wonder why you find yourself beating yourself up or feeling like an imposter in your life at times. I o

539: Brainspotting + Creative Expression – With Kristy Sneddon + Colleen Klym

Continuing with our series on the power of Brainspotting, this week's episode features two more fabulous Brainspotting leaders, Kristy Sneddon, LCSW and Colleen Klym, LMF

538: How To Help The Helper: Caring For The Self with Vanessa Bear

"Trauma therapy shouldn't be traumatizing." This week's guest Vanessa Bear, MSc,'s quote sounds like it may apply to the importance of trauma-sensitive work for those who

537: A Therapist's Story Of Recovery From Dissociative Identity Disorder with Sally Maslansky

Dissociative Identity Disorder is one of the more controversial diagnoses in the mental health world. Many therapists and psychiatrists were taught that it doesn't exist,

536: Ancestral Healing: The Regeneration Process with Dr. Ame Cutler

What does healing the legacies of harm passed from one generation to the next look like? That is the topic of this week's episode with my guest, and one of my teachers, D

535: Brainspotting + Healing Childhood Trauma With Dr. Cherie Lindberg

We continue our conversations about Brainspotting in this week's episode with my guest, Dr. Cherie Lindberg. Cherie is the author of Sacred Healing, a former psychotherap

534: Brainspotting + OCD with Dr. Pie Frey + Thad Frye

This week I am happy to share my interview with one of the pioneers of Brainspotting, Dr. Pie Frey. Together with Brainspotting consultant and Rocky Mountain Brainspottin

533: Somatics, Ifs + Sound Healing With Marcella Cox + Leah Dawang

Welcome back! This week, we continue the series on combining delivery of multiple models and interventions to benefit the healing process. My guests today are Marcella Co

532: Interoception and Embodiment Science in Clinical Practice with Tracy Jarvis

Trauma resolution and nervous system regulation are hot topics, but there is another piece that is often left out of the discussion. This week's Therapy Chat guest, Tracy

531: Somatic Resourcing To Protect Your Energy with Zabie Yamasaki

Feeling frazzled with the stress of modern day life? This episode is for you. My guest is Zabie Yamasak, author of several books including her newest one, "Protect Your E

530: Chronic Illness + Pain Disorders, Autoimmune + Integrative Nutrition For Mental Health With Dr. Leslie Korn

Have you ever wondered how childhood trauma and health are related? What's the connection between food, sleep, vitamins and minerals and our immune system, pain response,

529: Trauma-informed Bodywork with Chelsea Haverly + Emily Young

Therapists are creations so many interesting combinations of modalities to deepen the healing process. This week's guests are two therapists based in Annapolis, Maryland

528: Finding The Path To Healing Mind, Body + Spirit – With Christa Hines

How do you heal from invisible illness when you are flat on your back and can't walk? With the next session in the series on trauma/mental health and illness, I'm introdu

527: A Decolonized Perspective On Attachment Theory with Linda Thai

What if our understanding of human connection is missing the very ground beneath our feet? This week I welcomed back my friend and colleague Linda Thai as she challenges

526: "Did That Really Happen?" - Trauma + Memory with Susan Pease Banitt

This week, we are talking about a topic which is coming up a lot lately as people are considering the pervasiveness of sexual violence in patriarchal cultures. My guest

525: Finding Motherhood with Dr. Vincentia Schroeter

This week on Therapy Chat, we have a returning guest, Dr. Vincentia Schroeter. Vin, a Bioenergetic psychotherapist, and trainer, author of four books, and a painter, has

524: The Motherhood Myth with Vanessa Bennett

With Mother's Day approaching, this week we are revisiting one of my favorite conversations of 2025. My guest is Vanessa Bennett, LMFT, author of "The Motherhood Myth: A

523: Yoga + Sexual Trauma - With Zabie Yamasaki

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! In today's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C revisits her interview from 2022 with Zahabiya "Zabie" Yamasaki, who is a survivor, an advocat

522: Connecting To The Wisdom Within Us - With Zulma Reyo

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week I'm replaying my interview from 2021 with teacher and author Zulma Reyo, creator of the Zulma Reyo School of Consciousness. Zulma