320 SelfWork: New Trauma Treatments with Guest Host Doc Shauna Springer
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Her guest is another phenomenal woman. Alexa James who’s the CEO of NAMI Chicago. Under different Chicago mayors, she’s started mental health programs in the police department and worked closely on police accountability, She helped with Chicago’’s response to Covid, and now continues to bring mental health treatment to the far under-served.
What you’ll hear today are two very caring and very knowledgable and very experienced women talking about innovative treatments that are being used more and more: ketamine infusions and SGB or stellate ganglion block. You can learn more on her website stellacenter.com. They offer great hope!
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Shauna ‘Doc’ Springer is a co-founder and the Chief Psychologist for STELLA, a leading, trusted authority on innovative trauma treatments. Dr. Springer is responsible for developing STELLA's trauma informed approach to care across its international network of more than 50 clinics. She leads training and public speaking engagements for Stella and is the host of the podcast "The Story of Our Trauma." She is a best-selling author of two books on trauma (WARRIOR: How to Support Those Who Protect Us and Relentless Courage: Winning the Battle with Frontline Trauma and is widely considered to be one of the world's leading experts on psychological trauma, military transition, suicide prevention, and close relationships.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Selfwork, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:14.1 | At Selfwork, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Dr. Margaret, and Selfwork is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today |
| 0:26.2 | for your own Selfwork. |
| 0:30.1 | Hi and welcome or welcome back to Selfwork. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford, and I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:35.8 | I have a guest host today whom I'm about to introduce you to, but first let's hear from |
| 0:41.2 | one of our proud sponsors. |
| 0:47.9 | 20-22 is ending, which was a hard year for many, as they're trying to heal from the impact |
| 0:52.5 | of the pandemic, and now we're welcoming 20-23 with more people that ever needing help |
| 0:57.1 | with anxiety and depression. |
| 0:59.2 | The most common problem I hear from those seeking therapy is how hard it is to find a |
| 1:03.9 | therapist, better help solve those problems. |
| 1:07.0 | After you make the first contact, their standard is to offer names of therapists to |
| 1:10.7 | you in less than two days, and you can talk to them in a first session to see if it's |
| 1:15.1 | a good fit. |
| 1:16.1 | If so, you're on your way, but if not, rather than going through an awkward call or email, |
| 1:21.6 | you simply let better help know, and they'll ask what it was you didn't like, and find |
| 1:25.9 | someone else for you. |
| 1:27.4 | You can text, chat, or talk virtually all of those avenues are open to you. |
| 1:32.2 | I'm a therapist because I got good therapy, I know how much of a difference it can make. |
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