BONUS - Intergenerational Trauma and Decolonizing Jewish Identity with Brad Kammer
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.6 • 141 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
"It's been really confusing. It's been painful. And trying to sort this all out for myself is my own work in… really helping me become a better therapist and working with people that are dealing with racial, historical trauma, and cultural trauma, and also just trying to make sense of where we are and where we're going in our society." ~ Brad Kammer, Senior Faculty and Training Director of the NARM Training Institute
This special bonus episode of Transforming Trauma welcomes Brad Kammer, NARM Training Institute Senior Faculty and Training Director, to introduce listeners to a series of "High Holiday" episodes featuring two different Jewish leaders advocating for healing of cultural and intergenerational trauma for the Jewish people.
Brad begins by framing the next two episodes that will focus on the psychological journey and struggle for the Jewish people, as well as sharing about his experience coming to terms with his own Jewish identity through the healing of intergenerational and complex trauma.
Host Sarah Buino asks Brad to start off by sharing about his own personal experience, something Brad likens to a "coming out". Brad recognizes that his career in working with complex trauma has been shaped by his own personal journey in healing from cultural and intergenerational trauma, and through this process, he feels he has been reclaiming his identity.
Brad reflects, "I've spent my life hiding in many different ways and it's come at a cost. And I guess this is part of my wanting to personally proclaim that I'm ready to address these issues…and not continue to pass it down."
Healing complex trauma can be a vehicle for personal and collective transformation. Brad speaks to his process of reclaiming, contextualizing and decolonizing his own Jewish identity, using the NARM concept of "disidentification".
This process of transforming his trauma-based identity has not been easy, but it has been affirming, healing and an opportunity for self-compassion and love. Brad also hopes that this can be an opportunity for increasing connection to the humanity within and between us all, despite all our differences.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma Podcast, a complex trauma podcast through the NARM Training Institute. |
| 0:11.0 | My name is Sarah Bueno and I'm so excited to be sharing today's interview with you. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, Transforming Trauma listeners. Please join us starting in November for our online NARM basics |
| 0:24.2 | training to learn how to transform trauma. This online NARM basics training is available for |
| 0:29.3 | professionals working with clients or populations dealing with complex trauma. Now more than ever before, |
| 0:35.2 | it is essential that we learn how to resolve complex trauma and support post-traumatic growth. |
| 0:40.3 | NARM provides a relational approach to addressing the current COVID pandemic and tools to support healing in the aftermath of this collective trauma. |
| 0:48.3 | If you're looking for more advanced training in complex trauma and are working in mental health, health care, education, substance |
| 0:56.0 | abuse recovery, or allied fields, join us for this level one NARM training to become a |
| 1:01.1 | norm-informed professional. For more information and to apply, please visit www.narmtraining.com |
| 1:08.4 | slash online basics. |
| 1:13.6 | Welcome to another episode of transforming trauma. |
| 1:17.3 | Today's episode is a conversation between myself and Brad Kammer. |
| 1:20.5 | If you've been a loyal listener, you know who Brad is already. |
| 1:25.0 | But if today is your first time listening, Brad is the lead trainer in North America for the Narm Training Institute. |
| 1:26.9 | We are approaching the Jewish high |
| 1:29.0 | holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. And to honor these holidays, we've decided to release |
| 1:34.6 | three episodes that center the experience of intergenerational trauma in the Jewish community. |
| 1:39.7 | And today, Brad will be sharing some of his own journey and giving a bit of context for these |
| 1:43.8 | important conversations. Personally, I was really very moved by all of the Today, Brad will be sharing some of his own journey and giving a bit of context for these important |
| 1:44.2 | conversations. Personally, I was really very moved by all of these interviews, so I'm certain |
| 1:50.1 | that you're going to find them both educational and inspiring. So please enjoy my conversation |
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