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The Trauma Therapist

Constructed Awareness - Guest Host Christina Kantzavelos interviews Tyler Orr

The Trauma Therapist

Guy Crawford Macpherson

Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.5581 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Christina Kantzavelos is a neurodivergent, and first-generation (third culture) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), life coach, writer and chronic illness warrior.  She received both her BA and MSW from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her MLIS from San Jose State University (SJSU). 

Tyler Orr, LPC/MHSP (TN), LCMHC (NC), NCC, is the creator of Constructed Awareness (CA) and President of the Constructed Awareness Institute. He offers an interactive, here-and now approach to counseling, consulting, and teaching that integrates mindfulness, nonviolence, and process-oriented approaches. If you’d like to learn more about CA, visit www.constructedawareness.com or email Tyler directly at info@constructedawareness.com.

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Transcript

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1:20.1

That's I-N-C-U-M-E-N-T-A-L.com.

1:24.9

Welcome to the special guest host series of the Traum Therapy's podcast, where I'm going to be handing over the mic to some incredible guest hosts.

1:33.1

In each episode, you'll hear fresh perspectives and unique insights to inform and inspire you and all the while keeping the heart of this podcast alive.

1:42.0

So sit back and enjoy.

1:48.1

Hey, Tyler. Hello. Thank you for being here today.

1:54.7

Thank you for having me. I'm excited. Me too. Me too. And it's really funny because when I was initially on this podcast, I think years ago now, I spoke very highly about constructed awareness. And so many people

2:03.0

wrote to me interested that they were interested about it. They wanted to find out more

2:07.5

information about it. And here we are with the person behind it all who created it. It gets

2:12.7

to share the origin story. Talk more about its efficacy and and all of that.

2:18.3

And what I want to share first is that, you know, I found constructed awareness because

2:23.3

I found limitations in some of the other modalities, trauma-informed modalities I was using.

2:29.3

And I knew I needed something more specifically for my population I work with, which is

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