From the archives: Gerald Vest, ACSW, LISW, LMT.
The Trauma Therapist
Guy Crawford Macpherson
4.5 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Gerry is no longer with us yet his passion, which I'm sure you'll hear in this interview, was a driving force for me as I've continued to produce this podcast. Gerry's compassion for those veterans he worked with is so friggin' inspiring. I so wish I could have him back on the show.
Gerald W. Vest, LMFT was a military OneSource and TRICARE provider for individuals, couples, and families. He supervised students and professionals for licensing requirements. In addition, he organized, consulted, and trained for the Community Integrative Health Collaboratives, which served warriors, veterans, and their families using integrative and holistic approaches to healing.
Gerald also served as a Senior Social Worker for the premier US Army Warrior Restoration and Resilience Center (R and R Center) at Ft. Bliss, TX. His responsibilities included meeting with soldiers diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress (PTSd) as a primary therapist, along with their children and families.
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| 1:24.9 | Today we have another episode from the archives with one of my incredible guests, enjoy. |
| 1:34.3 | Welcome to the Trauma Thevers podcast, a show about the incredible people dedicated to helping those have experienced trauma. |
| 1:40.3 | My name is Guy McPherson and my mission is to raise your awareness of trauma |
| 1:44.6 | and to inspire each of us to help those around us. |
| 1:50.0 | Welcome to the trauma therapist podcast. My name is Guy McPherson and this is a podcast where |
| 1:55.8 | we interview master trauma therapists from all over the world, people passionate about what they're doing, |
| 2:01.9 | specializing in trauma therapy, and making a difference. If you're a trauma therapist or if |
| 2:06.7 | you're just interested in trauma therapy, this is the place. Today, I am so excited to introduce |
| 2:12.4 | my guest, Gerald West. Jerry, you ready to go? I'm ready. Guy, you bet. All right. So Jerry is a veteran |
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