Looking For The Human with Will Dobud, PhD
The Trauma Therapist
Guy Crawford Macpherson
4.5 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
He founded the non-profit True North Expeditions in Adelaide, Australia, and has received recognition including the 2015 Australian Postgraduate Award and 2021 Distinguished Researcher of the Year from the Association for Experiential Education.
Will is co-author of Kids These Days: Understanding and Supporting Youth Mental Health (2025) and books on outdoor therapy practice, and he advocates for healthier, more effective mental health supports for young people.
Will Dobud – Kids These Days
Kids These Days – The Research
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| 0:00.0 | I want to thank our sponsors today, Novo PsychoMetrics. |
| 0:03.0 | Tracking client progress over time is one of the most powerful things you can do as a trauma |
| 0:08.2 | therapist, and decades of research show it leads to better outcomes. |
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| 0:18.2 | including the PCL5, the IESR, and the ACEQ, plus automated scoring |
| 0:24.3 | and visual outcome tracking. Clients complete questionnaires on any device. Results come back, |
| 0:29.9 | grabbed over time, and you can see exactly how every client is progressing. |
| 0:34.6 | Learn more at novocyc.com slash trauma podcast. That'sSyck.com slash trauma podcast. That's Novocyk.com |
| 0:39.5 | slash trauma podcast. Welcome to the Trauma Therbiz podcast. My name is Guy McPherson. I interview |
| 0:47.8 | incredible people who've dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma. |
| 0:52.9 | A big thank you to our sponsors and our guests |
| 0:56.1 | who are supporting this show. So five, four, three, two, and one. Our folks, welcome back to the |
| 1:04.9 | podcast. Very excited to have us my guest today, Dr. Will Dobud. Will, welcome. Thanks so much for |
| 1:10.8 | having me. I'm excited for this |
| 1:12.0 | conversation. Awesome. Will is a social work clinician, researcher, and senior lecturer, |
| 1:18.1 | whose work focuses on outdoor and experiential therapies for youth and improving therapeutic |
| 1:23.5 | outcomes for adolescents and families. He founded the nonprofit True North Expeditions in |
| 1:29.6 | Adelaide, Australia, and has received recognition, including the 2015 Australian Postgraduate |
| 1:35.2 | Award and 2021 Distinguished Researcher of the Year from the Association for Experiential |
| 1:41.1 | Education. He's a co-author of Kids These Days, Understanding and Supporting Youth Mental Health |
| 1:47.1 | and Books on Outdoor Therapy Practice, and he advocates for healthier, more effective |
| 1:52.2 | mental health support for young people. |
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