"Reclaiming Your Life From Medical Trauma" with Dr. James Jackson
The Allender Center Podcast
The Allender Center
4.7 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Nearly everyone has a story of medical trauma, whether it's a surgery, a frightening diagnosis, chronic pain, a difficult birth, a long wait for answers, or even the seemingly-subtle experience of being dismissed in a clinical setting.
These moments may not always be labeled as "trauma," but they often leave a mark on our bodies, our relationships, and our sense of safety.
In this episode of the Allender Center podcast, Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen sit down with Dr. James "Jim" Jackson, a leading expert in neuropsychology, long COVID, and survivorship care, to explore what it means to recognize and heal from medical trauma in all its forms.
The conversation opens up the often-overlooked reality that medical experiences don't just end when treatment ends. They can shape anxiety, trust, avoidance of care, and the emotional lives of entire families.
If you found this conversation helpful, we recommend checking out Dr. James Jackson's new book, "Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trauma." It extends the discussion much further, offering practical guidance for patients, caregivers, and clinicians who want to better understand the emotional and physiological aftermath of medical care and how to move forward with greater care.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Kinsey and I am a soul care coach certified in narrative focus trauma care. |
| 0:09.9 | When I first signed up for this training, I honestly thought I was making a professional investment. |
| 0:16.4 | Learning another tool to better serve my clients because I deeply care about healing and soul care. |
| 0:22.8 | What I did not expect, what God surprised me with, was realizing that this work wasn't just |
| 0:29.5 | for my client. It was for me. As I moved through the training, I was invited into my own |
| 0:36.4 | stories and met there with kindness, |
| 0:38.7 | grace, and deep love. The safety of the community and the spaces created to this work |
| 0:44.0 | felt sacred, holy. While I do use this work professionally, what matters most to me is how it has |
| 0:50.2 | changed me from the inside out, how I listen, how I love, and how I move through the world. |
| 0:56.7 | This work continues to shape how I live, how I listen, and how I love. |
| 1:10.2 | If you're listening to this podcast, chances are you felt the heartbreaking impact of trauma and abuse in your own story, or in the stories of those you care about. |
| 1:19.8 | The truth is, we all carry the weight of personal and collective trauma. It's part of living in this world. |
| 1:26.7 | And yet, we also know we were made for more. |
| 1:30.4 | We were made for connection, wholeness, and a life marked by faith, hope, and love. |
| 1:35.7 | If you desire more, for yourself, for the people you love, and for your community, |
| 1:41.6 | I want to personally invite you into narrative-focused trauma care training |
| 1:45.6 | with us here at the Allender Center. Narrative-focused trauma care, or NFTC for short, |
| 1:52.8 | is a methodology developed by the Allender Center and built on the lifelong work of Dr. Dan Allender |
| 1:58.5 | in the field of trauma and abuse recovery. |
| 2:01.8 | It brings together psychology and theology to give you a holistic framework as you enter |
| 2:06.6 | into your story and the stories of those around you with wisdom and care. |
| 2:11.6 | It begins with NFTC Level 1. |
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