The Joy of a Queer Identity with Isaac Samuelson
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Isaac Samuelson, LPC, is a Chicago-based NARM Therapist, primarily working with people who are discovering and maintaining their queer identity or struggling with it. Isaac identifies as queer themselves and sees their identity as a strength: together with their clients, Isaac collaborates to discover the challenges and joys in the lifelong journey of connecting with oneself.
Having worked as an actor, performer, and clown, Isaac learned to empathize with the characters they played. This practice of empathy gave them a relational roadmap for supporting their later therapeutic development: “I was able to do my own thinking about those parts of myself that I was not as thrilled about and to say, actually, this is a part of who you are and it can be charming.”
Isaac reflects on their experience of being queer in America, emphasizes the dramatic impact a positive adult can have on a queer child’s mental health, and discusses what genuine support can look like. The intersection of cultural trauma and one’s own agency is where clients can do transformative work. While it is important to acknowledge ongoing real-world limiting factors, it is equally important to acknowledge the great possibility for self-activation and transformation.
About Isaac Samuelson:
Isaac Samuelson is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Chicago who specializes in counseling LGBTQIA adolescents and adults. Isaac is working at Chicago Institute for Change and was a group therapist for the Second City’s “Improv for Anxiety” group. Isaac completed a Postgraduate Fellowship at Live Oak and a clinical internship at Hartgrove Hospital.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. Transforming Trauma is presented by the NARM Training Institute. I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. Hi, Transforming Trauma listeners. Do you want to join the international NARM community in support of trauma-informed care? |
| 0:21.6 | If so, please consider joining us for the online NARM-BASICS training to become a NARM-informed professional. |
| 0:28.6 | This is the Level 1 training in the neuroaffective relational model for helping professionals work with complex trauma. |
| 0:35.6 | This professional training is designed to support those of you working with clients or populations |
| 0:41.3 | dealing with the effects of adverse childhood experiences and complex trauma. |
| 0:45.3 | This training is for helping professionals in a variety of fields, such as mental health professionals, |
| 0:51.3 | substance abuse counselors, educators, doctors, nurses, other health care providers, |
| 0:56.3 | coaches, and more. |
| 0:58.4 | In this online training, participants will learn more about the changing field of trauma, |
| 1:03.1 | a deeper understanding of the impacts of ACEs and complex trauma, and how NARM, one of the |
| 1:08.2 | first models specifically designed to address complex trauma |
| 1:11.4 | can support professionals in the growing trauma-informed field. The next online NARM basics training |
| 1:17.6 | is starting in September 2022 and will run one weekend a month through December 2022. 60 continuing |
| 1:25.1 | education units will be available for most helping professionals. Register now to reserve your spot. We hope you will join us in learning how to transform trauma. For more information and to apply to the online Narm Basics Training, please visit narmtraining.com forward slash online basics. |
| 1:45.2 | Isaac Samuelson is a licensed professional counselor working in Chicago. |
| 1:49.7 | He specializes in counseling for LGBTQIA adolescents and adults. |
| 1:54.7 | He is currently working at Chicago Institute for Change |
| 1:57.4 | and has also worked as a group therapist for the Second City's Improft for Anxiety |
| 2:01.8 | Group. Isaac completed a postgraduate fellowship at Live Oak and a clinical internship at |
| 2:07.4 | Heartgrove Hospital. Before becoming a therapist, Isaac was an actor, improviser, and clown. |
| 2:13.1 | And in this conversation, he shares how understanding human behavior was part of what drew him |
| 2:17.7 | to the performing arts and eventually led him to the counseling field. |
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