Therapist Origin Story Series with Stefanie Klein, CTTC Faculty
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this special Transforming Trauma series, we will be exploring the “origin stories” of influential therapists. These episodes offer a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain and understand what inspired these therapists to pursue healing work - and how they have brought their life experiences into their professional work, impacting and inspiring many people along the way. By learning from seasoned master therapists who openly share their professional journeys, as well as the painful personal life lessons along the way, we gain valuable insights to support our own growth, both professionally and personally.
On this episode of Transforming Trauma, host Emily Ruth re-introduces Stefanie Klein, a licensed clinical social worker who is Faculty and Assistant Training Director for the Complex Trauma Training Center (CTTC). Stefanie shares the pivotal a-ha! moments that guided her path to becoming a therapist, her post-graduate placement trajectory, and the healing modalities that have most influenced her life and professional work.
About Stefanie Klein:
Stefanie Klein is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who serves as the Assistant Training Director for the Complex Trauma Training Center (CTTC) where she is also a consultant and faculty in NARM® Trainings and the new SPACE program for psychotherapists. Stefanie has 30 years of experience practicing psychotherapy with adults in her Los Angeles private practice and has specialized in treating trauma and anxiety for the past 20 years. In her role as a mentor and teacher of psychotherapists working with complex trauma, she is most inspired by the desire to support other therapists to not only feel more effective in their work with clients, but to also experience more ease and fulfillment in their professional roles.
To read the full show notes and discover more resources, visit https://complextraumatrainingcenter.com/transformingtrauma
SPACE:
SPACE is an Inner Development Program of Support and Self-Discovery for Therapists on the Personal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Levels offered by the Complex Trauma Training Center. This experiential learning program offers an immersive group experience designed to cultivate space for self-care, community support, and deepening vitality in our professional role as therapists. Learn more about how to join.
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The Complex Trauma Training Center:
https://complextraumatrainingcenter.com
View upcoming trainings:
https://complextraumatrainingcenter.com/schedule/
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The Complex Trauma Training Center (CTTC) is a professional organization providing clinical training, education, consultation, and mentorship for psychotherapists and mental health professionals working with individuals and communities impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Complex Trauma (C-PTSD). CTTC provides NARM® Therapist and NARM® Master Therapist Training programs, as well as ongoing monthly groups in support of those learning NARM. CTTC offers a depth-oriented professional community for those seeking a supportive network of therapists focused on three levels of shared human experience: personal, interpersonal & transpersonal. The Transforming Trauma podcast embodies the spirit of CTTC – best described by its three keywords: depth, connection, and heart - and offers guidance to those interested in effective, transformational trauma-informed care.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. Transforming Trauma is presented by the Complex |
| 0:10.3 | Trauma Training Center. I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:15.9 | As a mental health professional, you care for others, and the Complex Trauma Training Center is committed |
| 0:22.1 | to caring for you. We are thrilled to introduce our space program 2025, an inner development |
| 0:29.3 | program of support and self-discovery for therapists on the personal, interpersonal, and trans-personal levels. |
| 0:36.8 | Therapists often focus so much on learning skills to use with clients that we don't leave space for ourselves. |
| 0:43.3 | This interactive experiential program offers an immersive learning environment designed to cultivate space for ourselves in our professional role. |
| 0:51.3 | Together we will explore in a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment |
| 0:56.0 | designed to cultivate space for self-care and self-discovery, with the intention to create greater |
| 1:01.6 | effectiveness and resilience in our professional lives. We will be exploring the obstacles that |
| 1:07.0 | stand in your way of being the most present, heartful, and effective therapist possible. |
| 1:12.4 | Please visit Complextrauma Training Center.com and secure your spot in the space program. |
| 1:18.2 | It's time to care for you. |
| 1:22.8 | Welcome to a very special series here on transforming trauma. |
| 1:27.3 | Over the next three episodes, we're |
| 1:29.2 | turning the spotlight toward our amazing CTTC faculty, inviting them to share something we don't |
| 1:35.7 | often get to hear, their origin stories of becoming therapists. This series was inspired by some |
| 1:42.2 | deeply honest moments shared during our space program |
| 1:45.6 | where faculty opened up about their own therapeutic failures, lessons, and growing edges. |
| 1:51.5 | The vulnerability and realness they brought sparked something powerful among our community, |
| 1:56.1 | and we realized how meaningful it can be to hear what shaped the people guiding and mentoring us. So in this series, |
| 2:04.0 | you'll hear Stephanie, Marcia, and Brad open up about the messy, unexpected, and transformative |
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