Welcome to the Trauma Therapist podcast. My name is Guy McPherson. I interview incredible people who've dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma. A big thank you to our sponsors and our guests who are supporting this show.

So five, four, three, two, and one. Our folks, welcome back to the podcast super excited to have us

make us today dr. Georgina Smith Georgina welcome thank you so much for having me

you are welcome so dr. Smith is the founder of revolve recovery a trauma focused

IOP in California and creator of the trauma ecology integration model, or TEIM.

TEIM views trauma as a dynamic ecology, shaped not only by individual experience,

but also by relational, generational, institutional, and cultural ecosystems.

This approach reframes healing beyond individual resilience,

helping both clinicians and clients understand traumas, wider orbits of harm and adaptation.

All right, Georgina, just a little bit about you initially there. But before we get going,

share with the listeners where you're from originally and where

you are currently.

Well, personally, I'm from a small island in the UK called Guernsey, which no one's

often heard of.

But I obviously have been here a long time, as you can tell by my accent.

But yeah, I came out to college in California to USC and knew for a very long time that

psychology was going to be my passion.

So, but that's where I began.

Okay.

Well, let's kind of continue on with that.

How did all this start for you? How did you know psychology?

So I think I'm not speaking alone here when I say I'm a survivor of trauma. And it was that journey. And actually, my brother's journey, that really created my passion for understanding suffering and the long-term impact and

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