RESOURCES
Welcome to the Resources section of the Integrated Trauma Therapy website.
As part of my commitment to deepening your understanding and engagement with the therapeutic process, I've curated a collection of valuable resources that delve into various modalities.
These references and links are from experts who have enriched my own understanding of their specialties, significantly influencing the way I practice. As you explore these resources, you'll find that they complement the work we do together, offering a more profound insight into our shared journey towards healing and growth.
~ Tania
Nervous System Education & Care
Irene Lyon
https://irenelyon.com/
Irene Lyon is known for her work on nervous system health, trauma recovery, and neuroplasticity. She often talks about the importance of understanding how the nervous system works in relation to trauma, stress, and overall health. Her work combines elements of Somatic Experiencing, the Feldenkrais Method, and other somatic practices to help individuals heal from trauma and lead more regulated and resilient lives.
Luis Mojica
https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Luis Mojica is a professional focused on teaching individuals a somatic language, a language of release, to build a foundation of safety in their body and lives. He emphasises that trauma isn't about the event but rather the body's reaction and storage of that event. To heal, one must relate to the root of trauma responses, understanding that the body communicates through sensation, not words.
Lisa Dale - Podcast
https://groundlessground.com/
Groundless Ground Podcast
Join clinician and author Lisa Dale Miller at the leading edge of integrative mental health! Lisa delivers thoughtful dialogues with innovative clinicians, researchers and contemplatives that unite health science research and profound wisdom traditions, inform about somatic psychotherapies and Buddhist psychology.
The Trauma Geek
https://www.traumageek.com/
Trauma Geek, created by Janae Elisabeth, is a platform offering neuroscience education and support for parents and helping professionals. It provides educational graphics, embodiment workshops, and neurodiversity consulting. The site focuses on sharing emerging science related to trauma, neurology, relationships, and community, and aims to make complex concepts accessible through easy-to-understand materials that synthesize information from various theories and sciences.
Restorative Practices Alliance
https://restorativepractices.com/
The Restorative Practices Alliance is a global community with a focus on the neurobiology of connection, offering resources and training for wellness professionals and organizations. They aim to pioneer the ancestral future of wellbeing, integrating knowledge from various cultures and healing lineages.
Children & Youth
Restoring Resilience
https://restoringresilience.com.au
The Co-Founders of Restoring Resilience, Anna Skolarikis and Phyllis Traficante, are specialists in the area of Trauma, Attachment and Belonging in Families, Schools, Organisational and Community Settings. Together they have lead the way in Trauma Resolution Training.
Dafna Lender
https://www.dafnalender.com/
Dafna Lender is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners working with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), with expertise drawn from 25 years of experience in various settings. Dafna combines a playful, intense, and passionate presence in her therapeutic and teaching approaches.
Occupational Therapy
https://www.megandtara.com/
Meg and Tara's website offers support to families and professionals to foster connection, respect, and collaboration in relationships with children. They draw from over 20 years of experience in working with diverse and neurodiverse families in Australia, offering consulting, speaking engagements, and strategies for regulation and communication. Their approach is rooted in emotion coaching, brain development, and neurodiversity, aiming to transform family environments and professional practices.
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing International
https://traumahealing.org
Somatic Experiencing International is a leading authority on the SE™ method and is a major provider of training and educational programs.
SE (Somatic Experiencing) is a body-oriented therapeutic model that helps heal trauma and other stress disorders. Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with more than 45 years of successful clinical application.
Couples Therapy & Attachment
Anton Eastick - Meditation & Mindfullness
https://antoneasti-ck.com.au/work-with-anton/couples-therapy
Couples therapy emphasises understanding not just interpersonal dynamics but also the internal "buttons" and reactions within each individual. Our character, often shaped by early role models, influences how we relate in relationships. This therapeutic approach aims to foster respect, connection, and understanding by teaching couples to approach conflicts collaboratively, mend relationships through empathetic communication, and maintain respect. The goal is to transition from a "me" consciousness to a "we" consciousness, promoting a daily practice of mutual respect. Relationships naturally oscillate between harmony and disharmony and therapy provides tools to navigate these phases and foster a deeper, more respectful bond.
Margie Ulbrick
https://margieulbrickcounselling.com
Margie Ulbrick is a Melbourne-based relationship counsellor with a background in family law. Margie specialises in Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, Bill Doherty’s Discernment Counselling and other recognised methods, combining her dual expertise in law and therapy.
She also focuses on Somatic Experiencing®, a holistic healing method that addresses trauma through the body-mind connection. Margie listens keenly to identify barriers in clients' lives, guiding them towards improved communication, relationship closeness, and personal wellbeing.
Dr. Stan Tatkin
https://www.thepactinstitute.com/therapy-with-stan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGpUcvDFHI4
Therapy sessions with Dr. Stan Tatkin, who specialises in a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT). Therapy requires a 30-minute telehealth video interview for couples, Stan also offers intensives and consultations for clinicians.
Passion & Presences
www.passionandpresence.com
The Passion and Presence website offers retreats and webinars for couples focusing on mindful sexuality, aiming to support deepening connections and vital erotic life. Their approach addresses common challenges in committed sexual relationships, emphasizing mindfulness as a key practice for creative, engaged, and intimate sex.
Attachment &
Somatic Experiencing
Dianne Pool Heller
https://dianepooleheller.com
As a therapist specialising in attachment theory and trauma resolution, Diane devoted her life to assisting individuals in forging profound, enduring relationships by bolstering secure attachment skills, mending attachment scars, and bolstering resilience and post-traumatic growth. With over 30 years of experience, Diane developed and has taught various tools and methods to alleviate distress and promote healing, from exercises that address trauma to comprehensive frameworks that restructure insecure attachment behaviours.
Boundaries &
Somatic Experiencing
Juliane Taylor Shore
https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu81-how-good-boundaries-actually-bring-us-closer-with-guest-juliane-taylor-shore/
Here you will find the podcast, Therapist Uncensored, where co-hosts Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott join the founder of IPNB Psychotherapy, Dr. Juliane Taylor Shore, in a discussion on interpersonal neurobiology and how it relates to boundaries. They explore the three types of boundaries, how to co-create boundaries and how to stay regulated using internal mechanisms. After this podcast, you may very well be on your way towards building your own “Jello wall” and better co-regulating yourself when you’re overwhelmed!
Financial Therapy
Jane Monica-Jones
https://www.janemonicajones.com
Jane Monica-Jones is Australia's leading Financial Therapist and Trauma Informed Financial Wellbeing Specialist and co-founder of the Financial Wellbeing Company.
She is a pioneer in the study of the psychological and behavioural challenges with money and financial management practices, such as gambling, overt financial risk, retail therapy, overspending and underearning. She has a passion for this sometimes challenging subject and works compassionately with clients and employees of organisations to repair this relationship.
Art Therapy
The Creative C
https://www.creativec.com.au/
At the Creative C, we are a community that believes in the transformative power of creativity for personal and collective healing, growth and connection. Our mission is to provide a safe, inclusive and nurturing space where people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities can explore their creativity, express themselves and cultivate well-being.
You will find some interesting Blog content on the Creative C here;
https://www.creativec.com.au/blog
Creativity in Therapy & Nona Orbach
https://thegoodenoughstudio.com/
https://thegoodenoughstudio.com/downloads-working-tools-soon/
The Good Enough Studio is a library Blog and a FaceBook study group.
The Blog is intended to provide resources, intervention ideas and creative inspiration for counsellors, child therapists, art therapists and other mental health professionals.
Topics covered include art therapy and other art-based directives, creative counseling approaches, play therapy and community-based projects.
Carolyn Mehlomakulu, is a Board Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor who provides child therapy, teen counselling, family therapy and parent coaching.
Soul Collage
https://soulcollage.com
SoulCollage is an expressive arts practice done individually or in community. Founded by Seena B. Frost, the method develops creativity and intuition, encourages self-discovery and provides personal guidance.
SoulCollage meets you wherever you are on this journey called life. You don’t have to be an artist to make SoulCollage cards. Anyone can create and enjoy this powerful practice.
Accelerated Trauma Mandala
https://www.moonyahcounselling.com.au/mindfultherapy.htm
Coalescent Psyche Therapy - Accelerated Trauma Recovery Mandala
This is a course model, its purpose is designed to meet the therapeutic needs of trauma victim / survivors who exhibit characteristics of complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and it is also efficient at resolving life difficulties for anyone in a 'crisis' or 'stuck in' place on the journey of life.
Touch. The Most Fundamental of Human Experiences
Sensorimotor Art therapy
https://www.sensorimotorarttherapy.com/blog/touch-the-most-fundamental-of-human-experiences
This is an intersting interview with Cornelia Elbrecht and Guy Macpherson, where they discuss the hands-brain connection and how at the Clay Field they are able to treat early developmental trauma through an inter-relational touch experience.
For the last several years Guy Macpherson has dedicated himself to the study of trauma, post-traumatic growth and most recently, the intersection of trauma and psychosis - specifically assessing and treating signs of early psychosis. He holds a Doctorate in clinical psychology and with The Trauma Therapist Project brings together resources for clinicians and therapist of all kinds who are starting out on their trauma-informed journey.
Male Myth Archetype
Iron John Books
Book 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPjyrpO2JKo
Book 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJIEjNcep0k
Book 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_QmXqOKP-A
Book 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRthC8a5nH4
Iron John: A Book About Men" by Robert Bly looks into masculinity through the pre-Christian tale of Iron John, utilising Jungian psychology to explore the male maturation process. Bly critiques modern society's failure to provide positive masculine models and emphasises the necessity of embracing paternal values, such as limitation and authority. He argues for the importance of risk-taking and initiation by older men in the development of a self-actualised adult male, consisting of a community of beings including the King, Warrior, Lover, and Wild Man. Bly's work, central to the mythopoetic men's movement, highlights the need for a reevaluation of male identity, challenging modern perceptions of masculinity and advocating for a deeper understanding of the journey towards mature adulthood.