Jillian Hosey, MSW RSW, is a Clinical Social Worker and Trauma Therapist in a collaborative Private Practice in Toronto Canada, providing trauma therapy to children, youth, and adults who are struggling with experiences of trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD, attachment and developmental trauma, and dissociative disorders.

She is an integrative EMDR Therapist, incorporating various treatment modalities into Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Havening, Deep Brain Reorienting, Polyvagal Theory, and various theories of dissociation and parts work and ego-state modalities.

Jillian is a Certified EMDR Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant and places value on the mind-body connection and an holistic approach to healing, tailoring therapeutic work to the client and their unique needs and experiences. 

In addition to her clinical work, Jillian is a facilitator with the AGATE Institute (Ana Gomez Attachment Trauma Education Institute) and Faculty with the Professional Training Program with the ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation).

She has presented on integrating the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) into EMDR Therapy at the Child and Adolescent Complex Trauma Conference 2019 and the SSP Gathering with Dr. Stephen Porges 2019. 

She is a founding partner of the Healing Therapy Alliance (HTA) and the PsychoSomatic Trauma Initiative in Toronto, which are collectives of integrative Psychotherapists, Wellness Therapists, and Addiction Counselors that provides a collaborative, team-based approach to healing and is grounded in neuroscience and trauma-specific, evidence informed practices.

You can see her WEBSITE HERE.

Our guest this week is Martha Straus, PhD:

Martha B. Straus, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire. Dr. Straus is an international trainer on topics related to child, adolescent, and family development, attachment, trauma, and therapy. She is the author of numerous articles and five books including, most recently, Treating Trauma in Adolescents: Development, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Relationship. She lives in Brattleboro, VT where she also maintains a small private practice.

Scientia Associate Professor Michael Salter is a criminologist at the University of New South Wales, where he studies the criminological aspects of complex trauma, including the intersections of technology with abuse, violence and exploitation.

He is the author of two books, Organised Sexual Abuse (Routledge, 2013) and Crime, Justice and Social Media (Routledge, 2017), and a range of papers on child abuse, gendered violence and technology.

He conducts multi-method research with victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation, domestic violence and sexual assault and conducts multi-sectorial policy analysis with the aim of improving responses to survivors and preventing violence and abuse.

He sits on the Board of Directors of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and he is an expert advisor to the Australian Office of the eSafety Commissioner, White Ribbon Australia and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.

He is an associate editor of Child Abuse Review and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

Our guest this podcast is Fran Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT.

Fran S. Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT, is an internationally recognized trainer and consultant in the field of childhood trauma, abuse, and dissociation. As an invited presenter, she has conducted extensive training programs nationally and internationally ranging from a day to 5 days in Europe, Africa, Australia, South America, and North America on a variety of related topics.

She is the author of Healing the Fractured Child: Diagnosing and Treating Youth with Dissociation, and past
president of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSTD). She is a Fellow of the ISSTD, and received ISSTD's Presidential Award and Cornelia Wilbert Award, the Media Award from American Professional Society on Abuse of Children for her 3 Part DVD on Trauma and Dissociation of Children, and the William Friedrich Memorial Child Sexual Abuse Research, Assessment and/or Treatment Award from Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma.  She maintains a private practice in Marquette, MI.

You can visit her website for more information HERE.