My Story of becoming a Trauma Therapist
I always wanted to be a lawyer.
When it was time to choose a career path, I was drawn to the field to be an advocate for children from divorced homes and in the foster care system. To be the voice for those who don't have one.
But when I spoke to practicing lawyers, I learned about the grueling schedule and worried it would conflict with being a Mom.
At the same time, I saw the prevalence of substance abuse in my community, and felt a similar calling to give a voice, hope, and healing to people who were suffering.
I got my social work degree, specializing in addiction.
I had clients who presented with severe symptoms, coming to me from rehab centers or failed therapeutic relationships.
As I worked with them, I started to wonder:
"Why were some of my clients able to stick with sobriety for weeks, months, years, while others repeatedly fell back to old habits?"
I knew the answer to this question was the key to helping my struggling clients reach a breakthrough level of healing and enable them to live rich, meaningful lives.
I pursued advanced training in trauma and somatic healing modalities, and invested in consultations with top trauma therapists that gave me deeper insight into the human brain, the way we process information, and how to retrain the brain and rehabilitate neurological patterns.
When Trauma Training Became Personal
Through my training, I discovered tools to be a more impactful, trauma-informed therapist, but I also discovered something else. The roadmap to my own healing.
For years, I’d suffered from stomach pain, and as I worked through these training sessions, I noticed my body begin to process things from my own childhood– like the sudden, shocking death of a close relative that I’d experienced at a young age. As my body learned to deal with the grief, the emotional experience that was stored in my body as physical pain was eased, and slowly disappeared.
It was a transformative experience that taught me two things:
When we help others heal, we also heal ourselves.
Trauma therapy can be so effective, it helps us heal in ways we never expected.
As I grew my trauma group practice, I became passionate about bringing trauma awareness to fellow therapists in group settings where they can integrate the knowledge into their practice with clinical guidance.
And with that dream, The Intensive Trauma Training was born.
We’ve run this cohort 5 Times and have received incredible feedback from therapists who have taken the course and used the skills and tools they learned to bring deeper dealing to their clients.
Like Michali Friedman, LCSW-C who shared,
“Myself + my lovely team joined Esther’s course because we really believe that every single therapist that works with a human should be trauma informed. Which means they should understand what tools and skills are necessary when working with someone who has been impacted by any kind of trauma.
One of the things I got from Esther’s Trauma Course (among many other things) was real tools, a comprehensive list of so many different tips+tricks that can help myself, as well as my team learn how to effectively help those that are dealing with trauma.”
The Intensive Trauma Training is now open for registration.
We take a small number of participants, and once we’re full, the doors close. Check out this page for more information and to register.
To health and healing,
Esther
P.S. We offer a 10-day money-back guarantee so signing up is risk-free. If you watch the first module, join the first live call — and still don't feel it's a good fit for you, let us know and you’ll get your money back.
