In this episode, join Michael and Jennifer Westcott in a raw, unfiltered conversation about mental health, trauma healing, and covert incest. This powerful episode delves into complex family trauma, boundary violations, and the challenging path to recovery. Jennifer shares insights from her experience as both a therapist and survivor, offering a deep understanding of childhood trauma, generational abuse patterns, and the stigma around difficult conversations. Sensitive topics like family trauma, sexual abuse, and mental health are explored, providing essential insights for survivors, practitioners, and anyone seeking a better grasp of these critical issues.
Michael and Jennifer push past the sanitized versions of trauma therapy, confronting uncomfortable truths about the healing journey. They discuss why triggering moments can catalyze breakthroughs, the need for radical honesty, and the importance of finding the right therapist. From Michael’s experiences with addiction and homelessness to Jennifer’s journey in confronting maternal abuse, this episode reveals how true recovery hinges on genuine intimacy with oneself. It offers practical insights and hope for those on a healing journey, challenging conventional wisdom about trauma therapy and what makes an effective trauma therapist.
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00:00 – INTRO
00:48 – The Importance of Today's Episode
03:41 – Understanding Covert Incest
05:37 – Personal Experiences and Definitions
10:12 – Generational Trauma and Perpetrators
17:03 – Therapeutic Approaches and Challenges
23:18 – Navigating the Healing Journey
33:48 – The Role of Therapists in Healing
34:40 – Facing the Unraveling
35:31 – The Journey to Self-Intimacy
36:06 – Confronting the Past
37:21 – The Power of Truth
39:19 – The Struggle with Trauma Therapy
42:57 – Finding the Right Therapist
49:15 – Defining Good and Bad Therapy
53:41 – The Importance of Realness in Therapy
58:46 – Personal Definitions of Healing
01:01:34 – Where do you find Jennifer Westcott?
01:02:08 – What does it mean to be Unbroken?
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Learn how to heal and overcome childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, ptsd, cptsd, higher ACE scores, anxiety, depression, and mental health issues and illness. Learn tools that therapists, trauma coaches, mindset leaders, neuroscientists, and researchers use to help people heal and recover from mental health problems. Discover real and practical advice and guidance for how to understand and overcome childhood trauma, abuse, and narc abuse mental trauma. Heal your body and mind, stop limiting beliefs, end self-sabotage, and become the HERO of your own story.
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