365: Regaining Mindful Attention When The Therapist's Trauma History Is Activated With Dr. John Briere

<div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div>Welcome back to Therapy Chat! Following up on last week's conversation on therapists and dissociation, this week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C welcomes a guest who is an expert on complex trauma therapy and mindfulness.</div> <div> </div> <div>Dr. John Briere, a trauma and abuse survivor, has spent his 30 year career doing therapy with survivors of torture, sex trafficking and with patients on burn units, as well as research on complex trauma. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and Senior Advisor to the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center. He is recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association and the William N. Friedrich Lecturer: Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Child Psychology from the Mayo Clinic. He is author or co-author of over 140 articles and chapters, 15 books, and 9 trauma-related psychological tests.<br /> <br /> His recent (2019) book with Guilford Press is Treating risky and compulsive behavior in trauma survivors. In the Buddhist/mindfulness domain, he is co-editor of Mindfulness-oriented interventions for trauma: Integrating contemplative practices (Guilford), and author of three chapters: Mindfulness, insight, and trauma therapy; Working with trauma: Mindfulness and compassion; and When people do bad things: Evil, suffering, and dependent origination. John has been Remote Faculty at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy since 2013.</div> </div> </div> <blockquote> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div><strong><span style= "color: #313131; font-family: Clarkson, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resources:</span></strong></div> <div><span style= "color: #313131; font-family: Clarkson, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div><span style= "color: #313131; font-family: Clarkson, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- John explains and teaches the REGAIN technique that he and Tara Brach developed as a t