Trust Fall: Dr. Natalie Feinblatt on Trauma, Addiction & Cult-Informed Therapy

<p>Finding a therapist can be mission critical when you’re recovering from a culty situation, but the process of finding a clinician with basic cult awareness can be a total cluster. In this episode, Sarah and Nippy chat with <a href="https://drnataliefeinblatt.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Natalie Feinblatt </a>&nbsp;about why more therapists need to get cult-informed and the Venn diagram overlap between trauma and addiction. She also chats with Sarah and Nippy about tangible techniques for getting unstuck when fight/flight/freeze mode takes over. </p><br><p>Dr. Feinblatt is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles, California who specializes in the treatment of addiction and trauma. And one of her trauma sub-specialties is working with former cult members. She received her BA from UCSD and her Masters &amp; Doctorate from Pepperdine University, where she wrote her doctoral dissertation on psychotherapy with former cult members and has specialized in helping them ever since. She also does EMDR, Brainspotting, and other trauma-specific therapies. She was also featured on the series finale of ‘Leah Remini: Scientology &amp; The Aftermath.’ <a href="https://drnataliefeinblatt.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Learn more at her website </a>or follow her on <a href="http://instagram.com/healingwithdrnatalie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> for tips, tools, and healing resources.&nbsp; </p><br><p><strong>Concepts/Resources mentioned in this episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nicabm.com/trauma-how-to-help-your-clients-understand-their-window-of-tolerance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Window of Tolerance</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nicabm.com/experts/dan-siegel/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Siegal, MD</a></p><p><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Psychology Today</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>Hear Ye, Hear Ye:</strong></p><p>The views