Drs. Robyn Walser & Darrah Westrup - You Are Not Your Trauma

About this episode

Drs. Robyn Walser and Darrah Westrup discuss their book 'You Are Not Your Trauma' and the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in healing from trauma.

Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode of Thoughts on Record, we’re joined by Drs. Robyn D. Walser and Darrah Westrup—two of the world’s leading experts in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and trauma treatment. Their new book, You Are Not Your Trauma, offers a compassionate and practical guide to healing that helps readers move beyond symptom management and toward a life anchored in meaning, connection, and psychological flexibility. In this conversation we explo...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Pete Kelly

Guests: Dr. Robyn D. Walser, Dr. Darrah Westrup

Topics covered

• trauma
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• psychological flexibility
• healing
• mental health

Keywords

• trauma
• healing
• ACT
• psychological flexibility
• mental health
• compassionate guide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Thoughts on Record

Books & works: You Are Not Your Trauma

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