The AFTA Podcast

We discuss addressing intergenerational wounds and healing those wounds, and promoting intergenerational dialogue as it contrasts with the fad of generational estrangement and going no contact

We discuss the impact of collective trauma on the therapist, fractured national attachment, and remaining available as a member of the diaspora. 

We discuss the impacts of working in a broken system, the experience of a developing career, and the role of communal care

We discuss the how painting elephants has paved the way to discussions about oppression

We discuss what it means to be a supervisor, starting at square one, and creating a safety net for supervisees

We discuss systemic failures in crisis response, centering community experiences, and the relational context of distress

We discuss managing urgency, fear and the influence of our political environment on our work

We discuss failures when working with siblings, confronting the therapists' anger, and giving permission to stretching your therapy style

David Trimble reflects on failures in therapy in the context of more than 7 decades of life, a spiritual journey in which his enthusiasms lead him to stumble

We discuss how intersectionality, cultural identity, and mistakes all come together.