The Trauma Therapist

Helena Crockford is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with more than 30 years of experience in NHS adult mental health services. She is a Mentalisation-Based Therapy Supervisor, an Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, and a member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. 

Throughout her career, Helena has specialized in complex mental health and has championed the development of services and professional skills to better support people with dissociative difficulties. Alongside Melanie Goodwin, she co-led the development of Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice: Guidance for Mental Health Professionals and Multidisciplinary Teams, published by Routledge in 2026.

Melanie Goodwin has lived with dissociative identity disorder (DID) throughout her life and has spent more than three decades raising awareness and understanding of complex dissociative disorders.

She co-founded First Person Plural, a survivor-led organization that supported people living with dissociative conditions for 26 years. Melanie is a passionate advocate for ensuring that lived experience voices are central to education, training, and clinical practice.  

In this episode:

Helena’s website

Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice: Guidance for Mental Health Professionals and Multidisciplinary Teams

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Doreen G. Hills, is the founder and director of the Center for Healing Trauma and Attachment (CHTA) and a mental health professional with more than two decades of experience. Her work focuses on complex trauma and attachment, integrating mind-body approaches including EMDR, EMDR-Sandtray, and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. 

Doreen’s early work included serving as a caseworker, residential manager, and hotline worker, as well as working with fishermen, orphans, and the Muslim community in the Philippines, experiences that helped shape her understanding of trauma, resilience, and community. She has also served as Vice Chair of the Colorado Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners and provides training on complex trauma and related topics.

In This Episode
Center for Healing Trauma and Attachment
About Doreen Hills
CHTA Videos & Recordings
CHTA’s 6th Annual Masquerade Ball
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Faith Ashenden is a therapist, speaker, and educator whose work focuses on trauma recovery, emotional healing, and personal transformation. Drawing from both professional experience and her own healing journey, she helps individuals better understand the impact of trauma, attachment wounds, and nervous system dysregulation on their lives and relationships. 

Faith’s approach integrates trauma-informed therapy, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and compassionate self-inquiry to support deeper healing and resilience. Through her writing, teaching, and clinical work, she encourages people to reconnect with themselves with greater authenticity, self-compassion, and hope.
Links
https://faithashenden.com/about/
https://faithashenden.com/blog/
Faith on IG

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Dr. Irena O’Brien is a cognitive neuroscientist and founder of The Neuroscience School. A former CPA, she brings a practical, science-based approach to teaching coaches, leaders, and helping professionals learn how to apply neuroscience in real-world settings.

Her work focuses on behavior change, human performance, decision-making, and the mechanisms that drive lasting transformation. She leads the ICF-accredited Certificate Program in Applied Neuroscience, helping practitioners integrate neuroscience into their work with clarity, rigor, and confidence.

Links:

https://neuroscienceschool.com/

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/irenaobrien

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Dr. Kim Taylor is a physician, author, and endurance athlete whose memoir, Dear Parts, chronicles her journey of healing from the effects of lifelong emotional neglect. 

After a serious health diagnosis led her to explore the connection between emotional trauma and physical illness, she discovered Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and began a profound process of self-discovery and healing. 

Through therapeutic work, letter writing, and deep inner exploration, Kim uncovered the impact of unresolved childhood experiences and learned to reconnect with herself in new ways. Her work offers an honest and deeply personal account of moving from decades of emotional detachment toward greater self-compassion, embodiment, and wholeness.

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Dear Parts
Taylor Wellness Institute
Kim on IG

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