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A blogcast to support the Epione SeeMeHearMe series dedicated to creating a safe space to amplify authentic voices of lived experience and share stories of healing & recovery. It may even create a platform to explore, challenge & guide trauma-informed practice and leadership.The remarkable stories shared have been written by various people who have overcome, are in the process of recovering from, or have learned to cope with various traumatic experiences. There is no right or wrong or one size fits all. As the journey of coping with trauma can often be a daily challenge, it’s fair to say that for some of our blogcasts, the process of recovery is still very much ongoing. Epione would like to thank our amazing and incredibly generous contributors for taking the time and having the courage to share with us ‘what works’ for them and confident that learning will occur for the listeners. As we know the change process is highly individualised and often a messy one. We simply ask you to listen and give our bloggers the sense of being SEEN and HEARD that each and every single one of them genuinely deserves. If you’d like to share how you’ve overcome trauma and how you’ve been recovering, please get in touch with us at enquiries@epione-training.com - we look forward to hearing and seeing you. Finally, we believe this quote from Porporino (2008) epitomises our hopes and vision. The trauma-informed "paradigm suggests that we might be better off if we allowed the people we serve to guide us, listen to what they think might best fit, rather than continue to insist that our solutions are their salvation"

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Healing from Clergy Abuse with Therapy and Peer Support by Shannon

March 22, 2021 • Epione • Season 1 • Episode 8

In this episode, we hear from Shannon Brigid who is a somatic therapist, having trained extensively in somatic and movement based therapies, and running a private practice for many years. Shannons specialization at that time was in assisting people who live with disabilities to reach a greater sense of comfort and ease in their bodies, and she ran a hospital-based yoga program for people living with MS- one of the first of its kind in the country.

Shannon has transitioned her practice to writing about how trauma resides in the spaces between mind and body, how the body holds trauma, and how people can heal from trauma in a way that integrates psyche, body, and spirit.

Here she shares her own experience of clergy abuse and healing as a trauma survivor.