S4E82 | Jon Uhler LPC - Common Blockages Encountered in the Beginning Stages of D.I.D. Therapy

I’m honored to have back on - our feature presenter for our Tuesday Night weekly podcast event: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, Licensed Professional Counselor, Founder of Survivor Support and Church Protect, Podcast host of own podcast and YouTube channels @JonKUhlerLPC and @UnMaskingTheTransMovement father of 3, husband to his high school sweetheart, survivor advocate, professional knapsack remover, whistleblower, and someone we are lucky to have on the battlefield with us: Jon Uhler

In case you are new here or missed Jon’s briefing on his background on the first episode we did together, here is a short recap of Jon’s many accolades and credentials: Jon’s work began over 30 years ago and his education includes attending Epic Bible College, Biola University, Talbot School of Theology, and California State University and Fullerton. He’s worked in both clinical and administrative capacities, outpatient and hospital settings, intensive day treatment settings, residential treatment programs, and in secure (locked) facilities - including over 11 years on Psychology Staff within the Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections where he’s logged more clinical contact hours within Solitary Confinement than any Psych Staff in the entire US. Prior to his work with incarcerated men, he spent years working with sexual abuse survivors, and treating Severely Emotionally Disturbed adolescents in group homes and within the largest intensive psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility for troubled youth west of the Mississippi.

When Jon is not providing professional therapy or podcasting, he serves in an advocacy role, toward helping increase safety for vulnerable women and minors, who are being placed in harm's way by those pushing dangerous ideologies, public policies, and legislation.

Each week on Tuesday, it’s like we’ve been getting to sit in on free group therapy sessions with Jon. His background working in solitary confinement with the world’s most sexual deviants and predators coupled with his work in therapy working with the most extreme trauma survivors has been extremely valuable as it’s helping to re-educate us on what trauma is, what causes it, and - most importantly - how we can heal from it. Jon has covered a variety of topics week-after-week that build on each other including guilt and shame, systems and parts, sexual deviants and psychopathy, triggers, dissociation, what to expect from your therapist, what your therapist expects from you, journal prompts, and so much more. I have a playlist on my channel with all of Jon’s videos and I highly suggest you all go through and listen to every episode. Jon is helping all of us heal our own inner child and is helping us sort through all of the - in his words - boulders and knapsacks we’ve picked up and been handed along our journey and way. And nothing is more liberating than taking weight off our shoulders that isn’t ours to carry. And if you’ve been following along, I can guarantee you are already beginning to feel lighter! It’s extremely empowering to give our shame back to who and where it belongs, and with Jon leading the way, I have hope that all the shame in the world will one day be lifted off the shoulders of the wounded and placed back on the soul footprint of every predator who dared to harm one of our little ones. Jon is a hero and a pioneer in his field and I ask that you all put down whatever you’re doing and give Jon your full attention and respect as we all dive into another episode of education and group healing!

Before I finish introducing today’s guest - I wanted to give a couple reminders and updates: If you’d like to be on the podcast as a guest or share any information privately with me, please email me at [email protected]. You can also use this email if you’d like to be a part of my new book series featuring written survivor testimonies. You can find the video with all the details on how to submit YOUR testimony on any of my podcast channels. And lastly - I’d love your support on Substack where I’m taking up investigative journalism as an outlet for me personally to share about my podcast, guests, and advocacy work and you can Subscribe to me there at www.emmakatherine.substack.com. All my links are in the show notes and I’d love your support across all platforms!

CONNECT WITH JON:
YouTube: @JonKUhlerLPC & @UnMaskingTheTransMovement
Websites:
https://www.survivorsupport.net/
https://unmaskingthetransmovement.com/
https://www.churchprotect.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uhler_jon

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