Episode 122 – Trauma Response

Shannon Van Maanen from Creative Living Center discusses the various ways people respond to trauma or difficult situations (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Submit) and how recognizing your response can help your […]

Episode 107 – Donna Durham Part 1/Trauma

Donna Durham, now a therapist in Tennessee after formerly working for Bethany Christian Services in northwest Iowa, joins Piet and Dr. Shawn and discusses how her son’s health event caused […]

Episode 104 – Trauma Informed

Shannon Van Maanen from Creative Living Center discusses trauma informed approaches which is shifting the mindset from “what’s wrong with you” to “what’s happened to you.”

Episode 72 – Kyle Post/CISM

Kyle Post, a member of the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team, joins Dr. Shawn & Piet and provides suprising statistics and insight into how difficult good mental health can […]

Episode 68 – Disaster Trauma

Dr. Shawn Scholten from Creative Living discusses the trauma that can be created by a natural disaster such as the 2024 flooding in Northwest Iowa.