S4 | E2 Changing career and career development conversations: trauma specialist Lou Lebentz

Authenticity: Gently coming into your adult, while dissolving the parts that hold you back. - Lou Lebentz

In another interesting interview, I chat to Lou and share her fascinating journey and how it could help you.

Key points from the interview:

• How Lou had 2 separate careers before she found therapist,
• How a focus on the body and mind connection became a focus,
• How her "toolbox" has expanded over the years, 
• Discussion around what trauma is, 
• Importance of therapist self-care and regulation,
• Producing your own personal development course, 
• How can therapists be of most help to their clients,
• Combining a private practice with producing and delivering an online training course,
• Why you might put an online training course together, 
• Being a therapist on social media and public speaking - finding your ‘voice’ and ‘visibility’, 
• Importance of collaboration, teams and community,
• The challenges and advantages of combining being a therapist and being an entrepreneur,
• Therapists having their own support and self-care, 
• Lou’s great advice if you are thinking of starting on this path.

Lou’s web links:

https://traumathrivers.com/
https://www.thevoyageacademy.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/traumathrivers_loulebentz?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/traumathrivers/?ref=share