Scaling Up Your Impact Podcast
Short on time, big on purpose?
Scaling Up Your Impact delivers practical, trauma-informed tools, mindset shifts, and clinical strategies for therapists who want to grow—without burning out.
Proudly hosted by Scaling Up, a globally accessible training company serving thousands of clinicians, this podcast is rooted in the real-world expertise of EMDR trainers, trauma therapists, and community leaders. Each episode draws from our team’s collective experience across the field, research, and training rooms worldwide.
🎧 New episodes drop every week.
Whether you're new to trauma work or a seasoned EMDR clinician, Scaling Up Your Impact helps you reconnect with your why, refine your how, and expand your influence—one purposeful episode at a time.
💡 Expect weekly themes, actionable takeaways, and occasional companion resources—all designed to inspire growth without overwhelm.
✨ To learn more about our offerings and become a part of our community, visit for more information: scalingupemdr.com
Let’s scale up our impact together - one day at a time.
Scaling Up Your Impact Podcast
Ep 01 - Introducing the Scaling Up Your Impact Podcast
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Episode 1: Welcome to Scaling Up Your Impact – Where Clinical Excellence Meets Sustainable Growth
Short on time, big on purpose? Welcome to the inaugural episode of Scaling Up Your Impact, the podcast created specifically for busy trauma therapists and EMDR clinicians seeking to elevate their practice without burning out.
In this first episode, we introduce you to the Scaling Up community—a global network of thousands of trauma-informed clinicians who've trained with us since 2018. You'll discover why we launched this podcast and how our unique approach of blending real Scaling Up team voices with innovative AI-hosted content allows us to deliver consistent, accessible clinical wisdom to therapists worldwide.
Learn what makes our podcast different: bite-sized, actionable strategies rooted in real-world clinical experience rather than just theory. Whether you're newly trained in trauma approaches or a seasoned EMDR practitioner, each weekly episode offers practical tools, transformative mindset shifts, and evidence-informed techniques you can implement immediately with clients.
Join us as we share our vision for scaling up collective impact in the trauma therapy field—one purposeful episode at a time. From preventing therapist burnout to refining complex clinical skills, we're here to support your growth journey with the perfect blend of inspiration and practicality.
Tune in, subscribe, and become part of a community that values both clinical excellence and sustainable practice. New episodes drop weekly, with occasional companion resources available at scalingupemdr.com.
Let's scale up our impact together! Learn more at www.scalingupemdr.com
Short on time, but big on purpose? Welcome to Scaling Up Your Impact, a podcast dedicated to delivering practical, trauma-informed tools, mindset shifts, and clinical strategies for therapists who want to grow—without burning out. I'm Kelly Smyth-Dent, the Founder of Scaling Up, and I'm thrilled to welcome you to our introduction podcast episode - a place to learn more about Scaling Up and what to expect from our podcast episodes.
If you're listening to this, chances are you're a therapist who cares deeply about making a difference in your clients' lives, while also taking care of yourself in the process. Maybe you're new to trauma work, or perhaps you're a seasoned EMDR clinician looking to refine your skills. Wherever you are in your journey, you're in the right place.
Before we dive in, let me share a bit about who we are and why we created this podcast. Since 2018, our company, Scaling Up, has been providing high-quality, accessible, and affordable trainings for therapists. Over the years, we've had the privilege of training thousands of therapists around the world, building a community of like-minded professionals who are passionate about trauma-informed care and making a positive impact.
During our trainings and within our community, we consistently receive questions—thoughtful, important questions about implementing trauma-informed approaches, navigating challenges in therapy, and sustaining ourselves while doing this meaningful work. We realized that a podcast would be the perfect platform to address these questions and make our insights more accessible to therapists everywhere.
Each week, we'll deliver episodes packed with practical wisdom, clinical tools, and expert experience that you can apply with clients right away. Episodes will span a variety of information related to: trauma-informed tools, crisis response preparedness strategies, EMDR clinical tips, humanitarian and community response experiences, and much more.
What makes our podcast unique? Well, some episodes will be hosted by real members of the Scaling Up team, like myself, bringing their diverse expertise and perspectives to the microphone. Other episodes will feature AI-generated voices presenting Scaling Up's trusted content in engaging and interesting ways.
We're excited about this innovative approach because it allows us to create more content and reach more therapists while maintaining the high quality you expect from us. We value transparency, so we'll always let you know when you're listening to an AI-generated host. But rest assured, whether the voice is human or AI, the content is always rooted in real-world, trauma-informed clinical wisdom from our team's collective experience across the field, research, and training rooms worldwide.
Each episode will focus on a topic with actionable takeaways you can implement immediately. And occasionally, we'll provide companion resources on our website for those who want to dive deeper into a particular topic. If you go to www.scalingupemdr.com or the show notes, you can sign up for our newsletter, and always be informed when new episodes drop. You’ll also receive related workbooks or discounts for upcoming trainings.
Our hope is that this podcast becomes a valuable resource in your professional journey—a place where you can reconnect with your "why," refine your "how," and expand your influence, one purposeful episode at a time.
We're so glad you're here! Thanks for tuning in to Scaling Up Your Impact. Remember: that the work you do has a positive ripple effect on not only your client’s lives but all the people that they interact with. You are making a big difference in the world, and we are here to support YOU. Let's scale up our impact together. See you in the next episode.
