S4E32 | “Jon Uhler LPC - Understanding a Survivor’s Internal System & Starting the Healing Process”

I am excited to bring back the newest podcast regular on ‘The Imagination’: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, Licensed Professional Counselor, Founder of Survivor Support, Podcast host of own podcast and channel @JonUhlerLPC on YouTube, father of 3, husband to his high school sweetheart, survivor advocate, and someone you all heavily requested to bring back: 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 the evolution of his career path is nothing short of astonishing. 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 hes 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.

Jon has been so gracious as to share with us a series of episodes that are aimed at helping survivors understand what to expect from the therapeutic process from a therapists perspective, helping other therapists understand the aspects of trauma that they were never taught in traditional university settings (such as D.I.D., ritualistic abuse, de-programming from systematized mind control and more), and giving advocates of survivors a clinical way to understand the types of trauma that are unfathomable to imagine if you haven’t experienced it for yourself.

We’ve had so many instances of survivors coming on ‘The Imagination’ and sharing their horror stories of trying to receive help for the side-effects of the trauma they endured and were met with closed doors, misdiagnosis, and tons of hopelessness. Jon brings a refreshing perspective on healing trauma from his own experiences over the last couple decades in treating clients with D.I.D. and who have experienced extreme trauma and doing research that challenged his previous beliefs about trauma and what he learned in traditional academia. We need more therapists to step into this arena and take initiative like Jon has and it gives me hope for the future of therapy knowing therapists like Jon are out there giving genuine care and a thoughtful approach to each client.

Jon shared his testimony the first time he was on and ever since, we’ve been diving into programming, deprogramming, and last time Jon was on - we started discussing internal systems of survivors which we will continue to discuss today! I will have Jon’s playlist below and I encourage you to dig into each episode as well as to scour and study all the free resources on his website survivorsupport.net. For this episode, grab a pen and paper because you’ll need it! Each episode with Jon is packed with helpful information on healing for all walks of life!

Before I finish introducing today’s guest - I wanted to give a quick reminder that if you are a survivor or whistleblower who wants to share your story on the podcast or who wants to share any information privately with me, you can email me at IMAGINEABETTERWORLD2020@GMAIL.COM! I’d also love your support on Substack where I’m taking up journaling as an outlet for me personally to reflect on the podcast, guests, and my advocacy work and you can Subscribe to me at www.emmakatherine.substack.com. All of my social media links are linked in the shownotes and I thank you all with my whole heart for all the love, support and safety you provide to this platform and to every guest!

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

CONNECT WITH THE IMAGINATION:
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