S4E85 | Jon Uhler LPC - How Far Along Are You in Your Trauma Therapy? How to Measure Your Progress

Today 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.

If you’ve been following along each week with Jon as our resident therapist here on Tuesday night’s on ‘The Imagination’ Podcast, you know he has been taking us on a journey of healing, awareness and education based off his experiences working in solitary confinement with the most deviant of predators as well as his time working with survivors of extreme trauma. We, the listener, get first-hand insights into both sides of the abuse spectrum as well as an informative course of action towards getting therapy and knowing what to expect from your therapist. Jon’s lessons and teachings each week are helping to paint the foundation needed for survivors to get real help. Unfortunately, there is a lack of trauma-informed professionals in both the therapeutic community as well as in the church, and Jon’s work is helping to bridge the gap between the professional and the survivor. We absolutely need more trauma-informed education within the spaces where survivors go for help and it’s going to be heroes like Jon who help us get there. This series has also tackled important issues such as systems and parts, overcoming shame and guilt, journaling, overcoming triggers, understanding the mind of the world’s most deviant predators, and so much more! I highly encourage you guys to listen to and share this series with others as I truly believe what Jon is presenting each week is a huge piece of this puzzle we are trying to put together here on this podcast. Awareness is the first step. After that, we need to learn how to heal ourselves and the world. And I’m so grateful Jon’s work is helping us do just that! So please put away whatever you’re doing and give this hero your full attention as we venture further down the therapeutic rabbit hole!

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 imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.com. 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. Thank you all for caring so deeply about survivors and for helping to make this the safest space on the internet for survivor disclosures!

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:
EMAIL: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.com
My Substack: https://emmakatherine.substack.com/
BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theimagination
All links: https://direct.me/theimaginationpodcast
Website: https://standbysurvivors.com/