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You Are Not Your Trauma
A guide from renowned psychologists Robyn D. Walser and Darrah Westrup on how to reclaim your life using proven ACT techniques. One powerful fact — You are not your trauma — will free you from being defined by your past.
Learn to build safety and resilience, confront difficult emotions, detach from limiting beliefs, and reconnect with your true purpose. It’s time to move beyond the pain and build a life where healing comes first, your recovery, your strength, your future.
I’m a clinical psychologist with expertise in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), having started to work in this treatment approach in 1991. I currently provide training, supervision, consultation and psychotherapy in the model.
I delivered my first ACT workshop in 1997 in Ireland and have been training around the world since, including online. My workshops feature a combination of lecture and experiential exercises designed to provide a unique learning opportunity in this state-of- the-art intervention. I am often referred to as a “clinician’s clinician.”
I provide supervision and consultation in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) tailored to your needs and level of training.
The privacy of clinical work is paramount. Confidentiality of clinical work is maintained at all times, except as required by law.
Creativity engages the mind and unlocks curiosity, encouraging reflection and connection. It allows our hearts to be open and our behaviour to be flexible.
Compassion is about having kindness and empathy for oneself or another when they are suffering. It is a selfless virtue that promotes well-being.
Acceptance is the act of being open to experience – a willingness to allow emotion, thought, and sensation to rise and fall.
While I also treat other disorders, I have been working in the field of trauma and it’s treatment for over 30 years. I have conducted research, obtained grants, and written articles, chapters, and books on the topic. I am trained in five exposure-based interventions to treat trauma and use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support these treatments.
I have worked at the National Center for PTSD for more than 25 years, serving in various roles during that time, including creating a national rollout for ACT for depression and training clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration in the intervention.
I am a board member and the Research Director at the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinical Services. This non-profit entity serves trauma survivors experiencing PTSD and complex trauma reactions. The clinic caters to those who cannot afford therapy, an important value of mine as I hope to serve all those who suffer the pain of trauma.
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