Desperately seeking safety -- A trauma healing journey with Koelle Simpson
Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics
04/11/25
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Craig sits down with Colorado-based equine and somatic therapist Koelle Simpson to witness her harrowing and moving story of healing from repeated sexual assaults through a deep psychospiritual connection with horses, then learning how to trust her male psychotherapist, and finally coming to face the darkness and shame head on through the use of psilocybin mushrooms.
A heads up-- this episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault, please be mindful of whether this is the right time for you to hear this.
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