Today’s episode features a conversation with Anna Pirkl. She is a highly skilled and compassionate therapist (Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Registered Art Therapist) dedicated to helping individuals achieve emotional well-being and personal growth. Along with Jamie Marich, she wrote Transforming Trauma with Jiu-Jitsu. This book seeks to provide insights into how Jiu-Jitsu can be a part of the healing process from trauma and PTSD. In this episode, we discuss how our brains respond to trauma and how the healing process is a partnership of instructors, survivors, and therapists to achieve embodied recovery. To learn more about Anna’s work, visit her website:
https://www.oneheartcounselingcenter.com To learn more about the book, visit the Amazon link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Trauma-Jiu-Jitsu-Therapists-Practitioners/dp/1623176158/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
