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PTSD My Counselor & Me Sexual Abuse & Purity Culture Messaging pt 2
This is the second part of our season three finale. Sexual abuse and purity culture messaging has presented a culture of shame and guilt. This episode follows a deeply personal episode where Amy accounts a day in Dr, Petit’s office where immense healing occurred as she was able to shed the shame of sexual abuse and purity culture messaging.
In this second episode, Amy sits down with her counselor, Dr. Thomas Petit, who will give his account of the day that shame lost and Amy felt freedom from the shame of sexual abuse as it pertains to purity culture messaging. Dr. Thomas Petit, a trauma informed counselor, also brings highlights to this episode as it pertains to self care when shame is present along with anxiety management. This episode ends our season on childhood trauma and it is an episode filled with hope and a story of ridiculous redemption, straight from Amy’s counselor.
This episode also highlights the heart and mission of the podcast, to provide access to help for those who need it. The Wednesdays With Watson podcast exists to not only educate, but to raise money for counseling scholarships for those who can not afford it. If you would like to participate in that mission, there are many ways you can do that by clicking here.
**A portion of the song “Isn’t That Amazing Grace” written and performed by Josh Bales, is used by written permission**
This is part one of season three finale of the Wednesdays With Watson podcast, and a portion of Amy’s story never published anywhere else.
Purity Culture messaging, particularly in Generation X has served to harm more than help. This episode highlights a first hand account of how constant bombardment of purity culture messaging affected Amy as a survivor of sexual abuse. While she is clear on this episode that the Bible does, in fact, teach sexual purity, it is important to deliver the message to young people in a way that takes into account that 1:4 girls are sexually abused, and 1:7 boys share the same experience (though probably vastly under reported).
This episode chronicles the day that Amy finally decided to address this is her counselor’s office and the healing that came from that session. It provides hope for any one of you out there listening that live with shame of sexual abuse for any reason, but particularly as a result of purity culture messaging . Shame does not belong to you and is a tool our our enemy. We want you to heal just like Amy has!
This is an incredibly vulnerable episode, safe for young ears, and listeners are left with the Hope of the completed work of Jesus on the cross, as you are literally taken through Amy’s healing and release of shame and guilt meant only to destroy her.
Special thanks to Josh Bales, whose song “Isn’t That Amazing Grace” is featured at the end of the episode with just a taste of the message at the beginning of the podcast. You can find all of Josh’s music at his website, he is prolific songwriter and musician and we are incredibly grateful he allowed us to use his song on this episode.
“Come out sinners from those shadows every corner of your shame, don’t you know you are His beloved, you don’t have to hide your face, isn’t that amazing grace?”
This episode will be followed up in two weeks with Dr. Thomas Petit’s perspective of the healing session that allowed Amy to put her felt shame and guilt behind her. This is the solo finale of season three, a season where we have focused on childhood trauma.
If we left the 99 to find the one for this episode, every tear shed on this episode is worth it.
***”Isn’t That Amazing Grace” Copyright Josh Bales, song used by written consent from artist.***
“One evening, my child came up to me and asked, “Daddy, can I chop your vegetable scraps?”
That one question opened my eyes to all the possibilities that exist for me – and for you – when we embrace the connecting power of cooking and eating together with our children.”–Chef Kibby
Chef Kibby (Contact)
Contact Amy–Summer fundraiser for counseling schloarships.
The Wednesdays With Watson Podcast is proud to bring Chef Kibby to the podcast. Chef Kibby and his wife are foster parents as well as parents to their biological children. Like many of us, Chef Kibby faced losing his livelihood when the Covid 19 Pandemic swept the globe.
It started with one question, and that question led him to evaluate the need behind that request, and thus was born his new passion of connecting with children in the kitchen.
What are the felt needs behind a request from our children, regardless of trauma status? Why is it important to connect with them in the first place on practical levels–levels that we’ve not seen pre pandemic? Now more than every our children need us, and we need them. This episode is rich with information that will help you connect with your kids over one of the very few common human needs–food. Listen as he tells his journey of this ministry and how he strongly encourages parents to get in the kitchen with their children, and you don’t have to be a chef.
Enjoy this episode as we near the end of our season on Trauma, Spaces, Places, and Aces. This one is definitely an ACE!
What if it were as simple as adding healing foods to your toolkit? Trauma survivor and wellness coach Nicole Patraw joins the Wednesdays With Watson Podcast! Nicole brings such wisdom as it pertains to nutrition, particularly when trauma and present, and for children. Her amazing story and how she turned her pain into purpose is nothing short of amazing and is the true definition of healing. Listen in as Nicole helps us, because that is her passion!
The Wednesdays With Watson Podcast continues to pursue our mission of providing access to help for those who need it, and this is a great example of that. Nicole offers much wisdom on this episode that she has incorporated into her wellness business. She did not appear on the podcast to promote herself but to help YOU. If you are interested in finding out more information about Nicole, click here.
To contact Amy, click here.
This is a special solo episode that recaps our series on racial trauma as well as an update as to where we are going and what our efforts have accomplished.
Enjoy this short solo episode!
IMPORTANT LINKS:
PTSD, JESUS & ME (first season, my diagnosis and journey to it)–Season 1
PTSD, Jesus & You–Season 2
ENNEAGRAM EPISODES, SEASON 3
DONATE to our efforts to provide funds for pro bono counseling (two people helped from fundraiser at the end of 2021)
Do we want to be part of the solution? This episode provides amazing insight from a well respected black therapist. Want the world to change?
Remember CHANGE is a complete sentence.
“I am a part of the change I wish to see”–Dr. Catherine Jackson
The Wednesdays With Watson podcast awarded one of Dr. Jackson’s patients funds for pro bono counseling. This is the purpose of this podcast, if you are interested in supporting this mission, click here.
Stick around until the end as Dr. Jackson walks us through a guided meditation to calm our nervous systems.
Dr. Catherine Jackson joins the Wednesdays With Watson podcast to end the series on racial trauma. It was important to us to secure a therapist of color that could speak to racial trauma from a personal point of view as well as an educated view as a clinical psychologist. Dr. Jackson walks through the interviews on racial trauma and helps us understand the psychological aspects.
A little about Dr. Jackson:
Dr. Catherine Jackson (Dr. J) is a licensed clinical psychologist and a board certified neurotherapist. A sought after international speaker and media expert who’s been featured in Forbes, Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, CNN and many other media outlets, Dr. J shares a wealth of information with others on topics related to mental wellness, the brain and holistic health. She is the owner of Optimal Neuroholistic Services (ONS), author of The Couch Experience: A Guide to Good Therapy and creator of The Couch Experience Therapy and Wellness Card Decks. Dr. J is a DEIJ expert and clinical supervisor who is passionate about mental health. She helps people rewire their brains, mindset and habits so they think, feel and communicate at their best.
To Contact Dr. Jackson, click here.
Scripture: Phil 1:13, Genesis 1:26-27