PTSD, EMDR and Healing After the ...

PTSD, EMDR and Healing After the Sex Industry | Katie Green

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The Cherished Lounge by Command Creative Studios

S1 · E4

Aug 18, 2026

46:29

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What actually happens to the brain after trauma, and is it possible to truly heal?

This week on The Cherished Lounge, Kate Ouimette-Wedell sits down with Katie Green, a licensed clinical social worker, certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor, clinically certified human trafficking victim services provider, and survivor of human trafficking.

Kate and Katie explore what trauma actually does to the brain and body, including PTSD, fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses, hypervigilance, shame, triggers, and the ways multiple traumatic experiences can become layered over time. Katie also explains how treatments such as EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, can help survivors process traumatic memories and begin separating those memories from overwhelming emotional and physical responses.

They also discuss one of the most important realities of trauma recovery, there is no universal timeline for healing. Before someone begins processing trauma, Katie emphasizes the importance of safety, stabilization, coping skills, trust, and community. That process may take months, years, or even decades.

The conversation also challenges the idea that survivors need to be "rescued." Katie explains why trauma-informed care means looking beyond behaviors, recognizing barriers, examining our own biases, and giving survivors the skills, support, hope, and community they need to make their own decisions.

Most importantly, this episode is a reminder that trauma does not have to define the rest of your life.

Healing is possible. Our brains can heal. Our stories matter.

Connect with Katie Green

Learn more about Katie's work through KTP Empowerment, where she provides education, consultation, training, and resources related to human trafficking, mental health, trauma, and substance use disorders.

http://www.ktpempowerment.org

Katie also provides virtual EMDR therapy for individuals located in Florida and Michigan, where she is licensed.

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Exposed: Surviving the Commercial Sex Industry

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