Susan: Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Becoming a Hedge Witch
Her personal journey of connecting with her spirituality, emotional and physical healing, and the experience of working in the field of psychoanalysis while also using complementary treatments.
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Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, RYT is an award-winning author. She trained in the Harvard teaching hospitals and is a pioneer in the field of complementary therapies in psychological healing. She has nearly fifty years of experience in mental health work, with specialties in PTSD, Dissociative Disorders, Autism Spectrum and Medical Social Work. Susan provides international consultation and supervision to mental health clinicians who seek answers to complex cases of complex trauma and dissociation in their clients. She has spoken nationally and internationally at conferences, retreats, medical facilities, universities, webinars, and governmental bodies as well as her own workshops and classes. Susan co-hosts the Rebel Justice Podcast and is active on social media. Having retired from individual psychotherapy in 2023, she is focusing her efforts on writing and on training therapists to work with extreme trauma, especially survivors of mind control, ritual, and cultic abuse. She maintains a spiritual consulting practice for people with emerging psychic abilities, people identifying as Lightworkers and Starseeds, and people who want to explore alternative forms of spirituality as part of their healing journey.
In this episode we discuss a wide range of topics from what Freud brought to the world to the benefits of piano playing. Susan takes us through her personal journey of connecting with her spirituality, emotional and physical healing, working in the field of psychoanalysis while also using complementary treatments. She has made a shift in her work by moving into the retirement and finding new ways to bring her gifts to the world.
This episode was recorded on January 15, 2024.
Content Warning: Some episodes may contain heavier subjects. Please tune into what is best for yourselves and whether or not a specific episode is helpful. This episode contains references to mind control, ritual abuse, organized crime and the impacts these can have on both clients and their providers. We also discuss Freud and the culture of denying trauma, cancel culture, various practices of spirituality, and the interplay of psychoanalysis and alternative therapies. We talk about the impact of generational wounding, especially as it it relates to the inquisition. There is a dog barking/crying at minute 32.
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You can learn more about Susan’s work on her website:
Susan’s Books:
Wisdom, Attachment and Love in Trauma Therapy: Beyond Evidence-Based Practice
The Trauma Took Kit: Healing: From the Inside Out
Women Therapists on Healing: Feminist Perspectives on Overcoming Trauma from 11 Mental Health Professionals--intersectional essays, approaches, and reclamations (Edited by
Susan Pease Banitt and Larissa Miranda) Pre-order here:
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