489. Provocateur and Catalyst for Embodied Change : Dr. Amber Elizabeth Gray

Dr. Amber Elizabeth Gray is an author, frequent speaker, organizational consultant and a provocateur and catalyst for embodied change.  A Dance / movement therapist and human rights psychotherapist, she has worked with survivors of interpersonal, collective  and intergenerational trauma, particularly torture, war, and human rights abuses for 25 years. Equally activist, artist and advocate, Amber provides clinical and transformational training in her Right to Embody trainings, integrating refugee mental health and torture treatment with creative arts, mindfulness, and body- based therapies for programs serving survivors worldwide. A lover of all things wild, Amber regularly facilitates “WildZeNess” eco-somatic Body of Change retreats for survivors, and caregivers and practitioners serving communities affected by injustice, oppression and trauma. www.ambergray.com  We talk about: Fighting, NGO work, trauma and the existential condition, polyvagal theory, dance therapy, professional identity, the industry of trauma, racial trauma, Native American trauma, voodoo, Haiti, Continuum and First Nations Australia.