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Explore how Arise Alliance is making an impact through media and conversation. From feature articles to podcast interviews, discover how our work in trauma-informed care and Critical Memory Integration™ is gaining attention.

Whether you prefer to read or listen, these stories offer insight into our mission, the people behind it, and the growing movement for meaningful, embodied healing.

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All Things For Good

In this episode of "All Things for Good," hosts Ashly Leavitt and Kimberly Day welcome Christine Gigena, a licensed clinical social worker, to discuss Critical Memory Integration—an innovative, experiential approach…
Julia Baldwin
September 11, 2025
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The Mental Health Today Show

Estefana shares her personal experiences with childhood adversity and how they led her to develop CMI, a therapeutic approach that prioritizes integration over desensitization. Discover how CMI helps individuals connect…
Julia Baldwin
September 3, 2025
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Healing For The Soul

What if the key to healing wasn’t more talking, but learning how to uncover the hidden experiences your body still remembers? In this episode, Estefana Johnson shares insights from over…
Julia Baldwin
August 29, 2025
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Pain to Power Podcast

In this powerful episode, host Jill Ripley is joined by Licensed Clinical Social Worker Estefana Johnson to explore a transformative approach to trauma recovery called Critical Memory Integration (CMI™). As…
Julia Baldwin
August 25, 2025
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A Quest for Well-Being Podcast

Critical Memory Integration (CMI™) is an experiential psychotherapy that uses memory reconsolidation to help individuals integrate even the most distressing of experiences into their existing mental framework. Unlike conventional therapies,…
Julia Baldwin
August 13, 2025
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Spoken Word Podcast

Estefana Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and experienced trauma therapist with over two decades of experience in mental health. She began her career in 2001 as a Behavioral…
Julia Baldwin
August 11, 2025
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Veterans Voice: SITREP Podcast

In this powerful episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Dr. Brian Livesay—Army veteran, psychologist, and innovator of Critical Memory Integration (CMI)—joins Tom and Chris Faust to dive deep into the unseen…
Julia Baldwin
August 11, 2025
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Unshelling Medicine Podcast

This episode dives into the transformative power of trauma with Estefana Johnson, a licensed clinical social worker and trauma therapist. Through her own experience growing up in a restrictive, hyper-religious…
Julia Baldwin
August 11, 2025
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