Critical Memory Integration: Estefana Johnson "Finding the answers within."
In this episode, ARISE Alliance’s Director of Clinical Training, Estefana Johnson, LCSW, introduces Critical Memory Integration (CMI™), a trauma-informed modality that’s changing the way providers support healing.
Listen as Estefana breaks down how CMI™ brings together the most effective elements of evidence-based trauma care into a single, intuitive approach. You’ll hear how CMI™:
- Helps clients reconnect with their own internal wisdom
- Uses curiosity as a clinical tool
- Teaches how to identify and work with mood and trauma signals
- Creates a space where adaptive change can happen quickly and safely
Estefana also shares her personal journey—from working with at-risk youth and foster families to advocating for systemic change through Jacob’s Law—and how those experiences shaped her development of CMI™.
Whether you’re a clinician, mental health advocate, or simply curious about new ways to support trauma healing, this conversation offers insight, inspiration, and practical takeaways.
Listen to learn how CMI™ is offering a new path forward for trauma care.