I’m honored to have back on - our feature presenter for our Tuesday Night weekly podcast event: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, Licensed Professional Counselor, Founder of Survivor Support, Podcast host of own podcast and channel @JonKUhlerLPC and @UnmaskingTheTransMovement on YouTube, father of 3, husband to his high school sweetheart, survivor advocate, professional knapsack remover, whistleblower, and someone I’m grateful to have on the battlefield with us: Jon Uhler.
In case you are new here or missed Jon’s briefing on his background on the first episode we did together, here is a short recap of Jon’s many accolades and credentials: Jon’s work began over 30 years ago and his education includes attending Epic Bible College, Biola University, Talbot School of Theology, and California State University and Fullerton. He’s worked in both clinical and administrative capacities, outpatient and hospital settings, intensive day treatment settings, residential treatment programs, and in secure (locked) facilities - including over 11 years on Psychology Staff within the Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections where he’s logged more clinical contact hours within Solitary Confinement than any Psych Staff in the entire US. Prior to his work with incarcerated men, he spent years working with sexual abuse Survivors, and treating Severely Emotionally Disturbed adolescents in group homes and within the largest intensive psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility for troubled youth west of the Mississippi.
The past couple weeks, Jon has taken us down the predatorial rabbit hole of discussing how an innocent child could possibly grow up to be a violent sexual deviant, a psychopath, a pedophile, or all three, and the information has been received so well by all of you. On the opposite end, Jon has also simultaneously been going through a chart explaining the parts that make up a survivor’s system and it’s been an incredible balance of getting insights into both sides of the abuse spectrum. In order for us to evolve as a society, we have to be willing to get uncomfortable and talk about these uncomfortable topics. We have been deprived in our education of being informed about trauma, perpetrators and abuse and we live in a time now where people are so disconnected from their bodies, brains, and hearts that they are living in a state of trauma without even realizing it. When we can come to terms with understanding abuse, understanding why someone might become an abuser, and understand how we can heal from abuse, then we will start to tip the needle into a societal state of healing where we can begin to intentionally mend generational trauma cycles. And lucky for us, we have an amazing guest with us every Tuesday who has both worked with the most deviant sexual offenders in solitary confinement, and who has also spent decades helping to learn about and heal survivors of the worst kind of abuses perpetraited by these same sexual deviants. I feel so grateful and honored to have Jon here with us each week piecing together the puzzle surrounding trauma and healing and if you enjoy this episode today, please check out Jon’s playlist on my channel and watch each video and share with others who may find value. And in typical Jon Uhler fashion, you’ll be learning a ton today, so please grab a pen and paper and get ready for our weekly therapy session on ‘The Imagination’!
Before I finish introducing today’s guest - I wanted to give a couple reminders and updates: If you’d like to be on the podcast as a guest or share any information privately with me, please email me at [email protected]. You can also use this email if you’d like to be a part of my new book series featuring written survivor testimonies. You can find the video with all the details on how to submit YOUR testimony on any of my podcast channels. And lastly - I’d love your support on Substack where I’m taking up investigative journalism as an outlet for me personally to share about my podcast, guests, and advocacy work and you can Subscribe to me there at www.emmakatherine.substack.com. All my links are in the show notes and I’d love your support across all platforms! Thank you all for caring so deeply about survivors and for helping to make this the safest space on the internet for survivor disclosures!
CONNECT WITH JON:
YouTube: @JonKUhlerLPC & @UnMaskingTheTransMovement
Websites:
https://www.survivorsupport.net/
https://unmaskingthetransmovement.com/
https://www.churchprotect.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uhler_jon
CONNECT WITH THE IMAGINATION:
EMAIL: [email protected]
My Substack: https://emmakatherine.substack.com/
BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theimagination
All links: https://direct.me/theimaginationpodcast
Website: https://standbysurvivors.com/
