Merle Yost, LMFT and Paul Krauss MA LPC speak about how to go beyond recovery from trauma, depression, and anxiety---and actually how to become empowered and live your life with enjoyment. Merle Yost is a major advocate for people going beyond the "unstuck" paradigm and owning their power as they move into their next phase of the journey.

Merle believes in his mission so much, that he is offering his book FOR FREE to listeners of the Intentional Clinician. Just please give us a rating on your podcast app and then claim your free gift BELOW.

Facing the Truth of Your Life by Merle Yost, LMFT <--(Free GIFT DOWNLOAD)

Merle Yost, LMFT writes, speaks, and consults full-time. After 25 years in private practice as a psychotherapist, he is now a lecturer and consultant, and provides intensives, helping individuals move past their grief and make meaning of their life. After more than 35 years of working both personally and professionally, Merle has used his expertise and experience to aid others.

The theme of all his books is improving people's lives. Merle is dedicated to carrying on with his instruction and self-education initiatives.

Merle's personal recovery journey shaped his great faith in people's ability to recover and take back control of their lives, as well as his intense empathy for the emotional suffering they endure.

You can find out more about Merle on his website, merleyost.com , and about his workshop, Unspoken Boundaries, at unspokenboundaries.com. If you’d like to reach out to him, you can email him at [email protected] , and you can find him on Instagram @loveyost. Merle is a writer, speaker, and consultant. He also does Intensive trauma work as a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist In California, which you can also learn about on his website. He is also the author of six books, his last one Facing the Truth of Your Life; you can find links to them on his website, merleyost.com , and Amazon.

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Paul Krauss MA LPC is the Clinical Director of Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids, home of The Trauma-Informed Counseling Center of Grand Rapids. Paul is also a Private Practice Psychotherapist, an Approved EMDRIA Consultant , host of the Intentional Clinician podcast, Behavioral Health Consultant, Clinical Trainer, and Counseling Supervisor. Paul is now offering consulting for a few individuals and organizations. Paul is the creator of the National Violence Prevention Hotline (in progress) as well as the Intentional Clinician Training Program for Counselors. Paul has been quoted in the Washington Post, NBC News, Wired Magazine, and Counseling Today. Questions? Call the office at 616-200-4433. 

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