Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Identity After Trauma
How difficult experiences shape the stories we tell about ourselves, and how people begin to reconnect with who they are beyond what happened to them.
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For podcast hosts, event planners and journalists: Debbie’s bio, talk topics and headshots in one place, and an easy way to book her.
Short bio
Deborah “Debbie” Feathers, M.S., is a trauma-informed Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern in Florida, practicing under qualified clinical supervision. She works with individuals, couples and families, with a particular focus on relationships: intimacy, communication, trust, identity and the patterns that make connection more complicated than it should be.
Her work is affirming of all gender identities, sexual orientations and relationship structures, including polyamorous, consensually non-monogamous and kink communities. Outside the therapy room she has spent years advocating for children as a Guardian ad Litem, and she is an adoptive mom to two now-adult daughters.
Debbie has been featured on MSN, VoyageMIA, ShoutOut Miami, CanvasRebel and Bold Journey, and has been a guest on The Designer Practice Podcast, Relationship Revolution and A Sista Love Podcast.
Talk topics
How difficult experiences shape the stories we tell about ourselves, and how people begin to reconnect with who they are beyond what happened to them.
Why the hardest conversations are often the most important ones, and practical ways couples and families can talk about what matters without losing each other.
Emotional intimacy, vulnerability and desire: what closeness really asks of us, and how to nurture it in long-term relationships.
Where our patterns in love and conflict come from, how they repeat across relationships and generations, and what it takes to change them.
A narrative-inspired look at resilience: noticing the stories we live by, finding the threads they leave out, and choosing what comes next.
Headshots
Free to use with credit when featuring Debbie. Listen and read past conversations on Podcasts & articles.
Book Debbie
Podcasts, panels, workshops, conferences and media interviews. Share a few details and Debbie will get back to you.