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Clinical Conversation
Integrating Spirituality into Trauma Aligned Interventions
Guest: Sabrina N'Diaye, PhD, MDiv, LCSW-C
On-Demand:Available now in the TTI member library. This conversation was recorded on November 5th, 2025.
Ready to refresh your clinical lens and spark new inspiration in your trauma care? Join us for an immersive new session of Clinical Conversations, hosted by Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye.
This isn't about rigid continuing education credits or theoretical frameworks. It's about real conversations with trauma therapists who understand the complexity of healing work, and who recognize that true recovery often involves the spiritual dimensions of human experience.
Discover how spirituality, ritual, breathwork, and meaning-making can enhance your evidence-based trauma interventions, without compromising clinical integrity or imposing beliefs on clients.
In this conversation, we explore:
Explore the art and science of integrating spirituality into trauma-aligned methods, guided by renowned clinician and peacebuilder Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye.
This Clinical Conversation will tackle:
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Why spirituality, ritual, and meaning-making can transform trauma recovery (and how to do it ethically)
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Understanding the neurobiology of spirituality’s role in healing trauma
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Tools for sensitive, inclusive integration, whether your client is religious, spiritual, or none of the above
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Reflecting on your own spiritual lens to strengthen your presence as a healer
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Practical tips and real clinical examples: ritual, breathwork, and narrative as therapy
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Navigating boundaries: cultural humility, ethics, and supporting clients from all backgrounds
Meet Your Guest
About Your Guest
Sabrina N'Diaye
PhD, MDiv, LCSW-C
Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye is a thought leader in integrating spirituality with psychotherapy. As an integrative therapist, author, and peacebuilder, she blends ancient spiritual practices with current scientific research to guide others on their healing journeys, and is affectionately known as "Sister Sabrina" in the communities she serves. Dr. Sabrina holds a PhD in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where her research focused on the use of guided imagery as a healing tool for African-American women with chronic STIs. She is the founder of The Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing, where she works with women, couples, and small groups, and for over thirteen years she served as a senior faculty member with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, leading teams in response to community-wide trauma around the world.
A passionate storyteller and advocate for the power of narrative in healing, Dr. Sabrina lectures widely on peacebuilding, spirituality, self-care for healers, imagery, writing, and the transformative power of connection. Her first book, Big Mama Speaks: Love Lessons from a Harlem River Swan, draws on her maternal grandmother's resilience in overcoming trauma and chronic illness, and she is deeply passionate about mentoring other therapists in creating fulfilling careers while serving humanity.
Visit The Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing Website
A passionate storyteller and advocate for the power of narrative in healing, Dr. Sabrina lectures widely on peacebuilding, spirituality, self-care for healers, imagery, writing, and the transformative power of connection. Her first book, Big Mama Speaks: Love Lessons from a Harlem River Swan, draws on her maternal grandmother's resilience in overcoming trauma and chronic illness, and she is deeply passionate about mentoring other therapists in creating fulfilling careers while serving humanity.
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This isn't a webinar. It's a real conversation. Honest. Raw. Clinically useful.
