Marti Smith, OTR is an Occupational Therapist, fellow with the Child Trauma Academy, and founding Board Member with A-TROT, the Alliance for Trauma Responsive Occupational Therapists.    Marti is a dear friend and close colleague.  We met what feels like eons ago at a Trust Based Relational Intervention training and became quick friends.  I’ve learned so much from Marti in my own career about chasing the ‘why’ behind a behavior--  and not just the relational and attachment need, but the biological and physiological need behind a behavior. The Brain is Behind Everything We DoThe foundation of my work rests on the idea that the brain is behind every single thing that we do- so let’s get curious about what is going on the brain that is underneath a specific behavior (which is the foundation of the course Parenting after Trauma: Minding the Heart and Brain).  Marti’s work as an occupational therapist beautifully dovetails the work I do as a mental health therapist while also offering a new perspective by looking at the physical body and autonomic nervous system factors that are related to behaviors.Marti’s expertise in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics helps keep her focus on the foundation of the brain as a way to support kids with challenging behaviors.  She knows keenly that the foundation of any skill must be strengthened before moving on to more advanced skills.  I mean, if you want to do calculus you’ve got to have addition down-pat!Connect with MartiMarti is doing some truly ground-breaking work within his community- go check it out!https://CreativeTherapies.comThe Connected TherapistTrauma Tips Video PodcastKALMARMore about Rhythmic, Repetitive, Relational, and Somatosensory ExperiencesEngaging the Body: Working with Dysregulated Kids is an eight-hour virtual training for professionals (of any kind!) eager to bring movement and body-based experiences intentionally into their work with clients.  I’ve adapted my previously always-sold-out training for play therapists to be applicable to a wider range of professionals and decided to offer it virtually one last time.CLICK HERE to read about The Club and join the waitlist for the next time we welcome new membersGoodies you can find on my website:FREE Brilliance of Attachment eBook at https://robyngobbel.com/ebookFREE masterclass on What Behavior Really Is and How to Change It at http*****Not sure where to start?  With 100 episodes, it's hard to know what episodes to listen to first!The START HERE private podcast takes the guess-work out.  I curated the 10 episodes I think you should listen to first. Because it's a special private podcast, It's only available by invitation- so head over to RobynGobbel.com/StartHere to get yours.  You'll then be able to listen in whatever podcast player you use! *******The Club is a virtual community for the families of kids with big, baffling behaviors and the professionals who support them.    https://robyngobbel.com/theclubApplications for the 2023 cohort of Being With ~ a year-long immersive and holistic program for parenting professionals ~ are now open!  https://robyngobbel.com/beingwith