Claude Cayemitte On Types Of Trauma, The Spectrum Of Racism, And Addressing Systemic Oppression (#21)

Claude Cayemitte is a NARM-certified, award-winning psychotherapist based in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

He works at a health center and runs a private practice, Clear and Connected Counseling, for individual therapy with adults and adolescents.

I met Claude through the NARM Training Institute, where I’m training to be trauma informed in my coaching and consulting work. NARM stands for NeuroAffective Relational Model and is designed to help people address complex trauma.

Disclaimer: Claude is a licensed psychotherapist, but I am not. As such, this episode and blog post are for informational purposes only, and nothing is intended as professional or medical advice in any capacity. If you are intending to recover from trauma, please contact a licensed psychotherapist or medical professional.

In this interview, Claude and I discuss several types of trauma including:

Shock or acute trauma (e.g., car accident, sexual assault)Complex or developmental trauma (e.g. emotional neglect, emotional abuse)Systemic, cultural, and racial trauma (e.g., systemic racism)Intergenerational trauma (e.g., slavery, The Holocaust)

We also cover:

The spectrum of racism—racism is not binary, it’s a spectrum from Neo-Nazis to Nelson Mandela.The impacts of the murder of George Floyd.How the black community and other marginalized groups have been in an abusive, attachment relationship with America since its inception.

Claude’s lesson for listeners is to embrace vulnerability. As leaders, we can create spaces for ourselves and others to be vulnerable. If you embrace vulnerability, your life will be transformed.