Healing Post Traumatic Stress
Healing Post Traumatic Stress, a vulnerable poem from Navy Veteran, Sound Alchemist and Song Writer Julie Jules Smoot. Julie is a survivor of military sexual trauma, lives with Post Traumatic Stress and has found healing through poetry, creating music, and sharing her truth in the four books she has written about her healing journey. Also, she has written books about transformation through sound alchemy.
Master Practitioner & Facilitator License
This Master Practitioner & Facilitator License grants limited permission to use sound recordings and listening works released under Threads of Trauma in professional, therapeutic, educational, and facilitated settings, under the terms outlined below.
Permitted Uses
With this license, the practitioner or facilitator may use Threads of Trauma recordings in:
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Mental health, counseling, and psychotherapy settings
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Trauma-informed, somatic, and body-based practices
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Sound healing and contemplative listening sessions
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Support groups, workshops, and facilitated circles
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Educational or reflective group environments
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One-to-one or group sessions (in person or live virtual)
Recordings may be played live during sessions as supportive listening experiences. Use may be guided or unguided, provided participation remains voluntary, consent-based, and paced according to participant capacity.
Trauma-Informed Ethics & Care
Threads of Trauma is designed to support presence, regulation, and witnessing, not catharsis or forced processing. Practitioners agree to:
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Prioritize safety, stabilization, and choice over disclosure or insight
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Avoid forced emotional release, narrative extraction, or interpretation
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Respect dissociation, silence, and non-response as valid states
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Offer clear permission to pause, stop, adjust volume, or leave at any time
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Support grounding and re-orientation when needed
This work honors the truth that trauma unfolds in layers and that listening is not a demand to remember, explain, or heal on command.
Restrictions
This license does not permit:
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Redistribution, resale, or sharing of recordings (free or paid)
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Uploading, embedding, or streaming audio on websites, platforms, apps, or social media
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Use in recorded sessions, online courses, trainings, or downloadable products
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Editing, remixing, excerpting, or altering the recordings
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Transfer or sublicensing to another practitioner, organization, or location
Each practitioner, facilitator, studio, or practice must obtain their own license.
Important Notes
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Threads of Trauma recordings are not medical or psychological treatments and do not replace licensed care.
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Practitioners are responsible for ethical use, informed consent, and remaining within their professional scope.
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Emotional, somatic, or dissociative responses may arise; pacing, containment, and participant choice are essential.
Copyright
All rights not expressly granted under this license are reserved by the rights holder.
Extended Use
For inclusion in recorded programs, institutional settings, publications, research, or commercial offerings, a separate extended license is required. Please contact for permissions and pricing.
Optional Checkout Summary (Short Version)
This license allows live, consent-based use of Threads of Trauma recordings in therapeutic, educational, and facilitated group settings. Recording, redistribution, or online use is not permitted.
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