Dr. Roderick Logan, DPTh, DAAETS, operates a specialized practice as a certified trauma and resiliency life coach dedicated to creating safe spaces for healing and personal growth. His practice focuses primarily on supporting individuals who have experienced religious trauma, offering them compassionate guidance through their recovery journey. Dr. Logan brings over 40 years of deep expertise to this field, as well as grief and loss coaching, helping clients navigate the complex emotions and challenges that arise from significant life losses. His approach is centered on building resilience, empowering clients to develop the internal resources needed to overcome trauma and thrive. Dr. Logan utilizes salutogenic, strength-based frameworks that build upon the client’s competencies and capacities, honoring their unique experiences and personal narratives. He is committed to fostering environments where individuals can explore their past experiences, process their emotions, and reconstruct their identities in alignment with their authentic values. Through his REACH Model and PEER Model frameworks, Dr. Logan assists clients in developing practical life-enhancing skills while addressing the physical, emotional, behavioral, social, occupational, and spiritual impacts of trauma. His practice serves as a testament to the belief that, with proper support and guidance, individuals can move beyond mere survival to reclaim agency and autonomy in their lives, establishing meaningful connections with themselves and others.
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Making Space to Heal
Tags:
Grief and loss, Religious trauma recovery, Resiliency building
Years in Practice:
Since 1980
Contact Details
Address:
13636 W. Rovey Ave,
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
Provider Services and Experience
"Trauma Informed" training and experience
Dr. Roderick Logan holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and a Doctorate in Practical Theology (DPTh). As a Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (DAAETS), he brings exceptional credentials to his trauma-informed practice. Beyond his role as a certified trauma and resiliency life coach, Dr. Logan has contributed significantly to the field as one of the authors and presenters of this certification program at the Arizona Trauma Institute. This unique combination of academic training, professional certification, and educational leadership enables him to provide a comprehensive approach to trauma recovery that integrates psychological, theological, and practical dimensions of healing. His involvement in developing and teaching trauma-informed methodologies reflects his commitment to advancing the field and empowering both clients and fellow practitioners with effective, compassionate approaches to trauma work.
"Trauma Trained" training and experience
Dr. Roderick Logan’s research represents a significant advancement in the application of salutogenic principles to trauma recovery. Building upon Aaron Antonovsky’s salutogenesis framework, which focuses on factors that support human health and well-being rather than on factors that cause disease, Dr. Logan has developed innovative approaches that integrate this health-oriented perspective with cutting-edge findings from neurobiology. His work specifically explores how a sense of coherence—Antonovsky’s core concept comprising comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness—can be cultivated in individuals who have experienced religious trauma and significant life losses.
A cornerstone of Dr. Logan’s research is the integration of neurobiological insights into practical therapeutic frameworks. He has extensively studied how trauma impacts the brain’s structure and function, particularly examining the roles of the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex in trauma response and recovery. This neurobiological foundation informs his REACH Model, which strategically incorporates interventions designed to promote neural integration and regulation. By mapping Antonovsky’s salutogenic principles onto neurobiological processes, Dr. Logan has created a comprehensive approach that addresses both the psychological and physiological dimensions of trauma recovery.
Dr. Logan’s original contribution to the field includes the development of his specialized assessment tool, the BRAVE Assessment, which measures salutogenic outcomes in trauma recovery. This instrument evaluates not only the reduction of symptoms but also the growth of resilience factors and the strengthening of an individual’s sense of coherence.
Furthermore, Dr. Logan has pioneered methods for applying salutogenic principles specifically to religious trauma recovery. His research examines how the disruption of meaning systems through religious trauma creates unique challenges for recovery and how salutogenic interventions can be tailored to address these specific needs. This specialized focus has filled a critical gap in trauma recovery literature and practice, offering evidence-based approaches for a population that conventional trauma treatment modalities have historically underserved.
Office Hours
Virtual sessions available Monday – Thursday, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, 7:00 am – 12:00 pm