The Allender Center Podcast

Dan Allender, Rachael Clinton Chen

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Booking Overview

This is a trauma-healing and spiritual-formation interview/conversation podcast focused on abuse recovery, relationships, theology, psychology, and personal stories, with external guests including survivors and advocates. Agencies could credibly pitch trauma-informed clinicians, survivor advocates, faith leaders, and experts with substantial lived experience; booking difficulty is likely medium because guests need a deeply relevant story or specialized expertise rather than general media credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 613

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.0k subscribers

Instagram: 18.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Dan Allender - Dr. Dan Allender is a trauma and abuse recovery educator who engages healing, story, theology, and psychology through the work of The Allender Center.

Rachael Clinton Chen - Rachael Clinton Chen, MDiv, is a co-host who explores trauma recovery, relationships, spiritual formation, and healing through the perspective of the Allender Center.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Relevant lived experience of trauma or abuse, survivor advocacy, trauma-informed care, or specialized expertise in healing, restoration, theology, or psychology.
Required Achievements:  
Survivor advocacy, Work supporting trauma or trafficking survivors, Professional or lived-experience contributions to healing and recovery

Recent Guest Discussions

Kate Ouimette-Wedell - Human Trafficking, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Trauma Recovery, Resilience, Survivor Advocacy, And Healing Through Being Seen And Believed.

Recent Topics

Trauma, Abuse, Psychology, Theology, Relationships

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Allender Center Podcast
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Listener Questions: Story

July 11, 2026

Today's episode is dedicated to your questions! Recently, we invited our email subscribers to submit the questions they'd like Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen to explore on the podcast. Thank you to everyone who responded with such honesty, vulnerability, and courage. Hosted by Melissa Dowell from the Allender Center, this conversation explores questions about what healing really looks like, how to care for aging parents while honoring healthy boundaries, what to do when you feel stuck ...

What Is Maturity?

June 26, 2026

What does true maturity actually look like? Is it age? Experience? Having the right answers? Many of us grew up assuming we would recognize maturity when we saw it. We looked to parents, pastors, leaders, and institutions to show us what it meant to be wise, trustworthy, and faithful. Yet over time, some of those assumptions have been challenged. People we admired have disappointed us. Systems we trusted have fallen short. And if we're honest, we've disappointed ourselves too. So where does t...

A Survivor's Story of Trafficking and Hope with Kate Ouimette-Wedell

June 19, 2026

This week, Dan and Rachael sit down with survivor, advocate, and Narrative Focused Trauma Care alumni Kate Ouimette-Wedell for a conversation that is both heartbreaking and deeply hopeful. After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music, Kate was trafficked and spent more than a decade in the commercial sex industry. In this episode, she shares part of her story with remarkable courage, offering insight into the realities of exploitation, the long road of recovery, and the resilience ...

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