With more than three decades of leading innovation at the intersection of healthcare and technology, John Trimmer has built a career centered on improving lives through smarter systems of care. He is an accomplished healthcare and technology executive with leadership experience spanning behavioral health, digital health innovation, and venture development. As CEO and Co-Founder of OptimaCare360, he is pioneering evidence-based, tech-enabled approaches to substance use treatment and behavioral health access. John believes that healing isn’t just clinical — it’s human. Technology should bring us closer to that truth, not further away. On this episode of Watching Mental Health, we’re talking about rebuilding trust in the American healthcare system, why quality in healthcare means consistency—not complexity, and what’s missing in behavioral healthcare integration.

Dr. Eugene Lipov is a leading expert in treating post-traumatic stress and the pioneer of using Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) to alleviate PTSD/ PTSI symptoms. Inspired by his own family’s struggles with trauma, he has dedicated his career to restoring hope for those affected. In 2006, he adapted SGB—an FDA-approved procedure since the 1970's for pain and circulation disorders—as a breakthrough PTSD/PTSI treatment. A sought-after authority, Dr. Lipov testified in 2010 before the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, published extensively in leading medical journals, and been featured in major outlets including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fox National News and NBC. On this episode of Watching Mental Health, we are talking trauma, PTSD/PTSI, why science matters when it comes to treating these symptoms, and how advanced brain imaging proves trauma is a biological injury.

Beth Flory is the Chief Executive Officer of S.A.F.E. House, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence. She holds a master's degree in human resource management and a SHRM-CP designation, which guides her trauma-informed approach to leadership. Beth is passionate about fostering resilience, emotional safety, and empowerment—both within her team and among the survivors S.A.F.E. House serves. On this episode of Watching Mental Health, we’re talking trauma. Releasing trauma, managing secondary post-traumatic stress, and living after trauma happens.