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Defining Trauma: Understanding Types of Trauma

December 15, 2019

Defining Trauma: Understanding Types of Trauma The next step in defining trauma is understanding types of trauma. Trauma categories make it seem like trauma can be neatly analyzed, which simply isn’t true. The reality of trauma is far more complex.…

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