The Trauma Therapist Surviving the Unspeakable with Christi Scarpino
Jan 28, 2026
32:07
Christi Scarpino is a retired Speech-Language Pathologist and Massage Therapist who survived the 1977 terrorist bombing of the Mobil Oil Building in New York City. In her memoir, Missing Pieces: A Terrorist Attack Survivor's Memoir of Trauma, she shares her journey of living with undiagnosed PTSD at a time when the condition wasn’t yet recognized.
Now dedicated to raising awareness about trauma and recovery, Christi lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, which she trains and competes with in performance events.
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Now dedicated to raising awareness about trauma and recovery, Christi lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, which she trains and competes with in performance events.
In This Episode
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.
You can learn more about what I do here:
The Trauma Therapist Newsletter: celebrates the people and voices in the mental health profession. And it's free! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4jGBeSa
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If you’d like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.
Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.app
Arizona Trauma Institute at https://aztrauma.org/