Guest: Cathy Kezelman, MD (Blue Knot Foundation)

We welcome Dr. Cathy Kezelman, President of Australia’s Blue Knot Foundation National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma.  She shares about the Blue Knot Foundation, and tells us the story of her own journey from survivor to advocate.  She announces the release of the 2019 Practice Guidelines for Clinical Treatment of Complex Trauma, which will be explores further in a future interview with the co-author of the guidelines.  This episode has a trigger warning for reference to suicidal ideation, but no direct experiences or specific trauma details are disclosed.

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