Healing Trauma With Dr. Curt Thompson
The Healing Trauma Podcast
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Empathy Transforms Trauma
Empathy and compassion from a supportive listener can transform someone's traumatic experiences, providing them with a sense of grace and mercy instead of fear and shame. This support can create a wide place for the individual to stand and offer a feeling of control in a previously uncontrollable situation. In a professional community, increased empathy from multiple supportive individuals can amplify this effect, providing an entirely new and transformative bodily experience for the individual recounting their traumatic event.
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