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Jul 2021
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04: Responses To Trauma

LAURA REAGAN, LCSW-C
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This week host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C gives a basic overview of the nervous system's threat responses. She discusses the four trauma responses that our primitive brain uses to keep us safe in dangerous situations and gives examples of how these show up in our lives. 

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