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Jul 2021
12m 24s

06: Dissociation

LAURA REAGAN, LCSW-C
About this episode

In this week's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, a trauma therapist, consultant and coach, gives a thumbnail sketch of the complicated topic of Dissociation. In this episode you will hear: 

  • What Dissociation is 
  • That Dissociation occurs on a spectrum from being preoccupied to having a totally different identity with its own name, behaviors, manner of dress - and you don't know it, and many examples in between 
  • Laura gives real life examples of how Dissociation can show up in our lives 

Resources for this Episode:  

 Dr. Janina Fisher's book, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation 

Susan Pease Banitt's book, The Trauma Toolkit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out 

System Speak Podcast 

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