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Aug 2025
1h 7m

Reclaiming Anger: Trauma, Repression, an...

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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Forrest and associate therapist Elizabeth Ferreira talk about healthy (and unhealthy) anger. They challenge the common framing of anger as a “secondary emotion,” and explore why anger matters, how it relates to trauma, and what it can tell us about our wants and needs. They discuss how to access healthy protest and work with less healthy forms of anger like ... Show More
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