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September 2019

  • A Hasty Rewrite; Loving a child with Trauma History 101

    A Hasty Rewrite; Loving a child with Trauma History 101

    Cathy Tompkins, MA|September 30th, 2025|

    I remember a teen I worked with long ago; some people just stay with you forever for lots of different reasons.  (Heads up: This is a pretty dark memory.) I was very young and way in over my head as a therapist at a residential treatment center in a large city. I’ll call him Sam.... Read More

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