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Culture and Trauma, Doing Therapy, Things Not To Do8 Comments

The Ethics of Not Treating Trauma

July 3, 2018July 4, 2018 Thomas Zimmerman

We are entering a new era of trauma awareness.  We are just starting to be able to make visible the central role that trauma plays in human development, physical health, and in relationships of all types.  We are recognizing that … Continue reading The Ethics of Not Treating Trauma

Doing Therapy, EMDR, Newbie Lessons, Things Not To Do2 Comments

Dancing Around the Unspeakable at Intake

April 28, 2018April 29, 2018 Thomas Zimmerman

“Have you ever been emotionally, physically, or sexually abused?”  It’s a standard intake question asked tens of thousands of times a day as part of mental health assessments all across the country.  At the beginning of my career I asked … Continue reading Dancing Around the Unspeakable at Intake

Doing Therapy, Newbie Lessons, Things Not To Do3 Comments

Disclosure in Trauma Work

May 14, 2017May 17, 2017 Thomas Zimmerman

It’s completely normal for life to break your heart.  It will happen.  We all got here when a bottom fell out and everything that we knew fell out with us into some vast space that we never anticipated inhabiting.  And, … Continue reading Disclosure in Trauma Work

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When Big Hope Looks Like Arrogance

July 23, 2016July 26, 2016 Thomas Zimmerman

I remember it well, catching up with former classmates at continuing education events about a year after graduation.  Hugs and smiles.  We’re both doing well.  We’re both learning a lot.  We’re seeing pretty much all trauma all day long.  Then, … Continue reading When Big Hope Looks Like Arrogance

Newbie Lessons, Surviving Your Internship, Things Not To Do1 Comment

Tragedy Happens in Your Own Life Too

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 Thomas Zimmerman

[Part of a series on surviving your mental health internship.] I got the call that my sister Amy was dead at about 3:30 on a Wednesday afternoon, about four months into my internship. I was on campus and at my … Continue reading Tragedy Happens in Your Own Life Too

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Working with Clients Prone to Panic Attacks

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 Thomas Zimmerman

Many of your clients with extensive trauma with have a history of panic attacks.  Those with extensive trauma that do not have panic attacks may have frequent rage episodes instead.  Some have both. In community mental health, you are unlikely … Continue reading Working with Clients Prone to Panic Attacks

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Baker’s Dozen of Things Not to Do with Traumatized Clients

June 17, 2016June 19, 2016 Thomas Zimmerman

Your clients with trauma have likely been told throughout their lives that their traumatic experiences did not happen, that their emotional responses are dramatic and unfounded, that the problem is how they are thinking about what happened to them, and … Continue reading Baker’s Dozen of Things Not to Do with Traumatized Clients

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