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Trauma Face
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Dedication
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Understanding Trauma Face
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Learning to Hide
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What the Body Remembers
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A Therapist with Trauma Face
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PART ONE: The Making of a Mask
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Chapter One: Tranmere
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The House on Seymour Street
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Origins
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The Boy in Pyjamas
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Early Memories
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The Shame That Soaked Through
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Kelvin Road
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Jason: my Brother, My Witness
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Tara
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Chapter Two: Mersey Park Primary
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The Classroom
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The Refuge of Books
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The Books Left Behind
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The Singing Circle
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Mersey Park Primary
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Jason’s Shadow
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Free School Meals
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The Playground
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Stolen Sweetness
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Chapter Three: The Architecture of Neglect
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Holidays and Celebrations
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Chapter Four: The Violence
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Resistance
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Small Acts of Rebellion
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The Neighbour Who Heard
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Running Away
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Childline
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Nan’s Intervention
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Leon and Barron
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Chapter Five: Rock Ferry High
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Finding My Subjects
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Mrs Clarke
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Matthew
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Achievement Without Witness
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Chapter Six: Departure
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Kerry
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Finding Sarah
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Walking Away
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The Bridge Project
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Discovering Myself
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Chapter Seven: Fires and Dangerous Behaviour
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Other Dangerous Behaviours
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Chapter Eight: The Body Remembers
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Learning to Feel Safe
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The Unexpected Triggers
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Chronic Pain and Physical Symptoms
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Chapter Nine: Lost Childhood
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Lost Time
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The Absence of Safety
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Lost Relationships
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Lost Education
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Lost Identity
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Chapter Ten: The Psychology of Survival
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The Art of Invisibility
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Reading the Room
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Dissociation and Compartmentalisation
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The Internal Working Models
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The Roles I Played
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Chapter Eleven: Looking Back from the Future
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The Adult Looking Back at the Child
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Forgiveness and Its Limits
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Chapter Twelve: The Professionals Who Failed
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Social Services
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Chapter Thirteen: Trauma in Context
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The ACE Study: A Clinical Reflection
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Intergenerational Patterns
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Social Factors
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Chapter Fourteen: The Path to Healing
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Therapy
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The Body in Healing
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Relationships as Healing
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PART TWO: Foundations from Rubble (1999–2005)
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Chapter Fifteen: The Bridge
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The First Week
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Learning to Be Homeless
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Birkenhead Sixth Form College
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Nicky— The First True Friend
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Meeting Nicky
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Nicky as Herself
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The Friendship Tested
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The MAP Family
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The Soundtrack of Freedom
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Balls Road
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Nights I Remember
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Friendships Shifting
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Life at Balls Road
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The Weeknight Regulars
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The Characters of the Scene
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College Life
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Dropping Out
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McDonalds
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Grosvenor Road
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Patterson Street
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Jackson
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Turning Eighteen
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Park Online
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Ricky: A Friendship That Endured
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Hinderton Road
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The Aftermath of Jackson
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Kelvin
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The Pattern of Kelvin
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Elmswood Road
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Craig
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Manchester
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New Brighton
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The Texture of Loneliness
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The Loneliness That Persists
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The Things That Filled the Void
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Prescot
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Iain: an Exciting Beginning
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Duncan: The First Real Love
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Building a Life Together
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Domestic Rhythms
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Meeting His Family
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Duncan’s Legacy in My Development
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The Training Journey
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The End of Duncan
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The Patterns I Could Not See
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Chapter Sixteen: The Economics of Survival
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The Weight of Worry
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Ricky
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The Realisation
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Chapter Seventeen: Education Resumed
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Discovering Psychology
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Balancing Work and Study
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University Applications
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Beginning University
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Chapter Eighteen: Relationships and Connection
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Duncan: Breaking Through
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Learning to Trust
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The Currency of Comfort
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The Gilded Cage
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The Long Goodbye
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February Tenth
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The Wandering Years
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The Clean Break
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Learning to Be Alone
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Falling and Being Caught
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Plenty of Fish
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Chapter Nineteen: The Decision to Train
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The Decision to Train (2011)
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The Training Programme (2011–2013)
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Clinical Placements: learning to Help
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Supervision and Growth
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Chapter Twenty: The Trauma Face in Practice
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Developing Compensatory Strategies
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Recognising Trauma Face in Others
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Chapter Twenty-One: Building a Career
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NHS: The Realities of Public Mental Health
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Private Practice: Autonomy and Its Costs
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Leadership and Contribution
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Chapter Twenty-Two: Reflections
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The Dreams That Stayed
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Learning to Trust the Progress
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Making Peace with Incompleteness
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Chapter Twenty-Three: The Long View
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The Lessons of the Journey
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Closing Part Two
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PART THREE: Purpose and Integration (2005–Present)
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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Years of Building
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Finding My Specialism
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The Early Days of Private Practice
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Clinical Vignettes: The Wounded Healer at Work
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Building Talking Therapies UK
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Daily Life: The Integration of Past and Present
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Reflections on Purpose
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Chapter Twenty-Five: Building Something Larger
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Talking Therapies UK
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The Challenges of Growth
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The Technology Question
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Chapter Twenty-Six: The Professional Becomes Personal
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The Weight of Other People’s Stories
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Integration
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The Wounded Healer
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The Path to Psychotherapy
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The Body’s Memory
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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Peter— The Love That Stayed
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Finding Each Other
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Earning My Trust
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March 23rd, 2015: The Wedding
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What Marriage Taught Me
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What Remains
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Finding Peter
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On Writing This Book
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A Message to Survivors
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The Trauma Face, Revisited
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Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Different Kind of Threat
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The Working Arrangement
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The Allegation
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The Machinery Turns
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A Different Kind of Trauma
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Fighting Back
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The Question of Motivation
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