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Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.
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This page presents the quote "Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.". Author of this quote is Peter A. Levine. This quote is about empathy, trauma, witness,.