Trauma and the struggle to open up: from avoidance to recovery and growth

When the story is too painful to tell

How traumatized clients avoid the past, painful feelings, and relationships

What underlies avoidance in trauma?

The dangers of rushing in: when the client-therapist relationship is unprepared

Cultivating safety within a relational framework

How not to face trauma: strained apologies and the rush to forgive

Mourning the losses that trauma brings

Change by way of relationship

Reclaiming identity.