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Thank you for being here.

You know, I've interviewed over 850 incredible guests by this point.

And when I first started this, my goal was to raise awareness of trauma.

I had been working in a clinic in Northern California, a fresh out of graduate school,

degree in hand, excited, and we were assessing and treating young kids who were showing early signs of psychosis.

I was excited to get this job.

It was an incredible experience for me, an incredible community of fellow therapists of all kinds.

We were a multidisciplinary team, and I learned so much.

And it's just very interesting to reflect back on that time.

I remember going through at that time, level one and level two of sensory motor psychotherapy,

just soaking in everything I could about trauma.

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