Trauma-Informed Care with Abby Wong-Heffter

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast, Dan begins the first of two conversations with special guest Abby Wong-Heffter, a teaching staff member at the Allender Center and coordinator of the Concentration in Trauma & Abuse at The Seattle School. Together they dive into the topic of trauma and the parts of Abby’s story that reveal how she found her way to becoming a trauma-informed therapist.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.7	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
0:10.5	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.7	And restoration for the heart.
0:17.2	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.5	Let's get this conversation started.
0:27.5	Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. There are many times I look forward to being able to do this podcast.
0:35.1	In fact, all the time, I really look forward to doing it, but I'm telling you,
0:39.7	I'm really looking forward to my conversation with a dear friend and colleague, Abby Wong
0:47.1	Hefter. Abby, so good to join you. And now to let the audience know, it is a season of rest for our dear friend
0:58.4	Rachel Clinton Chen. So it's just you and ain't me, Abby. And we're going to talk about surprise,
1:07.7	trauma. I imagine there are people going, oh yeah, like that's a whole, you need to introduce that.
1:19.0	But indeed, we're going to step into trauma.
1:22.6	We're going to talk a bit about the reality of a class or course we teach called Effective Trauma Care.
1:31.2	But before we do that, I would love for folks to get to know you. You've been on the broadcast
1:36.5	many times, but not for a while. So how in all that is good, true, and holy, did you get suckered into dealing with trauma?
1:50.3	Well, I think I recently said that I got suckered by you.
1:55.7	And I think what's funny is, yes, not surprising to these dear folks that we're going to talk about trauma,
2:03.1	but maybe still disturbing that you and I sound so buoyant and kind of excited.
2:10.7	Oh, we're going to talk about trauma.
2:13.6	Yay!
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