Interview: Dr. Colleen Cira, Psy.D.Dr. Colleen Cira is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Trauma, and has worked with hundreds of people struggling with mental health issues. She also identifies as a trauma survivor and someone who has experienced her own personal difficulties managing mental health, so she has a unique perspective on this issue.
Talking points for an interview
with Dr. Cira on trauma:
What Is Little t Trauma and Big T Trauma?
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Little t trauma can be described as like death by a million cuts and something that is less obviously traumatic, but becomes more so due to the chronicity of it. And identifying Big T trauma as a single event that is far easier to name is something traumatic. These concepts are often quite misunderstood and can be confusing where Big T sounds worse than little t, but that’s simply not the case.
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