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Collective Healing: 10 Year Celebration
As we continue to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Allender Center, we have two special guests from The Allender Center team joining Dan and...
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Trauma-Informed Parenting with Abby Wong-Heffter
Dan is back this week with Abby Wong-Heffter to talk about trauma in light of their upcoming training, Effective Trauma Care, in just a few...
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Trauma-Informed Care with Abby Wong-Heffter
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...
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Emergency Mental Health Care: How Therapists of Color Contend with Racial Trauma
Scrolling social media is like scrolling the obituary of the United States for People of Color. I dread opening Instagram. Who is the next hashtag?...
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Racism and Sexual Harm: Seeds of White Supremacy and Anti-Asian Violence
In October 2015, I was only one month a blushing bride. I was still aglow. Dating, romantic partnership, and real love had eluded me most...
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I Am the Bullet
I am a European-American woman who is making my way through a stack of anti-racism books, but I am no expert. I am just becoming...
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Distracted
I heard the tires on the gravel driveway and called Dan to hurry! We rushed out the door and we greeted four-year-old Grace and I...
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I Wonder
I married a man who often has a swirl of controversy about him. It seemed like a good fit because I was the skinny girl...
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