Trauma & Empathy

Patti Giggans

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Patti and Bear debate whether personal experiences of violence are needed to be able to empathise with the pain of others, the interconnection between trauma, empathy and violence and how our emotional defences can save our lives. Bear describes his own personal journey through sexual trauma and the gifts that came from those experiences and his mission to give others the same opportunity to heal.

Bear Dogz aka David Roy Green of WHEN interviews Executive Director of Peace Over Violence Patti Giggans in Los Angeles, California.

Full Biography

TOPICS
  • empathy
  • trauma
  • violence
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A Citizen of the World

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Healing Violence Through Relationship

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Breaking Rape Isolation

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Reducing Sexual Violence

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