In today's interview, Miranda and I discuss retraumatization through methods such as invalidation, victim blaming, & gaslighting, self preservation in our relationships as a result of childhood sexual abuse, trauma responses and more.

Miranda Pacchiana, MSW is a personal coach, writer, and podcast host. She has spent over two decades addressing and examining family responses to the disclosure of child sexual abuse and is the creator of the online platform, The Second Wound: Coping with family while healing from abuse & assault. She is driven to apply the lessons she has learned through the traumatic events in her own life to provide comfort, information, and support to others. She works and lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

The website: https://secondwound.com/

Twitter @SecondWound

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SecondWound/

Instagram @thesecondwound

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