The Trauma Bond
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Aired Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 2:00 PM ET Today’s Rising Star is Lawrence Swaim, for 25 years a mental health counselor and author of a trilogy of books on aggression, trauma and systemic evil. About the Guest Lawrence Swaim Lawrence Swaim is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit established after 9/11 to oppose bias against religious minorities, and advocate religious liberty for all. The IFF is especially engaged in opposing the growth of Islamophobia in the US. Swaim has a long history of progressive involvement, including ten years of union politics (Postal Workers). He has worked for 25 years as a counselor in residential treatment programs for clients suffering from emotional trauma, addictions and chronic mental illness. He has also written three novels, writes a regular column on religious liberty issues and has written trilogy of books on aggression, trauma and systemic evil. His latest book is called, “How Finkelstein Broke the Trauma Bond, and Beat the Holocaust.”
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