133. How Childhood Trauma Shapes Who We Become and What Clinicians Want to Know
About this episode
Dr. Monica Fitzgerald discusses the connection between childhood trauma and chronic illness, challenging outdated frameworks in trauma research.
If you've ever heard that childhood trauma and chronic illness are connected — and immediately thought "but was mine actually bad enough to count?" — this episode is for you. Dr. Monica Fitzgerald is a licensed clinical psychologist, trauma researcher, and director of the Center for Resilience and Well-being at the University of Colorado Boulder. And she breaks something open in this conversation that I think a lot of people need to hear: the big T and little T framework? It's outdated. What ...
People in this episode
Host: Grace Secker
Guest: Dr. Monica Fitzgerald
Topics covered
- childhood trauma
- chronic illness
- mental health
- psychology
- resilience
Keywords
- childhood trauma
- chronic illness
- mental health
- psychology
- trauma research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Center for Resilience and Well-being, University of Colorado Boulder
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