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Beth Trammell and Paula Yost discuss the intersection of mental health and the legal system, emphasizing the importance of addressing emotional trauma in legal contexts.

Send us Fan Mail Most conflict doesn’t end a relationship. The lack of repair does. I’m joined by Paula Yost, a rare blend of attorney and licensed clinical mental health therapy supervisor, to talk about what she sees when people walk into a law office on the worst day of their lives and why legal training often misses the trauma, grief, anxiety, and mental illness sitting right in front of it. We dig into the practical overlap between mental health and the legal system: why clients repeate...

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Host: Beth Trammell

Guest: Paula Yost

Topics covered

• conflict resolution
• mental health
• legal system
• trauma
• grief
• anxiety

Keywords

• conflict skills
• mental health therapy
• legal training
• trauma
• anxiety
• grief

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Organizations: law office

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