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Old Apr 19, 2018, 12:01 PM
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Here is a response from Van der Kolk, and some supporting messages to him:

Behind the Globe Article - BESSEL VAN DER KOLK M.D.
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I was suddenly fired without any warning, while the rest of the management team was told to pass the message that I had been fired & would not be allowed to step foot at the Trauma Center on to our students, staff & patients. They unanimously refused to do so.

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...JRI now is engaged in a public character assassination that most of you have by now heard about.
van der Kolk was hurt and is trying to justify himself. Wonder if he has tried to apply some of the approaches to JRI that he applies to his patients: realizing that they react out of their own past traumatizations sometimes also...

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