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Trauma-Informed Communication: How to Recognize & Help Survivors | Jessica Muñoz
What if the systems designed to help survivors are causing more harm?
In this powerful episode of Connected Conversations, host Elena Petrova speaks with Jessica Muñoz, mental health counselor and trauma-informed communication expert, about the immigrant trafficking crisis in New York City — and why traditional “helper” systems often retraumatize the very people they aim to protect.
Jessica shares why 71% of trafficking victims in NYC are immigrants, why psychological abuse and coercive control can be more lethal than physical violence, and why cultural expertise — not just language access —…
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