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Some of the most important lessons in clinical work do not come from a textbook, treatment model, or training manual. They come from the quiet moments when we realize that what matters most to a child is not just what we say, but whether our words can be trusted.
In I’ll Be Back Later: A Trauma-Informed Lesson About Trust, I reflect on a simple but powerful shift in language that changed the way I understood trauma-informed care. While working with children and adolescents in residential treatment, I learned that vague reassurance can feel very different to a child whose life has been shaped by disappointment, unpredictability, and broken promises.
This piece explores why predictability itself can be therapeutic, why follow-through is a clinical skill, and how trust is often built through hundreds of small interactions rather than one grand intervention.
Because for many children, trust is not a prerequisite for the work. Trust is the work.
This article was originally published by LPCA of Georgia.
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