I am a Marine Corps Veteran who was a volunteer in a S.F. Bay Area Community Based Non-Profit Organization established to help Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans and their families. As most professional caregiver know, Secondary Trauma can occur in caregivers if they do not properly attend to and take care of themselves. As a Veteran, I was suffering from my own service related trauma, but was then severely injured by a Health Care Professional who did not recognized this and did not properly attend to the Secondary Trauma I and other volunteers had taken on. Recognizing the injury caused by the Health Care Professional, Ruby reached out to me. Through her compassionate heart, she was able to help me start healing, but was also able to bring to the surface my service related and Secondary Trauma. She kindly and patiently helped my understand my injury and guided me in my healing.
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