When clinical psychologist, trauma therapist, and complex trauma survivor <a href="https://www.ingridclayton.com/">Dr. Ingrid Clayton</a> learned about fawning — the fourth “F” after fight, flight, and freeze — she felt like this was the missing piece that explained her whole life. On this episode of How To!, Ingrid talks to Courtney Martin about what can happen when you find yourself in a chronic fawning response, and how to break free.
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