The Healing Journal

"'You cannot bury this, this will destroy you; so I'm going to help you deal with this. I'm moving your bedroom to the basement so you can have privacy. Here's a journal. I'm going to help you learn how to journal,'" recalls Rachael. "And she just helped me walk through the healing process but gave me the space to do it."

Rachael took her mom's advice. And did what she always does: she went to work.
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The thing you need to know about Detective Munford is that she's got a motto: Start by believing.

It may sound like a cliché, but Munford makes it her mission to teach other police officers how trauma works and how to treat survivors in a way that doesn't accidentally re-traumatize them.

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