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Comment to

“The trauma of body and

mind in female genital

mutilation/

cutting (FGM/C):

Christian anthropological

and therapeutic

perspectives“
Thanh Tu Nguyen, fmm,

by Thanh Tu Nguyen (Vietnam) PhD. (Psychotherapy), is a
member of sisters of Fran-
ciscan Missionaries of Mary,
a full-time professor and an
academic advisor of the Fa-
culty of Psychology, Univer-
First of all, the author wonderfully combined sity of Social Sciences and
the interdisciplinary methods to approach such Humanities - National Uni-
a cultural, historical and religious issue: “female versity, HCM City, Vietnam.
genital mutilation/cutting”! Secondly, the excel- Her research interest is on
lent part of the writing is raise the painful hid- immigrants and survivors of
den voice where some women have been going sexual abuse with regard to
through. Thirdly, the narrative finds it meaning trauma, grief/loss, resilience,
in its original Reference where such practice is the imaginary and religion/
not in the mind of the Creator (Gn 1:26). Well spirituality. Correspondence
done! can be directed to Thanh Tu
Nguyen: Faculty of Psycho-
The questions remains on the level of social logy, University of Social
awareness and the readiness of those women Sciences and Humanities, 10-
who need to be empowered and then choose to 12 Dinh Tien Hoang, Dist I,
speak up. Finally, the APA norms for quoting HCM City, Vietnam.
and a section on definition of the terminology
should be taken into consideration. former article: https://em-
capp.ignis.de/7/#/122

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