When Work Hurts Dr Paula Redmond

Health professionals are not immune to trauma. In fact, many are motivated to become healthcare professionals as a way of understanding and even healing their own wounds. They are also vulnerable to experiencing trauma in their personal lives just as much as anyone else is, and especially likely to be exposed to trauma in their work. 
In this episode, Paula is joined by Dr Yvonne Waft, a clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant. 
Yvonne is the author of a new book, published by Sequoia Books in association with the ACP-UK, called Coping with Trauma: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Overwhelming Events. 
Yvonne talks about her own experiences of trauma, how these have informed her professional life, and how health professionals can look after themselves when they are impacted by traumatic events, either in work or in their personal lives.
Yvonne’s details and links:
Website: www.catalystclinpsy.co.uk
Instagram: @waftyvonne
Facebook: Dr Yvonne Waft - Catalyst Clinical Psychology 
X: @catalystclinpsy
LinkedIn: Dr Yvonne Waft
Book: Coping With Trauma: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Overwhelming Events - Sequoia Books
Other links:
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR, is a NICE recommended psychological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, and is also becoming more widely used in the prevention of PTSD in healthcare settings where staff are exposed to traumatic events in their work. 
In this episode, Paula is joined by Dr Michael Paterson OBE, a clinical psychologist and EMDR Europe accredited senior trainer.
Michael describes what EMDR is and how it can be used to support health professionals with both recent and past events, both big T and small T traumas. He also movingly talks about his own experiences of being involved in an explosion that led to life-changing injuries while he was a serving police officer in Northern Ireland and the difference EMDR has made to him personally and professionally. 
Michael’s details and links:
Websites: 
drmichaelpaterson.com
www.emdrmasterclass.com (visit the Resources page for tips for good EMDR Therapy practice and links to short training videos)
Facebook: Michael Paterson
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/drmpaterson
LinkedIn: Dr Michael Paterson OBE
References:
Jinhee Baek et al: Neural circuits underlying a psychotherapeutic regimen for fear disorders (www.nature.com)
Marco Pagani: Neurobiological correlates of EMDR monitoring - an EEG study (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Zaghrout-Hodali: Building Resilience and Dismantling Fear: EMDR Group Protocol With Children in an Area of Ongoing Trauma (www.psy-tcc-mougins.fr)
Francine Shapiro: Recent Events Protocol (emdrfoundation.org)
Elan Shapiro: The EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (EMDR R- TEP) for Early EMDR Intervention (EEI) (emdrfoundation.org)
Elan Shapiro: EMDR Group- Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP) (emdrfoundation.org)
Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps The Score (www.besselvanderkolk.com)
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So far this series has talked a lot about the impact of traumatic experiences on us as individuals. But working in healthcare usually means working in teams and experiencing distressing events as part of a team.
In this episode, Paula speaks with Dr Sadie Thomas-Unsworth, consultant clinical psychologist and lead for staff support and palliative care, about the guidelines she and colleagues have written entitled Group Psychological ‘Debriefs’ - Practice guidance for post-event team reflection following distressing events at work. Published by the Association of Clinical Psychologists and authored by Sadie, Dr Harriet Conniff, Dr Joanna Farrington-Exley, Dr Zoe Berger and Dr Julie Highfield.
Sadie’s links:
Group Psychological Debriefs (acpuk.org.uk)
Other links:
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Art and creativity are good for the soul, both in and out of work. 
In this episode Paula is joined by clinical psychologist Dr Rachel Chater, discussing her inspiring work with the take heART Project, which aims to enhance the wellbeing of staff, patients and visitors to the Bedfordshire Hospitals through the arts. 
Rachel describes how this more unusual psychology role took shape and how it's made a difference at multiple levels within the system. She tells us about some of the lovely art projects they've worked on and how these have been informed by psychological theory and formulation. 
The pair also talk about the challenges in this work and Rachel gives lots of great pragmatic advice for anyone who might be inspired to try something similar.
Links:
take heART website (/www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk)
take heART email: takeheart@ldh.nhs.uk
These are the Hands by Michael Rosen (www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk)
Painting in Hospitals
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Reflective practice groups are a subject that has come up a few times on the podcast as being an important way of supporting both staff wellbeing and patient care. 
Paula wanted to explore this in more depth, so in this episode she is joined by Dr Arabella Kurtz, consultant clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist to talk about her Heads and Hearts model. They discuss how reflective practice is defined in this context, the different components of the Heads and Hearts model, and common challenges.
Arabella and her colleague Dr Joanna Levene have summarised the model in a chapter of the excellent ACP-UK book entitled ‘Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare’, which was edited by Dr Harriet Conniff.
Links:
Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare: Thinking and Practice - Edited by Dr Harriet Conniff (www.sequoia-books.com)
A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Group Reflective Practice in Medical Students - Kelvin C Y Leung and Carmelle Peisah (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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The Tree of Life is a narrative therapy approach that helps people to tell stories about themselves in ways that make them stronger. It uses the metaphor of a tree to support this process in creative ways and has a broad applicability in both therapeutic and professional contexts. 
In this episode, Paula is joined by Dr Julie Fraser and Dr Liz Matias, both clinical psychologists, who have written about their use of the Professional Tree of Life to support NHS staff in the ACP-UK book Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare. 
They discuss what the approach looks like, as well as the benefits and challenges. 
Links:
Book: Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare: Thinking and Practice - Edited by Dr Harriet Conniff (www.sequoia-books.com)
Other links:
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