It's been an exciting couple of months networking with other colleagues in the UK and the US, meeting with Health Board representitives and beginning the creation of workshops and bite sized training programmes for Health Care Professionals. The work I feel privileged to do with my private clients shows there is still a real need for medical trauma informed professionals, and I am becoming increasingly interested in links made between the secondary effects of medical trauma which more often than not affect the intrapersonal self, how we identify and see ourselves and the meaning attached to this. In addition there are often associations of our medical trauma mirrored within our day to day routine that have become triggers for us. This means stabilising and grounding work is even more important. My colleague Professor Michelle Flaum whose second book on medical trauma will be out shortly has recently shared some helpful mindfulness grounding practices on soundcloud, one of which may be a helpful exercise to try when preparing for a medical appointment. Enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/drmichelleflaum?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=700D3AAA05C949FEB5130460333FC465&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
I've also attended some CPD training with Babette Rothschild and Deborah Malmud, an Aspiring Nonfiction Writers seminar. My book 'Daddy & Dementia' is still a work in progress but the intention is to highlight the challenges a loved one with dementia faces in the medical setting, when we become their voice and still fight to be heard. Coupled with the psychology behind why we act the way we do as carers and the intricacies of the disease, this will also draw on the lived experience, from myself as well as others.
