Miniseries: Working with Trauma
This three episode miniseries looks at working with people who have experienced trauma. The first two episodes contain an annotated role play of a first session with a family who has experienced a death by suicide. Family therapist, Dr Rebecca Sng, explains her thinking as she speaks with the family for the first time. The final episode is a panel discussion with three different rural and regional trauma practitioners: Anna Maxwell (Social Worker), Maya Goldman (Occupational Therapist), and Dr Al Griskaitis (Psychiatrist). This series is aimed at those who do not have specialist trauma training and still find themselves working with people who have experienced trauma.
Resources
Website: The Psych Collective contains a bunch of free resources for clinicians, covering a range of broad mental health topics.
Course: Surviving Distress from Dr Al Griskaitis at The Psych Collective. Designed to teach people about why we experience distress, and learn some skills to manage our distress.
Book: Conversations with a Rattlesnake by Theo Fleury and Kim Barthel. The book documents Theo’s journey alongside his therapist Kim in understanding his history of trauma and how it informs how he responds to the world today.
YouTube: Kim Barthel maintains a YouTube channel. This playlist explores trauma sensitive practice.
Resource collection: The Agency for Clinical Innovation has a library of resources on trauma informed care, free to access.
