The Hostage
Leading forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. She treats a patient who, as a child, was caught up in an aircraft hijacking.
Pioneering forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Dr Gwen Adshead, has spent thirty years as a therapist in secure hospitals, prisons and in the community.
In UNSPEAKABLE we witness her work with patients in the aftermath of distressing and traumatic events and see how speech, language and silence can influence recovery after catastrophe.
Dr Adshead was the BBC Reith Lecturer in 2024.
PART FOUR - THE HOSTAGE
Dr Adshead treats a man who, as a child, was caught up in an aircraft hijacking.
Read by Gwen Adshead
Written by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane
On radio
Broadcasts
- Next Thursday11:45BBC Radio 4
- Next Friday00:30BBC Radio 4
