The Lucky Ones (part 2)
Leading forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. Three survivors of a helicopter crash have very different responses to the incident.
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 THREE - THE LUCKY ONES - part 2
Three survivors of a helicopter crash have very different responses to the incident and in how they have coped in the aftermath.
Read by Gwen Adshead
Written by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane
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Broadcasts
- Next Wednesday11:45BBC Radio 4
- Next Thursday00:30BBC Radio 4
