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Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. Childhood trauma and unspoken secrets affect a trainee at Broadmoor.

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 FIVE - THE TRAINEE
Childhood trauma and unspoken secrets impact a trainee at Broadmoor.

Read by Gwen Adshead
Written by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

14 minutes

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Next Friday11:45
BBC Radio 4

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