In this episode the trauma talks team investigate queer trauma. Jeremy and Katherine along with their guests discuss the impacts of trauma on the Queer community as well as LGBTQIA+ individuals. With the panel guests, we hear about experiences of managing family expectations, minority stress and the everyday challenges of managing a life after trauma. We also discuss what helps, sharing messages of hope as well as coping strategies, from community organising to favourite books and internet racco...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine examine living with HIV. While contracting HIV may not be automatically traumatising, many experiences around an HIV diagnosis can be. We speak to two experts through experience and interview the clinical service lead at Positive East, one of the UK's top HIV charities. https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/ Content warning: contains references to various health issues; stigma, suicide, STI's. Affected by issues in the episode and need to talk? Contact the Samarit...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 14 min
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate our most requested topic, trauma and seeking asylum. We speak to a refugee and asylum seeker about their experience, what some of the challenges are, as well as what helps. We also interview the clinical services manager at Freedom From Torture. This episode would not have been possible without our friends at the Scottish Refugee Council and Freedom From Torture. https://scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk https://www.freedomfromtorture.org Content war...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, Jeremy and guest host Eve Wallman investigate traumatic bereavement. We examine what it is to experience the loss of a loved one/s and how it can be a trauma. We also speak to Cruse bereavement support and ask them how they help support people experiencing grief and loss. https://www.cruse.org.uk Content warning: contains references to various issues that may be upsetting including, loss and death and CPR and caring. Affected by issues in the episode and need to talk? Contact th...
Aug 07, 2023•58 min
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate some of the traumas and stigma experienced by Sex Workers. We look at some of the lesser known experiences that can cause trauma for people who sell sex, as well as dispel some of the harmful stigmas and social attitudes. We speak to experts through experience as well as international campaigners and hear about best therapeutic practice, mutual aid and peer support. Content warning: contains references to various issues that may be upsetting incl...
Jul 11, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate one of the most requested topics, the experience of trauma for the autistic community. We examine what it is to experience trauma while being autistic and managing the intersectional issues such as stigma, myths and oppression that accompany it. Content warning: contains references to various mental health issues, physical abuse and state sanctioned abuse. Affected by issues in the episode and need to talk? Contact the Samaritans in the UK and Ir...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate the rarely talked about experience of male sexual abuse experienced in adulthood. We examine the complex challenges of shame, societal preconceptions, masculinity and stigma. We speak with a panel of experts through experience as well as interview the London Victims Commissioner, Claire Waxman. Content warning: contains references to various mental health issues, sexual abuse, rape and suicide. Affected by issues in the episode and need to talk? ...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Trauma Talks is back! 10th May 2023 brings the return of Katherine and Jeremy's monthly examination of different experiences of trauma and how it affected people's lives day to day. In this series we examine: · Sex work and its links to trauma · Male survivors of sexual abuse in adulthood · Complex or traumatic bereavement · Autism and the experience of trauma · The ongoing traumatic experiences of being a Refugee or asylum seeker (more to be announced...) As well as experts through lived ex...
Apr 11, 2023•2 min
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine look back at their experience of recording the first series of The Trauma Talks podcast. They reflect on what different traumas have in common, what a person may need when supporting people who have lived through trauma and discuss their hopes for the future. We speak Nicholas, an expert through experience who has listened to the show and discuss how that has affected him. Content warning: contains references to various mental health issues and childhood sex...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate how intersectionality effects the management of trauma. We examine the complex challenges of accessing health services, dating and our relationship with our own identity when facing trauma and intersectional prejudice. We also investigate public health and ask the question, what changes are needed in order to provide a better understanding of intersectional issues when providing healthcare and policy? We speak with a panel of experts through expe...
Nov 03, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate the relatively unknown world of Chemsex. We ask, what is it? how does it effect our relationship with drugs and sex? how does it effect our relationship with ourselves? In what ways are chemsex and trauma linked? We speak with a panel of experts through experience as well as interview Simon Marks, an addiction, compulsive behaviours and childhood trauma expert to explore themes, recovery and wellbeing. Content warning: contains references to vari...
Oct 06, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate Birth Trauma. We ask what is Birth Trauma? Why is it so unheard of? Can it be experienced vicariously by the partner who is not pregnant? and why is it so common? We speak to a panel of parents with lived experience of Birth Trauma and visit Kim Thomas, a journalist, author and CEO of the Birth Trauma Association. Content warning: contains references to various mental health issues, PTSD and complications in birth. Affected by issues in the episo...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate the experience of being a detainee within the British prison system. We ask what are the struggles while in prison and what can we do to manage trauma once released? We speak to a panel of ex-prisoners and visit Kelly Gleeson, who runs trauma support groups for women in prison, works with the Prison Reform Trust as the Advice and Information Trainee is an ACE trained practitioner and is currently servicing a five-year sentence. Content warning: c...
Aug 04, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode, Jeremy and Katherine investigate childhood sexual abuse experienced by men. We ask, how do we move beyond such an early trauma in order to thrive in our lives? We speak with a panel of experts through experience as well as interview Dr. Christiane Sanderson, psychologist, consultant and author, with over thirty years of working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual and domestic violence and complex trauma. Content warning: contains references to various mental health ...
Jun 30, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Episode One Series One: a Covid-19 special Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Trauma Talks recording studio in North London closed and the project was put on hold. However, the team set up a low-fi video call and invited three guests from previously recorded episodes back to investigate whether a history of trauma can actually help us survive lockdown? The series does not go into details about traumatic events. It is designed to share experiences, look at what helps and share coping strategies. C...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 1
