*WARNING* This video shares information which some viewers may find difficult.
In this webinar, Dr Clodagh Dowling, Director of the Department of Psychology here in St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, explores how to support a family member or loved one working through trauma.
#Trauma is an extremely stressful event which overwhelms our normal coping mechanisms. When someone experiences trauma, the impact is far and wide: it can be difficult for our families and friends to see our pain or respond to our behaviours. It takes dedication, commitment and practice for both the person and people around them to recover from it, but the journey of recovery brings a lot of hope with it.
Clodagh shows how it’s important to understand the behaviour and pattern of trauma, but also its function or meaning. We can learn new ways to recognise our triggers and to make alternative, healthier choices about how we deal with things and how we relate to our friends, families and carers as we recover.
Clodagh reminds us that recovery is individual to every person going through it. For families, carers and supporters, it’s important to try to stick with the person and be with them as they move through their #recovery.
Watch the full recording to hear more from Clodagh and her answers to your questions about responding to trauma.
This is the second event in ‘Mental Health Recovery: A Family Perspective’, our free information series for families and carers of people living with a #mentalhealth difficulty. Find out more below:
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If you are worried about your own or someone else's mental health, reach out and seek help.
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If you are in crisis and need urgent support, help is available: find a list of crisis support and out of hours services in Ireland below:
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