When Work Hurts – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Dr Paula Redmond, Clinical Psychologist, announces that Season Six of the When Work Hurts podcast is on its way, with a special focus on ADHD.

This season is brought to you by the Association of Clinical Psychologists, the representative professional body for clinical psychologists in the UK.

It's going to be a little bit different from previous seasons, as it's a three-episode mini-series exploring one topic - ADHD - from a range of perspectives. Over the series, Paula will be speaking with four clinical psychologists and one medic to help us understand some of the key issues in this field, including:

• the complexities, controversies and opportunities around diagnosis,
• the lived experience of being an NHS clinician with ADHD,
• the relationship between ADHD and burnout,
• how organisations, managers and colleagues can foster ADHD inclusive workplaces,
• as well as some reflections, strategies and tips for ADHDers themselves or those who might be considering an assessment.

Listen for a taster of what's coming up.

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The Tree of Life is a narrative therapy approach that helps people to tell stories about themselves in ways that make them stronger. It uses the metaphor of a tree to support this process in creative ways and has a broad applicability in both therapeutic and professional contexts. 

In this episode, Paula is joined by Dr Julie Fraser and Dr Liz Matias, both clinical psychologists, who have written about their use of the Professional Tree of Life to support NHS staff in the ACP-UK book Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare. 

They discuss what the approach looks like, as well as the benefits and challenges. 

Links:

Book: Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare: Thinking and Practice - Edited by Dr Harriet Conniff (www.sequoia-books.com)

Other links:

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The ways in which we relate to work are often shaped by our training experiences, and this is particularly true in medical education.

Today Paula is talking to Dr Louise Younie, GP and Clinical Reader in Medical Education at Queen Mary University of London.

The pair discuss how Louise draws on creative enquiry and the concept of flourishing to support medical students to embrace their vulnerability, find their voice, and value their humanity.

You can connect with Louise on Twitter @LouiseYounie, or via her website. Also see her book chapter What Does Creative Enquiry Have to Contribute to Flourishing in Medical Education? and paper on vulnerable leadership.

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Full podcast transcript here (including the images Louise mentions)

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Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a relatively new model of psychotherapy with a growing evidence base.

In this episode Dr Paula Redmond takes a closer look at IFS with occupational psychologist Wendy Kendall. Wendy explores its application for making sense of how we relate to work as healthcare professionals, and how IFS can help us find space among the overwhelm.

Wendy is a chartered occupational psychologist and an IFS practitioner who specialises in helping self-employed psychologists grow their private practices.

You can find out more about Wendy's work on her website, and connect with her on LinkedIn.

Full transcript here

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Burnout is a really hot topic in healthcare.

Every day there are new reports about NHS staff hitting higher and higher levels of burnout.

But for a term that is used so much, how many of us know exactly what it is? And how can we begin to solve the issue?

In this episode Dr. Julie Highfield - a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in adult and pediatric critical care, and National Wellbeing Director for the Intensive Care Society - shares her expertise on the topic.

You can connect with Julie on social media @DrJulie_H

Papers/books/chapters written by Julie:

• Burnout Syndrome in UK Intensive Care Unit staff: Data from all three Burnout Syndrome domains and across professional groups, genders and ages
• Organisations and Leadership during Covid-19: Studies using Systems Leadership Theory
• Psychological Staff Support in Healthcare
• Critical Care Psychology and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice

See also the wellbeing work of the Intensive Care Society.

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To understand how and why we get caught up in unhelpful dynamics with our work we need to consider the role of the unconscious.

Dr Libby Nugent is a clinical psychologist who uses a psychoanalytic approach to understand our complicated relationship with work. She draws on Jungian theory, group analysis, myths and fairy tales to explore the painful complexities that face us as healthcare professionals - and how to respond to these through creativity, community, care and choice.

You can find out more about Libby's work, including the reflective groups she runs, at www.libbynugent.co.uk.

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This episode contains discussion of suicide and its impact

Losing a patient or colleague to suicide can be devastating. In this episode Dr Rachel Gibbons (psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and group analyst) talks about her personal experience of surviving patient suicide and the work she has done to understand suicide and homicide; its impact on healthcare staff; and what helps.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has produced a number of resources to support staff when a patient dies by suicide - you can find them here.

If you've been affected by the issues in this episode you can get help from a range of organisations.

Samaritans Call 116 123 Email jo@samaritans.org

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day or visit the webchat page

Papyrus – for people under 35 Call 0800 068 41 41 – 9am to midnight every day. Text 07860 039967 pat@papyrus-uk.org

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Dr Mia Hobbs is a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about the mental health benefits of knitting.

She also hosts the podcast Why I Knit.

She and Paula explore how we can use craft, and knitting in particular, to benefit our mental health - and how this is especially relevant for health professionals.

You can find Mia at www.therapeuticknitting.org and on Instagram @knittingistherapeutic

If you'd like a copy of the PDF she mentioned email her: mia@therapeuticknitting.org

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Racism and racial inequality continues to plague the NHS - with negative outcomes for individual staff, but also for organisations and patients.

To get to grips with this issue, and how to tackle it, Dr Paula Redmond speaks to Owen Chinembiri. Owen is Senior Implementation Lead at the NHS Race & Health Observatory - but is chatting today in a personal capacity.

As you might imagine racism and examples of racism are discussed in this episode.

Here are the links/resources Owen mentions:

• Links between NHS staff experience and patient satisfaction
• Racism in Nursing 
• Glass cliff
• NHS staff survey 
• Latest WRES report
• Diversity wins: How inclusion matters 
• Changing The Way People Saw Black Rugby Players 

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Being a doctor and a patient can be a challenge.

Not only do you have to deal with your illness, but you also need to deal with the identity conflicts this can create.

In this episode Dr Paula Redmond talks to GP, coach and writer Dr Claire Davies about her experience as a doctor-patient when she was diagnosed with Lupus. And how it didn't fit her narrative at all.

You can find Claire at her website www.clairelouisedavies.com or on LinkedIn.

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