The Work Couch: Navigating trauma in the legal world (Part 1), with Rebecca Norris and Camilla Wells: Spotting the signs and understanding the science

Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week and this year's theme of community, host Ellie Gelder is joined by Rebecca Norris and Camilla Wells, co-founders of Trauma Informed Law, an organisation which offers specialist support for trauma, burnout and overwhelm in the legal sector.

In part 1, we discuss:

• Terminology and language to describe trauma;
• The various ways that trauma shows up in the legal world, from clients, to witnesses, to colleagues and other lawyers;
• How to spot the signs of trauma;
• The neuroscience behind stress and distress;
• Vicarious trauma; and
• How trauma affects people at different stages of their career.

To access further support on mental health, you may wish to visit the Samaritans, Mind, or Rethink. Or you can use the text service from Shout on 85258. 

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