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Broadcast Journalism Psychologist
Covering Traumatic Breaking News: a guide for journalists and newsrooms
A short visual guide, produced by Headlines Network and Dr Sian Williams, to help protect journalists’ mental health when covering traumatic events. Journalists are highly resilient, despite being exposed to traumatic events regularly. But their levels of trauma, including…
Williams has been a news anchor and presenter for the BBC and Channel 5 during a broadcasting career of more than 35 years. In March, after 15 years of mental health training, she became a senior psychological therapist with…
Full-length, revealing interviews with Jay Blades, Gary Numan, Holly Matthews, Dr Alex George, Gizzi Erskine, Denice Welch and more! To listen: click here https://podfollow.com/mind-matters-with-dr-sian/view…
Academic Journalism
Academic journal article: Post-traumatic stress, personal risk and post-traumatic growth among UK journalists
What’s it like to witness trauma day in, day out? To believe you’ve become an ’emotional vampire’? What are the costs of PTSD and moral injury and how can we learn from those who’ve observed horror, suffered and grown…
'I feared his hypoxic birth had caused brain damage and the guilt and fear made a dark place seem darker.' …
This was originally written for ‘Broadcast’ magazine and staff at ITN but hopefully, these tips will apply to everyone who wants help during dark times Resilience is in-built Those who work in broadcasting are a resilient bunch. We have…
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Interview with Sian Williams in the Daily Telegraph: ‘I don’t want my counselling patients to see me as a TV presenter’
Daily Telegraph 25th August 2020 By Anita Singh It has been business as usual on Channel 5 News during lockdown. Sian Williams, polished and professional, delivering the teatime bulletin from her studio. Except, unbeknown to viewers, that studio was…
Sian Williams, anchor for 5 News and qualified therapist and counsellor, is also in her final year of a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. She’s been counselling individuals and families for the past few years, has an MSc in…