In this episode of MQ Mental Health Reasearch, Professor Rory O’Connor and Craig spoke to BBC broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist, Dr Sian Williams. Sian’s career in broadcasting spans nearly forty years, in which she spent over a decade…
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Prince William and Dr Sian Williams meet Emergency Responders to discuss Mental Wellbeing
'The Prince of Wales and Dr Sian Williams meet Emergency Responders from police, fire, ambulance and search and rescue to talk about the trauma they face and how to prevent mental ill health. With one police officer dying by…
Life Changing is ‘a series that is totally compelling’. Irish News Thank you to listeners on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 who have made ‘Life Changing’ one of the top FIVE BBC radio programmes – with more than…
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 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.' …