How Healthcare Workers are Overcoming Trauma Post Pandemic/Covid-19 with Lisa Ann Butcher

This week on Therapy Talks, Lisa Ann Butcher joins us to provide insight into the trauma experienced by healthcare professionals. As a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Respiratory Therapist, Lisa offers a unique perspective on the mental health impact of the pandemic on frontline workers. In this episode we learn the difference between “trauma” and “adverse life experiences” while exploring what techniques we can use to ease the psychological effects of working in the field of healthcare.

In This Episode: 

• Recognizing trauma and its effects
• Understanding where trauma comes from
• Working in healthcare during the pandemic
• The healthcare culture, and how it can be problematic to mental health
• Techniques and modalities that can help ease trauma and anxiety
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • EMDR
  • Narrative Therapy

Lisa Ann Butcher is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and the Owner of Three Sisters Clinical Counselling in Vancouver BC. She specializes in treating frontline healthcare workers for anxiety, depression and trauma. Lisa is also a Respiratory Therapist who spent 18 years working in acute care hospitals in both Ontario and BC so she offers a unique perspective on the mental health impact of the pandemic on frontline workers.

Find Out More About Lisa:
Website: www.threesisterscounselling.com
Instagram: @lisa.ann.butcher
Twitter: @LisaAnnButcher

Learn More About Switch Research:
Website: https://switchresearch.org/
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Disclaimer: Therapy Talks does NOT provide medical services or professional counseling, and it is NOT a substitute for professional medical care.