This episode features the heart-wrenching story of Carrie and her unimaginable experience of being prayed upon by one of the people in which she should have been able to trust the most – her therapist and psychiatrist. This stunning story goes to the heart of dysfunction in psychiatric practice and the gaps we need to close in ethical behavior.
The group then discusses art therapy, imagery, and how art and creativity can be used as an antidote to trauma. Carries guides Nam through a therapeutic visualization exercise.
Resources
Carrie's website
Carrie's book, Seduced Into Darkness: Transcending my Psychiatrists Sexual Abuse
Carrie's book trailer
PTSD Criteria
A. Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence in one (or more) of the following ways:
B. Presence of one (or more) of the following intrusion symptoms associated with the traumatic event(s), beginning after the traumatic event(s) occurred:
C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event(s), beginning after the traumatic event(s) occurred, as evidenced by one or both of the following:
D. Negative alterations in cognitions and mood associated with the traumatic event(s), beginning or worsening after the traumatic event(s) occurred, as evidenced by two (or more) of the following:
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