Rescued: An Outdoor Podcast for Hikers and Adventurers

012 // Dr Kate is an expert in psychological trauma


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Dr Kate Baecher is a clinical psychologist specialising in trauma in high-risk or complex environments.

Behind all her training and experience serving with the military and working in civilian life supporting critical incidents, she is somebody deeply connected to nature, where the wild place is her happy place.

She joins me today, and shares about the time she witnessed the death of another climber while on a mountaineering holiday to Mont Blanc, on the border of France and Italy… and how that event led her to develop models for dealing with trauma and psychological first aid in remote and rugged environments.

She’ll walk us through those models and give us some really practical tools on how we can deal with traumatic incidents should we ever come across them when out on our adventures.

Episode takeaways:

  • The importance of having psychological first aid skills (these are different to mental health first aid)
  • It’s normal to find ourselves in psychological distress after witnessing trauma
  • It can affect us all in different ways (no right or wrong way)
  • Recognise when we need to seek professional help
  • There are some helpful (and SIMPLE) resources available (see the episode webpage) to help yourself and those around you

Contact Kate at: https://drkatebaecher.com/

Transcript available here.

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