Psychology, Actually

How to understand and work with Risk as an Aspiring Psychologist


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Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 17

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast.

Today we focus on ways to understand and work with people who might pose a risk to themselves or others. This is important stuff and crops up in all manner of services. 

The Highlights:

  • 00:00: Content warning
  • 00:59: Welcome & Making Special Requests
  • 02:08: Content of the episode: Risk to self or others
  • 03:09: Defining Risk for the episode
  • 04:25: Service information
  • 05:31: Confidentiality and consent
  • 07:07: Time frames and context
  • 09:09: Pressure and tone of responses
  • 10:46: Feeling contained
  • 12:44: Max
  • 14:32: British Transport Police
  • 16:44: Using your diary for emergency contacts
  • 17:46: Measuring risk
  • 18:57: Reducing risk over time
  • 19:59: Keep safe plan and care plans
  • 21:00: Clinical Records
  • 21:58: Does self-harm always mean suicidality?
  • 22:54: Learning stabilisation skills
  • 23:50: This stuff matters!
  • 24:54: The compassionate Q&A replays
  • 25:52: The Upcoming aspiring psychologist collective book
  • 26:37: Compassionate Q&A info

Links:

If you have information about someone being a risk to themselves or others on a railway track the current advice is to call 999.

  • To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0
  • To check out The Grief collective Book: https://amzn.to/3pmbz5t
  • To check out The Our Tricky Brain Kit: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/tricky-brain
  • To register for the upcoming free 5-day challenge: www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/aspire 

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Psychology, ActuallyBy Dr Marianne Trent