The Therapeutic Poet
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI’m Jacky Power, addiction psychologist and poet and host of The Therapeutic Poet. Each week I use a poem I have written to introduce a therapeutic theme as I talk with my guests about the trickiness of being human.
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The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Aga Kehinde and Jess Mór
April 11, 2023 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBAs many of us have watched on as the war in Ukraine has unfolded, my guests today stepped forward, travelling to Poland to bring tools of trauma relief, resilience, and stabilisation to aid workers, communities, and refugees in a small town called Slupsk through using EFT. EFT practitioners Aga Kehinde, who is originally from that town and and Jessica Mór, who until February 2022 had been living in Ukraine due to her spouse’s work, join me today to talk about their experience of co-creat...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Aga Kehinde and Sharon Osterfield
March 31, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBChildhood trauma can have a devastating long term impact on a person, having a detrimental effect on their mental and physical wellbeing. Evidence suggests that ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) are a major factor in criminal behaviour and addiction. Sharon Osterfield and Aga Kehinde have created The Arukah Project to raise awareness of trauma associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress and how it impacts the lives of those who are in contact with the Justice Sy...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Sophia Lorimer about creative styling sustainably.
March 24, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode we chat about what sustainable fashion is; how to get off the trend treadmill; Sophia's experiment in which she is not buying any new or preloved clothes (except for vital undies and socks!) and how 'sober dressing' can be creative, empowering and fun. Sophia's mission is to help you restyle and rework your wardrobe using what you already have. She makes up "new to you" outfits from clothes that you may have forgotten about, discarded, or loved... but never been sure what t...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Samantha Baines.
March 17, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThis podcast episode started off about divorce, speaking to Samantha about her own experience about divorce and her reasons for setting up the award winning podcast The Divorce Social. That's how it began... but Samantha is also an author and activist championing the deaf community and as someone who is a fellow hearing aid wearer, I was keen to mine her experience and knowledge; all of which is in her most recent book Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness. Samantha also mentioned the RNID a...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Michael Unbroken
March 10, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBMichael grew up with an alcoholic, drug addicted mother who cut Michael’s finger off at 4 years old and an abusive stepfather. This lead him to living with 30 separate families before he was a teenager. There is much more to his story, so let’s welcome him to share some of that and also to create hope and inspiration with sharing how he moved through such severe intergenerational trauma and adverse childhood experiences to be the inspirational coach he is today; from trauma to triumph. As he...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Dr. Debi Silber about betrayal
March 03, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBJoining me today is Dr. Debi Silber and we are talking about betrayal Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute and is a holistic psychologist, a health, mindset and personal development expert, the author of Trust Again, and is a 2-time #1 International bestselling author of: The Unshakable Woman AND From Hardened to Healed. Her podcast: From Betrayal to Breakthrough is also globally ranked within the top 1.5% of podcasts. Her recent PhD study on ...
Permission to feel...
February 24, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBThis episode is different! Unfortunately my recording for this week with my guest ran into difficulties, so I had a think about what I could offer you instead. I write a weekly newsletter for my paid subscribers on Substack so I thought that I would give you an insight into what I write about. I have always said that what I am trying to do is 'rehumanise, one poem at a time'. Whilst it's tempting to focus on one key thing such as addiction or trauma or even poetry, I want to help remind us...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Dan Cardwell about miscarriage.
February 17, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBI met Dan when we were at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022 and I went to his show 'Patience Zero'. The description of his show was: 'Dan's always wanted to be a father. But now he and his wife are going through constant loss and IVF, he starts to ask the question: is he good enough? But in a year with a serious accident, an NHS-induced bad K-trip, a letter warning of impending death and, oh, aliens, he begins to wonder - is the universe telling him no? It's a comedy. Somewhere be...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Josh Connolly
February 10, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBRedefining what it means to be emotionally resilient, Josh in an ambassador for NACOA, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. He works with individuals and corporation to help people improve their emotional resilience. His down to earth, highly informed videos on social media have attracted hundred of thousands of followers. In this episode we talk about: Addiction recovery Trauma Dysfunctional families Breathwork Classism within the mental health world The importance of sup...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Dr. Ingrid Clayton PhD about complex trauma.
February 03, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBDr. Ingrid Clayton is well known for her informative and entertaining reels on Instagram about healing childhood trauma from narcissistic abuse. In this episode we discuss the impact of abuse that happened to her as a child and adolescent; the impact of not being believed by her mother; how, even as a therapist it took her time to understand that she was enduring complex trauma. Such trauma has a long lasting effect and we discuss the different ways it impacted her adult life and how sh...
The Therapeutic Poet. An overdue update.
January 27, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBI kept on promising to get around to do an update about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but never did...but now I have. The inside track on performing at Edinburgh Fringe. How badly the preparation went before hand, why I ended up crying in Wagamamas, how budgie smugglers were my wake up call, why my flyers were pointless and what I thought about my review. Support the show Click here to go to my Substack page. Click here to buy my book Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support ...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Lucinda Gordon Lennox about healing trauma
June 02, 2022 23:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this episode we begin with my poem 'Tell me your story' I wrote it about trauma; how trauma needs to be acknowledged in all its grittiness, not diminished or dressed up as ‘not that bad’ in order to be healed. As today’s guest Lucinda Gordon Lennox says, we all have some trauma and trauma can be healed. Part of what can hinder that healing is the denial of that trauma. Other people, or even ourselves can try to minimise, justify or rationalise what has happened to us and the impact that...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Julia Warren about bereavement through overdose. Part 2
May 19, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBThis episode is the second part of a conversation that I had with Julia Warren. Julia is a mother, yoga teacher, writer and recovering addict. In September 2021, she lost her husband Doug when he relapsed and died of a drug overdose. In this episode, Julia shares her own writing, documenting her thoughts and feelings as she grieves her husband. We talk about what's helpful and unhelpful when someone is grieving. What the shittiest things are about grief, and how through fully surrendering ...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Julia Warren about bereavement through overdose. Part 1.
May 12, 2022 23:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBToday I am talking to Julia Warren. Julia is a mother to her two boys, a trauma informed yoga teacher and a writer. She is also in recovery from drug addiction and recently stepped into the role of widow as in September 2021 her husband Doug overdosed when he relapsed from his own addiction recovery. In this episode we talk about Julia’s recovery from drug addiction. She talks about how she went from the loneliness and isolation of addiction to recovery with the help of fellowship from o...
The Therapeutic Poet - the back story (some of it anyway)
March 25, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBSo hands up, I didn't manage to record a conversation this week. Not one to let that stop me, I thought I'd share a bit about me and my foray into the world of writing and performance. I share about when I was turned down by literary agents, how I used writing to deal with it and how I managed to turn pride, self righteousness, self pity, and judgement round to modesty, humility, self esteem and gratitude. I mention Brené Brown in this episode and talk about 'The Wilderness' which is somethi...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Lara Doherty about motivation and vision boards
March 18, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode I speak to Lara Doherty, a motivational coach specialising in vision boards and author of the Mighty Book of Motivation Magic. To be honest I’ve been skeptical about vision boards (which you’ll be able to tell from the poem I use in this episode!) but Lara talks about the neuroscience behind them, why they are not a symptom of 'toxic positivity' and how vision boards are in fact a great tool to give us the time to become really aware of what we need and want. Listen in… You ...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Kari Gillespie at walking the Camino De Santiago
March 11, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBWhen faced with an empty nest, Kari Gillespie decided to spread her own wings. She gave up a job that she loved and set off to walk across Spain and then she wrote a book about it called Pilgrim. Her book is more than about just walking, it’s about friendship, gratitude, and learning to take off the layers that life has put on you; the layers of grief and responsibility and uncertainty. Pilgrim is a contemporary take on an ancient experience, an entertaining and moving memoir of Kari’s 900k...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Leslie Davies about emotional eating.
February 25, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBIs there anyone in Western society who hasn’t told themselves that they are too something? Too fat, too thin, thighs too wobbly, boobs too small? With increasingly sophisticated filters on our phones, people are reaching for quick fix solutions to attain an unrealistic ideal. Almost 70 % of people have said that they are concerned about their weight, yet for over 95% of people diets don’t work. Factors like genes, our resting metabolic rate and our leptin levels are just a few things that ...
In conversation with John Giordano about addiction.
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBJoining me today on the Therapeutic Poet podcast to talk about addiction is John Giordano. John was the son of a heroin dealer, and he himself ended up falling into drugs and alcohol and became homeless. In 2012 he sold his own drug treatment facility for $45 million dollars and he has helped 1000s of people in their own addiction recovery. In this episode, we discuss addiction and the story behind the label of being an addict. John shares how he turned his life around from growing up ...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Vanessa Belleau about belonging.
February 11, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBJoining me on The Therapeutic Poet podcast today is Vanessa Belleau, founder of High Fifteen. Vanessa is a storyteller of social truths. Vanessa’s credentials are impressive with an MSc in European Business Administration and an MA in Business Management. She is also a qualified executive coach and mentor and works with the likes of British Fashion Council, Gym shark and Walt Disney Studios. She works with companies on their business strategies, leadership, diversity and belonging. In th...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Vanessa Belleau about belonging.
February 11, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBJoining me on The Therapeutic Poet podcast today is Vanessa Belleau, founder of High Fifteen. Vanessa is a storyteller of social truths. Vanessa’s credentials are impressive with an MSc in European Business Administration and an MA in Business Management. She is also a qualified executive coach and mentor and works with the likes of British Fashion Council, Gym shark and Walt Disney Studios. She works with companies on their business strategies, leadership, diversity and belonging. In th...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Caro Gomez about creativity.
February 04, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBPeople talk about creativity being fun and playful, where we can express our childlike selves, like with this poem, but putting our creativity out into the world can be vulnerable and leave us filled with self doubt. Will people like it? Will people get it? Will I appear silly? Does it even matter in a world that seems to be hell bent on making money - whatever the cost elsewhere? Someone I have been following for a while is Caro Gomez. Caro seems to emanate creativity from every pore and ...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Marc Pimsler about recovering from shame.
November 19, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBWe all feel shame. Shame in and of itself can have a healthy function, to alert us to the threat of disconnection with others.* When a small child gets told off for a mild social indiscretion they will feel some shame, it’s how social norms are created. An attuned parent will follow up the correction with a repair, a reconnection, a ‘you’re ok, it’s just that behaviour is not ok’. When this doesn’t happen though, shame can build up. Toxic shame is a result of repeated rejection, scorn or e...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Marc Pimsler about recovering from shame.
November 19, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBWe all feel shame. Shame in and of itself can have a healthy function, to alert us to the threat of disconnection with others.* When a small child gets told off for a mild social indiscretion they will feel some shame, it’s how social norms are created. An attuned parent will follow up the correction with a repair, a reconnection, a ‘you’re ok, it’s just that behaviour is not ok’. When this doesn’t happen though, shame can build up. Toxic shame is a result of repeated rejection, scorn or e...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Jenny Alexander about bullying.
November 12, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBThe 'Ditch the Label' Annual Survey into bullying in 2020 reported that bullying had increased by 25% year on year. Many factors are said to contribute to this from the way in which our politicians behave towards one another to the prevalence of social media. Whilst we are more connected than ever in practical terms, levels of loneliness have gone through the roof. 30% of children bullied at school are bullied at least once a week. Bullying has lasting impact on anyone, well into adu...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Dr. Paula Croxson on memory and storytelling.
November 05, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBToday on The Therapeutic Poet podcast I am joined by neuroscientist, science communicator and storyteller Dr. Paula Croxson. Paula is also an open water swimmer regularly swimming marathons, a flautist with the band Marlowe Grey, senior producer of the science based storytelling platform Storycollider and, she is also my cousin! We started with my poem ‘As I stood on the shore of my memories.’ We spoke about how memory are changes that happen in our brains based on our experiences. Paula ex...
Skilful suffering
October 28, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBNone of us want to feel pain, and yet it is a core part of the human experience. We can distract ourselves in many ways to try and avoid it, but in this podcast with therapist Susan McGrath we explore the possibility of staying with the pain. Susan describes suffering as a two part process: the original cause of pain and then the resistance to the pain, which can show up as the ‘Why me?’ and ‘I don’t deserve this’ thoughts. Within this podcast Susan offers two practical short exercises tha...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Susan McGrath on Skilful Suffering
October 28, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBNone of us want to feel pain, and yet it is a core part of the human experience. We can distract ourselves in many ways to try and avoid it, but in this podcast with therapist Susan McGrath we explore the possibility of staying with the pain. Susan describes suffering as a two part process: the original cause of pain and then the resistance to the pain, which can show up as the ‘Why me?’ and ‘I don’t deserve this’ thoughts. Within this podcast Susan offers two practical short exercises tha...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Susan McGrath on Skilful suffering
October 28, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBNone of us want to feel pain, and yet it is a core part of the human experience. We can distract ourselves in many ways to try and avoid it, but in this podcast with therapist Susan McGrath we explore the possibility of staying with the pain. Susan describes suffering as a two part process: the original cause of pain and then the resistance to the pain, which can show up as the ‘Why me?’ and ‘I don’t deserve this’ thoughts. Within this podcast Susan offers two practical short exercises tha...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Megan Febuary on writing to process and heal trauma
October 21, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode we began with my poem ‘An iron bar sits on her chest.’ I spoke with Megan Febuary, founder of For Women who Roar and Your Book Year. Megan recalls how writing a poem to reconcile her silence of rage and grief created a movement to help other women tell their stories. We spoke of the importance of the healing process through writing, rather than focussing on the finished piece; how we can let our writing write us and shedding our defences to get to the truth, which is a c...
Writing to process and heal trauma
October 21, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBShow notes: We refer to a few books in this episode: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Dare to Lead by Brené Brown Bird by Bird by Anne Lammot The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Boundaries
October 14, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBYou can find out more about Kari and her book Better Boundaries at www.karikwinn.com
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Kari Kwinn about boundaries
October 14, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this podcast I chatted with author and yoga teacher Kari Kwinn about her book ‘Better Boundaries: You don’t have to be broken to be better.’ We begin with my poem ‘Postively Negative’. We discussed the many tools that Kari introduces in her book that could be helpful to any of us when it comes to boundaries. I like Kari’s perspective on this, that our yes can help us with our boundaries more than our no’s; that knowing what we want and being able to communicate that can lead to improved...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Belinda Knox Spinks on decluttering
October 08, 2021 17:14 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBHave you succumbed to chucking things out because they don’t spark joy? Marie Kondo’s book ‘The life-changing magic of tidying up’ was bought by millions. But one person’s clutter may be another person’s treasure or anchor. A study at Yale university used brain scans and found that, for people who hoard, throwing out objects activates a part of the brain that is also responsible for processing pain. Untidy spaces can reduce our willpower and our ability to focus on a task . One study by...
Decluttering
October 08, 2021 17:14 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBClutter image rating scale: https://hoardingdisordersuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/clutter-image-ratings.pdf Find out more about Belinda Knox Spinks at www.homeofhiddentreasures.com
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Susan Earlam on eco-anxiety
September 30, 2021 23:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBToday I am joined by Susan Earlam. Susan has been a very successful blogger in the past and her short fiction has appeared in publications and anthologies including Pure Slush, Feminist Surrealism Journal, The Debutante, Mslexia, Reflex Function and Cabinet of Heed. This year she released her debut novel Earthly Bodies, a dystopian eco horror story that spans the ages, where strangers reveal their contribution to an extraordinary act of survival. ‘Joy as an act of resistance’, as mentione...
Eco-anxiety
September 30, 2021 23:00 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MB‘Joy as an act of resistance’, as mentioned by Susan, is a quote from the poet Toi Deritcotte=. You can read more about her here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/toi-derricotte The artist that I mentioned is on Instagram is Shamsia Hassani and you can see more about her here: https://www.shamsiahassani.net/
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Lou Lebentz on thriving after trauma
September 23, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this episode we talk about what trauma is. Rather than it being as the result of a particular event it is a nervous system response that gets held in the body, rather than being discharged. This helps us to reframe mental health and understand that if we work in relationship with others to discharge our nervous system then a more consistently regulated state is possible. Lou’s work with Trauma thrivers is to not only help people regulate themselves after trauma, but to get to a place ...
Thriving through trauma
September 23, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBShow notes: We covered a lot of terms in this episode. You can buy Lou’s 50 solutions to trauma here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SOLUTIONS-TRAUMA-Methods-Heal-Trauma/dp/B08XLGFFR1. Or sign up on her website for a free download Check her out at www.traumathrivers.com or the Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1221929004660869/ Lou referred to the ‘Trauma Egg’, a tool for treating emotional trauma by Marilyn Murray. You can find out more about that here: https://gentlepathme...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Clover Stroud on grief
September 16, 2021 23:30 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBI wanted to have a conversation about grief with someone whose resilience through their own grief has helped to inspire us to feel more deeply, in all the feelings that grief brings up, and to know that that is ok. I think I have the perfect person! Joining me on The Therapeutic Poet podcast to talk about grief is Clover Stroud. Clover’s first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Her critically acclaimed second book, My Wild & Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story w...
In conversation with Clover Stroud on grief
September 16, 2021 23:30 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBHer mum was brain damaged in a horse accident when Clover was 16 and her mum died 22 years later. Clover has also lost her dear sister Nell to breast cancer. We look grief in the face in this episode and I hope that it gives you some encouragement to allow yourself to grieve in the way you need to, or to help support someone else who may be grieving right now. Clover is a generous conversationalist and I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed speaking to her.
Loneliness with Jacky Power
July 15, 2021 23:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBThe effect that weak social connections can have on physical health is equivalent to the risk of smoking 15 cigarettes per day! (Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology and neuroscience 2010). This podcast is a different format to the others. The guest this week is...you! Loneliness can be such a taboo subject, but not here. I invite you to get familiar with your loneliness through a meditation and the suggestion of some writing exercises. Show notes: The poem I reference is ...
In conversation with Judy Apps about the art of communication.
July 08, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBJudy Apps is a professional voice and communication coach and has spent many years unravelling the secrets of how great leaders inspire others, and now teaches these skills to people from all walks of life – from executives on the board of major international corporations to media people, politicians, and individuals just wanting to find the best of themselves. She is the author of several books and in 2019 did a Ted Talk on 'How your voice touches others: The True Meaning of what you say.' ...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Anne Darcy about a different approach to dealing with ‘mental health’.
July 01, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBThis is a meaty episode! I speak to clinical psychologist Anne Darcy (bio below) who works in a personality disorder unit. We talk about what is problematic about a mental health diagnosis; labelling people with ‘disorders’. Anne has been using an alternative approach called The Power Threat Meaning Framework. A group of senior psychologists (Lucy Johnstone, Mary Boyle, John Cromby, David Harper, Peter Kinderman, David Pilgrim and John Read) and high profile service user campaigners (Ja...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Jude about identity and the self
June 24, 2021 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBJude is the definition of a thriver. Having been in recovery for substance abuse and eating disorders they then realised that part of their 'dis-ease' was about their gender identity. This is an important conversation that will leave you rethinking the way in which we view 'mental health' and gender identity. This podcast is about recognising that we all have our 'human tricky things', but the key is that, underneath it all, we are all human and each unique self is beautiful, inspiration...
Loving ‘our horrible rotten selves’
June 18, 2021 18:36 - 46.6 MBwww.bradreedy.com www.evoketherapy.com Books mentioned: The Journey of the Heroic Parent and The audacity to be you: learning to love our horrible rotten selves.' by Dr. Brad Reedy The drama of the gifted child by Alice Miller
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Dr. Brad Reedy
June 17, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBLearning to love our horrible rotten selves as humans and as parents. Dr. Brad Reedy is co-founder of Evoke Therapy Programs and author to two books: The Journey of the Heroic Parent and The audacity to be you: learning to love our horrible rotten selves.' Evoke Therapy Programs provide innovative treatment solutions that foster lasting change utilizing Wilderness Therapy, Intensives and Adventure Trips for adolescents, young adults and families. Imagine losing your temper with your ki...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Dr. Brad Reedy about loving 'our horrible rotten selves'
June 17, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBLearning to love our horrible rotten selves as humans and as parents. Dr. Brad Reedy is co-founder of Evoke Therapy Programs and author to two books: The Journey of the Heroic Parent and The audacity to be you: learning to love our horrible rotten selves.' Evoke Therapy Programs provide innovative treatment solutions that foster lasting change utilizing Wilderness Therapy, Intensives and Adventure Trips for adolescents, young adults and families. Imagine losing your temper with your ki...
In conversation with Michelle Catterson about dyslexia.
June 11, 2021 18:47 - 51 minutes - 47 MBBetween 4 and 5% of the general population is dyslexic with the ratio of men to women being 3:1. It’s often seen as a problem with reading and writing, but it also affects memory, organisation and expression. Often, dyslexia is spoken about in problematic terms and I wanted to talk to someone who could help us reframe that. Today I am joined by Michelle Catterson. Michelle is a board trustee of the British Dyslexia Association and headteacher of an independent dyslexia specialist school in S...
The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Michelle Catterson about dyslexia.
June 10, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBDo you or someone you know have dyslexia? Then listen up! In this podcast I speak to Michelle Catterson. Michelle is not only executive head at the Moonhall schools in Surrey, she is also a board trustee of the dyslexia association. Moonhall school specialises in teaching children with dyslexia. Dyslexia is often seen as a specific learning disorder, but what if we looked at it differently? In this podcast we explore what it is, the challenges dyslexic children have with accessing educati...