2026-03-23
39 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
What does trauma do to our sense of self?
And how can we begin to rebuild after it?
Today's episode is part one of our recent live event with forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr. Gwen Adshead.
Adshead joined us at Kiln Theatre to discuss how we understand and overcome trauma.
Drawing on three decades of clinical experience, Ads Head explores how traumatic events shape identity,
how silence can deepen suffering and how language can become a path to recovery.
Through case studies, she makes the case that alongside post-traumatic stress,
there's also the possibility of post-traumatic growth.
Let's join our host now, Rachel Clark, live at the Kiln Theatre.
Thank you, Ginny, and thank you, Intelligence Squared,
for hosting this event tonight in the fabulous Kiln Theatre,
which has the best seats if you're vertically challenged as I am.
They're very comfortable.
I am delighted to be interviewing Dr. Gwen Adshead this evening about her new book.
It is.
Genuinely fabulous and I highly recommend buying it if you haven't already.
Gwen is somebody who has over three decades of experience in forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Many of you will have read her first book, The Devil You Know, which was widely acclaimed when it was published in 2021.