A personal reflection from Dr Neil Bindemann
This is simply to help illustrate that for me, to provide a #personcentredcare and #traumainformed clinical practice, means spending time & energy using my senses to really listen to a person.
I have come to understand that it is through our senses that we create a space to feel safe, and to build a feeling of confidence and comfort.
This is where the time and energy is particularly important, as there can often be a need to very carefully craft and ask a few (potentially uncomfortable) questions. They can be questions the person, often hasn’t been asked before.
This enables us to work in partnership as well as collaboratively, to explore how the person’s answers help to shine some light. That light enables us to identify the various pieces of the ‘jigsaw puzzle’ needed to complete the picture.
Then by exploring and explaining some of the scientific research logic, together we work through where those pieces fit, to complete the picture and bring back shape and order into a person’s life. ❤️🙏