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EPISODE · May 22, 2025 · 52 MIN

"A Journey from Pain to Violence and Violence to Healing"

from Psych Up Live · host Dr. Suzanne B. Phillips

Sometimes you have the opportunity to meet someone whose life and work is beyond what you can imagine. It exemplifies the extraordinary capacity to survive and to live a life that passes forward understanding, brilliant care and extraordinary compassion. Today our guest is one of those people. Dr. Alfred Garwood.  Dr. Garwood is a child survivor of the Holocaust, a Physician, psychiatrist, writer and recent 2025 recipient of the Medal of Honor from Prince William for his tireless work with Holocaust Survivors. You will hear of his journey from violence to healing. Listen in.   Alfred Garwood MD- Alfred Garwood was born in a Nazi ghetto, imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, and later put on a train destined for Terezin Concentration Camp, when he and his family were liberated by the Red Army. Alfred spent the rest of his childhood in Britain and grew up in the centre of a community of Holocaust survivors. He has since written extensively on the psychological implications of trauma relating to genocide whilst also working as a General Practitioner.  

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