Medical Trauma

In this episode we are joined by Joeleene Brassard fellow Masters level Social Worker. She provides therapeutic intervention for children who have complex medical needs and their families. Joeleene has seen first hand with her own child, who has an extremally rare medical condition, the difficulty and trauma that happens during medical care. We do not intend to blame or shame the medical system or the medical practitioners. Most of the time the medical practitioners are trying their best to be compassionate. Although we have all probably had our experiences with a Doctor or Nurse that we wonder why they chose to be in the medical felid as they don't seem to have an ounce of compassion. We explore and humanize the experience of needing ongoing medical care for complex medical needs and Trent shares his experiences as a person with cerebral palsy. Trent shares how he has come to normalize the experience for himself both through acceptance strategies and learning how to become an advocate for himself.