How to understand and work with Risk as an Aspiring Psychologist

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 17 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Today we focus on ways to understand and work with people who might pose a risk to themselves or others. This is important stuff and crops up in all manner of services.  The Highlights: 00:00: Content warning 00:59: Welcome & Making Special Requests 02:08: Content of the episode: Risk to self or others 03:09: Defining Risk for the episode 04:25: Service information 05:31: Confidentiality and consent 07:07: Time frames and context 09:09: Pressure and tone of responses 10:46: Feeling contained 12:44: Max 14:32: British Transport Police 16:44: Using your diary for emergency contacts 17:46: Measuring risk 18:57: Reducing risk over time 19:59: Keep safe plan and care plans 21:00: Clinical Records 21:58: Does self-harm always mean suicidality? 22:54: Learning stabilisation skills 23:50: This stuff matters! 24:54: The compassionate Q&A replays 25:52: The Upcoming aspiring psychologist collective book 26:37: Compassionate Q&A info Links: If you have information about someone being a risk to themselves or others on a railway track the current advice is to call 999. To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0 To check out The Grief collective Book: https://amzn.to/3pmbz5t To check out The Our Tricky Brain Kit: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/tricky-brain To register for the upcoming free 5-day challenge: www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/aspire  Connect on Socials: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-marianne-trent-psychology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodThinkingPsychologicalServices Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmariannetrent/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodThinkingPs1 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drmariannetrent?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodThinkingPsychologicalServices   Like, Comment, Subscribe & get involved: If you enjoy the podcast, please do subscribe and rate and review episodes. If you'd like to learn how to record and submit your own audio testimonial to be included in future shows head to: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/podcast and click the blue request info button at the top of the page. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by WriteUpp Tap to Pay This episode is sponsored by WriteUpp. Their Tap to Pay app turns your smartphone into a card reader, helping private practitioners take secure payments without additional hardware. Use code MARIANNE30 for a free 30-day trial and 30% off your first 6 months at this link: https://writeupp.com/?refid=142336