A psychologist explains: Trauma and loss after fire
The last two summers have broken records for wildfires in B.C. Hundreds have been evacuated and many have had to start over. Clinical psychologist Kathy Keating sat down with Sarah Penton, host of CBC's Radio West, to talk about how people recover from losing everything they own to flames. How do people recover from losing their home in a wildfire? There's often times a twofold process. So one, is the immediate impacts of the fire. When we think about for example, Fort McMurr
Recovery from the Ashes
Recovery is a four-part series that explores the aftermath of B.C.'s devastating wildfires and the effect they've had on people who've lost their homes over the past four decades. In Part 4, I sat down with host Sarah Penton to discuss the impact of wildfires on mental health. Here is the link: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1535858755509
