Great Australian Lives With Laura Turner

This week Laura Turner chats with Professor Richard Bryant - Director of the Traumatic Stress Clinic and Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, . There’s no doubt the current pandemic has significantly altered the way that we live and work and these changes can make us feel stressed and worried, particularly when there is a lot of uncertainty about the future involved. But how are we going to recover from the ravages of extended lockdowns and the pandemic? Richard Bryant might just have a few ideas. His team are currently conducting a research trial to help understand the most effective ways to manage COVID-19 related stress and mood changes. Hopefully he’s going to share a few insights that might prove helpful for anyone struggling in this remarkable moment in time. Richard has is a 20-year tenured researcher in the nature, course and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and works in creating some of the programs for treatment. His work has identified key psychologi