Therapeutic Knitting with Betsan Corkhill

Betsan Corkhill is internationally recognised as an expert in therapeutic knitting. Hear about how a stack of letters in a filing cabinet let to Betsan's career specialising in the therapeutic benefits of knitting and how she rebranded knitting as a 'rythmical bilateral psychosocial intervention' in order to get knitting taken seriously when discussing her research.

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Find out more about the topics we discuss in this episode:

Knitting equation KNITTINGEQUATION_June2015.pdf (stitchlinks.com)

EMDR- EMDR:The basics - EMDR Association UK - Overcoming trauma with expert help

Betsan Corkhill's book Knit for Health & Wellness(knitforhealthandwellness.com)

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Self-Care One Stitch at a Time

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