#37: [Part 2] Your Body Isn’t Broken: Trauma-Informed Pelvic Care and Medical Advocacy with Dr. Angela Wright

About this episode

This episode features a conversation on trauma-informed medical care, focusing on pelvic exams and patient advocacy with Dr. Angela Wright.

In this powerful follow-up to Part 1, I’m joined again by Dr. Angela Wright—trauma-informed medical doctor and clinical sexologist—for a raw, compassionate, and deeply necessary conversation on trauma-informed medical care, especially when it comes to pelvic exams and gynecological procedures. We explore how traditional medicine often fails to take trauma, consent, and nervous system regulation into account, and how this seriously harms patients, especially women and neurodivergent folks. We also talk about our own experiences in medical settings, and why we're creating a workshop to help patients advocate for themselves, especially in vulnerable exams. What we cover in this episode: ▶️ Why most medical care (especially gynecological care) is not trauma-informed—and why that’s a huge problem ▶️What a trauma-informed pelvic exam actually looks like in practice (and why it doesn't need to be complicated or require hours of extra training for practitioners to do it.) ▶️How medical power dynamics and the “fawn response” show up for patients ▶️Our personal experiences navigating uncomfortable or disempowering pelvic procedures – including my experiencing having a HyCoSy scan and what…

People in this episode

Host: Lucy Rowett

Guest: Dr. Angela Wright

Topics covered

• trauma-informed medical care
• pelvic exams
• gynecological procedures
• patient advocacy
• medical power dynamics
• neurodivergent care

Keywords

• trauma-informed care
• pelvic health
• gynecology
• patient empowerment
• medical advocacy
• neurodiversity
• healthcare experiences

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