Heart and Soul: The killer's counsel
Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist working with the UK鈥檚 most violent offenders. How does her faith support and guide her in her work?
Doctor Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist working with the UK鈥檚 most violent offenders, many of them serving life sentences at Broadmoor Prison for murder. Gwen believes that empathy starts with a recognition that there is a capacity for evil in all of us. She believes that for her patients, 鈥渘o matter what their history鈥, therapeutic treatment works. She speaks to the writer and convicted murderer Erwin James. Together they reflect on Erwin鈥檚 life story and how he came to commit the crime he did. Erwin asks Gwen about her relationship with Christianity and how it has supported her in her work.
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