Jimi Katsis: Echos of Trauma
A trauma-informed podcast exploring the long shadow of relational and vicarious trauma — attachment, nervous-system patterns, and adult healing. Hosted by consultant psychotherapist Jimi Katsis, author of Broken Childhood: The Path to Wholeness, You Look Fine, and Other Lies Trauma Taught Us and Tasting Oranges. Drawing on 30 years of clinical work, The Echoes of Trauma offers insight, story and reflection for anyone rebuilding a sense of self beyond survival. More at jimikatsis.com.
Jimi Katsis: Echos of Trauma
Episode 4 — The Watcher and the Performer
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Long before we learned the language of safety, we learned to watch ourselves survive.
In this episode, Jimi unpacks the two internal roles many trauma survivors come to know well — the watcher, always scanning the room for danger, and the performer, stepping forward to make everything look fine. These parts once kept us alive, but they also kept us distant.
What happens when we begin to notice them working in real time? When we stop confusing performance for connection — and start asking what it would mean to simply be seen?
Resources & Support
If anything in this episode feels difficult or familiar, you don’t have to face it alone.
You can reach out for support at any time:
Mind — 0300 102 1234
SANEline — 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10pm daily)
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK — 0800 587 0800
SHOUT — text 85258
Switchboard LGBTQ+ — 0300 330 0630
NHS 111 — urgent mental health helpline
These services offer free, confidential help.
You’ll also find this information, along with additional resources, in the show notes and on my website www.jimikatsis.com
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