Episode 4 - When Family Systems Fuel Anxiety with Dr Sarah Bougary

Описание: In this episode of Ask Rahat – The Healing Edit, Clinical Psychologist Ask Rahat (Nusrat Khan) and Psychiatrist Dr Sarah Bougary come together to unpack anxiety, trauma, medication, and therapy through a family systems lens.
Here’s what we slow down and examine:
Why anxiety in children and adults rarely exists in isolation—and how family dynamics, unspoken fears, overprotection, emotional enmeshment, and unresolved parental trauma quietly shape nervous systems across generations.
We talk about:
🌱How family systems can fuel or maintain anxiety in kids and adults
🌱When therapy is enough—and when medication becomes supportive, not suppressive
🌱Common myths around psychiatric medication and diagnosis
🌱Why collaboration between psychology and psychiatry matters in ethical mental health care
🌱How parents can unknowingly transmit anxiety through attachment patterns and survival behaviours

This is not an “either therapy or medication” conversation.
It’s a both/and conversation—grounded, compassionate, and clinically honest.

Whether you’re a parent worried about an anxious child, an adult carrying lifelong anxiety, or a clinician navigating integrated care, this episode offers clarity without fear and insight without judgement.

Guest :
Dr Sarah Bougary is a consultant psychiatrist known for her thoughtful, collaborative approach to mental health. Her work integrates diagnostic clarity with deep respect for trauma, family context, and long-term wellbeing that is rooted in community.

Host Introduction
Ask Rahat (Nusrat Khan) is a Clinical Psychologist with 24+ years of experience working with trauma, parenting, grief, and intergenerational patterns. She brings a decolonised, family-systems-informed lens to conversations that many people need—but rarely hear.