On this podcast, we talk about Boarding School Syndrome, first coined through the work of the psychotherapist Nick Duffell. In the therapeutic work that he was doing with ex-boarders from the early 1990s, he found that there were common traits that these clients were presenting and so those who have “survived” boarding school became the boarding school survivors. Joy Schaverien, expanded on this work in her book, Boarding School Syndrome where she talks in more depth about the trauma of the 'privileged' child. 

We talk about the trauma of boarding school and David shares some strange 'positives' for somewhat strange experiences. 

Did you attend boarding school? Did you see it as a positive experience or a negative experience or did you feel rather indifferent towards your boarding school education? Share with us.