COVER STORY Robin Mills met Dr Jess Miller in Bishops Caundle
© Dr Jess Miller Photograph by Robin Mills
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orn in rural Lincolnshire, my arrival was messy and a little traumatic; my hips dislocated in the process, a moment which set a trajectory for my life. Since 18 months old I have been through several surgeries. After one procedure (which is no longer considered ethical) I was, aged 7, immobilised in a body cast from toes to chest, unable to move for 8 weeks. Unfortunately, at the time, I was socially isolated in a highly dysfunctional single-parent family, which was imploding around me. It was a pathetic existence and one that at a tender age I longed to escape, even once the plaster was off. But something happened inside me at that time, and it’s only now as an adult that I understand what that was. This realisation has started me on a new story that intertwines with so many other people’s stories that perhaps it’s not my story at all. I am a neuropsychologist specialising in trauma in Emergency Response. I work for a wonderful charity called Police Care UK, am a Principal Investigator at The University of Cambridge and a few years ago I was privileged to work for HRH Prince of Wales with The Royal Foundation. I’m on my second book and contribute to TV and Radio Tel. 01308 423031 The Marshwood Vale Magazine January 2024 3
