Therapy Natters
With questions submitted by you Therapy Natters is a podcast where 2 psychotherapists can help you gain insight into your issues and try and make sense of this funny old world.
Re-evaluating The Past
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This week Richard & Fiona are looking at how early life experiences shape our adulthood.
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Stroke Economy
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This week, Richard & Fiona discuss the concept of the 'stroke economy' in Transactional Analysis, including the importance of social recognition, how strokes are exchanged in everyday interactions, and the impact of different types of strokes on individuals.Â
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Inner Voices
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In this episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona are exploring the interplay between safety and happiness, and the importance of confronting and understanding the messages from our inner voice.
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Setbacks
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Lapses, relapses, and interferences. These are all forms of setbacks that need strategies for handling effectively.
So, this week that's what we're nattering about.
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Time Structuring and Emotional Connections
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This week on Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona delve into the concept of inner child needs, time structuring from Transactional Analysis, and the importance of intimacy and connection in personal development.
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Discipline: Small Steps to Big Changes
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This week, Richard & Fiona discuss the importance of discipline and consistency in achieving personal and professional goals, along with tips to maintain habits and overcome cognitive biases.
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Good Habits
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Not all habits are bad, sometimes a habit can be a good thing.
So this week Richard and Fiona have a little natter about how we can make that happen.
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Overwhelm
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In this weeks episode of 'Therapy Natters', Richard & Fiona are discussing various strategies for managing overwhelm, and the importance of finding what works for you without a universal guidebook.
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Eat That Frog
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In this episode Richard & Fiona discuss the challenges of procrastination and the importance of tackling daunting tasks head-on, using insights from Brian Tracy's book 'Eat That Frog'.
Along the way, they share some personal anecdotes and delve into how therapists manage their myriad responsibilities.
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Therapist Attraction and Grief, in a Chaotic World
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This week Richard & Fiona explore the complexities of navigating happiness in a turbulent world, managing feelings for a therapist, and grappling with love and guilt after loss in a Q&A episode.
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Time Management and Self-Awareness
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This week on Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona delve into various strategies for effective time management, the importance of setting daily goals, and the impact of language.
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Making Projects
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In this episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona take a deep dive into the art of getting things done, without losing your mind in the process!
From forgotten tax returns to browser tabs that double as to-do lists, they explore why our brains struggle with managing multiple projects and how to regain control.
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Intangible Goals
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Some goals are difficult to measure, so this week Richard & Fiona see if we are able to turn vague aspirations into specific, measurable actions.
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Big Goals
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In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona explore the benefits of thinking really big when setting personal goals, even if those goals seem unrealistic at first.
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Wonder-Full
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In this week’s episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona dive into the intriguing concept of wonder. What it means, why it matters, and how it ties into our search for meaning in life.
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Mental Strength
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This week on Therapy Natters we discuss the importance of tailoring personal development and therapy to individual needs, the value of understanding different perspectives, and the role of mental strength.Â
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Beliefs
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Is Richard too old for a mosh pit?
Can Fiona ever win a game of Bridge?
All these questions and more in this week's Therapy Natters.
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Values
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It’s season 2 time!
Richard & Fiona are back after a break, with an episode about the importance of using your values to get to know yourself.
If you’re part of their Evolve to Thrive programme many of the episodes in this season of Therapy Natters will support your journey nicely.
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Talking with Absent Others
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This week Richard & Fiona natter with Psychotherapist Alan Patching about how to have healing and helpful conversations with people who may not even be around anymore.
Contact Alan: alanpatching@me.com
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Love
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It's Valentine's Day!
The perfect time for Richard & Fiona to explore the psychological side of love.
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Religion in Therapy
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Almost half of the UK population consider themselves religious to some degree, whether that means they're a churchgoer or simply believe in a god.
This week we chat with Kathy Spooner, CEO of The Association Of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions, to explore how faith can play a part in our therapy.
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Learned Helplessness & Attribution Theory
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In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle dive deep into the concept of learned helplessness and attributions.Â
They discuss how various facets such as ability, effort, task difficulty and luck contribute to the perception of success or failure in tasks.Â
They also highlight how people attribute their failures or shortcomings to different factors, thereby developing patterns of learned helplessness.
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Art Therapy
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This week Richard & Fiona are nattering with Art Psychotherapist Lyni Sargent about the therapeutic benefits of making Art.
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The Big 5 Personality Traits
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In this episode of Therapy Natters, join Richard & Fiona as they explore the influential psychological theory of OCEAN – the Big Five Personality Traits of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism – to gain insights into the complexities of what it is to be human!
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Pain
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In this episode, hosts Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle speak with Dr. Rebecca Berman, a pain consultant with the NHS, to help explain the influence of perception and emotion on pain, the potential impacts of psychological trauma on pain experience, and techniques for managing pain.
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Shame
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In this week's episode Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle explore the complex emotions of guilt and shame.
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Childbirth
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This week Richard & Fiona have a returning guest, Sharon Mustard, to talk with them about how our psychology can easily get in the way of a better birthing experience.
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Narcissism
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In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, Richard and Fiona dive deep into the topic of narcissism, specifically Narcissistic Personality Disorder, to distinguish between that and simply high self-esteem and assertiveness.
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Food & Body Image
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In this episode, Richard & Fiona are joined by hypno-psychotherapist Carlie Fairbrother to discuss food relationships, body image, and intuitive eating.
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Cognitive Distortions
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This week Richard & Fiona talk all about Cognitive Distortions, the thinking traps that we all fall into that can so easily spoil our lives or at best hold us back.
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Exploring Diversity
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In this week's episode of the Therapy Natters podcast, Richard & Fiona engage in a thought-provoking dialogue with special guest Zayna Brookhouse, a specialist in equality, diversity, and inclusion.Â
The conversation spans a wide range of topics from the fluidity of gender and sexuality, the evolution of sociocultural norms, to the importance of open-mindedness and embracing difference.
This episode is an essential listen for anyone interested in broadening their understanding of diversity and the modes of engaging respectfully and empathetically with others in our diverse world.
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Attachment
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In this episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle discuss the concept of attachment theory. They explore how our early experiences with caregivers can shape our interactions and reactions as adults, whether it be in friendships, relationships, or even why we follow a football team.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 The Role of Therapists and Client-Centred Therapy
03:14 The Power of Self-Directed Therapy
03:37 The Therapist's Role in Difficult Situations
05:54 Understanding Emotions and Feelings
06:39 Unlabeled Feelings and Childhood Experiences
09:37 Introduction to Attachment Theory
11:38 Exploring the Origins of...
Buddhism & Unconditional Friendliness
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It's guest week.
Richard & Fiona have an old friend Bill Hard to join them this week to talk about his Buddhist experiences.
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You can also find more about Bill's and other's work at the Monroe Institute in their app https://info.monroeinstitute.org/get-expand-app
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Being A Therapist
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This week we're answering a listener question about what being a full-time therapist is actually like.
The pros, the cons and everything in-between.
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Forgiveness
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This week Richard and Fiona are joined by psychotherapist Shaun Brookhouse to natter about the complexity of forgiveness, its relation to accountability, repentance and the concept of accepting imperfections.
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The Divided Brain
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The psychiatrist Iain McGilcrist published a book back in 2009 called The Master and His Emissary all about what our left brain and right brain really do.
Because it's quite complicated Fiona thought it would be nice to try and make it understandable for all of us, and to see how it explains why hypnotherapy can be so useful.
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Analysis
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We have another guest this week, Jan McGregor Hepburn, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, who joins us to talk about psychoanalysis and its principles. We discuss the differences between various types of therapy, the role of the unconscious mind, and the practice of analysis.
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Apathy
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This week it's all about Apathy. That feeling where you have no interest and no energy for one reason or another.
Let's have a little look shall we?
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Couples Therapy
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It's guest week on Therapy Natters. And this week Richard & Fiona are nattering with family, systemic & couples therapist Inger Gordon.
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Anxiety & Driving Test Nerves
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This week Richard & Fiona are nattering in response to a listener question about anxiety and test conditions.
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