Therapists Talk Therapy
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44 episodes
Ep. 43 | Life Lessons from Creativity, Diversity & Music
I am delighted to be joined by PCI Lecturer, Simon Forsyth for a slightly different conversation today. Simon has written an essay called ‘On Flipping & Reversing: Life Lessons from Creativity, Diversity and Women in Hip-Hop’ which encompas...
Ep. 42 | Spiritual Bypassing in the Therapy Room
Today’s episode explores the concept of spiritual bypassing which refers to the use of spiritual practices and beliefs to avoid dealing with our painful feelings, unresolved wounds and developmental needs. We use the book ‘Spiritual Bypassing –...
Ep. 41 | Menopause Awareness for Counsellors & Psychotherapists
I am delighted to be discussing the topic of menopause in relation to counselling and psychotherapy with my guest Niamh Daly. Niamh has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 2004 and is a registered Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer. She holds an Adv...
Ep. 40 | Social Justice in the Therapy Room
I am delighted to discuss the topic of social justice and therapy with my guest Shane Hickey-O’Mara. We explore what it is like to be a therapist working today with the many political, social and cultural issues which are impacting both the the...
Ep. 39 | To Call Myself Beloved - A Client's Perspective of Therapy
This episode is all about hearing the clients perspective on what therapy is like. Eina McHugh is a creativity and creative leadership expert, a coach, educator, trainer, speaker and consultant. An Entrepreneurial Specialist with Univers...
Ep. 38 | Long term and chronic illness - a personal and professional perspective
Niamh is an accredited psychotherapist with over 10 years’ experience. She runs a busy private practice, is an associate lecturer with PCI College, and is a mother of two children. She is living with a long-term illness and so brings both profe...
Ep. 37 | Contracting with Clients as a Therapeutic Frame
Today, we are discussing contracting with our clients and exploring what this means in theory and practice. We discuss how a therapist's understanding of, and comfort with, contracting can evolve through their career so that the contract provid...
Ep. 36 | Willie Egan on 125 West St. Episode
Welcome back to a new season of the Therapists Talk Therapy podcast. We are starting off with a friend of the College, Willie Egan. We discuss the publication of his first novel, '125 West St.' which includes an exploration of how he came to be...
Ep. 35 | Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Orthorexia: A Qualitative Exploration
This is the second of our Graduate Webinar episodes where we speak to the runner-up of the Martin Kitterick Award. This award is given to a fourth-year BSc thesis judged to be of very high quality with relevant and contemporary knowledge that d...
Ep. 34 | Exploring the Impact of Psilocybin on the Psychotherapeutic Experience
Welcome to our Graduate Webinar episode. This is a recording of a live event held for PCI students and alumni recently, where we invited the winner of the Martin Kitterick Award to discuss their research with us. The award is given to the BSc Y...
Ep. 33 | The Role of Assessment Pre and Post Therapy
Today, we are discussing the role of assessment pre- and post-therapy with John Wills. John outlines the many reasons he actively uses evidence-based assessment tools in his client work. These include identifying and prioritising presenting iss...
Ep. 32 | Working as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
In this episode, we explore what it means to be a child and adolescent psychotherapist. We look at how it can be different from adult psychotherapy in terms of its theoretical framework and practical application with clients. This also highligh...
Ep. 31 | Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Counselling & Psychotherapy
In this episode, we have a panel discussion on the topic of EDI in counselling and psychotherapy with my guests Jim Hutton, Ray O'Neill, Ejiro Ogbevoan, Ravind Jeawon and Jude Coughlan.The panel guests have a wealth of lived experience a...
Ep.30 | Working with Suicide in the Therapy Room
Today we are discussing the topic of suicide as an issue we may encounter in our client work. I am joined by Shane Morrow and Aisling Reidy for this important discussion. Shane is an integrated therapist working from a cognitive base and has be...
Ep. 29 | Integrated Bodywork Therapy
In this episode, Margaret welcomes Ray Tonge. Ray is a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist with over 19 years of experience and has been a faculty lecturer at PCI College for the past 7 years. Throughout his career, he has developed a ke...
Ep. 28 | The Use of Technology within Therapy
In this episode, we are exploring the range of ways in which therapists can use technology including the provision of sessions as well as organisation and payment systems, administration functions for notes and homework tasks and communication ...
Ep. 27 | Working with Childless and Childfree Clients
I am delighted to be joined by Jody Day and Robin Hadley to discuss the topic of working with childless and child-free clients. Jody is the founder of Gateway Women, the global support and advocacy network for childless women. She is a psychoth...
Ep. 26 | Ageism and Therapy
Welcome to a new season of episodes of Therapists Talk Therapy. We start off with a discussion about ageism with my guest, Dr. Teresa Graham. Teresa works in private practice as a Counselling psychologist. She is a certified mediator and works ...
Ep. 25 | Counsellors with Attention Deficit: The Impact of Differences
Welcome to the second episode of the PCI Graduate Investigates series. This is with the winner of the Martin Kitterick Award, Rebecca Bourke and we discuss her thesis titled ‘Therapists with Attention Deficit: The Impact of Differences’. We did...
Ep. 24 | Does Metaphoric imagery have a place in the Therapist’s Toolbox
Welcome to our PCI Graduate Investigates episode where we explore the 2023 Martin Kitterick Award second place thesis by Joan Kelly. The title of Joan’s thesis is ‘Does metaphoric imagery have a place in the therapist’s toolbox?’. We discuss ho...
Ep. 23 | Spirituality in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Today we are discussing the topic of spirituality. This is a broad topic and one that can sometimes be hard to put into words, so I am delighted to be joined by returning guests, Gael Kilduff and Colm Early who share their perspectives. We disc...
Ep. 22 | Grief & Loss
Welcome to Therapists Talk Therapy. Today we are discussing grief and loss, with our guests Nuala McDonnell and Sharon Manifold. We explore the many ways we can experience loss in our lives, including but not limited to bereavement. We acknowle...
Ep. 21 | Anxiety and the CBT Approach
Today we are discussing anxiety and the cognitive behavioural therapy approach to working with it. We explore what anxiety is and how it can present in the therapy room, as well as the purpose and nature of the CBT approach. We discuss the empo...
Ep. 20 | Being a Counselling & Psychotherapy Graduate
This episode is about exploring the counselling and psychotherapy graduate experience. We discuss how it can look and feel different for everyone, and how it differs from other professions where the path might be more recognisable. We explore t...
Ep. 19 | Productivity & Busyness in the Therapy Room
We are discussing the themes of productivity and busyness raised by clients in therapy. We explore the difference which can exist between being busy and productive and the key role core beliefs play in our feelings and behaviours around achieve...