Welcome to The Psychology World Podcast with me, Connor Whiteley GMBPsS, psychology graduate and bestselling author. What you'll get by subscribing to this podcast is access to engaging and free psychological knowledge covering a wide range of areas and psychology news to help you deepen your understanding of psychology beyond textbooks and the lecture theatre. Hosted by me... Connor Whiteley, a psychology graduate currently studying a Clinical Psychology MSc and the internationally bestsell ...
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What Are False Allegations? A Forensic Psychology and Criminal Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Whenever a crime happens, a victim has to gather up the courage to go to a police station or dial 999 or 911 and they have to report the crime by making an allegation that a crime has occurred in the first place. Sometimes these allegations are true, other times they are not. When these allegations are not true then this can be deemed as a false al…
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Why Is Choosing The Right Psychology Dissertation Project Critical? A Student Life Podcast Episode.
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By the time this podcast episode goes out a lot of psychology students would be choosing their projects for their dissertation so they can graduate with Honours at the end of their degree, last than a year away. The vast majority of students might have no idea or not simply care what project they pick, but if you can find a project that you’re goin…
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How To Support Students After Suicide Loss? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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As we come to the end of Suicide Awareness Month and as I continue to struggle with my own mental health, including suicidal ideation at times. I wanted to do at least one podcast episode focusing on suicide in an effort to help support others. Therefore, about a week ago when I was suicidal and crying a lot, my best friend mentioned how suicide ha…
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How Does Power Corrupt People? A Social Psychology and Moral Psychology Podcast Episode.
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I highly doubt there is a single person that has never heardof the idea that power corrupts people. Also, I think a quote I’ve heard from somewhere is “absolute power corrupts absolutely” I don’t know where I came from but it’s true for the most part. However, whilst a lot of people have heard about the corrupting influence of power, a lot of peopl…
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How To Make And Maintain Friends As An Adult? A Social Psychology and Student Life Podcast Episode.
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The week after this social psychology podcast episode goes out, tens of millions of university students throughout the northern hemisphere will go-to university for the first time, or you’ll return for another academic year. This gives them another year to make lifelong friendships filled with laughter, hope and maybe even love. Be it companionate …
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What Is Attachment-Based Therapy? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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One of my favourite topics in psychology actually comes from developmental psychology because I love learning about attachment and attachment styles. Since our attachment styles are critical to our mental health, the relationships we form and attachment impacts so many aspects of our lives. Therefore, some people need therapy to help readjust their…
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Mental Health Podcast Announcement 8th September 2024
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I'm sorry everyone but unfortunately yesterday (8th September) my mental health collapsed so badly that I was unable to edit, upload and release today's podcast episode. I will try and edit as soon as possible but that really depends on my mental health. It absolutely has to be done before Thursday 12th September but it will be later than normal. A…
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What’s It Like To Experience A Major Depressive Episode? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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As aspiring and qualified psychologists and people interested in psychology, we read, listen and learn a lot of content about different mental health conditions. Yet as great as academic content is for helping us understanding a mental health condition, depression and anxiety, it is only lived experience that can possibly help us to truly understan…
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What Are Some Psychological Treatments For Eating Disorders A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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I’ve already mentioned before on the podcast that eating disorders are some of the deadliest mental health conditions out there. Yet there are psychological treatments that are designed to help people with eating disorders to improve their lives, have a healthier and less maladaptive relationship with food and to improve their quality of life. Ther…
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How Trauma Affects The Heart? A Biological Psychology and Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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As someone who’s experienced a range of trauma over their life, I’m always interested in learning about the different ways how trauma affects someone. Normally, I focus on the mental health implications, like panic attacks, social anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I’m experiencing all of these symptoms at the time of writing but trauma do…
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Clinical Psychology + Mental Health Podcast Announcement August 2024
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Apologies everyone, I just wrote out a very heartfelt description but I lost it somehow. Please listen to the audio and thank you for your patience. If you want to support the podcast, please check out: FREE AND EXCLUSIVE 8 PSYCHOLOGY BOOK BOXSET- https://www.subscribepage.io/psychologyboxset My Psychology Books- https://www.connorwhiteley.net/book…
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What Is An Expert Witness For Psychologists? A Forensic Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Whenever you watch a crime drama, mystery film or read a mystery book, the role of expert witnesses are critical to the criminal justice system. Psychologists, be it clinical psychologists or forensic psychologists, are important examples of expert witnesses that the prosecution and defence draw on to strengthen their cases. Therefore, in this fore…
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What Makes A Psychologist Trauma-Informed? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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In recognition of how common trauma is in society and in an effort to help address its devastating consequences on people’s mental health, clinical psychology has shifted towards becoming more trauma-informed. In the UK at least, it is an area of interest that candidates are being asked about more often during their doctorate interviews. Therefore,…
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What Is Retrieval-Based Learning? A Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology Podcast Episode.
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If you’ve ever done cognitive psychology before then you might be aware that people only learn and retain information if it enters the long-term memory. To achieve this and improve their learning, students and adults use a wide range of strategies to help them learn new information. Yet these different strategies are different levels of effective s…
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How Does Birth Trauma Burden Mothers? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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For the vast majority of people, giving birth is a beautiful, wonderful and amazing experience that means they get to bring new life into the world. Yet for a lot of women, giving birth can be a very traumatic, hard and awful time in their life because childbirth can be overwhelming. As well as mothers can find it overwhelming to immediately transi…
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What Are The Four Categories Of Psychotic Symptoms? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Whenever people think about psychosis, they only think it involves hearing voices and paranoia. Yet psychosis involves so much more than hearing voices, in fact it involves 4 categories of symptoms. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn about what are the positive, negative, disorganised and catatonic symptoms of psyc…
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What Do Clients Need To Know About Child Therapy? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Whether you’re a parent yourself, you know a child or you’re a child therapist then there are certain things you just need to know about child therapy. These facts can help child therapy be more successful, “easier” and it can improve the life of the child in the long term. I remember talking to a doctor once who worked with teenagers with eating d…
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What Should Couples Talk About Before Moving In Together? A Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Today’s podcast episode comes out two days after me and my best friend moved in together for the next academic year and it’s just the two of us for 2-and-a-half months before two more of our friends join us. And even though me and my best friend aren’t a couple, it got me thinking about the sort of topics couples should talk about before they move …
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What Should Straight Therapists Know When Working With Gay Male Clients? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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As a result of homophobia, transphobia and minority stress amongst other factors, there is a higher rate of mental health difficulties and conditions in the LGBT+ community compared to the general population. Also, LGBT+ individuals are more likely to be hate crimed and experience trauma in their lifetime so the need for psychological support and t…
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What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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The vast majority of people have heard of Post-TraumaticStress Disorder (PTSD) before when it comes to veterans and soldiers. Also, we know this mental health condition involves flashbacks, intrusive memories and panic attacks, but beyond that a lot of laypeople don’t know that much about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I’m only starting to learn m…
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How To Navigate Going Home As An LGBT+ Person? A Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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With the university year ending and many students returning home for the summer to see their families, catch up with old friends and live in cheaper (or even free) accommodation, this is a time of year that is both great and difficult for LGBT+ people. If you or your client are closeted or if your family is homophobic then returning home can be dif…
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Why Are People With Mental Health Conditions More Likely To Be Abused By Police? A Forensic Psychology Podcast Episode.
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There are countless numbers of cases where someone with a mental health condition has been abused by the police or other law enforcement professionals. This is wrong, dangerous and many of these cases end up with the person with the mental health condition being killed or dead. Therefore, in this forensic psychology podcast episode, we’ll look at w…
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Why Denying Youth Gender-Affirming Care Could Increase Suicide? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Continuing our celebration of Pride Month here on the podcast, I want to look at the benefits of gender-affirming care on transgender youth. Since gender-affirming care saves lives, it improves mental health and it decreases gender dysphoria and the associated negative mental health outcomes. However, one debate that is raging across the world is w…
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How To Create A Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy Space? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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When it comes to working with autistic individuals so we can support them, decrease their psychological distress and improve their lives, their perceptions are critical. Since we can have all the knowledge in the world but if our clients don’t think that the space supports them or if our therapy space distresses them, then this will hurt the therap…
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What Impacts Bisexual Mental Health? A Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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To kick off Pride Month on The Psychology World Podcast, we need to focus on the topic of the mental health of bisexual people and what stressors negatively impact their mental health. This is a fascinating podcast episode where we look at the unique stressors faced by bisexual people that aren’t faced by other members of the LGBT+, heterosexual or…
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What Is The Mental Capacity Act (2005) And Mental Capacity? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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One of the new sections in my brand-new book ClinicalPsychology: Second Edition is all about the MentalCapacity Act (2005). This is a critical and fascinating piece of legislation that impacts the work of mental health professionals in the United Kingdom, and I strongly believe that other countries have similar laws in place. In this useful clinica…
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How To Survive A Major Depressive Episode? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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From our clinical psychology lectures, watching the mediaand talking to friends and peers at university or in the workplace, we know that depression is serious and can even be life-threatening. Depression can lead to increases in self-harm, suicidal ideation and it can be crippling. Therefore, it’s important to know how to survive a major depressiv…
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How To Stop Feeling Powerless To Help A Friend Or Loved One? A Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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There comes a point in all our lives when a friend or lovedone goes through something that hurts them, rattles them or it even traumatises them. When this happens we can feel powerless or helpless to support them because we can see how badly it’s affected them and we have no idea how to support them. Or even worse in my experience, we want to suppo…
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What Are The Types of Group Therapy? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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A lot of clinical psychology focuses on individual psychotherapy because this is what the majority of the profession gets involved with. As well as a lot of university courses, textbooks and resources focus on individual therapy, but a lot of aspiring clinical psychologists don’t always know about group therapy in any great depth. In this clinical …
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Why An Erection Isn’t Consent? A Clinical Psychology And Forensic Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Research suggest that men get raped and sexually assaulted as often as women by both men and women. Yet male rape is a lot less reported because of societal factors, gender roles and a whole bunch of horrible myths that stop men from reporting rape and sexual assault. Also, it’s important to note that talking about male rape isn’t about stopping or…
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What Are The Pros And Cons Of Friends With Benefits? A Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Whilst I don’t think I would ever engage in Friends With Benefits, because these sort of friendships and relationships just aren’t for me. I am really interested in learning more about them and understanding who they do and don’t work for. Therefore, in this social psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn what are the pros and cons of Friends With …
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Why Do People Believe In Misinformation And Conspiracy Theories? An Applied Psychology and Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Psychological theory can be applied to real-world problems using Applied Psychology and this is the focus of today’s episode. Today we’re going to be looking at misinformation and conspiracy theories by looking at the social psychology theories helping to explain why people believe in this stuff. If you enjoy learning about social psychology, appli…
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What Is Interpersonal Psychotherapy? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Besides from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the other form of psychotherapy that I have heard tons about is interpersonal psychotherapy. Personally, from what I have actually learnt about the therapy during my lectures, I prefer CBT to Interpersonal, but now I want to learn more. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn …
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What Is Acceptance And Commitment Therapy? A Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Podcast Episode.
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Within clinical psychology, there are a few types ofpsychological therapy that you hear about time and time again. These include cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy amongst others. As well as I often hear about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy but because this therapy isn’t really available on the National Health Service in …
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What Are The Key Elements Of A Clinical Formulation Report? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Out of all the topics within clinical psychology, formulation remains my favourite topic of all time. Since this is where mental health should be going as it individualises psychological treatment for mental health conditions. As well as with formulation becoming more important in clinical psychology and formulation content is always popular, I wan…
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Why Is Each Psychology Subfield An Echo Chamber? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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I absolutely have to admit that it was really difficult to pick just one reflection to share from my brand-new book Clinical Psychology Reflections Volume 4. Since there are a lot of really interesting, thought-provoking and fascinating reflections on clinical psychology and psychology as a whole. Therefore, in this podcast episode, you’re going to…
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What Should Therapists Tell Clients About Their First Therapy Session? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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When a client comes to a therapist and books a firstsession, the client will be anxious, concerned and they will have a lot of questions. This is perfectly normal but therapists might want to take the time to tell clients a few pieces of information to help them understand what’s going to happen amongst other things. These answers will help the cli…
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How Does Categorising Our Relationships Impact Moral Judgements? A Social Psychology Podcast Episode
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Recently, I’ve been focusing a lot more on the psychologybehind morality and what makes humans do “right” and “wrong” behaviours. A part of our morality is how we divide people up into different categories based on our relationship to them. This is a fascinating area of social psychology that I highly recommend you listen to today because you’ll de…
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How To Be A Trauma-Informed Partner? A Clinical Psychology And Relationship Psychology Podcast Episode.
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In recent years, there has been an increase in awarenesswithin clinical psychology about the importance of a trauma-informed approach to mental health care. As well as considering trauma is relatively common, there is a chance we will meet and maybe form romantic relationships with people who have experienced trauma. Therefore, in this clinical psy…
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How Are Behavioural Experiments Used In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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After a hectic week and the release of a brand-new clinical psychology book, we’re going to be talking about one of my favourite aspects of psychological therapies. We are going to be talking about the amazing, the impressive and seriously interesting topic known as Behavioural experiments. This is a brilliant cognitive intervention you can do with…
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What is Animal-Assisted Therapy? A Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Podcast Episode.
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All of us have heard of dog therapy, therapy animals and awide range of different examples of psychotherapy that involve animals. As a clinical psychology graduate, I have to admit I am very unsure of these therapies, how these therapies work and their effectiveness. Yet until now, I have never learnt about these therapies in any great depth. There…
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What Is Art Therapy? A Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Podcast Episode.
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Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that I’ve always beeninterested in, because it isn’t talked about too much at university or in clinical psychology books. Therefore, I feel that art therapy is shrouded in myth and mystery, so psychology students and professionals aren’t exactly sure what art therapy is. Let alone how art therapy works to impr…
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How Can Your Relationship Flourish According To Research? A Social Psychology and Relationship Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Since it’s the beginning of February and Valentine’s Day iscoming up in a few weeks, I thought it would be fun to investigate social psychology a little for a change. Due to over the years there has been a lot of good, high-quality social psychology research into romantic relationships and we can apply these lessons to our own lives. Therefore, in …
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Introduction To Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Anxiety. A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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With CBT For Anxiety being released recently, I wanted to investigate the brilliant topic of cognitive behavioural therapy because this is a highly effective psychological therapy that can be used for a wide range of mental health conditions. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll be reading or listening to an extract from t…
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How Can Autistic People Be Securely Attached? A Clinical Psychology and Developmental Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Historically speaking, attachment research suggests thatautism meant it was difficult, if not impossible for a person to form a secure attachment. This has generated a lot of myths and misconceptions about autistic people and their attachment styles and behaviours, something that modern research is starting to reassess. Therefore, in this clinical …
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Should You Be A Military Psychologist? A Careers In Psychology Podcast Episode.
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As it’s January, a lot of psychology students and psychologyprofessionals start to think about their psychology careers and career changes. Therefore, in this career-related podcast episode, we’re going to be learning what is a military psychologist and what are the pros and cons of working in the military as a psychologist. This will help you to d…
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What Is EMDR? A Clinical Psychology And Psychotherapy Podcast Episode.
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EMDR stand for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing and this is a type of psychotherapy that I’ve become more aware of in recent months. Since a close friend of mine mentioned they had EMDR and a good podcast I listened to mentioned that she went for EMDR too. And before this podcast episode, I knew it was an effective psychotherapy but I had …
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How Can Family Therapy Help Adult Children And Parents? A Clinical Psychology Podcast Episode.
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To kick off 2024 with a bang, let’s kick off the year with this great topic from clinical psychology about family therapy for children and parents. In this podcast episode, you’ll learn about 5 different ways how family therapy can be useful for adult children and parents so they can have healthy, loving relationships. If you enjoy learning about p…
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Celebration. Hurt. Joy. Lessons Learnt From 2023. A Careers In Psychology Podcast Episode.
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2023 might have been my best year ever in terms of my future career in clinical psychology, my mental health and my overall quality of life. And as we start to think about 2024 and what we can do to make that year the best year ever, I want to share my lessons learnt from 2023. There'll be a lot of lessons about degrees, aspiring psychologist tips …
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3 Red Flags To Avoid On A First Date According To Psychology Research. A Social Psychology Podcast Episode.
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Given how this podcast episode comes out on Christmas Day, I wanted to do a really fun podcast episode that covered social psychology and relationships for a chance. As Christmas is meant to be about happiness, laughter and even seasonal romances, I thought looking at first dates would always be a fun topic to investigate. Therefore, if you plan on…
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