Kari tells us about growing up with a mother with mental health difficulties. We discuss fractures in the family leading Kari to leave the home and becoming independent from a very young age. Kari then shared her journey into the Clinical Psychology Doctorate, covering with work in a crisis services, a children's inpatient setting, a memory service and IAPT service.

1) How to find your local IAPT services

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Neil talks to Jasmine about studying and working in mental healthy things, anxiety not being very nice and cat cafes. We spoke about the sexism attached to “caring” professions, how it has played a part in shaping the development of psychology as a discipline and is still affecting people's experiences and the decisions they take.

** There is some swearing in this episode **

Show Notes:

- Paper we discussed: Caswell, R., & Baker, M. (2008). Men in a female-majority profession: Perspectives of male trainees in clinical psychology. In Clinical Psychology Forum. British Psychological Society.

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Lauren recaps the highs and lows of growing up with a father with a Bipolar 2 diagnosis, and discusses her career path into Clinical Psychology. She also reflects on the benefits of exercise for mental health and her current role as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.

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