Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, invites expert guests to join her on her mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there about our mental health.

In this episode of the psychology podcast, Kimberley explores obsessive compulsive disorder and the intrusive thoughts that are part of the condition. Most of us experience intrusive thoughts at some point in our lives, so how can we tell when they are a symptom of OCD, and what can we do to manage them? She asks psychology researcher Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, who was diagnosed with OCD when she was 10 years old.

Please email [email protected] if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know. Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally so if you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team:

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to join her on her psychology podcast. She's on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding.

In this episode, Kimberley digs down into people pleasing with her guest, consultant psychiatrist Dr Sarah Vohra. What does people pleasing do for us, and what it does it do to us?

Please email [email protected] if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know. She's not able to answer emails personally, so if you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team:

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to join her on her psychology podcast.

She's on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding.

In this episode, Kimberley explores depression with clinical psychologist Dr Kevin Vento. It can be difficult to work out if you’re depressed or just low, blue, down, or plain sad. What are the symptoms of depression and what can you do to help yourself alongside diagnosis and treatment (or while you’re waiting to see someone)?

Please email [email protected] if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team:

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, is on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding. With her expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - she shares insight and valuable tips.

In this episode, Kimberley explores lying with psychotherapist Dr Charlotte Cooper. Do you lie? We don’t like to think we do but research suggests we lie 1-2 times a day. And that we learn to lie at a very young age; it’s a natural stage in our cognitive development. So if we can all lie, then why is lying bad? The answer? Because it causes us harm.

Please email [email protected] if you want to share a story about your mental health with Kimberley. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you're concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team:

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Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson is on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding.

As a chartered psychologist herself, she invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to join her and together they share insight and valuable tips.

In this episode, Kimberley explores empathy with clinical psychologist Dr Martha Deiros Collado. Do you have too much empathy or too little, and what does the right amount of empathy look like?

Please get in touch if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. The email address is [email protected]. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team:

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Dr Xand van Tulleken introduces Kimberley Wilson, host of the brand new psychology podcast on BBC Sounds. A chartered psychologist, she's on a mission to make sense of all the information and misinformation that’s out there about our mental health - so you know when to worry and, most importantly, when not to worry.

Kimberley talks about her love of crochet, shares details of her favourite sandwich and reveals to Xand what inspired her to become a psychologist.

And she explains why it's important that her podcast guests are experts - trained psychotherapists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Together with them, she'll cut through all the noise and pass on valuable insights to enable you to look after yourself with more understanding and kindness.

This is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Welcome to Complex, the psychology podcast that will help you live more positively, calmly and - hopefully - with more balance.

She invites expert guests – trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists – to join her and together they share insight and valuable tips.

In this episode, Kimberley delves into perfectionism with health psychologist Dr Sula Windgassen.

Please get in touch if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. The email address is [email protected]. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will make sure we do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

The Complex team:

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, is on a mission. She wants to make sense of all the information and misinformation that’s out there about our mental health – so you know when to worry and, most importantly, when not to worry. She invites trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists to explore different topics, so you’ll have two experts in your corner passing on insight and tips for how to manage yourself with more kindness and understanding.

Complex - the new psychology podcast from BBC Sounds. A Loftus Media production.