Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri podcast

03.21.2024

Birth Trauma with Kim Thomas, journalist and CEO of The Birth Trauma Association

This is the final episode in Series 7. It's about birth trauma and I speak with journalist, author and CEO of The BTA, Kim Thomas. We talk about what birth trauma is, what can cause it (we do not go into...

03.14.2024

Envy with psychotherapist Ryan Bennett-Clarke

Interviewing Ryan Bennett-Clarke for my Guardian column - about something else entirely - we got talking about envy. And what he had to say fair blew my mind. What is envy? How does it differ from jealously? Where does it come...

03.07.2024

Unresolved Grief (adults bereaved in childhood) with psychotherapist Mandy Gosling

Although unresolved grief can hit us at any stage in our lives, this episode specifically talks about childhood bereavement and the impact it can have on adulthood. My guest is UKCP and BACP registered psychotherapist and researcher Mandy Gosling who,...

02.29.2024

Shame with clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal

Dr Stephen Blumenthal returns (catch him in Series 2 talking about Intimacy and Trust in Series 5) and this time we're talking about shame. What it is, how it differs to humiliation and embarrassment or even guilt. Shame can make...

02.22.2024

Why You Can Never Plan Too Much with Professor Lucy Easthope

Professor Lucy Easthope is a UK expert and advisor on emergency planning and disaster recover. A world authority on recovery and disaster planning and its aftermath. She’s Professor of Practice of Risk and Hazard at the university of Durham and...

02.15.2024

Where to Die (Home, Hospice, Care Home or Hospital) with Dr Kathryn Mannix

Where to die? Not everyone gets that choice but you or a loved one might and that choice may be to go home from a hospice or hospital or care home, or go into one. In this sensitively handled but...

10.27.2023

What makes a 'real' relationship with psychotherapist Joanna Harrison

Not what makes a relationship real vs fantasy or made up, but the nubbins of relationships, the reality. Many people seem unprepared for what a real relationship looks and feels like, and this might be because of how they are...

10.20.2023

Managing the In-Laws with psychotherapist Hannah Sherbersky

The in-laws, long the butt of jokes but in reality rich fodder for my Guardian mail bag. Of course, none of us think of ourselves as troublesome in-laws, but maybe we are? In this episode I talk to psychotherapist and...

10.13.2023

Difficult Conversations Around Suicide with consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy Dr Jo Stubley

Talking about suicide is never easy, yet it's essential. In this difficult episode both Dr Stubley and I bring personal experiences to the conversation in the hope that it might facilitate your own conversations. Dr Jo Stubley is a consultant psychiatrist...

10.06.2023

The Psychology of Money with psychotherapist Chris Mills

Why do some people find it so hard to talk about money? And whilst it's not a romantic thing to bring up it's absolutely essential if you're thinking of buying a property with someone or moving in with someone. As...

09.29.2023

How to Help Siblings of Brothers and Sisters with Additional Needs with Linda Owen, Information Officer for the charity Sibs

Sibs is a charity which supports children and adults who grow up with a brother or sister with additional needs or a long term health condition. And Linda Owen is the rather brilliant, compassionate and informed (aptly) Information Officer for...

09.22.2023

Everyone's a Narcissist (apparently) with psychotherapist Mark Vahrmeyer

Welcome to episode 1 of Series 6 A good few years ago, I started becoming aware of a term I'd hitherto not really heard much before, outside of my classics lessons: narcissism. Aside from all the s's making it hard to...

04.24.2023

Understanding Toddlers with child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas

A lot of people struggle with the toddler stage. Where have their lovely, compliant babies gone? I think it's got worse the later we leave parenthood and the more used we are to living in a world where we're (maybe)...

04.17.2023

Planning a Good Funeral with progressive funeral director Louise Winter

This is not a subject many of us discuss is it? Birth plans, maybe, weddings, definitely, but we will all die and we all need a send off, however small and modest. This episode isn't really about planning your own...

04.10.2023

The Mechanics of Birth with Lead Research Midwife Amy Sutton Cole

The way labour and birth is depicted on film and TV has bugged me for some years and, I think, does little to make women feel empowered. This episode isn't about how or where to give birth - that's your...

04.03.2023

A Question of Trust with psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal

This is our first listener requested episode. "Joanne" (not her real name) asked us if we could do an episode on trust, after her husband had an affair. Although Joanne asked some specific questions ("how do I get the trust...

03.27.2023

Talking about Rape and Sexual Assault with SARSVL CEO Katie Russell

This is a difficult subject, but an important one. I still get letters from people unsure whether they've been the survivor of sexual violence. My guest is Katie Russell, former media officer for Rape Crisis and now CEO of Support After...

03.20.2023

What It Means To Belong with psychotherapist Mark Vahrmeyer

What does it mean to belong? What does it feel like? And does it even matter? I started asking myself this a few years ago, possibly because, as a child of immigrants, I wasn't sure I ever felt like I...

11.23.2022

An Introduction to Sex with specialist in sexology Silva Neves

Despite the plethora of information that's now available about sex, across so many mediums, it's still astonishing the misinformation that's spread on sex and the sexual organs. This is likely due to two factors: the adults in children's lives being...

11.16.2022

Baby-Led Weaning with Gill Rapley

If you've even been near a baby, let alone had one, you've probably heard of baby-led weaning, the idea that babies don't need to have puree laden spoons shovelled into their mouths, but are perfectly capable of feeding themselves. Even...

11.09.2022

Have You Made a Will? How To, Why To with lawyer Gary Rycroft

You'd be surprised at the number of people who haven't made a Will. Some of them are the lawyers I speak to. I think this is in large part because no-one wants to think about dying even though - spoiler...

11.02.2022

Understanding the Impact of Child Sexual Abuse with consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy Dr Jo Stubley

This is not an easy subject, but a necessary one, especially when you hear the statistics on child sexual abuse. Many children don't understand what's happening to them and often can't talk about it until they are way into adult...

10.26.2022

How to Motivate Your Child with psychotherapist Graham Music

At some time or other we've probably all wanted, or needed, to motivate our children. But how? It's both harder and easier than you think and nagging doesn't really work in the long term. Tell you what else doesn't work,...

10.19.2022

Dealing with your inner critic with psychotherapist Julia Bueno

Ever have a nagging voice in your head telling you you're not good enough or could have done something better? You may have an inner critic. In this episode I talk to psychotherapist Julia Bueno, author of Everyone's a Critic,...

07.04.2022

What Relationships Tell Us About Ourselves with psychoanalytic psychotherapist Susannah Abse

How we are in relationships can tell us not only an extraordinary amount about ourselves, but also how we were brought up. Family patterns can be repeated in every relationship we go onto have. Here I talk about to psychoanalytic...

06.27.2022

Processing Grief with psychotherapist and co-founder of The Good Grief Project, Jane Harris

Grief and death are terrifying words for many of us. Of all the emotions, I’ve found, we really try to body swerve grief. But the thing is, grief doesn't go away if you ignore it. You can't cheat grief, so...

06.20.2022

The Importance of Knowing and Keeping boundaries with psychotherapist Armele Philpotts

This was a listener requested topic. Boundaries form the basis of all our relationships, be they with family, work colleagues or romantic partners. Boundaries even matter if you're travelling on public transport! In this episode Armele Philpotts explains how anger...

06.13.2022

Adoption with psychotherapist and adoption specialist Alison Roy

I get a lot of problems about adoption, usually, but not always, from the adopters who are struggling but are mired in shame that they cannot cope. Once someone has been through the process of adoption it can be very...

06.06.2022

A Gentle Introduction to Dementia with dementia specialist nurse Julie Green

Dementia is a word which we've become increasingly familiar with over the years, but still, understandably, strikes fear in our hearts. In this episode I talk to Julie Green, Dementia UK's Deputy Clinical Lead and an Admiral nurse with thirty...

05.30.2022

Sex Education: What We Wish We'd Learnt with sexual and relationship psychotherapist Silva Neves

How many of us had really good sex education, or anything that goes beyond the mere biological? In this episode I talk to COSRT and UKCP registered Silva Neves about what we wish we’d learnt, how to have ‘The Conversation’...

03.22.2022

The Truth About Baby Sleep with biological anthropologist Professor James McKenna

Anyone who’s had a baby knows that probably the number one question you're asked is: are they sleeping through? Some years ago, whilst researching a piece, I found out that babies aren’t meant to sleep through and there are biological...

03.15.2022

How to Identify Addiction and Get Help if You Need with psychotherapist Rebecca Harris

Addiction is a word that’s overused and often misunderstood. In this episode I talk to systemic psychotherapist Rebecca Harris, who is also manager at the National Problem Gambling Clinic, Club Drug Clinic and the National Centre for Gaming Disorders. She...

03.08.2022

The Delicate Art of Managing Differences with psychotherapist Gabrielle Rifkind

I wanted to call this “how to win an argument” but I realised it’s not all about winning or losing but finding common ground, or ground you can both tolerate to be on. In this episode I talk to psychotherapist...

03.01.2022

How to Cope With a Difficult Older Relative with psychotherapist Chris Mills

I get so many problems about this, not just through my column, but in real life. Some people have difficult family members who get more difficult as they get older. Note: this isn’t about dementia this is about trying to...

02.22.2022

What is Intimacy? with psychologist and psychoanalyst Stephen Blumenthal

It’s only in the last few years that I’ve really looked into intimacy and what it actually, practically, means. A lot of people use it as a by-word for sex but here’s where it gets interesting because intimacy and sex...

02.15.2022

Blended Families and How to Navigate them with psychotherapist Katherine Walker

Blended families, bonus families, step families whatever you call them, joining together two or more families can be tricky. What do you call your “new” mum/dad/sibling, how do you cope with issues that may come up, what’s the delicate line...

06.24.2021

The Secrets of the Sibling Relationship with psychotherapist Nicole Addis

We are so focused on the parent/child relationship we often overlook the sibling one, even though it is often the longest lasting relationship of our lives and can divulge various insights - if you know what to look for. A...

06.17.2021

How Trauma Can Affect Everyday Life with consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy Jo Stubley

I used to think of trauma in terms of war and soldiers but actually trauma can affect anyone and impact every day life. Its effects can be felt in the brain and the body. In this episode I talk to Dr...

06.10.2021

Is Your Relationship Worth Saving with psychotherapist John-Paul Davies

We're always told relationships need work, but how do you know when yours is over or does, indeed, need working at? In this episode we look at how a good relationship should make you feel, the signs that it may...

06.03.2021

What to Expect When Someone Dies with Dr Kathryn Mannix

This episode was a highly personal project, borne out of sitting with my dad as he was dying and realising I didn't know what to expect. I learnt that night that dying is a bit like birth, but in reverse....

05.27.2021

The Wonder of the Teenage Brain with adolescent psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas

The teenage brain goes through incredible changes during adolescence. This not only explains their behaviour but, knowing what these changes are means you can help support them or - if you are the teenager - might help you understand yourself...

05.20.2021

The Art of Listening with psychotherapist Chris Mills

Listening is a skill not everyone has and yet it's so important to every day relationships - and is at the core of 99% of the problems I hear about. In this episode I talk to Chris Mills, a psychotherapist...

05.12.2021

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