Emotional Cripples

Emotional Cripples episodes:

• 01.01.2020

  S2 Episode Three

  Happy new year. We've only gone and done another fortysomething minutes of talk about male mental health. This episode: • 2019 and all that. We considered a look back on our favourite albums and movies and shows and things and trends of...

  
• 12.22.2019

  S2 Episode Two

  Hello, it's us again. Two middle-aged British men talking about their mental health struggles: solidarity, coping strategies, trends, commentary on mental health in culture, shoehorned Simpsons references. This episode: • Perfectionism. Or, in mental health terms, OCPD (Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder). We talk...

  
• 01.27.2019

  S2 Episode One

  We're back. Two middle-aged British men talking about their mental health struggles: solidarity, coping strategies, trends, commentary on mental health in culture. There'll be occasional guests (let us know if you've got a story to tell) but for now, you're stuck...

  
• 12.23.2018

  Christmas Special 2018

  It's Christmas time. And, according to Band Aid's spurious claim, there's no need to be afraid. So, here we are to let in light and banish shade during one of the most joyous/stressful times of the year. Just me and Tim...

  
• 12.10.2018

  Episode Six

  Teenage male mental health. In the final episode of Series One, Andrew engages in a spot of artistically valid nepotism - by interviewing a member of his family. Tommy Lowe is Andrew's son - seventeen at the time of the...

  
• 12.01.2018

  Episode Five

  Neuro-linguistic programming. It's a controversial approach to personal development and psychotherapy, with plenty of negative, bullshitty connotations. But a lot of people swear by it, including one of the EC co-presenters. So, we talk to NLP practitioner Ben Grassby about...

  
• 11.23.2018

  Episode Four

  Therapy. What is it? Why should you seek it? How do you find a good therapist? How do you BE a therapist yourself? So many questions. (Well, four.) This week, we talk to Paul Rose, AKA 'Mr Biffo' (it might...

  
• 11.16.2018

  Episode Three

  Autism. Managing mental health is already a daily struggle, but what if you had to do it with the added pressure of a neurodevelopmental disorder? We talk to Matthew Trerise, a support worker who specialises in helping people with behavioural...

  
• 11.09.2018

  Episode Two

  Happiness. What is it? Where does it come from? How do we get more of it? (The concept, not the Todd Solondz film, which is great.) This episode's guest is Dr Dean Burnett: author, neuroscientist, ex-Guardian blogger, stand-up comedian, really...

  
• 11.02.2018

  Episode One

  Hypnotherapy. Is it all just swinging watches and unconvincing past-life regression, or does hypnosis have a clinical basis that can help with mental health issues? (Spoiler: yes. Yes, it does.) This episode's guest is clinical hypnotherapist Dr Steve Carey PhD, Head of...

  
• 04.26.2018

  Pilot

  The pilot. Episode Zero. In which Tim and I discuss who we are, why we're doing this, and offer embarrassingly desperate pleas for feedback and contact. Also features: • Talking Therapy. A chat with Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Ali Binns on what CBT is...