Bron and Amanda unpack treating generalised anxiety disorder by applying two treatment approaches (CBT and Schema Therapy) to the same hypothetical case. They chat about 👉🏽 The downsides of worry and how it can become problematic for clients 👉🏻 How to set up anxiety treatment for a client using CBT and Schema 👉 Similarities and differences between CBT and Schema techniques. 

Guest: Amanda Moses, Psychologist and Supervisor at Amanda Moses Psychology

LINKS

• Treating Anxiety: A Manual for Therapists, written by Amanda
• Book: CBT Basics and Beyond by Judith Beck (a ripper of a book)
• Book: Reinventing Your Life by Klosko & Young (Good intro to Schema Therapy for clients & therapists)
• Oz Yalcin, Young Schema Questionnaire - Revised

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Bron and Sahra unpack whether it's okay to be yourself on social media. They chat about 👉🏽 challenges and responsibilities that psychologists have in managing their online presence 👉🏻How to be authentic online while managing risk 👉 What clients think of their therapists' social media.

Guest: Psychologist and Co-Director of Mindscape Psychology / Director of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi)

LINKS

• Research talked about in the episode (subscription-only access): Client discovery of psychotherapist personal information online
• Open access (free) research: Current ethical dilemmas experienced by therapists who use social media: A systematic review
• Open access (free) research: Therapist + Social Media = Mental health influencer? Considering the research focusing upon key ethical issues around the use of social media by therapists
• Subscription-only research: Navigating the multidimensionality of social media presence: ethical considerations and recommendations for psychologists
• Subscription-only research: "I can't do that…I'm a counsellor: Implications of professional boundaries on counsellors' public life as entertainers"
• Smarter In Seconds - Blair Imani Insta

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Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.

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Bron and Kathleen unpack whether you can make it as a psychologist in your 20s. They chat about 👉🏽 Strengths and challenges when you're a young psychologist 👉🏻 Questions that clients may pose 👉 Our experiences and how we've navigated them  👉🏾 How to not feel like an imposter when you are a young professional.

Guest: Kathleen Rippon, Provisional Psychologist and Story Teller

LINKS

• Kathleen's YouTube channel on what it's like to become a registered psychologist in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/@kathleenanne 

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Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.

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Bron and Hayley unpack the career pathways that psychologists can take to achieve their financial goals. They chat about 👉🏽 Pros and cons of the one-to-one standard way of working 👉🏻 Hayley's career journey into 'one to many' offerings and business coaching 👉 What Hayley views as the next stage in the Psychology profession 👉🏿 How early career psychs can be part of the change!

Guest: Dr Hayley Kelly, CEO and Founder of Therapists Rising / Host of the Therapists Rising podcast

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Bron and Amanda get passionate about the deceptively simple CBT technique of behavioural activation. They unpack 👉🏽 How to maximise outcomes for clients 👉🏻 When and how to introduce behavioural activation 👉 Troubleshooting difficulties 👉🏿 Adaptations for clients with significant difficulties participating in pleasurable and mastery-focused activities. 

Guest: Amanda Moses, Author of Treating Depression: A Manual for Therapists and Psychologist at Amanda Moses Psychology

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Bron and Averil unpack why it is so bloody hard to find a placement as a provisional/registrar psychologist. They chat about 👉🏽 Why universities find it hard to find placements for students 👉🏻 Why public health, private practices, and NGO's find it difficult to offer placements 👉🏿 What would make it easier for organisations to offer placements 👉🏾 Tips for finding a placement and hope for the future!

Guest: Dr Averil Cook (Clinical Psychologist and Director of Bodhi & Psychology)

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How experienced do you have to be to contribute to discussion about the Psychology profession? This episode is all about that imposter syndrome-y self-doubt that holds early-career psychs back from taking up space and shaping the profession. Bron and Catherine unpack 👉🏽 How to feel comfortable with taking up space 👉🏻 How to give effective feedback at work 👉 How to step into sharing opinions about the profession 👉🏿 Feeling confident about your work as a psych.

Guest: Dr Catherine Hart (Clinical Psychologist, Director of Succoris Psychology and Succoris Psychology Partnerships, Private Practice Business Coach)

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LINKS

• End Imposter Syndrome in Your Workplace
• Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome
• Book: Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser
• Book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Brene Brown, Dare To Lead Podcast and book

CREDITS

Producer: Michael English

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Bron and Brian unpack what to do when a client shares offensive views in the therapy room. They chat about 👉🏿 What even IS an offensive view and when could it become something to address in therapy 👉 Our favourite phrases to use 👉🏽Therapist self-care and permission to refer out.

Guest: Brian Cheng, Psychologist

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LINKS

• Living Safe Together - How to recognise signs of violent extremism and do something about it

CREDITS

Producer: Michael English

Music: Home

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Bron and Emma unpack how to adapt therapy to neurodiverse clients, using Schema Therapy as the example. They chat about 👉🏽 The new Schema Therapy model that Emma and her colleagues have developed for working with neurodiverse clients 👉🏻 How non-affirming therapists can be ableist and unhelpful to clients 👉 Signs that you are attuned to your neurodiverse client 👉🏿 The social model of disability.

Guest: Dr Emma DeCicco (Psychologist and Director of The Dash Hub)

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LINKS

• To find out more about the neuroaffirming schema therapy model, listeners can email the authors, join the Facebook group and sign up to the STAND Attuned mailing list.
• What is schema therapy?
• Where can I get trained in schema therapy?

CREDITS

Producer: Michael English

Music: Home

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Therapists usually experience shock! horror! and despair! when they think about recording a therapy session. So let's talk about it. In this episode, Bron unpacks 👉🏽 Why you should record therapy sessions 👉🏻 How to ask for client consent 👉 Recording and storing sessions 👉🏿 Tips for overcoming recording anxiety.

Bron's Informed Consent for Recording Sessions Word/PDF template is available to Patreon members - Join for $2 a month.

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Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.

MONTHLY LISTENER QUESTION - LEAVE A VOICEMAIL!: What do you love about being a psychologist?

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LINKS

• Briggie (2016). Patient Comfort With Audio or Video Recording of Their Psychotherapy Sessions

CREDITS

Producer: Michael English

Music: Home

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