Mental Work

Bron is joined by experienced School Psychologist Brian Cheng to unpack how to fill in gaps in knowledge and skills following the undergrad psych degree. They unpack 👉🏽 How to relate to clients like a fellow human, not a textbook 👉🏻 The importance of reflecting on how you feel in client interactions 👉 the Medical Model vs Systemic Practice - what are they and why it's good to know about both. 

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

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Thanks for listening. Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone.

I’m looking for guests to appear on Season 3 of the podcast to be released in early 2023. Don’t be shy, express your interest here!: https://forms.office.com/r/3ci82tKq7p  

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined by Dr Ines Pandzic (PhD, Clin Psych Registrar) to unpack how to manage being a parent alongside the intense training required to become a psychologist. They chat about 👉🏽 Ines' experience of having a baby during her Masters program 👉🏻 What worked for Ines in juggling study, placement, and parenting 👉 Recommendations for early career psychs considering a family in the future. Thanks to listener Claire for this episode suggestion!

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

Learn more about Ines here: https://www.inespandzic.com/

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Thanks for listening. Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone.

I’m looking for guests to appear on Season 3 of the podcast to be released in early 2023. Don’t be shy, express your interest here!: https://forms.office.com/r/3ci82tKq7p  

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork Thanks to listener James for the coffee!

Email Bron at [email protected] 

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined by Dr Averil Cook (Clinical Psychologist) to unpack the dilemma of how to actually be culturally competent in the therapy space. They talk about 👉🏽 What cultural competence is and why it's essential for early career psychs 👉🏻 How to go about gaining competence in this area, especially with Indigenous Australians 👉 'Decolonising' psychology 👉🏿 Do's and don'ts for cultural competence. 

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

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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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LINKS

• 'Decolonising your psychological practice': Training run by Averil
• 'Testing your Implicit Biases' research project
• How privileged are you? Fun quiz
• How to be a genuine ally

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined by Neeraja Shankar (Clinical Psychology Trainee/PhD Candidate) to unpack whether the undergraduate psychology degree really prepares us for being a new psychologist. We talk about 👉🏽 the skills needed to enter the psych workforce 👉🏻 the skills the psych bachelor degree provides 👉 Gaps in practical learning and how we can address them 👉🏿 Surviving after your undergrad degree. 

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

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Thanks for listening. Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone.

Connect with Neeraja on LinkedIn and Email

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron unpacks the common dilemma of ending sessions on time (like, everyone struggles with this one!). She talks about:

👉🏽 Excellent reasons to end sessions on time

👉🏻 Client-related reasons sessions go over and what to do

👉🏿 Practitioner-related reasons sessions go over and what to do

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

The clock I use in sessions

The free app I used to use to keep time (great if you share an office!)

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Thanks for listening. Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. 

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork

Email Bron at [email protected] 

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined by psychologist Eloise Tomkins to unpack how to return to mental health work after experiencing burnout. They chat about:

👉🏽 What burnout is & its impact on early-career psychs

👉🏻 Recovering from burnout

👉 How paying attention to dissatisfaction and interests led Eloise to want to see clients who are looking to grow but aren't necessarily unwell

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

Connect with Eloise on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/eloisetomkins_

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Thanks for listening. Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. 

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork

Email Bron at [email protected] 

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined by psychologist and AAPi director Carly Dober to unpack the challenge of workplace exploitation. They discuss 👉🏽 How to recognise exploitation using Carly's experiences 👉🏻 Characteristics that increase early career psychs' vulnerability to exploitation 👉 What to do if you are unsure about an offer or workplace. 

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an Australian-based early career psychologist.

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Thanks for listening. Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. 

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork

Email Bron at [email protected] 

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Find out more about Carly at: https://enrichinglivespsychology.com.au/

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Host: Bronwyn Milkins
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined again by Sahra O'Doherty, psychologist and director for the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPI), to unpack the issues facing the psychology profession in Australia with a special focus (as always) on the ones facing early-career psychologists that need to be talked about. We unpack 👉🏽 the two-tier system and its consequences for the profession and our clients 👉🏻 the shitty-ness of unpaid internships and necessity of a liveable wage for early-career psychs 👉 Our hopes for the profession in the future 🌈

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an early-career psychologist based in Western Australia.

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Thanks so much for listening. Mental Work is the Australian podcast for early career psychologists that unpacks the everyday challenges they face, so they don’t have to go it alone. 

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork

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Website: https://www.MentalWorkPodcast.com

LINKS

• AAPI - https://www.aapi.org.au/ 
• Good blog post on the two-tier system: https://notforgotten.tv/2019/02/17/enraged-psychologists-fighting-for-an-imporved-mental-health-system/ 

Credits
Host: Dr Bronwyn Milkins (Psychologist)
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Bron is joined by Provisional Psychologist Betty to unpack her psychologist journey: the highs, the lows, what's helped, what hasn't helped, and how she's getting by in this challenging phase in one piece amidst some significant life upheavals. Betty is an insightful and inspiring individual who I reckon you will love listening to!

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.

Do you have an early-career story 🤩?

Are you an Australian early-career psychologist (up to 5 years post-registration)? Bron wants to hear your real-life, in-the-trenches story: What’s it like, what learnings are you picking up along the way, what’s helping you get by, where are you headed? If you've got something to share with our early-career audience then send Bron a short, 25-words-or-less snippet of what you want to get across to  [email protected]

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Thanks so much for listening. Mental Work is the Australian podcast for early career psychologists that unpacks the everyday challenges they face, so they don’t have to go it alone. 

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork

Email Bron at [email protected] 

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Website: https://www.MentalWorkPodcast.com

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Host: Dr Bronwyn Milkins (Psychologist)
Producer: Michael English
Music: Home

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Psychology has traditionally focused on diagnosing mental distress in individuals, but with issues like climate change, racial injustice, and inequitable access to healthcare having an undeniable impact on the mental wellbeing of communities, how can early-career psychs update our professional identities? Today, Bron is joined by Sahra O'Doherty, psychologist and director for the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi) to unpack developing a professional identity around social justice and advocacy.  Quite the juicy dilemma and we give you some kick-ass insights on 👉🏽 How to identify your values as a professional 👉🏻 Managing fears of judgement from other psychs 👉 Steps you can take to comfortably add 'advocate' to your professional identity.

Mental Work is hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins, an early-career psychologist.

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Thanks so much for listening. Mental Work is the Australian podcast for early career psychologists that unpacks the everyday challenges they face, so they don’t have to go it alone. 

Love the podcast? You can help keep it alive by joining our Patreon for $2 a month at patreon.com/mentalworkpodcast BIG thanks to Natasha who subscribed this week - you beauty! 🌟⭐🌟 

Support the show with a one-off contribution by buying me a virtual coffee! ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalwork THANK YOU Helen! 😻

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LINKS

• Book - Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly (I've read it, it's both fantastic and infuriating!): https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Rage-Becomes-Her/Soraya-Chemaly/9781471172120 
• Check out AAPI: https://aapi.org.au/
• Sahra's psychology practice: http://www.mindscapepsychology.com.au/

Credits
Host: Dr Bronwyn Milkins (Psychologist)
Producer: Michael English
Show art: Bronwyn Milkins
Music: Home

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