"Were not robots we're humans, we have stuff so, how do i notice that, manage it and make sure it doesn't become apart of my clients story." - Olumide Ajulo

Olumide explores with us within this episode

- His training to becoming a Therapist.

- The challenges he has face since starting his journey.

- Navigate us through working in a university.

- Why reseach is important and when he found out he had a passion for it.

- The importance of having a strong support system.

https://www.thehorsforthcentre.co.uk/practitioners/olumide-ajulo/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/olumide-ajulo-leeds-eng/921251

Within This Episode I collaborated with Hoda of Mind Balance UK.

This is part 1 where we discuss two topics:

Out growing people in your life.

Forgiving yourself, for things that you done whilst being in Survival Mode.

Please go and follow The Mind Balance Uk Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mindbalance-uk/id1713065395

"Life is about navigating obstacles in uncertainty, I want to see how far i can go, without being restricted by anyone or anything, in reality no one can restrict me but myself." - Placidia

Placidia takes us through:

- What she is currently studying and her future aspirations.

- How her journey has been so far.

- Living a stoic lifestyle and what that entails.

- Stigmatisation within her culture.

- How one can overcome Adversity .

To reach out to Placidia please use the following

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lai-yin-placidia-chu-311ab3244/

"Make People aware that these ups and downs are normal, and just because they are having a down moment doesn't mean they are going backwards." - Simon Brotherton

Simon walks us through

- What walk and talk therapy is.

- What comes with being a male therapist.

- The challenges faced along his journey.

- Why there isn't many male therapist.

- Working with Male Clients

- Differences working within a hospice to private practice

- His reason for going into bereavement work and any advice he can give.

To get in contact with Simon please use the following links:

insideandoutside.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-brotherton-counsellor/

Trigger warning: As our guest speaks on Bereavement within this episode.

" The deeper we can go, so when stuff comes up and we connect with therapy for ourselves that means we can hold a deeper exploration with our clients." - Jo Daley

Jo gently guides us through:

- Her work journey.

- What made her know, that being a therapist was the path she was heading towards.

- The journey being newly qualified and the impact she felt from her teaching and training.

- Explaining her approach and specialism and why she decided to go down that route.

- Why a therapist needs a Therapist.

- What makes a good Therapist.

- In her reflection what has she learnt most about yourself since becoming a Therapist.

To contact Jo, please use the following links:

⁠[email protected]⁠

⁠www.jodaley.com⁠ 

Retreat - ⁠www.jodaley.com/retreats/releaserechargerenew⁠ 

⁠https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/jo-daley-exeter-eng/1229928⁠

⁠https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/joanna-daley⁠

TADF course - ⁠https://www.tadf.uk

" It is really important to keep our clients safe, when you're working with peoples mental wellbeing you need to be confident that what you're doing is going to help and it's not going to make it worse". - Heather Leason

Heather subtly walks us through

- Her Journey from doing Youth work to transitioning into a therapist.

- Describes the truth of what hypnosis is, and what hypnosis isn't.

- The benefits of Hypnosis.

- Her thoughts of the mental health sector in Present Day.

- The reason why she decided to work in her current approach.

- What she would be doing, if she wasn't a therapist.

Accredited member of ACCPH

Registration No 00002986

Website: https://www.heather-hypnotherapy.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DoxDmBbV6/?mibextid=LQQj4d

" You have to have a level of being in tune with your body, having a sense of embodiment" - Alexandra Zibisow

Alex walks us through:

- Her journey into DMP ( Dance Movement Psychotherapy

- Debunking the basic myths behind dance in order to embark on becoming a dance therapist.

- The field of DMP and where it is headed.

- The effectiveness of the creative modalities and what collaborations with other approaches may look like.

- The benefits of Dance Movement psychotherapy

To Contact Alex please use the following links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-zibisow-487700211/

[email protected]

" In this process of being a therapist, it's the never ending learning that we do about ourselves and how much clients themselves teach us" - Fahima Ali

Fahima gracefully explores with us:

- Her journey to becoming a therapist, from being unqualified to becoming qualified.

- The process she went through getting a Job within the field.

- Building a private practice from the ground up, what it entails and why she chose to specialise in her way of working within therapy.

- The continual journey of personal development.-  The many hat's that come with being a CEO, the responsibility of managing others and what is required to navigate it.

- What does work life balance mean and as a therapist The Importance of having her own therapist.

-  The importance of aftercare for our clients.To contact and follow 

Fahima's Journey please use the following links:https://www.instagram.com/fahima.therapy?igsh=MTRjeDd6djFzdHNpOA==

https://www.instagram.com/healingthemind.uk?igsh=MXNqdDRhd3R2MGJ3Yw==

https://healing-the-mind.com/

Key Note - The audio within the episode can go from low to loud so please be mindful .Disclaimer/ Trigger warning - Topics discussed within this episode surround... Religious Trauma, Depression, Sexual assault.

" THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF YOU TURNED AROUND AND FACED THE OTHER WAY" - Erin Osborn

 Erin navigates us through....

 -The effects of the New Cohort coming due to Election.

- The effects of Covid and how that has changed the quality people want for there lives.

- Staffing Issues within the Mental Health Sector- providing opportunities for individuals coming into the Health Sector.

- Passion Fatigue & Burnout.

- Not being on an Island within the Field and accessing the resources we have available.

- Boundaries.

"When you learn to drive, you've only really learnt once you've passed your test" - Vicki Hickling.

Within today's episode we sit with Vicki Hickling who is a Drama Psychotherapist.

Vicki walks us through: 

- Her background/training to becoming the therapist she is today. -

- Why she chose to take the route of Dramatherapy.

- What she's learnt most about herself on this Journey. 

- How does Dramatherapy support clients and people.

 - Where she sees the creative side of therapy heading and bringing more awareness to the creative approaches.

- Her journey, what would that look like had she not decided to become a therapist.