The Therapy Explained Podcast

Thanks for joining me on episode 22 of the podcast. In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Paul Moore, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and course director of the Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and lecturer in Psychoanalysis and Neuropsychoanalysis in Trinity College, Dublin. Paul gave me his understanding of what psychoanalysis is broadly speaking while also diving into the nuts and bolts.

Paul explained how psychoanalysis has various branches, including his specialisation, post-Kleinian psychoanalysis. We spoke about some of the typical tropes of psychoanalysis, such as dream interpretation, the Rorschach test, lying on a couch, the Oedipus complex and whether and why these are still used.

Paul Sibson is a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist now working as a trainer for the Coherence Psychology Institute. He contributed to the book “Unlocking the Emotional Brain”, a groundbreaking publication on Memory Reconsolidation and Coherence Therapy.

Today’s discussion covers the discovery of memory reconsolidation and how this shaped the development of Coherence Therapy, formerly known as Depth Orientated Brief Therapy. Paul explains the three stages of coherence therapy, discovery, integration and transformation, what these look like in treatment and why they are fundamental to lasting change.

If you want to find out more, please follow the link in the description to read the case study Paul references during our talk, as well as an article on memory reconsolidation authored by its founders.

https://www.cbtplus.ie/podcast/ep-21-coherence-therapy

The Coherence Psychology Institute website: https://www.coherencetherapy.org/

Contact Paul: [email protected]

Episode 20 sees me joined by breathwork expert Patrick McKeown. Patrick is hugely passionate about the power of the breath, in part due to the impact poor quality breathing had on his physiology in his younger years, as well as the misinformation on breathing in society at large. Patrick explains the risk mouthing breathing poses to our well-being, something that is rarely picked up on at critical periods by parents or health professionals.

Through his work, Patrick has contributed to the field of breathwork with programmes that help develop functional breathing patterns. Patrick tells us how we can measure whether we have optimal breathing patterns with a simple exercise and practical changes we can make to improve a fundamental component of our health, our breath.

Thanks for joining me on another episode of the Therapy Explained podcast. My guest today is Behavioural Psychologist Pádraig Walsh, a specialist in applied behavioural analysis (ABA). 

Pádraig has a wealth of experience working with families, organisations and schools using ABA which shone through in our talk. We discussed the principles behind ABA and how these are applied in the real world to improve socially significant behaviours for a range of people, including children with developmental disabilities, students who may be struggling in mainstream education and influencing the wider population on their decision making.

Hello, welcome back to the Therapy Explained podcast. This week I am speaking with Bruce Hersey, an Internal Family Systems-Informed EMDR consultant. I am excited to share this episode as we talk about the two forms of therapy that interest me the most, Internal Family Systems, also known as IFS, and EMDR. Both therapies are trauma-informed, meaning they consider a person's current problem to have its roots in early life events, commonly childhood. They also share the idea that we have 'parts' of us that are traumatised, and should we help heal these parts, we can notice a significant shift in how we feel and act in the present.

There is a lot of information on IFS and EMDR, but not much about where and how the two intertwine and enhance each other, so I was delighted to speak to Bruce about this. This episode is probably one of the more technical or jargony, so if you haven't heard about IFS or EMDR before, it might be worth checking out episodes two and four, where each is covered in much more detail.

Thanks for joining me on another episode of the Therapy Explained podcast. This week we're discussing craniosacral therapy, a form of bodywork consisting of remarkably light touches across the body. Joining me is Cork-based craniosacral therapist Fabrizio Vitali. Fabrizio describes his discovery of craniosacral therapy, how it was developed, its physiological basis, what a typical session looks like, common misconceptions, the connection between physical and emotional trauma and much more.

Thanks for joining me for episode 16 of the Therapy Explained podcast. Today I’m joined by Yvonne Hemming where we discuss interpersonal therapy, more commonly known as IPT.

Yvonne explains what IPT is, in particular the impact current interpersonal relationships have on our mood, the different focal points of interpersonal problems (those being conflict, transition, grief and interpersonal sensitivities), the history of IPT, how IPT has enriched Yvonne’s clinical work, how it’s been adapted over time and what we might expect of IPT in the future. If you enjoy today’s episode please feel free to rate and review wherever you get your podcasts from.

Hello and welcome back to the Therapy Explained podcast. Today, I’ll be speaking with Mindfulness teacher John Cummins. We spoke about John’s journey to mindfulness, what it was about mindfulness that led him to want to teach it, how it can help you, the risks of the overprescription of mindfulness, and some of John's recommendations for those wanting to learn more about it. Learn more about john here - https://www.mindfulcbt.ie/. So settle back, enjoy, and don’t forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Thanks for joining me on episode 14 of the “Therapy Explained” podcast. I’m joined by Dr Melanie Lee of Trust Psychology as we discuss cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). Mel talks through the history of CAT, how it balances structure and flexibility, the importance of the therapeutic relationship, endings in therapy and where CAT fits alongside EMDR and IFS in her practice. To help spread the word, please don’t forget to review, rate and follow.

Welcome to episode 13 of the Therapy Explained podcast where I speak to EMDR guru Melissa Benintendi. Now, although EMDR is a real passion of mine, this week, Melissa and I talked about a passion of hers, Reiki. We cover what Reiki is and where it comes from, where it converges with modern psychotherapies, its relationship with the placebo effect and what that actually means, Melissa’s path to Reiki and much more. Apologies for some of the audio quality on this episode, but it’s a real humdinger, so I hope it makes up for that. As ever, don’t forget to subscribe and leave a rating where you can.