The Therapy Files

Trigger warning: This episode comes to you with a trigger warning attached - this episode could be a challenging listen.  If you don't feel able to listen to this episode, we understand and we respect that. We believe in looking at the challenging topics and sharing important discussions.  We're feminists and we believe that that means looking at both sides of the coin.

In this episode, Callum & Craig sit down to talk about the topic of Male Rape.  This is an issue which has huge stigma around it and we want to put voice to this important topic to raise awareness of it.  In previous episodes we have spoken candidly about many feminist and women's issues issues and we have been staunchly on the side of women.  Yet, we realise that rape is something that unfortunately happens to all genders and so felt it important to look at this from the man's perspective. We touch on statistics, context in which these experiences may happen and how this might impact an individuals' sense of self and one's perception of masculinity if it has happened to you. We also cover male rape in popular culture as well as how we would work with those with experience of this in a counselling context.

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Join Callum & Craig this week as they sit down, 'behind bars' and have a chat about the institutional space of the prison.  The duo consider important issues such as the history of prisons - how did they begin and are they what they are meant to be today? They also take a look at the benefits of the system as well as the inherent flaws.  How is gender impacted in prison? Moreover, what about race?  How about the impact of mental health in prison? Do prisons work as they should, or is an overhaul needed? Curious?  Come on in and take a seat - find out all the answers to the above and more - only on the Therapy Files.

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Join Callum & Craig as theey sit down together again for another episode of The Therapy Files.  In this episode, the duo tackle the topic of The Death Penalty from an intersectional lens, looking at things like race, gender sexuality and history of the barbaric practice.  It's also worth noting that the episode considers the topic around the world and how it's impact has been viewed by the globe in general.  Additionally, we consider Counselling and what that may look like on somewhere like Death Row. A conversational, open-minded discussion awaits you, dear listener.  What more could you want?

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Join Callum and Craig this week for the continuation of our 'Asylums' episode.  In this episode, we take a look at the importance of person centered care within the mental health profession as the other side of the asylums of the past.  Now, treatment and care is so much better - although some would argue there's more work to do - there definitely is.  A short episode, giving you a whistle stop tour of the what's what and how partially the past can still, on some level, affect the practices of today.

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Join Callum & Craig as they sit down for the first time this year for episode 1 of Season 4!  On the Therapy files this episode, the duo consider the historic approach to mental health care and the impact it had on those who lived through it.  The first segment of a of a two-part episode, this promises to be an insightful discussion. Do please, pull up a chair and join us!

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Join Callum & Craig as they sit down for the final time in 2021.  In this final episode of the year, they consider the importance of recognising and understanding invisable disabilities and illnesses.  This episode is part of the Therapy Files Podcast Mini Series on Disability. Do make sure you check out the other episodes too! All that remains is for us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. We're looking forward to returning in 2022.

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Join Callum & Craig as they sit down with proud Feminist Disability Activist, Charlotte Faragher and discuss the perceptions surrounding that unspoken taboo - as society would have it - of Dis/Ability & Sex.  Over the next 40 or so minutes, you'll hear honesty and frank discussion about this topic and how it feels as a person with a disability to be seen as 'othered' and different.  However, what this episode seeks to do is challenge that taboo of Dis/Ability and Sex and normalise discussions around it.  Sex and intimacy is something that anyone deserves to experience whether they are able-bodied or otherwise.

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This week, join Callum & craig as they sit down for part 2 of Callum's interview with Craig where he's in the hot seat considering questions put to him around the topic of disability and lived experience of it.  In this episode, discussion turns to real life examples of Ableism & Disablism along with some anecdotal recalls of being stuck on trains!  The duo also consider language and it's uses in everyday life when used in daily life!  So, put the kettle on and find something nice to munch on as you pull up a pew and join us for part 2 of this interview!

Join Callum & Craig as Callum puts Craig in the hot-seat and interviews him about all things dis/Ability.  A personal and in-depth look at Craig's experiences around living with a disability - part one of this interview promises to be thought provoking and it offers up some of the challenges and issues that individuals still face from society when living with a disability in the 21st Century Today.

Part 2 to follow this coming Saturday 06/11/2021.

Join Callum & Craig as they sit down with Dr. Peter Blundell of #TherapistsConnect to discuss the notion of Boundaries.  In this episode we cover questions such as:

Dr Peter Blundell is one of the founders of #TherapistsConnect, the director of Open Voices a hybrid psychotherapy and counselling publisher.  Moreover, Peter is a practicing therapist and academic, lecturing in Counselling & Psychotherapy at Liverpool John Moores University here in the UK.