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The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

"If you are interested in your mind, emotions, sense of self, and understanding of others, this show is brilliant."Learn something new about the mind every week - With in-depth conversations at the intersection of psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-development, spirituality and the philosophy of mental health. Featuring experts from around the world, leading clinicians and academics, published authors, and people with lived experience, we aim to make complex ideas in the mental health space accessible and engaging. This podcast is designed for a broad audience including professionals, those who suffer with mental health difficulties, more common psychological problems, or those who ju...

E84 - Why was the Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic Shut Down? (w/ Marcus Evans)

66 hours 3 mins; May 02, 2024

E83 - What is Borderline Personality Disorder? (with Dr. Mark Ruffalo)

55 mins; April 25, 2024

E82 - Getting Diagnosed with Adult ADHD (with Kat Brown)

72 hours 26 mins; April 18, 2024

E81- Problems with Psychiatry, Psychedelics, Trauma work & Three Body Problem (Rose Cartwright returns)

63 hours 2 mins; April 11, 2024

My Thoughts on Psychiatric Medications

27 mins; April 04, 2024

E80 - Robin Ince on Comedy, Mental Health, Disagreeement & Almost Everything Else

100 hours 7 mins; March 28, 2024

E79 - All About Narcissism (with Dr. Keith Campbell)

63 hours 0 mins; March 21, 2024

E78 - Caffeine: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

46 mins; March 14, 2024

Breaking Free of the Culture Around You

22 mins; March 07, 2024

E77 - Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training as a Therapist (with Sarah Paul)

62 hours 39 mins; February 29, 2024

E76 - Public Speaking, Acting, Performance & Self-Esteem (with Andy Laithwaite)

58 mins; February 22, 2024

E75 - What is it like to have ADHD? (with Dr. Russell Ramsay)

90 hours 18 mins; February 15, 2024

E74 - Love, Sex, Relationships & Your Brain (with Dr. Helen Fisher)

75 hours 56 mins; February 08, 2024

E73 - Why Do We Fall Apart? (with Vincent Deary)

63 hours 12 mins; February 01, 2024

You Are What You Focus On

19 mins; January 25, 2024

E72 - What can Exercise do for your Mental Health? (with Professor Brendon Stubbs)

51 mins; January 18, 2024

E71 - Is Autism a Disability or a Difference? (with Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen)

46 mins; January 11, 2024

E70 - How do we deal with our Mortality? (with Professor Sheldon Solomon)

79 hours 42 mins; January 05, 2024

This is the End

10 mins; December 28, 2023

The Psychology of Christmas

43 mins; December 21, 2023

E69: What Can Research tell us about Suicide? (With Professor Nav Kapur)

70 hours 18 mins; December 14, 2023

Narcissism & Napoleon

18 mins; December 07, 2023

E68: Dopamine, Addiction, Recovery, Social Media (with Dr. Anna Lembke)

50 mins; November 30, 2023

Seven Misconceptions about Psychotherapy

20 mins; November 27, 2023

E68 - Should You Take Weight Loss Drugs? (With Dr. Michael Camilleri)

49 mins; November 23, 2023

How to Fall Out of Love (Transcending the Honeymoon Period)

16 mins; November 20, 2023

E67: What is it like having Manic Depression? (with Jeremy Thomas) - Part 2 of 2

49 mins; November 16, 2023

Going Over to the Dark Side (Shadow Work)

17 mins; November 13, 2023

E66: What is it like having Manic Depression? (with Jeremy Thomas) - Part 1 of 2

49 mins; November 09, 2023

You Are Trapped in a Story (My Most Controversial Opinion)

20 mins; November 06, 2023

E65 - Are We Ignoring Loneliness? (with Prof. Dame Stokes Lampard)

54 mins; November 02, 2023

Your Brain is a Prediction Machine

18 mins; October 30, 2023

E64: Jo Brand on Comedy, Dating, Relationships, Political Correctness & Mental Health

75 hours 23 mins; October 27, 2023

Escaping the Triangle of Drama

19 mins; October 23, 2023

E63 - The Four Thoughts that F*ck You Up (with Daniel Fryer)

61 hours 25 mins; October 19, 2023

Creation vs Destruction

18 mins; October 16, 2023

E62: The Power of Subtraction (with Prof. Leidy Klotz)

50 mins; October 13, 2023

Can Psychotherapy Defend Free Speech?

19 mins; October 10, 2023

E61: The Saad Truth about Happiness, Marriage, Careers & Evolution (with Dr. Gad Saad)

68 hours 9 mins; October 06, 2023

Dealing with Self-Criticism (Stop Hating Yourself)

25 mins; October 03, 2023

E60: Confidence & Why Your Beliefs Matter (with Professor Ian Robertson)

56 mins; September 28, 2023

Practical Philosophy for Hard Times

27 mins; September 25, 2023

E59: Exercise, Eating Disorders & Mental Health in Elite Athletes (with Dr. Amit Mistry)

59 mins; September 21, 2023

Delayed Gratification is the Modern Superpower

15 mins; September 19, 2023

E58: How has Evolution Shaped Our Minds? (with Dr. Randolph Nesse)

86 hours 19 mins; September 14, 2023

Why We're Lazy & Afraid (and What to do About it)

22 mins; September 12, 2023

Interview #57: Brain Stimulation, Psychedelics & Psychiatry 3.0 (with Dr. Nolan Williams)

75 hours 29 mins; September 08, 2023

Interview #56: Travel, Sex, Values, Serendipity, Technology & Success (with Dr. Chris Ryan)

83 hours 15 mins; September 01, 2023

Interview #55: The Psychology of the Sopranos

63 hours 26 mins; August 18, 2023

Lived Experience #6: From Severe OCD to TedX Speaker (with Shaun Flores)

42 mins; July 27, 2023

Interview #54: I Hope This Helps (with Jack Arbuthnott)

77 hours 15 mins; July 13, 2023

Interview #53: Is it all in Your Head? (Psychosomatic disorders with Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan)

110 hours 13 mins; June 29, 2023

Interview #52: How does Genetics Affect our Mental Health? (Professor Cathryn Lewis)

60 hours 55 mins; June 15, 2023

Interview #51: Who Looks After Healthcare Workers? (with Dr. Helen Garr)

51 mins; June 01, 2023

Interview #50: The Evolution of Friendships and Dating (With Professor Robin Dunbar)

80 hours 43 mins; May 18, 2023

Interview #49: What can Freud tell us about History and Politics? (with Professor Eli Zaretsky)

46 mins; May 04, 2023

Interview #48: Why Aren't We Using Hypnosis? (With Dr. David Spiegel)

63 hours 29 mins; April 20, 2023

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48 secs; April 13, 2023

Lived Experience #5: What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder (with Kitty Wallace from the BDD Foundation)

50 mins; April 06, 2023

Interview #47: When Anxiety gets Severe (with Lisa Williams at the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit)

60 hours 15 mins; March 23, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Psychiatrist

50 mins; March 09, 2023

Interview #46: Sex, Drugs and MRI Scanners (with Dr Matt Wall and Natalie Ertl)

49 mins; February 23, 2023

Lived Experience #4: Anxiety, Depression, DBT and Navigating the Mental Health System

80 hours 44 mins; February 09, 2023

Interview #45: OCD, Meditation, Psychedelics & Trauma work (with Rose Cartwright)

61 hours 16 mins; January 25, 2023

Interview #44: How Should We Eat, Sleep and Drink to Improve our Mental Health? (with Kimberley Wilson)

52 mins; January 14, 2023

Best of 2022

23 mins; December 31, 2022

Bonus: Imposter Syndrome

15 mins; December 23, 2022

Interview #43: How Does Therapy Work? (with Dr. Martha Stark)

87 hours 13 mins; December 08, 2022

Interview #42: More about Cannabis - Adolescents, Legalisation, Psychosis (with Professor Valerie Curran and Dr Will Lawn)

60 hours 18 mins; November 24, 2022

Bonus: Why Perfectionism is your Enemy

9 mins; November 17, 2022

Interview #41: Attachment, Dating, Relationships, Marriage & Psychotherapy (with Adam Lane Smith)

62 hours 20 mins; November 10, 2022

Audio Essay #15: Why Do We Have Personalities?

32 mins; October 27, 2022

Audio Essay #14: Getting a More Balanced Perspective

15 mins; October 14, 2022

Lived Experience #3: Anorexia Nervosa

51 mins; September 30, 2022

Lived Experience #2: Psychosis (with Ad Gridley)

42 mins; September 17, 2022

Interview #40: Psychiatry in a Time of War (With Dr. Natalia Pidkalyuk)

37 mins; September 02, 2022

Audio Essay #13 - This is Going to Hurt: Why Growth is Hard (and why you should do it anyway)

13 mins; August 19, 2022

Lived Experience #1: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Religion and Recovery.

49 mins; August 04, 2022

Interview #39: Stop Being Nice (Dating & Relationships with Dr. Robert Glover)

90 hours 23 mins; July 22, 2022

Interview #38: Addiction, the Opioid Epidemic and How to Save Lives (with Professor Sir John Strang)

87 hours 35 mins; July 08, 2022

Interview #37: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (With Prof. David Veale)

48 mins; June 23, 2022

Interview #36: Providing Drug and Alcohol Treatment and its Challenges (with Dr. Emmert Roberts)

48 mins; June 10, 2022

Interview #35: Dr. Alex George (on Love Island, Public Mental Health, Self-Actualisation, Learning from Failure)

64 hours 31 mins; May 27, 2022

Audio Essay #12: Anxiety & Depression

20 mins; May 13, 2022

Interview #34: Eating Disorders (with Professor Janet Treasure)

60 hours 3 mins; April 29, 2022

Interview #33: Dr. Richard Miller Part 2 - Ayahuasca, Cannabis, Ketamine, Existential Responsibility, Psychotherapy

67 hours 32 mins; March 31, 2022

Interview #32: Mental Health, Race, Poverty, Addiction and how they're shown on TV (with Dr. Akeem Sule)

49 mins; March 17, 2022

How & Why to Engage in Conflict (Audio-Essay #11)

32 mins; March 04, 2022

Interview #31: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (with Dr Charles Shepherd)

61 hours 5 mins; February 18, 2022

Interview #30: All About Ketamine (with Dr. Lawrence Park)

57 mins; February 03, 2022

Interview #29: Changing your Perspective to Change your Life with The Speakmans

79 hours 10 mins; January 20, 2022

Audio Essay #10: A New Years Resolution that Works (Long-term Behaviour Change)

31 mins; January 06, 2022

The Psychology of Christmas

43 mins; December 23, 2021

Interview #28: Obesity, Weight Loss and Why We Eat Too Much (With Andrew Jenkinson)

52 mins; December 09, 2021

Interview #27: Why Do We Laugh? (With Professor Sophie Scott)

48 mins; November 26, 2021

Interview #26: Dr. Richard Miller Part 1 - MDMA, Psychedelics & the Therapeutic Milleu

97 hours 43 mins; November 11, 2021

Audio Essay #9: Reality vs Fantasy

26 mins; October 28, 2021

Interview #25: Cannabis, CBD and THC - What You Should Know (with Dr. Amir Englund)

58 mins; October 14, 2021

Interview #24: The Cruelty in All of Us (with Dr. Gwen Adshead)

82 hours 57 mins; September 30, 2021

Interview #23: Our Brain is Divided (with Dr. Iain McGilchrist)

96 hours 47 mins; September 15, 2021

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