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SoP June 2023

SoP June 2023

In a recent interview with NPR in the US, neuropsychologist, Bernhard Sabel, declares that his study estimates that more medical papers may be made up or plagiarized than previously thought. This is disturbing, if not unsurprising news. The pressure to “publish or...

Becoming a Professional Life Coach with Pat Williams

Becoming a Professional Life Coach with Pat Williams

We talk to Dr Patrick Williams about the 3rd edition of his book Becoming a Professional Life Coach: The Art and Science of a Whole-Person Approach. You can find out more about Dr Pat Williams here https://drpatwilliams.com/ and also details about his books.

Transformative Coaching with Jason Shiers

Transformative Coaching with Jason Shiers

Jason Shiers has over 20 years of experience in many paradigms of change models as a life coach. We talk to him about his journey and his practice. You can find out more about Jason here https://www.wideworldcoaching.com

Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy

Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy

We talk to Megan Connell, the author of Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy: A Guide for the Clinician Game Master, about how therapists can go about using games as therapy. You can find Megan's book here https://amzn.to/40YnI21 For more about Megan's practice go here...

The 7 Dimensions of Children’s Emotional Well-Being

The 7 Dimensions of Children’s Emotional Well-Being

We talk to Jean Annan from New Zealand about her new book 7 Dimensions: Children’s Emotional Well-being, a book that introduces a framework to help adults make sense of the plethora of information available about young people’s feelings, thoughts and actions. You can...

Infidelity: Last Chance Couple Therapy

Infidelity: Last Chance Couple Therapy

We are talking once again to Peter Fraenkel about his work in couple therapy, and today with a focus on infidelity. For more about Peter go to https://www.peterfraenkelphd.com/ And to get his book Last Chance Couple Therapy go to https://amzn.to/3KKC9St

Mental Health Nursing with Claire Hudson-McAuley

Mental Health Nursing with Claire Hudson-McAuley

Claire Hudson-McAuley is a mental health registered nurse, as well as a psychotherapist with credentials in Gestalt and Somatic Psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and a PACT Therapist. Today we catch up with Claire to talk about mental health nursing. You can...

SoP April 2023

SoP April 2023

April is often associated with renewal and growth because it is the month when spring returns to the Northern Hemisphere. But regardless of the hemisphere, a number of celebrations of renewal and growth are now practiced around the globe. The Christian observance of...

Changing perspective… from space!

Changing perspective… from space!

Today we have return guest Sophie Schauermann who has brought along her good friend Rachel Lyons who is the executive director at Space For Humanity https://spaceforhumanity.org/ an amazing initiative to send people to space for a profound shift in perspective. You...

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy with Jonathan Sabbagh

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy with Jonathan Sabbagh

Jonathan Sabbagh is the co-founder and CEO of Journey Clinical, an integrative platform for medical professionals and mental health professionals to provide Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with a team approach. Find out more about Journey Clinical here...

Imago Relationship Therapy

Imago Relationship Therapy

Today we talk to Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt, the couple who founded Imago relationship therapy. We find out about their history and a bit about the important contributions they have made to couples therapy and indeed conflict resolution more broadly.You can find...

A Graphic Novel on Incest

A Graphic Novel on Incest

Terry Marks-Tarlow and Leanne Domash talk about their collaboration on an adult therapeutic novel about incest - The Eel & the Blowfish: A Graphic Novel of Dreams, Trauma, and Healing. You can find out more about the book and the authors here...

The Science of Psychotherapy March 2023

The Science of Psychotherapy March 2023

In the past few months, I have had the pleasure to spend time with friends, colleagues and clients who visited me, or I visited them both literally or virtually. I feel so fortunate to have spent time with people in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, the USA,...

Happily Even After with Jonah Paquette

Happily Even After with Jonah Paquette

We catch up with clinical psychologist, author specializing in the science of well-being and emotional fitness, and friend of SoP, Jonah Paquette. He's got a new book out, Happily Even After:Daily Practices to Recover Joy After Hardship, Heartache, and Heartbreak, so...

Tuned in to children and families with Sophie Schauermann

Tuned in to children and families with Sophie Schauermann

We talk to Sophie Schauermann, LCSW, who has over 10 years of experience working closely with children and families in many settings, including the Harvard Medical School's laboratory for youth mental health, the public school system, community based mental health...

Last Chance Couple Therapy with Peter Fraenkel

Last Chance Couple Therapy with Peter Fraenkel

We talk to Dr Peter Fraenkel, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, The City College of the City University of New York, about his latest book "Last Chance Couple Therapy: Bringing Relationships Back From The Brink". You can find out more about Dr...

The Science of Psychotherapy February 2023

The Science of Psychotherapy February 2023

The big buzz over recent times has been about content generating AI - Artificial Intelligence that can produce much more than just spellcheck or grammar check or search for information on the net. These programs will not only find the information but turn out a...

Brief Therapy Conversations

Brief Therapy Conversations

Today Richard Hill talks with Michael F. Hoyt and Flavio Cannistra who have a new book out, Brief Therapy Conversations: Exploring Efficient Intervention in Psychotherapy. Check out the conference here...

The collected works of Milton H. Erickson

The collected works of Milton H. Erickson

We talk with Roxanna Erickson-Klein (daughter of the late Milton H. Erickson) and Kathryn Rossi (widow of Ernest Rossi) and their editing of The Collected Works of Milton H. Erickson. Learn more as a member of The Science of Psychotherapy! Get access to hundreds of...

Interpersonal Networks – the mirror neuron system

Interpersonal Networks – the mirror neuron system

Matt & Richard talk about interpersonal networks of the brain. In particular they talk about the mirror neuron system that was first discovered by a team of Italian researches in the early 1990s. Learn more as a member of The Science of Psychotherapy! Get access...