The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

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Join psychiatrists Alex, Rebecca and Anya as they have in-depth conversations all about mental health, psychology, psychotherapy, self-development, the philosophy of psychiatry and related topics - Email: thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com - Hosted by  Dr. Alex Curmi, Dr. Anya Borissova & Dr. Rebecca Wilkinson. 


Episode Date
E84 - Why was the Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic Shut Down? (w/ Marcus Evans)
May 02, 2024
E83 - What is Borderline Personality Disorder? (with Dr. Mark Ruffalo)
Apr 25, 2024
E82 - Getting Diagnosed with Adult ADHD (with Kat Brown)
Apr 18, 2024
E81- Problems with Psychiatry, Psychedelics, Trauma work & Three Body Problem (Rose Cartwright returns)
Apr 11, 2024
My Thoughts on Psychiatric Medications
Apr 04, 2024
E80 - Robin Ince on Comedy, Mental Health, Disagreeement & Almost Everything Else
Mar 29, 2024
E79 - All About Narcissism (with Dr. Keith Campbell)
Mar 22, 2024
E78 - Caffeine: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Mar 15, 2024
Breaking Free of the Culture Around You
Mar 08, 2024
E77 - Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training as a Therapist (with Sarah Paul)
Mar 01, 2024
E76 - Public Speaking, Acting, Performance & Self-Esteem (with Andy Laithwaite)
Feb 23, 2024
E75 - What is it like to have ADHD? (with Dr. Russell Ramsay)
Feb 16, 2024
E74 - Love, Sex, Relationships & Your Brain (with Dr. Helen Fisher)
Feb 09, 2024
E73 - Why Do We Fall Apart? (with Vincent Deary)
Feb 02, 2024
You Are What You Focus On
Jan 26, 2024
E72 - What can Exercise do for your Mental Health? (with Professor Brendon Stubbs)
Jan 19, 2024
E71 - Is Autism a Disability or a Difference? (with Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen)
Jan 12, 2024
E70 - How do we deal with our Mortality? (with Professor Sheldon Solomon)
Jan 05, 2024
This is the End
Dec 29, 2023
The Psychology of Christmas
Dec 22, 2023
E69: What Can Research tell us about Suicide? (With Professor Nav Kapur)
Dec 15, 2023
Narcissism & Napoleon
Dec 08, 2023
E68: Dopamine, Addiction, Recovery, Social Media (with Dr. Anna Lembke)
Dec 01, 2023
Seven Misconceptions about Psychotherapy
Nov 28, 2023
E68 - Should You Take Weight Loss Drugs? (With Dr. Michael Camilleri)
Nov 24, 2023
How to Fall Out of Love (Transcending the Honeymoon Period)
Nov 21, 2023
E67: What is it like having Manic Depression? (with Jeremy Thomas) - Part 2 of 2
Nov 17, 2023
Going Over to the Dark Side (Shadow Work)
Nov 14, 2023
E66: What is it like having Manic Depression? (with Jeremy Thomas) - Part 1 of 2
Nov 10, 2023
You Are Trapped in a Story (My Most Controversial Opinion)
Nov 07, 2023
E65 - Are We Ignoring Loneliness? (with Prof. Dame Stokes Lampard)
Nov 03, 2023
Your Brain is a Prediction Machine
Oct 31, 2023
E64: Jo Brand on Comedy, Dating, Relationships, Political Correctness & Mental Health
Oct 27, 2023
Escaping the Triangle of Drama
Oct 24, 2023
E63 - The Four Thoughts that F*ck You Up (with Daniel Fryer)
Oct 20, 2023
Creation vs Destruction
Oct 17, 2023
E62: The Power of Subtraction (with Prof. Leidy Klotz)
Oct 13, 2023
Can Psychotherapy Defend Free Speech?
Oct 10, 2023
E61: The Saad Truth about Happiness, Marriage, Careers & Evolution (with Dr. Gad Saad)
Oct 06, 2023
Dealing with Self-Criticism (Stop Hating Yourself)
Oct 03, 2023
E60: Confidence & Why Your Beliefs Matter (with Professor Ian Robertson)
Sep 29, 2023
Practical Philosophy for Hard Times
Sep 26, 2023
E59: Exercise, Eating Disorders & Mental Health in Elite Athletes (with Dr. Amit Mistry)
Sep 22, 2023
Delayed Gratification is the Modern Superpower
Sep 19, 2023
E58: How has Evolution Shaped Our Minds? (with Dr. Randolph Nesse)
Sep 15, 2023
Why We're Lazy & Afraid (and What to do About it)
Sep 12, 2023
Interview #57: Brain Stimulation, Psychedelics & Psychiatry 3.0 (with Dr. Nolan Williams)
Sep 08, 2023
Interview #56: Travel, Sex, Values, Serendipity, Technology & Success (with Dr. Chris Ryan)
Sep 01, 2023
Interview #55: The Psychology of the Sopranos
Aug 18, 2023
Lived Experience #6: From Severe OCD to TedX Speaker (with Shaun Flores)
Jul 28, 2023
Interview #54: I Hope This Helps (with Jack Arbuthnott)
Jul 14, 2023
Interview #53: Is it all in Your Head? (Psychosomatic disorders with Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan)
Jun 30, 2023
Interview #52: How does Genetics Affect our Mental Health? (Professor Cathryn Lewis)
Jun 15, 2023
Interview #51: Who Looks After Healthcare Workers? (with Dr. Helen Garr)
Jun 02, 2023
Interview #50: The Evolution of Friendships and Dating (With Professor Robin Dunbar)
May 19, 2023
Interview #49: What can Freud tell us about History and Politics? (with Professor Eli Zaretsky)
May 05, 2023
Interview #48: Why Aren't We Using Hypnosis? (With Dr. David Spiegel)
Apr 21, 2023
Announcement: We are Re-Branding! Subscribe to avoid missing any new episodes!
Apr 13, 2023
Lived Experience #5: What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder (with Kitty Wallace from the BDD Foundation)
Apr 07, 2023
Interview #47: When Anxiety gets Severe (with Lisa Williams at the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit)
Mar 24, 2023
A Day in the Life of a Psychiatrist
Mar 10, 2023
Interview #46: Sex, Drugs and MRI Scanners (with Dr Matt Wall and Natalie Ertl)
Feb 24, 2023
Lived Experience #4: Anxiety, Depression, DBT and Navigating the Mental Health System
Feb 10, 2023
Interview #45: OCD, Meditation, Psychedelics & Trauma work (with Rose Cartwright)
Jan 26, 2023
Interview #44: How Should We Eat, Sleep and Drink to Improve our Mental Health? (with Kimberley Wilson)
Jan 14, 2023
Best of 2022
Dec 31, 2022
Bonus: Imposter Syndrome
Dec 23, 2022
Interview #43: How Does Therapy Work? (with Dr. Martha Stark)
Dec 09, 2022
Interview #42: More about Cannabis - Adolescents, Legalisation, Psychosis (with Professor Valerie Curran and Dr Will Lawn)
Nov 25, 2022
Bonus: Why Perfectionism is your Enemy
Nov 17, 2022
Interview #41: Attachment, Dating, Relationships, Marriage & Psychotherapy (with Adam Lane Smith)
Nov 11, 2022
Audio Essay #15: Why Do We Have Personalities?
Oct 28, 2022
Audio Essay #14: Getting a More Balanced Perspective
Oct 14, 2022
Lived Experience #3: Anorexia Nervosa
Sep 30, 2022
Lived Experience #2: Psychosis (with Ad Gridley)
Sep 17, 2022
Interview #40: Psychiatry in a Time of War (With Dr. Natalia Pidkalyuk)
Sep 02, 2022
Audio Essay #13 - This is Going to Hurt: Why Growth is Hard (and why you should do it anyway)
Aug 19, 2022
Lived Experience #1: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Religion and Recovery.
Aug 04, 2022
Interview #39: Stop Being Nice (Dating & Relationships with Dr. Robert Glover)
Jul 22, 2022
Interview #38: Addiction, the Opioid Epidemic and How to Save Lives (with Professor Sir John Strang)
Jul 08, 2022
Interview #37: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (With Prof. David Veale)
Jun 23, 2022
Interview #36: Providing Drug and Alcohol Treatment and its Challenges (with Dr. Emmert Roberts)
Jun 10, 2022
Interview #35: Dr. Alex George (on Love Island, Public Mental Health, Self-Actualisation, Learning from Failure)
May 27, 2022
Audio Essay #12: Anxiety & Depression
May 13, 2022
Interview #34: Eating Disorders (with Professor Janet Treasure)
Apr 29, 2022
Interview #33: Dr. Richard Miller Part 2 - Ayahuasca, Cannabis, Ketamine, Existential Responsibility, Psychotherapy
Apr 01, 2022
Interview #32: Mental Health, Race, Poverty, Addiction and how they're shown on TV (with Dr. Akeem Sule)
Mar 18, 2022
How & Why to Engage in Conflict (Audio-Essay #11)
Mar 04, 2022
Interview #31: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (with Dr Charles Shepherd)
Feb 18, 2022
Interview #30: All About Ketamine (with Dr. Lawrence Park)
Feb 04, 2022
Interview #29: Changing your Perspective to Change your Life with The Speakmans
Jan 21, 2022
Audio Essay #10: A New Years Resolution that Works (Long-term Behaviour Change)
Jan 07, 2022
The Psychology of Christmas
Dec 24, 2021
Interview #28: Obesity, Weight Loss and Why We Eat Too Much (With Andrew Jenkinson)
Dec 10, 2021
Interview #27: Why Do We Laugh? (With Professor Sophie Scott)
Nov 27, 2021
Interview #26: Dr. Richard Miller Part 1 - MDMA, Psychedelics & the Therapeutic Milleu
Nov 12, 2021
Audio Essay #9: Reality vs Fantasy
Oct 29, 2021
Interview #25: Cannabis, CBD and THC - What You Should Know (with Dr. Amir Englund)
Oct 15, 2021
Interview #24: The Cruelty in All of Us (with Dr. Gwen Adshead)
Oct 01, 2021
Interview #23: Our Brain is Divided (with Dr. Iain McGilchrist)
Sep 16, 2021
Interview #22: Cannabis & Psychosis (with Dr. Marta Di Forti and Professor Robin Murray)
Sep 01, 2021
Interview #21: Introducing New Hosts Anya & Rebecca
Aug 05, 2021
Interview #20: Being both the doctor and the patient with Dr Rebecca Lawrence
Jul 12, 2021
Interview #19: Tribalism and the Value of Disagreement (with Dr. Julian-Pascal Saadi)
Jun 21, 2021
Interview #18: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (with Robert Plomin)
May 23, 2021
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Interview #18 Teaser)
May 19, 2021
Interview #17: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (with Michelle Batcock)
May 08, 2021
Audio Essay #8: What are Emotions for?
Mar 30, 2021
Interview #16: Dr. Adrian James - The Current Mental Health Lanscape
Mar 10, 2021
Audio Essay #7: Marriage Story - Polarities and Collisions
Feb 14, 2021
Audio Essay #6: Wisdom vs Intelligence
Jan 18, 2021
Interview #15: Mindfulness & Adversity (with Dr. Florian Ruths)
Jan 06, 2021
Audio Essay #5: Failure, Personality and Calibrating One's Mental Compass
Dec 24, 2020
Audio Essay #4: St. Maud - Psychological Analysis of Horror
Nov 23, 2020
Interview #13: Psychedelic assisted Psychotherapy (With Dr. James Rucker)
Nov 09, 2020
Audio Essay #3: Pain vs Suffering
Oct 19, 2020
Interview #12: The Psychotic Landscape (with Professor Sir Robin Murray)
Oct 05, 2020
Audio Essay #2: Psychotherapy and How to Think About It
Sep 09, 2020
Interview #11: Neuropsychiatry and Beyond (Dr. Sotiris Posporelis)
Aug 24, 2020
Interview #10: Social Media and YOU (with Dr. Niall Docherty)
Aug 07, 2020
Interview #9: Building Bridges in Intercultural Therapy (with Baffour Ababio)
Jul 14, 2020
Interview #8: Combat Stress (Dr. Walter Busuttil)
May 26, 2020
Interview #7: Pregnancy & Partnership in a Pandemic
May 01, 2020
Clip #8: Why adopt a philosophical approach in psychiatry? How to think about psychiatric medication?
Apr 23, 2020
Interview #6: The End of the World and Cognitive Dissonance (Sheila Marshall and Kris de Meyer)
Apr 16, 2020
Audio Essay #1: On Hidden Opportunities and the Value of Subtraction
Apr 12, 2020
Interview #5: The Current Pandemic Landscape with Dr. Leonard Farrugia
Mar 31, 2020
Clip #6: On Foregoing Dread with Dr. Leonard Farrugia
Mar 30, 2020
Clip #5: Mindfulness Meditation (20 minute session)
Mar 23, 2020
Clip #4: Mindfulness Meditation (10 minute session)
Mar 22, 2020
Clip #3: Coronavirus - Flattening the Curve in four minutes or less
Mar 14, 2020
Interview #4: Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Feb 29, 2020
Interview #3: How to heal from Trauma? A discussion about EMDR therapy
Sep 08, 2019
Clip #2: How to heal from Trauma? A discussion about EMDR therapy (Interview #3 Teaser)
Sep 01, 2019
Interview #2 On becoming a psychiatrist, philosophy of mental disorder, phenomenology & psychotherapy (Dr. Lisa Conlan full interview)
Aug 20, 2019
Clip #1: On Pathologising Ourselves (with Dr. Lisa Conlan)
Jun 07, 2019
Interview #1 Culture and Psychiatry, Religious Experiences and Psychedelics with Dr. Quinton Deeley
Jun 05, 2019