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Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on a topic he has been interested in since high school. After not doing as well as he hoped in year 11, Harvey and a close friend Nick did a deep dive on how they could do as well as possible in year 12. He shares these insights and much more in this episode.

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on helping people to improve their rumination. Together, they discuss: * the difference between rumination and reflection * the difference between worrying and planning * the difference between rumination and worrying * what people can do if they feel that they are overthinking * how to best support someo...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on everything he knows about helping people to improve their chronic dizziness symptoms. Together, they discuss: * what persistent dizziness is * how it is often misdiagnosed * the relationship between dizziness and anxiety * what people with persistent dizziness can do * the importance of exposure and mo...

Nearly all phones these days will tell you your average screen time. That is, how long you are using your phone for each day. Over the last week, how long did you typically use your phone for each day? Was it longer than you expected it to be? Is it for a longer period of time than you would like to be using it for? If you were using your phone less, what would you like to do with all of that extr...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on how people can best look after their brain health. Together, they discuss some of the biggest myths when it comes to our brains, and the things that people can do to best look after their brain health in the moment and for the future. If you have any topics that you would like us to cover in future epi...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on what personality is, how we can assess it, and how we can best use these findings to better understand ourselves and improve areas that we would like to over time. If you would like to try out a personality assessment yourself, try the IPIP-120 at www.personalityassessor.com or the Myers-Briggs Type In...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth and Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones have a chat about what makes a good relationship. Together, they discuss: * how they think about what makes a good therapeutic relationship or therapeutic alliance. * how to actively listen * how to effectively communicate * what are the four traps that people can do that can harm a relationship over time * what...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on an often misunderstood condition: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Together, they discuss: * what OCD is * what are the different subtypes of OCD * how common are intrusive thoughts? * what the differences are between someone who experiences OCD symptoms occasionally and someone who has OCD at a clinical...

Here is a special bonus to our chronic pain episode. This exercise was performed by Dr Harvey Jones for people who would like to practice and develop their ability to drop anchor to help them with pain and discomfort!

In this episode, Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on helping people to improve chronic pain. Chronic pain impacts up to 20% of the population, so there is a good chance that you or someone you know is significantly impacted by this. Together, they discuss: * what is chronic pain? * what are the main differences between acute and chronic...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about how people can improve their symptoms of feeling panicky and panic attacks. Together, they discuss: * what a panic attack is * what are the physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of a panic attack * why do panic attacks occur? * what's the difference between feeling panicky and a panic attac...

Highlights from our episode on habits that could be a really useful reminder for people that are wanting to build healthy habits or break unhelpful habits to start off 2025! Thanks so much for tuning into our show these past two years. Looking forward to bringing you some new topics again soon in 2025!

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on everything to do with values clarification. Together, they discuss: * what a value is * the differences between values and goals * whether values are more important than goals * how people can better understand or clarify their own values * how an individual's personal values might differ from their fa...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how people can help improve their depression severity. Here is a quick highlight of the best moments and key take-aways from their longer episode that they did on improving mood and depression.

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist on trauma, trauma symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. Together, they discuss: * how to define trauma * what is PTSD? * why do some things feel traumatic? * what impact does trauma have on our brain? * how do we best manage the different trauma symptoms? * what are the most effective treatments out there for trauma...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Dr Harvey Jones on one of his main specialties - functional neurological disorder (FND). They continue their discussion from last episode, including: * lifestyle factors that can help with FND, * effective treatments for FND, *prognosis for people with FND, * the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for helping to manage FND, * how helpful p...

"FND is one of the most common disorders that you've never heard about" 
 Dr Damon Ashworth, Clinical Psychologist, interviews Dr Harvey Jones, Clinical Neuropsychologist on one of his specialised interests - functional neurological disorder (FND). Harvey is at the forefront of the healthcare system in helping people with FND better understand what is going on for them with their brain and physica...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about his thoughts on the recent changes in banning the sale of vapes outside of pharmacies in Australia. They discuss what an addiction is, what can lead to an addiction developing, what the consequences can be, and what can be done.

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about how people can improve their healthy habits and decrease their unhelpful habits. Together, they discuss: * what are helpful and unhelpful habits, and why are these better terms than good and bad habits? * when does a habit become unhelpful? * what are some ways that we can break unhelpful habits? * what are...

If you have the time, feel free to check out our longer episode on sleep. If you just want the key takeaways about sleep and what you can do, check out this bite-sized episode!

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Harvey Jones about Imposter Syndrome. Together, they discuss: * What is imposter syndrome, and how does it show up in different people? * What are potential triggers for imposter syndrome, or what could make it more likely to happen? * How common is imposter syndrome? (spoiler: up to 82% of people have felt it at some point in th...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how can effectively work through and manage guilt and shame. Harvey asks Damon the following: * Why are we talking about guilt and shame in the one podcast episode? * What are the main differences between guilt and shame? * What purposes do guilt and shame serve? * Are guilt and shame typical emotions for peopl...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on a big area of his expertise - persistent concussion symptoms. Together, they discuss: * What are typical persistent concussion symptoms (PCS)? * How long do the symptoms typically last for? * What can people do to help manage their symptoms? * Are there any medications out there that can help? * Is it safe for...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how people can improve their overall well-being. Well-being can be a really wide and poorly defined topic, but most people that do come into therapy do so because they are hoping to improve their lives in some way. When you think of wanting to improve your life, what does it look like to you? Would you like to...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on: * What attention is * What inattention is * The difference between ADHD and attention lapses * Why are people more concerned about their attention lately? * Can someone's anxiety or depression actually be their ADHD? * Is medication the only solution to inattention? * What people can do to try to improve t...