Therapy Natters

Send us Fan Mail It's Valentine's Day! The perfect time for Richard & Fiona to explore the psychological side of love. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen...

Send us Fan Mail Almost half of the UK population consider themselves religious to some degree, whether that means they're a churchgoer or simply believe in a god. This week we chat with Kathy Spooner, CEO of The Association Of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions, to explore how faith can play a part in our therapy. Contact Kathy at counselling@acc-uk.org Join our Evolve to Thriv...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle dive deep into the concept of learned helplessness and attributions.  They discuss how various facets such as ability, effort, task difficulty and luck contribute to the perception of success or failure in tasks.  They also highlight how people attribute their failures or shortcoming...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona are nattering with Art Psychotherapist Lyni Sargent about the therapeutic  benefits of making Art. https://www.instagram.com/starleng/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Blue...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Therapy Natters, join Richard & Fiona as they explore the influential psychological theory of OCEAN – the Big Five Personality Traits of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism – to gain insights into the complexities of what it is to be human! https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/big-five-personality-trait...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, hosts Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle speak with Dr. Rebecca Berman, a pain consultant with the NHS, to help explain the influence of perception and emotion on pain, the potential impacts of psychological trauma on pain experience, and techniques for managing pain. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagr...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle explore the complex emotions of guilt and shame. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to R...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona have a returning guest, Sharon Mustard, to talk with them about how our psychology can easily get in the way of a better birthing experience. https://www.easibirthing.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Ri...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, Richard and Fiona dive deep into the topic of narcissism, specifically Narcissistic Personality Disorder, to distinguish between that and simply high self-esteem and assertiveness. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnother...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Richard & Fiona are joined by hypno-psychotherapist Carlie Fairbrother to discuss food relationships, body image, and intuitive eating. https://cheshiretherapyroom.com/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard'...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona talk all about Cognitive Distortions, the thinking traps that we all fall into that can so easily spoil our lives or at best hold us back. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of the Therapy Natters podcast, Richard & Fiona engage in a thought-provoking dialogue with special guest Zayna Brookhouse, a specialist in equality, diversity, and inclusion.  The conversation spans a wide range of topics from the fluidity of gender and sexuality, the evolution of sociocultural norms, to the importance of open-mindedness and embrac...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle discuss the concept of attachment theory. They explore how our early experiences with caregivers can shape our interactions and reactions as adults, whether it be in friendships, relationships, or even why we follow a football team. 00:00 Introduction 01:50 The Role of Therapists and Client-Cent...

Send us Fan Mail It's guest week. Richard & Fiona have an old friend Bill Hard to join them this week to talk about his Buddhist experiences. https://www.dayandnighttherapy.com/bill-hard/ You can also find more about Bill's and other's work at the Monroe Institute in their app  https://info.monroeinstitute.org/get-expand-app Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're answering a listener question about what being a full-time therapist is actually like. The pros, the cons and everything in-between. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard and Fiona are joined by psychotherapist Shaun Brookhouse to natter about the complexity of forgiveness, its relation to accountability, repentance and the concept of accepting imperfections. shaunbrookhouse.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnother...

Send us Fan Mail The psychiatrist Iain McGilcrist published a book back in 2009 called The Master and His Emissary all about what our left brain and right brain really do. Because it's quite complicated Fiona thought it would be nice to try and make it understandable for all of us, and to see how it explains why hypnotherapy can be so useful. https://www.ted.com/talks/iain_mcgilchrist_the_div...

Send us Fan Mail We have another guest this week, Jan McGregor Hepburn, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, who joins us to talk about psychoanalysis and its principles. We discuss the differences between various types of therapy, the role of the unconscious mind, and the practice of analysis. Jan McGregor Hepburn   Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Faceb...

Send us Fan Mail This week it's all about Apathy. That feeling where you have no interest and no energy for one reason or another. Let's have a little look shall we? Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X...

Send us Fan Mail It's guest week on Therapy Natters. And this week Richard & Fiona are nattering with family, systemic & couples therapist Inger Gordon. https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Inger-Gordon-iAieSAAS Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTu...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona are nattering in response to a listener question about anxiety and test conditions. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen t...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona are chatting with the author, consultant and human rights campaigner Julian Harrison about what it's like being in therapy. https://julianharrison.wordpress.com   Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richa...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona have a natter about the concept of "Ego States" in Transactional Analysis. The idea being that we can break our personality down into 3 different states of Parent Adult and Child. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group...

Send us Fan Mail Autism is a highly misunderstood condition, probably due to autistic people's varied strengths and weaknesses. So this week Richard & Fiona are chatting with therapist Paula Stone, who works as an advisor in schools helping people with neurodivergent traits to understand more about why they feel the way that they feel. https://www.meadowsweetholistichealth.co.uk/ Join our...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona answer a listener question about staying motivated when job hunting. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Pa...