Therapy Natters

Send us Fan Mail Richard & Fiona are joined this week by Psychotherapist David Corr. David is very interested in Internal Family Systems as well as Parts Therapy, and how they integrate so well together in the therapy room. http://davidcorr.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypn...

Send us Fan Mail Making decisions can be hard especially when our emotions get in the way. Back in the early 1980s Maltese psychologist Edward de Bono, inventor of the phrase "Lateral Thinking" proposed an idea to help streamline our decision-making. He called them The 6 Thinking Hats.   Blue Hat: "The Controller's Hat" When you are in blue hat mode, you focus on controlli...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Turnbull chats with Richard & Fiona this week about the concept of people-pleasing. https://cheadletherapy.co.uk 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 Thread...

Send us Fan Mail This week Richard & Fiona talk about Empty Nest Syndrome and having relationships with your children when they're no longer children. 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 Yo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're joined by fellow therapist Eve Stanway who wanted to talk to us about anxiety and how we share our issues with other people. https://evestanway.co.uk 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 Link...

Send us Fan Mail This week is all about how we take our feelings about one person (even ourselves) and put them onto another. 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 Ric...

Send us Fan Mail It's guest week. This week Richard & Fiona are nattering with Life Coach Kate Jackson about the differences between coaching and therapy. Kate Jackson - https://castandmint.co.uk Find a coach International Coaching Federation  - https://coachingfederation.org Association for Coaching - https://www.associationforcoaching.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us...

Send us Fan Mail Bullying is a damaging and painful experience. One that isn't easily forgotten. So today Richard & Fiona delve as lightheartedly as they can into what we can do to deal with it. 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 S...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're joined by psychotherapist and archeologist Dr Alan Greaves who talks about how issues like PTSD are not as recent as we might think. You can find more about Alan on his Academic Blog https://milesiantales.wordpress.com And read some of his work here https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3009723/1/Greaves%20PTSD%202013.pdf Latest Article: https://onlinelibrary....

Send us Fan Mail As an adult, making friends isn't as easy as it was when we were forced to sit next to each other at school or kick a ball around a playground together. Maybe we can find ways of making it easier. 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 R...

Send us Fan Mail This week we spoke with Lynn Boudreau, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and coach based in Cardiff. Lynn is also an opera singer with an interest in working with performers. https://mindbydesign.co.uk 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 Ric...

Send us Fan Mail Weight loss is a very complicated topic and me and Fiona could have talked about different aspects of it for hours and hours. Hopefully we covered some of the basics and important bits in today's episode and struck a balance between too much info and too little. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Ni...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're talking to UKCP Psychotherapist Gordon Buky Webster, an ex Royal Marine who specialises in working with trauma. https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/gordon-webster-iahxyaac/ 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 This weeks TN is about the regulation (or lack of) of talking therapies in the UK. Many people seek out psychotherapy not realising that hypnotherapy might be more appropriate for their issue. But, more importantly, many people look into hypnotherapy thinking the therapist is also a qualified psychotherapist when they usually are not even close! https://syncedreview.com/2017/05/09...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have another guest with us, Hypno-Psychotherapist Lauren Jacobs, to talk about fertility. It was a lovely chat and I hope you find what we say interesting. x https://www.laurenjacobstherapy.co.uk/ 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 C...

Send us Fan Mail W/C 15th May is Hoarding Awareness Week and so this week Richard & Fiona have a good delve into Hoarding Disorder. Hoarding has become a bigger problem than it used to be and it would be good for us all to have a greater understanding of it. https://hoardinguk.org/events/space-time-stuff/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook o...

Send us Fan Mail Lucid dreaming is different to normal dreaming in that sleepers are aware they are dreaming and, in some cases, can exert conscious control over it. Today's episode features a guest from the field of lucid dreams to tell us all about it, hypno-psychotherapist Luigi Sciambarella. Find Luigi at https://www.dayandnighttherapy.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us S...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks Therapy Natters episode is all about why some experiences make us react more than others and how to find better perspectives. Enjoy 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 Yo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have a little natter with an old friend William Davies. He has a great interest in compassion and how it plays into mindfulness. So we thought he could share some wisdom with us all. Enjoy X https://www.williamjamestherapy.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhous...

Send us Fan Mail What's the difference between knowing something and believing something? There are lots of things that people believe, that aren't necessarily reality. Today we'll explore a bit of that. 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 R...

Send us Fan Mail Another guest this week. This time it's the turn of an old friend Danielle Lyons. Danielle is a Counsellor and Hypnotherapist in Essex with a particular interest in helping people understand more about what it is to be "menopausal." This was a really interesting natter and I think we can all learn a lot from listening. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us...

Send us Fan Mail Today Richard & Fiona are talking about a common topic for the therapy room. The strange and often upsetting experience of our own imagination! 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 Facbo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have another guest. A wonderful friend of ours called Ludwig Esser who works as a therapist in Swansea. He has a real interest in using nature in therapy so we thought we'd invite him onto the show to talk about it a little. I hope you enjoy what we have to natter about. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or In...

Send us Fan Mail According to Self Determination Theory, all of us have three key psychological needs; Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness. In this episode Richard & Fiona have a look at how these can influence our motivation if the levels of these 3 "needs" are not quite where they should be. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or...

Send us Fan Mail Richard & Fiona are joined this week by fellow psychotherapist Sharon Mustard. Sharon specialises in working with new parents and parents to be and so who better to talk about the many facets of early years parenting than her. You can find more about Sharon at http://mustardtherapy.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or...