Psyched To Be With You!

In the 12th (and final!) episode of season 2 – I am Psyched To Be With  You, Dr Raffael Boccamazzo (aka Dr B)! Dr B is a clinical psychologist  with a PsyD doctorate, he is also the Clinical Director at Take This, a  regular podcast host/guest and all-round style icon. As I work my way  through interviewing the entire staff at Take This this episode touches  on so many won...

In the 11th episode of season 2 – I am Psyched To Be With You, Dr Poppy Gibson! Poppy is a senior lecturer at A.R.U university and is an EdD (or Doctor of education). Naturally then, you might guess we talk about all things teaching and education from a holistic perspective. We also discuss research, thrillers, mental health and the pros and cons of going to live in a log cabin! You may also disco...

In the 10th episode of season 2 – I am Psyched To Be With You, Jennifer Kretchmer! Jen is an actor, writer, producer, TTRPG extraordinaire, actual play legend, accessibility consultant and disability activist! Like many in this season I had the pleasure of working with Jen for the Disability: The Plot Device digital panel for PAX East 2022 and I’m a huge fan of her work. In this episode we dive in...

In the 9th episode of season 2 – I am Psyched To Be With You, Michael Mairs (aka Smirky)! Smirky is a Twitch partner, ToonTown legend, Communications degree graduate and upcoming panellist boss! Smirky is another great person I had the pleasure of meeting at PAX and speaking with him was fantastic, inspiring and insightful. In this episode, we chat about all things Twitch, streaming, content creat...

In the 8th episode of season 2 – I am Psyched To Be With You, Dr Sarah Hays! Sarah is a licensed therapist, clinical contributor, Queer Women in eSports legend and much more! Sarah is an all-round wonderful human working in the geek-therapy space and is one of my favourite people to talk with. In this episode we chat about all things therapy, therapists share our joy of dystopian TV and more. This...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains terms and phrases relating to ill-mental health, and some mild language. Please be mindful, and take care if you need resources you can find them here: https://www.takethis.org/mental-health-resources/ In the 7th episode of Season 2, I am Psyched To Be With You, Dr Kelli Dunlap! Kelli is a licenced clinical therapist, lecturer, public speaker, community manag...

In the 6th episode of Season 2, I am Psyched to be with you, Danielle  Roe!  Danielle (she/her) is a PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham in the UK exploring how non-binary, transgender and genderqueer people form, express and understand their gender identity in online spaces under heteronormative constraints within the overarching lesbian, gay,  bisexual, transgender, que...

In the 5th episode of Season 2, I am Psyched to be with you, Dr Jamie Madigan! Jamie has a doctorate in occupational Psychology, and looks at the overlap between psychology and video games. A published author on the subject, Jamie has two books currently available alongside his website and podcast the Psychology of Games. We speak about all things psychology, podcasting, gaming AND MORE in this ep...

In the 4th episode of Season 2, I am Psyched to be with you Rosie! Rosie is a member of staff at the wonderful Safe In Our World, podcast host, content creator and all-round wonderful person. This was such a fun chat, I feel like I clicked with Rosie right away and I legit can’t wait to work with her again in the future. @rtparty3 ( https://twitter.com/rtparty3 ). Contains some Strong language. Al...

SPOILER WARNING for The Witcher seasons 1/2 and Final Fantasy VI/VII. In the 3rd episode of Season 2, I am Psyched to be with you Dr Rachel Kowert! Dr Kowert is an academic heroine of mine – author of books, researcher of video games, #CavillInfluencer, content creator AND MORE. This was beyond wild for me, I was so nervous and excited to do this episode. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did...

In the 2nd episode of Season 2, I am Psyched to be with you Dennis  Relojo-Howell! We chat all things PhD life, resilience, blogging,  Dennis's digital media company Psychreg and more! @dennisr_howell ( https://twitter.com/dennisr_howell )   All of Dennis' links: University webpage: https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dennis-relojo-howell   Website: https://www.dennis.psychreg.org/ &n...

Psyched to be with you is back for Seasons 2, in Episode 1 I chat to  Christopher aka AdventDolphinRider about content creation, streaming, Celeste, photography and more! @AdventGamesLive (https://twitter.com/AdventGamesLive)   Check out Advent on his Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adventdolphinrider/    Find all the useful links, and how you can follow and support Blind Psyche...

Everything you need to know about the upcoming Season 2 of Psyched To Be With You in 2022!  All the Blind Psyche links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/BlindPsyche

CONTENT WARNING: During this episode, we talk about some research involving disordered eating. This section starts at about the 22min mark and goes on for about 10min. The sections are bookmarked by three Goose Honks. Please look after yourself, and if you’d like some resources, please check out Beat here: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/  The tenth episode of "Psyched to be with you"...

The ninth episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things software engineering, football (LFC), the importance of video games – Metal Gear Solid and what it’s like to be a mod in an active Twitch Community PLUS much more! With this episode’s special guest Marco aka 5olid5nake [SolidSnake]. @5olid5nake (https://twitter.com/5olid5nake) Catch Marco live on Tw...

The eighth episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things robots and social ethics, video games, horror and so much more of setting the world to rights. I do want to WARN - for those that like to listen/watch in family-friendly spaces we do talk about sex robots at one point. It isn't explicit - but just so you know. My guest was Auxane Boch @AuxaneBoch (...

The seventh episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things video game psychology, Take This, teaching, and a tangent about Dune! With this episodes special guest Amanda Jones-Rincon a PhD student. @JonesRincon (https://twitter.com/JonesRincon) I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Amanda’s recommendations: Film: Clerks Book: The Witcher Novels Albu...

The sixth episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things sports & psychology, concussion, football, avoiding spoilers and much more with colleague Daniel Walker. @walkerd_ehu ( https://www.twitter.com/walkerd_ehu) I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Danny's recommendations: Film: Inception Book: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris Al...

The fifth episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things social psychology, emojis in research, TedX talks, PR and her upcoming book! This bumper edition episode with Dr Linda Kaye! @LindaKKaye ( https://twitter.com/LindaKKaye )   I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Linda's recommendations: Film: Monty Python - The Life of Brian Book: anythi...

The fourth episode of "Psyched to be with you" the podcast from Blind Psyche. I spoke all things board games, small business ownership, therapy and more with the owner of one of my favourite local cafe's. Rachel Button owns Sugar and Dice in Liverpool.   @Sugaranddice ( https://twitter.com/sugaranddice )    I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Rachel's recommendations: &nbsp...

The third episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind  Psyche. I spoke all things psychology and AI, finishing a PhD, patients  and robots and Legend of Zelda with Dr Celeste Sangiorgio  @ProfessrCelestr ( https://twitter.com/ProfessrCelestr )   I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Dr Celeste's recommendations (Initial):   DVD: Korean Soap Opera:...

The second episode of "Psyched to be with you" the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things psychology research, positive effects of video games,   farming sims and scones with Dr Yemaya Halbrook @DrJammyGames ( https://twitter.com/DrJammyGames) I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Dr Yemaya's recommendations: Movie: Serenity (2005) Book: Harry Potter (Full collection) A...

The first-ever episode of "Psyched to be with you" is the Talkshow part of Blind Psyche. I spoke all things research, music and JRPG with my special guest Dr Chrissy Cook. @ChristinelcookL ( https://twitter.com/ChristinelcookL)    I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too! Dr Chrissy's recommendations:   Album - Takasago Army, by Chthonic Book - Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay Movie/Fi...

Hi there! My name is Chris (or Chimp195 online) I’m a PhD Researcher looking at video games and mental health. I’m also a content creator, I sometimes write things, I stream my show Blind Psyche weekly on Twitch, and post to YouTube. I enjoy playing games and talking about mental health, psychology, disability, inclusivity, accessibility. I also recently started a talk show/podcast – Psyched to be...