THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST

As psychology students and professionals, we still suffer from relationship issues, so how do you actually deal with an angry partner. In this social and clinical psychology podcast episode, you'll hear about some methods and the behavioural mechanisms behind anger in relationship. This is a great episode! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about the problem with current face stimuli in p...

At some point in our lives as psychology professionals and university students, we're going to get depressed (Not Necessarily Major Depression Disorder), leading to us to procrastinate. In clinical psychology episode gives you three great tips about how to break the cycle of procrastination.  In the psychology news section, you'll hear about "Maybe Favours" and their impacts, the role of supp...

Just because you age doesn't mean your cognitive abilities decline. Lots of elderly people have sharp minds, but why? In this great cognitive psychology episode, we'll see why some people have sharp mind and others don't in later life. I love this episode and so will you! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about apps for phobias (I link this to my placement), why anger could be a 'Jekyll...

What makes for effective therapy? That's extremely difficult to answer but not impossible. In this great clinical psychology episode, you'll hear about 4 globally agreed markers for effective therapy.  In the psychology news section, you'll hear about misokinesia, left-wing authoritarianism and how first and second languages are stored in the brain. LISTEN NOW! If you want to support the podc...

Perfect for psychology students, professionals and people interested in psychology! Personality psychology is quickly becoming one of my favourite areas of psychology. It's interesting, relatable and it affects every part of our lives, so it's important. In today's episode, you'll be introduced to this great topic! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how outrage spreads on social med...

Emotion and Cognition is a great interaction between our mental processes and it's really interesting to explore. To celebrate my new book you'll scratch the surface of this great topic in today's neuropsychology episode.  In the psychology news, you'll heard about what kids' humour can teach us about empathy, The End of History Illusory (really interesting!) and how the pandemic has affected...

Whilst I know I don't need to tell psychology students and professionals the difference, this will still be useful in case you ever need to defend our work or we need to tell someone the difference to help them. This is a great episode for students and professionals alike! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about brain fog in Long COVID, The Medusa Effect, the link between a "good life" a...

Psychology faces a lot of stigma and misconceptions and for those of us who study or work in psychology, we experience a lot of problems. From discrimination to mocking to everything in-between, sometimes we don't even know this is happening.  So in this psychology episode, I explain my personal thoughts and show you why psychology is amazing and you aren't alone. LISTEN NOW! P.S- please shar...

There are lots of damaging mental health myths that only hurt people. In this clinical psychology episode, you'll learn about three of these myths and what's the truth behind them. It's critical everyone knows about them. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about teaching and using hand gestures, how news coverage affects attitudes towards immigrants and why diverse grants aren't perfect....

Your brain is extremely clever, it's an amazing organ that affects your perception and behavior in thousands of ways. In this great biological psychology episode, you'll see how your brain manages to perceives the world and let you experience it. This is a brilliant episode! In the psychology news section, you'll hear if anger is really a sign of lying, how text reminders could boost vaccine uptak...

Rumination is a critical cognitive process to stop for mental health. But it's hard! So in this great clinical psychology podcast episode, you'll learn a simple trick to try to stop yourself, your (current or future) client or a friend from ruminating and damaging their mental health.  In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how the entertaining nature of conspiracy theories can mak...

When it comes to therapy, our clients might want to tell us things but they're awkward to talk about. So they don't. This can damage the therapeutic success so it's critical to talk about. In this great clinical psychology episode, you'll hear the 3 awkward things that our clients should but don't want to talk about and why they're important. This is a great episode. In the psychology news section...

A perfect episodes for clinical psychologists, university psychology students and more! There are a lot of biases and factors that influence psychotherapy so in this great clinical psychology episode, we'll look at five important factors that could influence whether a therapist likes their client or not. This is a great episode filled with references, fact-based points and counterpoints. If you lo...

After having lots of conversations recently about resilience, I wanted to revisit this topic so we can learn some new tips for building resilience against situations that could cause us psychological distress. I really recommend listening to this! Also in the psychology news section, (I apologize for the 4 minutes of poorer audio quality, it's fine after that section) you're hear about the psychol...

In clinical psychology, we all know how important the therapeutic alliance and relationship is. But how do you know it's a good match for the client. In this psychology podcast episode, you'll hear about three great tips to help you find out. This is a great podcast episode! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how social media posts are affected by politics, how teenagers at risk of...

Our personality can influence our behaviour and situations can influence our personality. In this personality psychology episode, you'll hear how each of the 5 personality dimensions can influence success and how success can influence each one. A great episode! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about is psychology a 'feminine' discipline, positions of power and blame and some Olympic psy...

Depression can grow and develop over time but it needs room to do this. In this psychology episode, you'll hear where depression can grow and how we could stop this. A great, very interesting episode! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how enjoy at age 6 relates to academic achievement, findings that mentally well people experience hallucinations and why lives feels like it can fly...

In this biological psychology and clinical psychology crossover episode, you'll hear 3 very interesting facts about how our gut health can influence our behaviour and vice versa. This is a great and very surprising episode. Enjoy! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about talking to people who believe in conspiracy theories, the "liking gap" among children and how the "liking gap" impacts...

For our 100th episode, you'll hear a lot of great behind the scene thinking as I explain what I've learnt from the podcast and what you can take away from these lessons. This will be a brilliant episode for everyone! In the psychology news section, you'll learn about how sleep music could be bad for you, identify intense emotions isn't as easy as you think, becoming more extroverted could make you...

Sadly death is a a part of life but when people try to provide comfort. They make so many terrible mistakes! In this great social psychology episode, you'll hear what to say to some grieving and what NOT to say. This is a great and very useful episode.  In the psychology news section, you'll hear about an interesting discovery about perception and art, how satisfied child-free people are and...

There are so many terrible myths out there that harm and even destroy relationships. So in this psychology episode, we'll be hearing what these myths are and correcting them to help save some relationships. In the news section, you'll hear about toddlers and the concept of fairness (that's a great one), how to deal with moving back in with parents and the link between 'The Other Race Effect' and s...

When you ask someone 'What is psychology?' they always say profiling. We know this is wrong, but what actually is profiling and is it as good as the TV and movies make it out to? In this great forensic psychology episode, you'll be introduced to what FBI profiling actually is. This is a great psychology podcast episode! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how bad we are at rememberin...

Shoplifting is a very common offense, but why do people do it? In this episode, you'll learn the forensic psychology behind shoplifting including the different reasons and the tactics they use. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about self-control and loneliness, some meat eater's feelings of disgusting can be used and how physical pain is linked to financial stress. LISTEN NOW! If you wa...

Screen time is a classic and fierce debate in developmental psychology and parenting. How much is good? How does screen time affect child development? Should a parent limit screen time? And sometimes this can lead to conflict between the child and caregiver. In this psychology episode, you'll hear some modern research takings and you'll get to learn that there's a lot more to screen time than it s...

Returning to the topic of cult psychology, you'll hear the amazing and scary ways cult leaders and narcissists use the extract same tactics to control the people around them.  This is an amazing psychology episode that I love, please enjoy! LISTEN NOW! If you liked this episode and want to support the podcast, please check out: FREE AND EXCLUSIVE 8 PSYCHOLOGY BOOK BOXSET- https://www.subscrib...