THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST

Violence against women is sadly nothing new. If you look at social media, the news or talk to women, the threat of violence, being attacked and sexually assaulted is forever present. This leads to a wide range of mental health difficulties, stress and it only makes women feel unsafe in society. Therefore, in this social psychology podcast episode, you'll learn about what causes violence agains...

A lot of people wonder "how does wealth change behaviour?", and there are a lot of sayings that can be used to partially explain how wealth changes our behaviour. For example, some people think money changes everything, money can change our emotions and more. Therefore, in this cognitive psychology podcast episode, you'll learn about the psychology of money, how wealth changes our be...

As I explained in my psychology podcast episode, How To Advance Your Psychology Career In 2026 , I'm starting to pursue a career in educational psychology. As part of this careers in psychology drive, I made an action plan that will help me develop my knowledge, apply psychological theories, research and concepts to education and I'll be better prepared to apply for the educational psychol...

As a teaching assistant at a special educational needs school and my job is mainly to oversee the treatment and management of a Type 1 Diabetic child, I can see the massive negative impact that chronic illness has on children, their families and their social life. As well as I am a massive supporter of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory that proposes what happens to a child in different mi...

People with ADHD typically struggle to get started with different tasks and this can really impact their ability to do things at work, home and school. Yet why does ADHD make it difficult to get started? In this clinical psychology podcast episode, you'll learn how ADHD impacts people's ability to process time, how their brain works and how we can support people with ADHD to start tasks an...

As we enter the new year, let's start thinking about how we can make 2026 a productive year that sets us up for the future and enhances our psychology journey. Whether it's big steps towards your dream psychology role or small steps, it's still important, valid and a useful step towards you becoming a fully qualified psychologist or mental health professional. Therefore, in this career...

For the past few months, I've been working as a teaching assistant in a special educational needs school and whilst there are lots of psychological reflections and lessons I could talk about, there is one I want to focus on. The link between anxiety and diabetes. This relationship is something I've seen first-hand multiple times as a teaching assistant and as an aspiring psychologist, I al...

Even though failure is part of life, it can still hurt. For example, you can fail to pass an exam, you can fail a driving test and you might fail to get a date for a party. Everyone fails at things in life. Yet depending on your mindset towards failure, failure can decrease your self-esteem, increase your critical thoughts and it can even make you feel a little depressed. Therefore, by the end of...

A lot of us think about career transitions and career changes during our working lives and especially towards the end and start of a new year. We consider what we want for the year ahead, where we want to be and what changes we want to make to our careers. This isn’t unique to psychology careers because everyone considers changes. Yet career changes are scary, intimidating and this fear can stop u...

Adoption is a brilliant topic that I've always wanted to cover on The Psychology World Podcast. It can be seen as an opportunity to give a child a new life, a new home and a great childhood that they might not have had otherwise. Yet similar to deciding whether or not to have a biological child, there are a lot of questions to think about. Ultimately, you need to decide is adopting right for y...

We know from social and cultural psychology that our attitudes and opinions towards different topics are largely informed by the world we live in. Everything from our culture of origin, our family, our friends and more can influence our attitudes. This extends into our beliefs and attitudes surrounding mental health conditions and the lived experience of others. For example, hearing voices is heav...

In a 2024 survey, Ainvest found that the global true crime podcast audience is worth over 3 billion US dollars and the podcast genre has experienced a major weekly increase of 20% since 2020. In addition, it's a common trope of the mystery genre to feature true crime fans, armchair detectives amongst other non-professionals involved in a crime story because they love true crime. This never wou...

As a psychology Masters student at the time of writing with a massive interest in clinical psychology, I really like looking into therapies. This is even more true when I’m undergoing therapy and counselling for trauma, so when I found out my rape counselling was based on the Three-Stage Recovery Model by Judith Herman, I wanted to learn more. Granted, it took me 9 weeks to finally get round to re...

Returning to The Psychology World Podcast this week is the brilliant Leanne Al-Mrayat. In this careers in psychology podcast episode, we talk about her experience as a psychology research assistant working in rare genetic disorders and behaviour. By the end of this psychology podcast episode, you’ll understand how to become a research assistant, what a typical day is like as a research assistant,...

For some people, horror movies are some of the most entertaining films out there. Over the decades, there have been massive, massive hit films like IT, Us and the Saw series. All of these twisted, terrifying horror films have captured our imaginations and utterly terrified us, and some people keep going back for more. However, this raises a lot of fascinating questions about human behaviour, why a...

Joining me today on the Psychology World Podcast is Leanne Al-Mrayat, a brilliant postgraduate research assistant and we have a great discussion today about neuropsychology. By the end of this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll understand what is pediatric neuropsychology, what are neuropsychological assessments, how to choose the right assessment tool for your project, and most important...

Whenever my own mental health isn’t doing great, my mind always turns to learning more about trauma and different forms of psychological therapy. In previous podcast episodes, I’ve spoken about the benefits of art therapy, how it works and more and I’ve discussed at length the importance of trauma-informed practice. Now, we need to think about what happens when we combine these two approaches to m...

Over the past few years I’ve noticed something in peopleinterested in clinical psychology that I didn’t expect. More and more people are coming up to me at university Open Days asking about ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and whether universities offer any education on this form of psychological therapy. When I used to work at the University of Kent, talking to, guiding and supporting Open Days, I...

Ghosting in dating is never fun. It is wrong to suddenly cut off contact with someone and disappear without a trace, for example. Not only can this lead to negative mental health outcomes, low self-esteem and other undesirable outcomes for the person who was ghosted, but it can take a while to recover from ghosting. Therefore, in this social psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn how does ghosti...

This week MSc Developmental Psychology graduate Alia Awan joins The Psychology World Podcast again to talk about applying for psychology PhDs, how to apply for PhDs for psychology students and she offers a whole bunch of valuable, insightful and fascinating tips and tricks for psychology students looking to apply. If you want to learn more about PhD applications then this will be a brilliant episo...

As I always talk about on The Psychology World Podcast,getting mental health support is flat out critical if you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts and you’re contemplating suicide. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode that’s a little different from usual, I list a wide range of suicide hotlines and prevention programmes throughout the world. Please reach out to these hotlines if...

At the time of writing, it’s suicide awareness month, and typically whenever we think about suicide, we only think about the signs and symptoms that a person is suicidal. Equally, we think about the loss, heartbreak and sadness that follows a successful suicide attempt. However, the majority of suicide attempts are not successful and the aftermath of a suicide attempt can be difficult, distressing...

This week on The Psychology World Podcast MSc Developmental Psychology graduate discusses how she got into psychology, why she choose the University of Kent over other universities, her experience of university burnout and so much more. If you want to learn more about studying psychology, how to make the most of your time at university and more then this will be a brilliant episode for you. In the...

I always say that you can do a lot with a psychology degree, including speech and language therapy. Next week at the time of writing, I have an interview to become a Speech and Language Therapist Assistant, and I’m really looking forward to it. Since speech and language therapy combines my interest in clinical psychology, improving lives and developmental psychology. Therefore, in this careers in...

Next week at the time of writing, I have a job interview and one of the questions relates to what are the signs of radicalisation in children. The interview is for a learning support assistant role at a local school and the UK Government makes it a legal requirement for workers in education to Prevent radicalisation in children, so this is a part of that duty of care. In addition, whilst we’ve pre...