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How can residential therapeutic communities benefit children and young people? A therapeutic community provides a safe environment for children and young people who  possibly had a very difficult start in life. The care they receive allows them to address their complex emotional, psychological, and behavioural needs. In this episode, UKCP psychotherapeutic counsellor Gary Yexley unpacks what drew...

Welcome to the My psychotherapy career podcast series. What challenges and rewards does group work present for those involved? In this episode Tim Foskett unpacks his career and reveals what inspired him to begin training and working with groups. He also offers advice to those looking to do the same. 🎙️Have you listened to our podcast series? We'd love to hear your thoughts in our 5-minute survey.

Welcome to the My psychotherapy career podcast series. How can you balance your private practice and working for an organisation? After setting up a psychotherapy practice in the School of Life, UKCP psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber went on to recruit and manage psychotherapists working in the organisation, whilst continuing to run her private practice. In this episode Charlotte talks about wha...

Welcome to the My psychotherapy career podcast series. How can you establish a career in the NHS? In this episode, we speak to UKCP psychotherapist Jackie Fosbury to find out what drew her to psychotherapy and working in NHS diabetes care. She offers advice to those exploring training and looking to start their career within an NHS service. 🎙️Have you listened to our podcast series? We'd love to h...

Welcome to the My psychotherapy career podcast series. Leaving behind a career as a lawyer, UKCP psychotherapist John-Paul Davies found a new passion when he began training as a psychotherapist. Find out about how his private practice and how it allowed him to have more control over his work and life in this episode. 🎙️Have you listened to our podcast series? We'd love to hear your thoughts in our...

Welcome to the My psychotherapy career podcast series. Transitioning from NHS primary care to private practice, UKCP psychotherapist Dr Christian Buckland takes us through his career, offering advice to those seeking to enter the psychotherapeutic field. 🎙️Have you listened to our podcast series? We'd love to hear your thoughts in our 5-minute survey.

Welcome to the My psychotherapy career podcast series. UKCP psychotherapy Judy Beckett reflects on her transition from the third sector to the NHS, and the roles she has held whilst working psychotherapeutically within this setting. 🎙️Have you listened to our podcast series? We'd love to hear your thoughts in our 5-minute survey.

When we begin to experience issues with getting rest how do we know when it is time to reach out for psychological support?  In this episode, our CEO Sarah Niblock talks to UKCP psychotherapist Heather Darwall-Smith to find out how prevalent sleep issues are and how psychotherapy can help us find relief. 

Our sense of happiness can be influenced but so many things, leaving us to question what really brings us joy. In this episode we speak to UKCP psychotherapist Martin Weaver to find out how psychotherapy can help us better connect with ourselves and our sense of happiness. 

When we experience anxiety, the symptoms can manifest in our body, signifying the emotional toll it's having on us.  In this podcast, we speak to UKCP psychotherapist Lorna Evans to uncover how moment and breath can help us find relief in the face of anxiety. 

As people we are ever evolving.  Psychotherapeutic training offers us an opportunity to reflect on where we are and look forward to where we want to be. So, should more of us take advantage of this opportunity to reflect and gain important life skills? 

The emotions that often ensue after a life-changing event can be overwhelming. A bereavement, job loss and a pandemic can trigger a chain of emotions that can feel impossible to navigate.  In this episode our CEO Sarah Niblock talks to UKCP psychotherapist Alivia Rose to discuss the emotional toll that unexpected events have on us and how we can find a path to healing. 

Communicating what we want and need is important, we are urging more people to start talking about consent.  But how do we start to have open conversations about sex and why are they so important? 

Oppression and the psychological damage it can have on someone can be long lasting.  In this episode we talk to UKCP psychotherapist Eugene Ellis to uncover how we can find healing after oppression.

Access to sex and porn have changed drastically over the last decade.  In our podcast we speak to UKCP psychotherapist Paula Hall to understand the psychology of sex and porn addiction, and how we can recognise healthy and problematic sexual behaviours. 

In this episode, UKCP’s CEO Sarah Niblock talks to UKCP psychotherapist Nicholas Rose, he outlines how to recognise when your power dynamics have become toxic, and the role of psychotherapy plays in helping a couple find resolution.  

How we develop our notions of home and how they can change over our lifetime? In this episode, UKCP’s CEO Sarah Niblock talks to UKCP psychotherapist Dr Hannah Sherbersky to understand why our perceptions of home can differ so much. 

Being placed on ventilated support in hospital is one of the most extreme experiences a person can face.  In this episode our CEO Sarah Niblock talks to UKCP psychotherapist Laura Barnett to find out how time in intensive care can affect us. 

In this episode, UKCP’s CEO Sarah Niblock sits down with UKCP psychotherapist Gary Bloom to discuss his work with sportspeople.  They also go on to discuss why more of us need to open up about the physical impact of injury.

In this episode of our coronavirus podcast series, we speak to UKCP psychotherapist Shaun Bookhouse who spent five weeks in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after contracted the virus. Shaun shares his experiences and emphasises why policymakers should draw on the expertise of psychological professionals to tackle the long-term mental health implications of the pandemic. 

Do our dreams hold meaning? In this podcast UKCP’s Chief Executive talks to UKCP psychotherapist and author of The Hidden Lives of Dreams , Melinda Powell, to find out how we can better understand our dreams.   Melinda is also a co-founder of the Dream Research Institutes. If you are interested in finding out more about dreams, then you can visit their website .

When we experience discrimination, people see us as one thing and we end up becoming defined by our gender, race or sexuality. They pick on this one aspect of our identity and declare us an outsider.    In this episode, UKCP’s CEO Sarah Niblock sits down with UKCP psychotherapist Dwight Turner to discuss discrimination and the real impact it can have on our mental wellbeing.

Each therapist has a unique story about their entrance into the profession. In the first episode of our 'How I became a therapist series,' we spoke to five of our members to find out what lead them to psychotherapy. This episode features UKCP psychotherapists Divine Charura , Kelly Hearn , Gary Bloom , Melissa Cliffe and Suzanne Worrica . 

It can hard to acknowledge our relationship is at breaking point.  In this episode we sit down with UKCP psychotherapist Suzanne Worrica to find out how we can recognise it's over. 

Feeling isolated can be a painful and sometimes even shameful experience.  But how can we address our isolation and loneliness? We spoke to UKCP psychotherapist Stephen Westcott to find out.