This week Richard & Fiona natter with Psychotherapist Alan Patching about how to have healing and helpful conversations with people who may not even be around anymore.

Contact Alan: alanpatching@me.com

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It's Valentine's Day!
The perfect time for Richard & Fiona to explore the psychological side of love.

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Almost half of the UK population consider themselves religious to some degree, whether that means they're a churchgoer or simply believe in a god.

This week we chat with Kathy Spooner, CEO of The Association Of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions, to explore how faith can play a part in our therapy.

Contact Kathy at counselling@acc-uk.org

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In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle dive deep into the concept of learned helplessness and attributions. 

They discuss how various facets such as ability, effort, task difficulty and luck contribute to the perception of success or failure in tasks. 

They also highlight how people attribute their failures or shortcomings to different factors, thereby developing patterns of learned helplessness.

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In this episode of Therapy Natters, join Richard & Fiona as they explore the influential psychological theory of OCEAN – the Big Five Personality Traits of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism – to gain insights into the complexities of what it is to be human!

https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/big-five-personality-traits
https://openpsychometrics.org/printable/big-five-personality-test.pdf

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In this episode, hosts Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle speak with Dr. Rebecca Berman, a pain consultant with the NHS, to help explain the influence of perception and emotion on pain, the potential impacts of psychological trauma on pain experience, and techniques for managing pain.

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In this week's episode Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle explore the complex emotions of guilt and shame.

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This week Richard & Fiona have a returning guest, Sharon Mustard, to talk with them about how our psychology can easily get in the way of a better birthing experience.

https://www.easibirthing.com

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