Psychotherapy, Addiction, Attachment, & Avoidance - Garri Hovhannisyan | EP 22

Garri Hovhannisyan recently completed his PhD in clinical psychology and is working towards becoming a fully qualified clinical psychologist. In this podcast, we explore what happens when someone starts psychotherapy, both from the patient's and the psychotherapist's perspectives. We discuss the biggest challenges and setbacks one faces in this journey. We also discuss attachment theory, personality theory, & addiction. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 2:00 - Who Garri is 2:54 - Garri's approach to psychotherapy 5:30 - What happens at the beginning of psychotherapy 14:00 - What the psychotherapist does 18:30 - Psychology of avoidance 23:25 - History of schools in psychotherapy 31:00 - Emotion-focused therapy 33:50 - Garri's style of psychotherapy 39:00 - Attachment theory 1:01:00 - Should we change our attachment style? 1:18:00 - Addiction GARRI: -Our previous podcast on the big 5 personality theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fCdKTqh7CA -Academic papers: https://philpeople.org/profiles/garri-hovhannisyan PODCAST: -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DGVMa1qAI1huc87xNDrgy?si=62c281d9e8274694 -X: https://twitter.com/jack_roycroft -Medium: https://medium.com/@jackroycroftsherry