The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
The Thinking Mind Podcast
"If you are interested in your mind, emotions, sense of self, and understanding of others, this show is brilliant."Learn something new about the mind every week - With in-depth conversations at the intersection of psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-development, spirituality and the philosophy of mental health. Featuring experts from around the world, leading clinicians and academics, published authors, and people with lived experience, we aim to make complex ideas in the mental health space accessible and engaging. This podcast is designed for a broad audience including professionals, those who suffer with mental health difficulties, more common psychological problems, or those who just want to learn more about themselves and others. Hosted by psychiatrists Dr. Alex Curmi, Dr. Anya Borissova & Dr. Rebecca Wilkinson. Listeners have also said:"Every episode is enlightening, the approach, conversations and depth of information is deeply enriching. So refreshing to hear practitioners with this level of insight into human behaviour. Thank you for the work and for sharing."Podcast related enquiries: thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com.If you would like to work with Dr. Curmi: alexcurmitherapy@gmail.comDisclaimer: None of the information in the podcast is intended as medical advice for any one invididual.
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Dec 31, 2022 • 24min
Best of 2022
In this episode we chose some of our favourite podcast moments from 2022. Happy New Year from the Thinking Mind Podcast team and we look forward to bringing you more content in 2023!00:00 - Interview #37: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (With Prof. David Veale) 00:42 - Audio Essay #10: A New Years Resolution that Works (Long-term Behaviour Change)01:28 - Interview #29: The Speakmans - Changing your Perspective to Change your Life02:19 - Interview #35: Dr. Alex George (on Love Island, Public Mental Health, Self-Actualisation, Learning from Failure)04:05 - Interview #31: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (with Dr Charles Shepherd)04:38 - Interview #43: How Does Therapy Work? (with Dr. Martha Stark)06:18 - Lived Experience #2: Psychosis (with Ad Gridley)07:24 - Interview #38: Addiction, the Opioid Epidemic and How to Save Lives (with Professor Sir John Strang)08:57 - Interview #39: Stop Being Nice (Dating & Relationships with Dr. Robert Glover)11:38 - Interview #42: More about Cannabis - Adolescents, Legalisation, Psychosis (with Professor Valerie Curran and Dr Will Lawn)12:39 - Lived Experience #3: Anorexia Nervosa13:44 - Interview #41: Attachment, Dating, Relationships, Marriage & Psychotherapy (with Adam Lane Smith)16:20 - Bonus: Why Perfectionism is your Enemy18:19 - Interview #40: Psychiatry in a Time of War (With Dr. Natalia Pidkalyuk)19:16 - Interview #36: Providing Drug and Alcohol Treatment and its Challenges (with Dr. Emmert Roberts)20:05- Audio Essay #15: Why Do We Have Personalities?20:51 - Interview #34: Eating Disorders (with Professor Janet Treasure)21:41 - Interview #33: Dr. Richard Miller Part 2 - Ayahuasca, Cannabis, Ketamine, Existential Responsibility, PsychotherapyGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Dec 23, 2022 • 15min
Bonus: Imposter Syndrome
What is Imposter Syndrome? How does it come about? What are some strategies that can help people deal with it?Bonus Episode by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and mindfulness meditation.Self-Compassion Exercise:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_80y_CT32c&t=589sGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Dec 9, 2022 • 1h 27min
Interview #43: How Does Therapy Work? (with Dr. Martha Stark)
Dr. Martha Stark is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. She is an Adult and Child Psychiatrist and Integrative Psychoanalyst in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts. Martha is an award-winning author of nine highly acclaimed books on psychoanalytic theory and technique – several of which have become required reading for students in various psychotherapy training programs around the world.Additional Reading:https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/335353.Modes_of_Therapeutic_Actionhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/332792.Toward_a_Psychology_of_BeingGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Nov 25, 2022 • 1h
Interview #42: More about Cannabis - Adolescents, Legalisation, Psychosis (with Professor Valerie Curran and Dr Will Lawn)
This week, Anya and Alex speak to Professor Valerie Curran and Dr Will Lawn about their research into the effects of cannabis on adolescents. We discuss some surprising results from their recently completed study, CannTeen, that are contributing to making our understanding of what happens when a developing brain is exposed to cannabis more nuanced. We talk about what happens when adolescents and adults receive different doses of THC and CBD in an MRI scanner. We find out if science has confirmed the munchies?! We hear about some cannabis myths that are being busted. We also think about how science can inform our discussions around the legalisation/decriminalisation of cannabis. Professor Val Curran founded and directed the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit at UCL, she is a clinical psychologist. She’s had an illustrious career researching the psychological effects of drugs such as MDMA, stimulants, ketamine and cannabis on our brains. Dr Will Lawn is a psychology lecturer at King’s College London, with research interests spanning cannabis and opioid overdose, as well as ketamine, cigarettes and addiction more broadly. He previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher coordinating the CannTeen project that we’ll discuss today, and conducting research into different addictions and treatments.Further Reading on the CanTeen Study:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychopharmacology/trials/cannteen Interviewed by Dr. Anya BorissovaGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Nov 17, 2022 • 10min
Bonus: Why Perfectionism is your Enemy
How is Perfectionism best understood? Why does it actually hold you back?Bonus Episode by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and mindfulness meditation.Further Reading:https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/perfectionism#:~:text=Perfectionism%20is%20often%20defined%20as,describe%20or%20justify%20perfectionistic%20behavior.Give feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 2min
Interview #41: Attachment, Dating, Relationships, Marriage & Psychotherapy (with Adam Lane Smith)
Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist, coach and author. In this episode we discuss: dating, attachment, relationship problems, marriage, psychotherapy and much more. You can find out more about Adam and his work here:Website: AdamLaneSmith.comInstagram: @AttachmentAdamTikTok: @AttachmentBroYoutube: @AdamLaneSmith Twitter: @TheBrometheusInterviewed by Dr Alex CurmiGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Oct 28, 2022 • 32min
Audio Essay #15: Why Do We Have Personalities?
What is a Personality? How should we think about our Personalities? How can you expand your Personality? Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and mindfulness meditation.Further Reading:https://www.simplypsychology.org/big-five-personality.htmlGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Oct 14, 2022 • 15min
Audio Essay #14: Getting a More Balanced Perspective
This is an audio-essay about three unhelpful thinking habits, or cognitive distortions, where we think about some examples, why these ways of thinking are unhelpful and what we can do about them.There are many other unhelpful thinking habits or cognitive distortions that CBT guides us to think about - here are some links to some helpful websites to read: https://web.stanford.edu/~nanbhas/blog/understanding-cognitive-distortions/ https://www.verywellmind.com/ten-cognitive-distortions-identified-in-cbt-22412 You can also check out the short book ‘10 Steps to Positive Living’ by Windy Dryden. Audio-essay by Dr. Anya Borissova. Dr Borissova is an academic core trainee psychiatrist in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and researching improvements in treating depression.Give feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Sep 30, 2022 • 52min
Lived Experience #3: Anorexia Nervosa
In our third lived experience episode Rebecca speaks with Ella about her experiences with Anorexia: how it started, the effects it had on her thinking, how it affected her family life and her process of recovery. Interviewed by Dr Rebecca WilkinsonGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
Sep 17, 2022 • 43min
Lived Experience #2: Psychosis (with Ad Gridley)
Ad Gridley was 18 when he had his first cannabis joint while on a gap year in Canada. He had no idea his choices then would – most likely – be the trigger for a 15-year unremitting, downward spiral that would see him diagnosed with schizophrenia and make multiple suicide attempts. He now lectures about his experiences and is the author of the book "The Geographer: The Descent into Madness". In addition Ad hosts two podcasts, Ad Gridleys Movie Sushi and Poetry Cafe. The link to his book and podcasts can be found on http://adgridley.com/.Interviewed by Dr Alex Curmi Give feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastJoin Our Mailing List! - https://thinkingmindpod.aidaform.com/mailinglistsignupSUPPORT THE PODCAST: buymeacoffee.com/thinkingmindGive feedback here - thinkingmindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast
