A Therapist Responds: Recent Episodes
A Therapist Responds
A podcast that aims to answer questions rising from the chaos of emotional debris using a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist's perspective and experiences from the clinical hour.
This episode explores what Mental Health is all about.. what do we call Mental Health? How do we think about it? What can we do to remain curious about the many meanings of Mental Health in the world we live in today :)
As we move into the second season of A Therapist Responds, we open up some of the terms associated with understanding mental health and what they could possibly mean for each of us.
In this episode we try and unpack why paying attention to our own self is not something that can be taken for granted!
Something heavy in my heart - we have a break in pattern as we try and go closer to what happens when something tugs at our heart and takes us away from where we thought we had to go...
In this episode we try and find ways to comprehend the unconscious communication that repetitions in our lives represent.
Trying to outrun my mind - In this episode we try and understand what tackling anxiety can look like and what can we do to help ourselves to feel safer in our mind.
Unsafe in my mind - exploring the moment when our usual coping mechanisms start failing us and something sinister is experienced in it's stead.
In this episode we describe psychological distress and look at some examples of what it could feel like, inside the mind. What does it really look like? Tune in to find out!
In this episode we discover the importance of remembering ourselves through self care and finding the answer to the question we began with in episode 1 - what do we say to a person who feels they cannot hold onto life much longer..
In this episode we stop at the station of terror (albeit hesitantly) to try and explore our relationship with terror, blankness and hope!
In this episode we go closer to blankness in the mind, a mental representation of feeling erased and how this can seize our capacity to think when faced with difficult questions and life experiences.
The episode explores questions around suicide and the kind of terror suicidal thoughts invoke in us. A movement towards vulnerability that is unthinkable is explored.