Clinically Thinking
A podcast hosted by clinical psychologists, featuring deep-dive conversations with clinicians and academics at the forefront of their fields. It serves as a resource for psychologists at all experience levels, from graduates to seasoned professionals. Each episode explores topics relevant to clinical practice and research. The hosts emphasize that discussions reflect personal opinions and are not intended as therapeutic or professional advice.
Episodes
Using parts work in everyday clinical practice. Dr. Oz Yalcin
Lisa Chantler in conversation with Clinical Psychologist Dr Ozgur Yalcin. Oz is Director of the Anima Health Network in Perth, and current Chair of the Clinical College of the APS.
Oz finds the commonalities in a range of parts work systems such as IFS, Chair Work and Structural Dissociation, and integrates them in a straightforward way that's easily applied in day to day clinical therapy.
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Permission to Treat Psychosis. Ryan Balzan
Ryan Balzan is the Director of the Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Laboratory in the Flinders
Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing. He and Lisa discuss the latest psychological tools for working with psychosis, and why all Clinical Psychologists can be more confident working with sufferers of psychosis.
Don't be Afraid of OCD: Dr Emily O'Leary
Dr Emily O’Leary has built her career on studying and treating OCD and anxiety. In this episode Lisa and Dr O’Leary discuss treatment approaches ranging from the traditional approaches to the new modalities and ideas being trialed. Highlights include:
05:20 What is OCD
07:27 What OCD is not
08:37 Comparing OCD and GAD
12:55 Comparing OCD and OCPD
17:20 Identifying OCD in therapy
20:00 Diagn
Sharpen Up Your Therapy Skills. Tracey Wade
A very practical discussion with Dr Tracey Wade on 10 ways to improve client outcomes in your current clinical practice.
Talking points in this packed episode
03:00 What is a competency?
07:12 Firm empathy
13:15 Don’t overestimate a patient’s fragility
18:35 Prioritise early change
25:39 The role of epigenetics
30:44 Measure symptoms at each session..
35:15 Don’t put your clients into a coma
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Repressed Memory, Recovered Memory and Trauma. Dr Catherine Hynes
Dr Catherine Hynes brings Neuroscience and Neuropsychology underpinnings to her Clinical work with trauma and dissociation. Lisa and Catherine discuss the impact of trauma on memory, the controversies around repressed memories, recovered memories and false memories, and explore best practice guidelines for therapists working in this space.
www.catherinehynes.net/training/ to learn more about Cat
Understanding Remorse, Guilt and Shame. Michael Proeve
Dr Michael Proeve is a Clinically and Forensically endorsed Australian Psychologist. Dr Lisa Chantler asks Michael why remorse, guilt and shame are common factors in therapeutic issues such as Social Anxiety and Depression, and how clinicians can help.
Could This Be Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder? Vanessa Spiller
Dr Vanessa Spiller explains the history of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, offers tools to diagnose FASD and helpful pathways for Clinical Psychologists offering therapy. She explains why it is so easily overlooked in comparison with other commonly co-occurring diagnoses, and reveals FASD's alarmingly high rates of involvement with the criminal justice system.
Clinical Perfectionism: Tracey Wade
Our guest today is Prof Tracey Wade. Dr Lisa Chantler speaks to Prof. Wade about the State of the Art and Science of Clinical Perfectionism. They discuss how it is defined, how therapists can identify traits of Clinical Perfectionism in the clinic, the history of the disorder, about the most recent CBT treatments, and what resources are available for clinicians.
Guilt: A Contemporary Introduction. Don Carveth
Emeritus Professor Don Carveth draws on psychological wisdom from religion, philosophy, literature, as well as from empirical research and clinical practice, to understand how guilt influences our lives.
Aaron Neaves explores the themes of Don’s latest book “Guilt: A Contemporary Introduction” in a wide ranging, thoughtful conversation.
Together they discuss if there a biological basis for consc
Understanding Chronic Pain: Lorimer Moseley
World leading neuroscientist, pain researcher and educator, Prof. Lorimer Moseley, discusses the complex relationship between our minds, our bodies and pain.
Autism and the Female Phenotype. Prof. Robyn Young
Professor Robyn Young from Flinders University is our guest discussing the presentation and diagnosis of Autism specifically in female clients. Our wide ranging discussion covered broader issues including Autism and the criminal justice system, changes in Autistic presentation with age, training for Autism assessments, clients who camouflage Autistic characteristics, the impact of Australia's NDIS
Meaningful Improvement in Therapy with Deliberate Practice. Aaron Frost
Dr Aaron Frost with a challenge to clinicians: the path to improving client outcomes lies not in learning yet another new therapy, but in improving the way we do therapy, with consistent use of Deliberate Practice and Routine Outcome Measures.
Saving Normal: The problem of diagnostic inflation. Dr Allen Frances.
Dr Allen Frances was chair of the task force writing the DSM-IV, but subsequently became an outspoken critic of the rapid expansion of mental health diagnoses in DSM-5, and what he sees as the over medicalisation of behaviours that fall into the normal range of human life.
Dr Frances offers a US perspective on issues such as treating ADHD and Autism, the pros and cons of early diagnosis, the appr
Key Developments in Trauma. Chris Lee and Sara Quinn
Assoc Professor Chris Lee tells Dr Sara Quinn about his career researching and treating trauma. They discuss exposure, EMDR, stabilisation, helping clients reach the "ah-hah" moment, and the importance of self-care for professionals working in this space.
Clinical Responses to Death Anxiety, with Rachel Menzies
This week Lisa Chantler speaks to Rachel Menzies about the impact of death anxiety in clients presenting with broader symptoms of anxiety and depression. They discuss cultural attitudes to death, CBT, Terror Management Theory and the role of Stoic philosophy in developing a healthy acceptance of death.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy, with Dr Louise McCutcheon
Cognitive Analytic Therapy integrates Psychodynamic and Cognitive Theory and is a transdiagnostic therapeutic modality that approaches psychological problems from a relational perspective. Matt Cartwright speaks with Dr Louise McCutcheon from Orygen, The Australian Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health in Melbourne.
Links and more information about C.A.T. can be found on the Clinically Thin
The Case for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy- Jonathan Shedler
New Clinically thinking presenter Aaron Neaves meets Jonathan Shedler; author, consultant, researcher, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and faculty member at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.
Dr Shedler firmly presents the case for the evidence base and effectiveness of Psychoanalytic Thera
What Is Alexithymia? Dr David Preece
Dr David Preece studies Alexithymia. He discusses how to use this construct in clinical settings to recognise clients who struggle to understand and process emotions, and how that in turn influences the effectiveness of therapy.
Trauma Focused Chairwork with Amanda Garcia Torres
Amanda Garcia Torres and Lisa Chantler introduce us to the basics of Chairwork and discuss why this is such a powerful tool for clients who have experienced trauma. Garcia Torres has further developed her Chairwork practice to give voice to clients from marginalized communities, focusing on what she has identified as the five core problems of oppression.
Psychological Responses to Climate Anxiety
In this episode Nina Cook asks how a therapist can respond to a client’s climate anxieties, when they may also be feeling the same fears.
She speaks to Paul Rhodes who is a collaborative research fellow at the Sydney environment Institute. Paul has helped establish a research project with a group of school age young people to explore ways of responding to climate related distress. We also meet on
The Impact of Changes to Medicare for Psychologists and their Clients
The data is in. Australian Clinical Psychologists are working harder than ever and better than ever. But cuts to Medicare will no doubt change the mental health landscape for both practitioners and their clients.
Dr Aaron Frost from Benchmark Psychology crunches the numbers in the December 2022 Medicare Better Access Initiative Report.
You can read the report, or at least the executive summary at
The Lifelong Effects of Child Sexual Abuse, with Dianna Kenny
Clinical Psychologist Professor Dianna Kenny discussing the ways therapists can most helpfully care for survivors of Child Sexual Abuse.
The Art and Science of Attachment-Focused EMDR. Dr Laurel Parnell
Dr Parnell is an EMDR therapist, educator and author based in the US. Her work harnesses the potential of EMDR protocols to serve the needs of each individual client and help heal deep trauma.
How Emotional Intelligence Revolutionised Psychology. Dr Daniel Goleman
Clinical Psychologist and author of the book Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Daniel Goleman transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, and conducts business. The concept of EI is now taken for granted, but without it we would not have developed modern treatment modes such as Schema Therapy and DBT. His work has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and he has
Psychoanalysis in Modern Clinical Practice - Nancy McWilliams
Prof Nancy McWilliams reminds us that amongst the pool of third wave therapies, we do well not to overlook the foundational tools of Psychoanalysis to bring help to people suffering severe personality disorders
Creative Psychology with Tricky Kids- Andrew Fuller
Rather than weigh down the families of kids with Psychological problems with even more medical labels, Melbourne Psychologist Andrew Fuller often likes to sum them up as "Tricky Kids" (and tricky adults too). He brings warmth, good humour and creativity to his family work, and shares his ideas in numerous books, podcasts and media appearances.
The "Innovation in Clinical Practice" Conference, Brisbane 2022
In this 5 minute "mini-episode" Matt Cartwright asks Angelo Contarino what Psychologists can expect from the "Innovation in Clinical Practice" Conference in May 2022
Decolonising Psychology, with Dr Paul Rhodes
What does it mean to decolonise Psychology? Dr Paul Rhodes explains, "It goes far beyond just learning about Aboriginal knowledge but involves a personal and professional reckoning with the legacies of colonialism and racism. Decolonisation involves the frank acknowledgment of the whiteness of our field and a lifelong process of cultural humility".
The Hidden Problems of Internet Pornography Addiction. Dr Phil Watts
Dr Phil Watts lifts the lid on the sometimes taboo subject of internet pornography, and recommends therapists not be shy in assessing the ways it can affect the lives of our clients. Please be aware that given the nature of the topic, this episode is not suitable for minors.
Recognising adult ADHD with Heidi Sumich
Nina Cook meets Heidi Sumich who discusses how to recognise the symptoms of adult ADHD which are so often intermingled with other mental health conditions
The Power Threat Meaning Framework
The Power Threat Meaning Framework offers a radical conceptual alternative to the diagnostic paradigm of mental health. We find out more when Matt Cartwright meets co-author Dr Lucy Johnstone.
The Talking Cure: the patient, the therapist and the space in between.
Dr Nina Cook in conversation with Prof Gillian Straker and Dr Jacqui Winship, authors of "The Talking Cure". Together they discuss harnessing the relational psychodynamic processes present during therapy.
The Psychology Registrar Round Table
Dr Lisa Chantler talks to 3 Clinical Psychology registrars about the first steps in their career. They discuss why they chose the Masters program, the endorsement process, their fears and expectations, and how to get the best out of supervision sessions.
Dr Sandra Pertot- Responding to the Complexities of Gender Dysphoria
We meet Dr Sandra Pertot who has over 45+ years experience in Clinical Practice as a sex therapist.
Dr Pertot discusses client-focused, compassionate responses to treating individuals with Gender Dysphoria.
Dr Tracey Wade- Treating Eating Disorders (Ep.1 repeat)
Our first Episode this year was with Dr Tracey Wade who spoke on the latest research in treating eating disorders, with a special emphasis on Telehealth given the outbreak of COVID. At that stage, Clinically Thinking wasn't available on Apple or Spotify, so here it is again in case you missed it.
Seasons greetings, and we'll be back in 2021
Chris Lee on Trauma - Part 2
Associate Professor Chris Lee works at the university of Western Australia and in private practice in Perth. He is also passionate about training other Clinical Psychs in the modes and techniques of treating trauma. This is second part of his discussion with Dr Lisa Chantler about dealing with trauma in day to day Clinical practice.
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Dr Chris Lee on Trauma Part 1
Associate Professor Chris Lee works at the university of Western Australia and in private practice in Perth. He is also passionate about training other Clinical Psychs in the modes and techniques of treating trauma. This is Part 1 of an in-depth discussion with Dr Lisa Chantler about dealing with trauma in day to day Clinical practice.
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Prof Michael Gradisar- Sleep Disorders In Clinical Practice
Prof Michael Gradisar is a specialist in sleep disorders at Flinders University. On this episode of Clinically Thinking he describes the connections between sleep disorder, depression and anxiety, and encourages therapists to address sleep disorders early in treatment to bring rapid improvement to client's lives.
Scott Kellogg- The Four Dialogues Of Chair Work
Episode 3
Dr Scott Kellogg and Dr Lisa Chantler discuss Scott's discovery and use of the Four Dialogues that underpin modern Chairwork, and talk about the use of this powerful therapy in Clinical Practice.
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Dr Susan Simpson, Capitalising on the Strengths of Telehealth
Episode 2
Dr Susan Simpson is a Clinical Psychologist and Schema Therapist in Scotland. Susan has been using Telehealth for over 20 years and thinks that in some situations there are actually advantages to using Telehealth. She encourages Psychologists to work creatively and make the most of the medium.
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