PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES
PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES is a podcast from Circle Of Insight Productions that explores psychological concepts and theories. Episodes likely examine major schools of thought, mental health topics, and behavioral insights. The show is presented in English for a general audience interested in psychology. It aims to make psychological ideas accessible and relevant.
Episodes
The Many Voices Inside Your Head: Are We Really One Person?
Have you ever felt as though different parts of your personality were arguing with one another? One part wants security, another demands adventure, and a third questions every decision. Psychologist Hubert Hermans developed Dialogical Self Theory to explain how our identities contain multiple internal perspectives that interact, compete, and sometimes contradict one another. Discover why these inn
Personal Construct Theory: Why Two People Can Experience the Same Event and See Completely Different Realities
: Why can two people experience exactly the same event yet interpret it in completely different ways? Psychologist George Kelly believed that we each construct our own understanding of reality through personal beliefs, expectations, and experiences. His Personal Construct Theory explains how these mental frameworks shape relationships, influence decisions, and sometimes trap us in patterns of misu
Attachment Theory in the Therapy Room: What Secure, Anxious, and Avoidant Attachment Actually Look Like
Attachment theory is often reduced to labels people use to explain their dating lives, but its clinical origins are considerably richer. Secure, anxious, and avoidant patterns describe different ways people organize themselves around closeness, separation, dependency, and the possibility of rejection. In psychotherapy, these patterns may emerge not only in stories about relationships but in the pa
Object Relations Theory Explained: How Early Relationships Shape the Adult Mind
Why do some people desperately seek closeness but become frightened, angry, or distant once they receive it? Object relations theory proposes that our earliest relationships can become internal psychological templates that influence how we experience ourselves and other people throughout life. This episode explores the ideas of Melanie Klein, D. W. Winnicott, and Ronald Fairbairn—and what therapis
Precision Under Pressure: The Power of Brief Psychodynamic Therapy
Brief Psychodynamic Therapy proves that depth-oriented clinical work does not require years on the couch to yield meaningful change. By isolating a central emotional or relational conflict from the outset, the clinician and client establish a sharp, deliberate focus for time-limited intervention. The explicit termination boundary mobilizes affect, disrupts chronic defensive avoidance, and activate
CPT Does Not Relive the Trauma. It Cross-Examines the Sentence You Built Afterward.
Cognitive Processing Therapy treats PTSD by finding the beliefs that froze after the event—what the manual calls stuck points—and testing them like evidence. It is not exposure therapy with a softer name, and it is not positive thinking. Used well, it is a structured argument with the conclusions trauma left behind.
Exposure Therapy vs. Prolonged Exposure: What’s the Difference?
Exposure therapy is a broad psychological treatment that helps people safely confront fears they have been avoiding, while Prolonged Exposure is a structured treatment developed specifically for PTSD. In this episode, we examine in-vivo, imaginal, and interoceptive exposure and explain how these methods promote new learning rather than simply forcing someone to “face their fears.” We also explore
Applying Melanie Klein’s Principles in Psychotherapy: Integrating Paranoid-Schizoid and Depressive Positions in Clinical Sessions
Discover how Melanie Klein’s groundbreaking object relations concepts, including the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, projective identification, and splitting, can be practically applied to deepen therapeutic work with clients experiencing relational trauma and personality dynamics.
This episode equips mental health professionals with precise strategies for case conceptualization and re
ACT : Psychological Flexibility Under Pressure
A high-yield breakdown of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) designed for EPPP exam preparation, covering psychological flexibility, cognitive defusion, and third-wave behavioral therapy principles. This episode translates complex clinical concepts into test-ready strategies for managing anxiety, improving performance, and mastering key distinctions between ACT and CBT. Ideal for psychology s
A deep dive into narrative therapy
DEEP DIVE INTO DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES
ATTRACTION AND RELATIONSHIP THEORIES
COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
WHAT IS TRANSFERENCE FOCUSED PSYCHOTHERAPY
WE LOOK AT JUNGIAN THEORY AND WE HAVE ADDED A CASE STUDY AND HOW TO USE JUNGIAN INTERVENTIONS
OBJECT RELATIONS
EMDR FOR TRAUMA
DIRECT TALK THEREAPY AND RETRAUMATIZATION
CAN SCIENCE HELP PSYCHOANALYSIS
DOES THE DSM PROVIDE CAUSES OF PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES
WE LOOK AT COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY
MOTIVATION ENHANCEMENT THERAPY AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER
A LOOK AT STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY
SATIR FAMILY THERAPY
DIAGNOSIS INFLATION
WHAT IS BRAINSPOTTING WITH DR. GRAND
THE WEEPING WOMAN LEGEND IN MEXICO- a psychoanalytic look
WE DISCUSS ADLERIAN THEORY
WE LOOK AT JUNGIAN THEORY AND WE HAVE ADDED A CASE STUDY AND HOW TO USE JUNGIAN INTERVENTIONS
WHAT IS TRAUMA FOCUSED CBT
KALSCHED'S TRAUMA THEORY
LAZARUS AND FOLKMANS PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AND COPING THEORY
DR. SIEFF DISCUSSES DIFFERENT TRAUMA THEORIES
THE USE OF SELF IN THERAPY WITH DR. APONTE
WHAT IS TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY
WE DISCUSS BRIEFLY SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
WHAT IS THE DIATHESIS STRESS MODEL
A BRIEF LOOK AT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DSM-5-TR AND THE ICD-11
WE DISCUSS SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY AND THERAPY TECHNIQUE IDEAS
WHAT IS FAIRBAIRN'S INTERNAL SABOTEUR
WHAT IS OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY
WE DISCUSS EMOTION FOCUSED THEORY
WE DISCUSS CBT AND MINDFULNESS
EMDR FOR TRAUMA
WHAT IS FREUD'S CONCEPT OF THE ID, EGO, AND SUPEREGO
ADLERIAN THEORY AND SIBLING ORDER2
FREUD'S OEDIPUS COMPLEX THEORY
WE DISCUSS ADLER'S THEORY ON INFERIORITY COMPLEX
FREUD'S DEFENSE MECHANISMS
WHAT IS EGO ACCORDING TO JUNG
ADLERIAN THEORY AND SIBLING ORDER1
WHAT IS TRANSFERENCE
BOWEN FAMILY SYSTEM'S 8 BASIC CONCEPTS
PSYCHOLOGY THEORY REBT- THE PRINCIPLES OF ABC'S AND REFRAMING1
RELENTLESS HOPE WITH DR. STARK- NOT DEALING WITH UNRESOLVED CHILDHOOD PAIN
A LOOK AT STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY1
WHAT IS FREUD'S CONCEPT OF THE ID, EGO, AND SUPEREGO
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