The effectiveness of therapy - Bruce Wampold and Pim Cuijpers
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My guests today are Bruce Wampold and Pim Cuijpers, two of the leading experts in the research of the effectiveness of psychotherapy. Bruce is Emeritus Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of the seminal book, Pim is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is also director of the . In this conversation, we discuss the evidence for psychotherapy as a whole, the evidence for how the effectiveness of...
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The Philosophy of Psychedelics – Chris Letheby
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My guest today is Dr Chris Letheby, a philosopher working on issues related psychedelics, lecturer in philosophy at the University of Western Australia and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Adelaide. Chris is also the author of the book Philosophy of Psychedelics, which was published in 2021 by Oxford University Press.
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A guide to seeing a psychologist – Ros Knight
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My guest today is Ros Knight, former President of the Australian Psychological Society (Australia's largest professional organisation of psychologists) and Clinical Director at Macquarie University for 14 years.
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Incorporating the Numinous into Psychological Practice - Ralph Piedmont #2
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I speak with Ralph Piedmont, Professor of Pastoral Counselling at Loyola University, Maryland, and a past president of the APA's Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Ralph is also co-author (with Teresa Wilkins) of the recently published book, Understanding the Psychological Soul of Spirituality. We discuss spirituality as a clinically-relevant personality trait, and how one can go about integrating spirituality into clinical practice.
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The Psychological Soul of Spirituality - Ralph Piedmont
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I speak with Ralph Piedmont, Professor of Pastoral Counselling at Loyola University, Maryland, and a past president of the APA's Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Ralph is also co-author (with Teresa Wilkins) of the recently published book, Understanding the Psychological Soul of Spirituality.
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The Wandering Mind - Jonathan Smallwood
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My guest today is Professor Jonathan Smallwood (@the_mindwanders), Professor of Psychology at Queens University in Canada.
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Technoboosting mindfulness - Jay Sanguinetti
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Today's guest is Dr. Jay Sanguinetti, Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico, Science Director of the Sonification Enhanced Mindful Awareness Lab and Associate Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.
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Mindfulness, Interoception and Depression - Norm Farb
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In this episode I speak with Norm Farb, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Farb studies the neuroscience of the self and emotion with a focus on how cognitive biases shape the emotional reactions that influence well-being. And how all these are affected by mindfulness meditation. For example, his previous work highlights that resilience against depression stems more from the growth of mindfulness-related skills, such as interoception, than the eradication of residual depressive symptoms.
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The Phenomenology of Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas #2
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Today we speak again with Professor Josef Parnas, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Copenhagen and a co-founder of the Center for Subjectivity Research.
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Phenomenology and Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas
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Today we speak with Professor Josef Parnas, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Copenhagen and a co-founder of the Danish National Research Foundation: Center for Subjectivity Research. Professor Parnas has been involved in research into the schizophrenia spectrum for about 40 years, with a focus on the associated anomalous self-experiences.
info_outlineToday we speak with Dr Peggy Kern, Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education. Dr. Kern's research utilises innovative methodologies to investigate: (a) the understanding and measurement of healthy functioning, (b) the individual and social factors impacting life trajectories, and (c) systems informed approaches to wellbeing.
Dr. Kern received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Arizona State University, a Masters and PhD in social/personality psychology from the University of California, Riverside, and postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked directly with many leading researchers in the positive psychology field, including Martin Seligman, Angela Duckworth and Ryan Niemiec, among others.
I was really grateful to speak with someone so eminently qualified to discuss the progress, significance and outlook for the positive psychology field some 21 years on from its birth.