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The MindStew Podcast aims to explore our understanding of human psychology and put important perspectives on the radar of psychology, counselling & cognitive science students to inspire them to become wise and effective practitioners.

The effectiveness of therapy - Bruce Wampold and Pim Cuijpers 10/15/2024

The effectiveness of therapy - Bruce Wampold and Pim Cuijpers 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 different psychotherapies compare, how to study the drivers of change in psychotherapy (such as the “therapeutic alliance”) and discuss what the current evidence suggests as fruitful avenues for the future of psychotherapeutic research and practice. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/33461707

The Philosophy of Psychedelics – Chris Letheby 12/12/2021

The Philosophy of Psychedelics – Chris Letheby 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/21455240

A guide to seeing a psychologist – Ros Knight 10/29/2021

A guide to seeing a psychologist – Ros Knight 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/20987552

Incorporating the Numinous into Psychological Practice - Ralph Piedmont #2 09/01/2021

Incorporating the Numinous into Psychological Practice - Ralph Piedmont #2 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/20331224

The Psychological Soul of Spirituality - Ralph Piedmont 07/19/2021

The Psychological Soul of Spirituality - Ralph Piedmont 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/19855898

The Wandering Mind - Jonathan Smallwood 04/29/2021

The Wandering Mind - Jonathan Smallwood My guest today is Professor Jonathan Smallwood (@the_mindwanders), Professor of Psychology at Queens University in Canada. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/18907508

Technoboosting mindfulness - Jay Sanguinetti 09/12/2020

Technoboosting mindfulness - Jay Sanguinetti 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/15982430

Mindfulness, Interoception and Depression - Norm Farb 08/30/2020

Mindfulness, Interoception and Depression - Norm Farb 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/15806897

The Phenomenology of Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas #2 07/20/2020

The Phenomenology of Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas #2 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/15283223

Phenomenology and Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas 05/25/2020

Phenomenology and Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas 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. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/14551535

Empirically-based Diagnosis and Categorisation - Robert Krueger 01/19/2020

Empirically-based Diagnosis and Categorisation - Robert Krueger Today I speak with Prof. Robert Krueger, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Hathaway Distinguished Professor, and the Director of Clinical Training at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Krueger’s work is centred on developing an empirically-based system of grouping and delineating psychopathology. Prof. Krueger was a member of the DSM-5 Personality and Personality Disorders Work group, and is an architect of HiTOP a new, dimensional classification system of psychiatric problems. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/12799922

Microdosing - Vince Polito 11/05/2019

Microdosing - Vince Polito Today I speak with Dr. Vince Polito, Research Fellow in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/11912954

The Hype and Reality of Mindfulness - Nicholas Van Dam 09/15/2019

The Hype and Reality of Mindfulness - Nicholas Van Dam Today we speak with Dr Nicolas Van Dam, a clinical psychologist, Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/11258834

Interoception - Rebecca Brewer 09/09/2019

Interoception - Rebecca Brewer Dr. Rebecca Brewer, Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, studies social and emotional abilities and how there are related to interoception (the perception of the internal states of one's body). /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/11178278

Preventative Mental Health Care - Aliza Werner-Seidler 08/21/2019

Preventative Mental Health Care - Aliza Werner-Seidler Dr. Aliza Werner-Seidler is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW. Aliza works on the prevention and treatment of depression and anxiety disorders via school-based, digitally delivered, evidence-based programs. She is currently the Chief Investigator of the largest preventative mental health program in Australia. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/10940180

Improving Psychotherapy Outcomes - Tony Rousmaniere 07/25/2019

Improving Psychotherapy Outcomes - Tony Rousmaniere Dr. Tony Rousmaniere is a psychologist in private practice and a member of the Clinical Faculty at the University of Washington. Tony provides clinical training and supervision to therapists around the world with an emphasis on using deliberate practice to develop the clinical skills that enhance psychotherapy effectiveness. His research is focused on improving psychotherapy outcomes. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/10651403

Positive Psychology at 21 - Peggy Kern 04/17/2019

Positive Psychology at 21 - Peggy Kern My guest today is Dr Peggy Kern, Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/9424130

Ultrasound Brain Stimulation with Lennart Verhagen 04/06/2019

Ultrasound Brain Stimulation with Lennart Verhagen Today we speak with Dr Lennart Verhagen, a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology who has bet his career on ultrasounic neuromodulation. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/9290222

Thriving in the Modern World with Don Hine 03/24/2019

Thriving in the Modern World with Don Hine Today we speak with Dr. Don Hine, Professor of Psychology in UNE’s Faculty of Medicine and Health. We discuss positive psychology and about the recent unit he introduced at the University of New England called "Surviving and Thriving - How to Live Well in the Modern World". /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/9117746

Anxiety and Depression with Maria Kangas 12/04/2018

Anxiety and Depression with Maria Kangas Today we speak with Dr. Maria Kangas, Associate Professor of Macquarie University's Centre for Emotional Health. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/7800197

Humans and Drugs with Stephen Bright 11/25/2018

Humans and Drugs with Stephen Bright Today we speak with Dr. Stephen Bright, a clinically-trained psychologist, ethnopharmacologist and Senior Lecturer of Addiction at Edith Cowan University. Stephen is also a Member of the AOD Media Watch Reference Group, an organisation that highlights poor examples of journalism regarding AOD-related issues, and a founding member and vice-president of PRISM, a not-for-profit organisation supporting research into evidence-based drug policy and the medical application of psychoactive drugs. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/7679888

Consciousness and Reality with Bernardo Kastrup 11/15/2018

Consciousness and Reality with Bernardo Kastrup My guest today is Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher of consciousness with a background in computer engineering. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/7577312

Psychedelic psychiatry with Nigel Strauss 11/01/2018

Psychedelic psychiatry with Nigel Strauss Today we speak with Dr. Nigel Strauss, a psychiatrist with over 40 years experience and Adjunct Professor at Deakin University. Nigel's career has focused on PTSD and medico-legal psychiatry. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/7396133

Directions in Psychology with John Malouff 10/29/2018

Directions in Psychology with John Malouff Today we speak with John Malouff, Associate Professor at the University of New England’s School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences. /episode/index/show/mindstew/id/7346762

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