Welcome to episode 31 of the Therapy Explained podcast. My guest today is Dr Art O’ Malley. Art has practiced as a medical doctor since 1990 and as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist from 2004 until 2015 for the NHS. He is currently

Ep 30 - Somatic Integration and Processing

Jun 6th, 2022

Welcome to episode 30 of the Therapy Explained podcast. I am delighted to be joined by Dr. Melanie Lee and Bridger Falkenstien. This is a return to the show for Mel whom I spoke with in episode 14 about Cognitive Analytic Therapy and a first ap

Ep 29 - Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy

May 23rd, 2022

Welcome back to a new episode of the Therapy Explained podcast. This week I am joined by Rob Ó Cobhthaigh, the co-founder of Inwardbound. Inwardbound offers psilocybin retreat programmes in the Netherlands, with pre-screening and integration pr

Ep 28 - AEDP

May 9th, 2022

Welcome to episode 28 of the Therapy Explained podcast. Today we head across the pond to speak with Dr Ronald Frederick, a clinical psychologist and senior faculty member of the Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Institute.Ro

Ep 27 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Apr 25th, 2022

Hello and welcome back to the Therapy Explained podcast. In today’s episode, I speak with Shaun Mehew about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, otherwise known as ACT. Shaun is a contextual behavioural science specialist with a particular intere

Ep 26 - Gottman Method Couples Therapy

Apr 11th, 2022

In today’s episode, I speak with Sinead Smyth, a couples’ therapist and Master Trainer in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Sinead is the Clinical Director of East Bay Relationship Center, California and trains clinicians in the US and Europe in

Ep 25 - Compassion-Focused Therapy

Mar 28th, 2022

Thanks for joining me on the Therapy Explained podcast. This week is all about compassion as I speak with Dr Georgina Mullen about Compassion-Focused Therapy. Georgina is a clinical psychologist working at the Irish Centre for Compassion Focuse

Ep 24 - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Mar 14th, 2022

Thanks for joining me on episode 24 of the podcast, where I speak with Dr Ben Sessa. Ben is a consultant psychiatrist, psychedelic therapist and chief medical officer at Awakn Life Sciences, the UK’s first on-the-high-street provider of psyched

Ep 23 - CBT for Insomnia

Feb 28th, 2022

Welcome to episode 23 of the Therapy Explained podcast. Today I am joined by Dr David Lee, a psychologist, scientist and clinical director for Sleep Unlimited. David specialises in treating insomnia with cognitive behavioural therapy for insomn

Ep 22 - Psychoanalysis

Feb 14th, 2022

Thanks for joining me on episode 22 of the podcast. In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Paul Moore, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and course director of the Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and lecturer in Psychoana

Ep 21 - Coherence Therapy

Jan 31st, 2022

Paul Sibson is a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist now working as a trainer for the Coherence Psychology Institute. He contributed to the book “Unlocking the Emotional Brain”, a groundbreaking publication on Memory Reconsolidation and

Ep 20 - Breathwork

Jan 17th, 2022

Episode 20 sees me joined by breathwork expert Patrick McKeown. Patrick is hugely passionate about the power of the breath, in part due to the impact poor quality breathing had on his physiology in his younger years, as well as the misinformati

Ep 19 - Applied Behaviour Analysis

Jan 3rd, 2022

Thanks for joining me on another episode of the Therapy Explained podcast. My guest today is Behavioural Psychologist Pádraig Walsh, a specialist in applied behavioural analysis (ABA). Pádraig has a wealth of experience working with families, o

Ep 18 - IFS-Informed EMDR

Dec 20th, 2021

Hello, welcome back to the Therapy Explained podcast. This week I am speaking with Bruce Hersey, an Internal Family Systems-Informed EMDR consultant. I am excited to share this episode as we talk about the two forms of therapy that interest me

Ep 17 - Craniosacral Therapy

Dec 6th, 2021

Thanks for joining me on another episode of the Therapy Explained podcast. This week we're discussing craniosacral therapy, a form of bodywork consisting of remarkably light touches across the body. Joining me is Cork-based craniosacral therapi

Ep 16 - IPT

Nov 22nd, 2021

Thanks for joining me for episode 16 of the Therapy Explained podcast. Today I’m joined by Yvonne Hemming where we discuss interpersonal therapy, more commonly known as IPT.Yvonne explains what IPT is, in particular the impact current interpers

Ep 15 - Mindfulness

Nov 7th, 2021

Hello and welcome back to the Therapy Explained podcast. Today I’ll be speaking with Mindfulness teacher John Cummins. We spoke about John’s journey to mindfulness, what it was about mindfulness that lead him to want to teach it, how it can hel

Ep 14 - Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Oct 25th, 2021

Thanks for joining me on episode 14 of the “Therapy Explained” podcast. I’m joined by Dr Melanie Lee of Trust Psychology as we discuss cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). Mel talks through the history of CAT, how it balances structure and flexibi

Ep 13 - Reiki

Oct 11th, 2021

Welcome to episode 13 of the Therapy Explained podcast where I speak to EMDR guru Melissa Benintendi. Now, although EMDR is a real passion of mine, this week, Melissa and I talked about a passion of hers, Reiki. We cover what Reiki is and where

Ep 12 - Schema Therapy

Sep 27th, 2021

Check out episode 11, where I discuss schema therapy with clinical psychologist Sarah Thompson. Sarah skilfully talks through the fascinating world of schema therapy, including its evolution, what schemas are, how we can understand what these a

Ep 11 - Counselling

Sep 13th, 2021

Welcome to episode 11 of the “Therapy Explained” podcast. In this week's episode, I chat with Donna Breen of Donna Breen Counselling, a counselling and CBT service based in Tipperary. Donna has over a decade of experience as a counsellor, havin

Ep 10 - MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy

Aug 30th, 2021

On episode 10 of the Therapy Explained podcast we discuss one of the frontiers of therapy, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Joining me is Shannon Carlin, the chief of training and supervision for MDMA-assisted therapy at the Multidisciplinary Assoc

Ep 9 - Somatic Experiencing

Aug 16th, 2021

Welcome to episode nine of the Therapy Explained podcast. This week I’m exploring Somatic Experiencing with David Lillie, a somatic experiencing practitioner. As David explains, somatic experiencing has its roots in the observation of how anima

Ep 8 - Neurofeedback

Aug 2nd, 2021

Welcome to episode eight of the Therapy Explained podcast. I am your host James Lloyd and in this week’s episode, I speak with Michael Keane, a behavioural neuroscientist. Michael is the founder of the Actualise Clinic, a Dublin based mental he