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Richard Hill catches up with long time friend Michael Hoyt in the USA and Flavio Cannistrà in Italy to talk about single session therapy. You can find more about single session therapy here https://www.singlesessiontherapies.com/ And the English version of Single Session Therapy: Principles and Practices can be found here on Amazon. hanks for listening! Support us by becoming a subscriber to The Science of Psychotherapy Academy! Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. And please subscribe to our show!  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

We talk to Dr. Temple Grandin (famous as a spokesperson for people with autism and her lifelong work with animal behavior) and Dr. Debra Moore (a psychologist with extensive experience in autism) who is the co-author of the book with Dr. Grandin Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum .   You can find out more about the book from Norton here.   For more on Temple Grandin, check out her website here.   Thanks for listening! Support us by becoming a subscriber to The Science of Psychotherapy Academy! Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. And please subscribe to our show!  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.  

Today we have the pleasure of talking to Dr Stephen Porges about his new book Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation. You can check out the new book here https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324016274 And find out more about Dr Stephen Porges here https://www.stephenporges.com/   Thanks for listening! Support us by becoming a subscriber to The Science of Psychotherapy Academy! Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. And please subscribe to our show!  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.  

Today we talk to Susan Aposhyan about her new book Heart Open, Body Awake: The Four Steps of Embodied Spirituality. In this book she introduces us to embodied spiritual practices and the importance of combining the psychological, spiritual and physical in therapy. You can get a discount code for her book here https://susanaposhyan.com/books/heart-open-body-awake-the-four-steps-of-embodied-spirituality/   Thanks for listening! Support us by becoming a subscriber to The Science of Psychotherapy Academy! Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. And please subscribe to our show!  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.  

Today we get to talk to Steven Taylor, Ph.D., who is a Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Taylor’s work focuses on anxiety disorders and related clinical conditions, and on the psychology of pandemics. He has authored over 300 scientific publications and more than 20 books, which have been translated into several languages. But today we are going to talk to him about his most recent book, published a few weeks before the outbreak of COVID-19: The psychology of pandemics: Preparing for the next global outbreak of infectious disease. Dr. Taylor is a member of the Canadian federal government’s expert panel on COVID-19, and a co-leader of the Psychology of Pandemics Network. You can get more information about Dr Taylor from his website https://www.drsteventaylor.com/   Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Today we talk to Dr Francis Lee Stevens who's latest book, Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy, offers an alternative model of psychotherapy, using the patient’s emotions as the focal point of treatment. This unique text approaches emotions as the primary source of intervention, where emotions are appreciated, experienced, and learned from as opposed to being regulated solely. For more about Dr Stevens and his book go to https://www.drfrancisstevens.com/ Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

We had the good fortune today to talk to Dr Chanté DeLoach, or "Dr. D" as she is affectionately known, who is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of the new book "How We Practice Therapy Now". For more about Dr DeLoach you can visit her website https://www.drdeloach.com/ Information about How We Practice Therapy Now can be found on the Norton website here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393714708 Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Dr Erin Bulluss, PhD., talks to us about her practice as a clinical psychologist and an autistic who works with autistic clients. You can find out more about Dr Bulluss at her website https://www.samsonandbulluss.com/ She also mentioned to us her writings on the Psychology Today blog with Abby Sesterka - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insights-about-autism - as well as a charity she is working with as a director: Reframing Autism. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Our good friend Paul J. Leslie has written yet another book, this time "Transforming Themes: Creative perspectives on therapeutic interaction". So we thought it best to zoom across to the United States to have a chat with him about his book and if we can help at all with his OCBD (obsessive/compulsive bookwriting disorder). It was a great chat, but we think he's still going to continue to write books. For more please check out the landing page for this episodes for links and other info! Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.  

As part of a documentary series we are producing we talked to Dr Alena Pribyl from Microba in Brisbane, Australia, about the gut microbiome and specifically what this has to do with mental health. She was so interesting we just had to get her on the show for all to hear. Sorry the audio isn't the best, we had some bandwidth issues on the day - but hopefully it's clear enough for you to catch all she presents. This is a very important topic and we can't wait to show you the documentary! For more about Dr Pribyl and the documentary go to the landing page for this episode here. For our latest book giveaways check out our recent content here https://www.thescienceofpsychotherapy.com/latest-content/ Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Andrew Thomas (MBACP in the UK) has developed a tool he calls the Rainbow Map that is being used by therapists in many modalities for trauma and anxiety. Richard Hill meets Andrew and talks about the development and use of this rather useful therapeutic tool. For more about Andrew and his map go to the landing page for this episode here. For our latest book giveaways check out our recent content here https://www.thescienceofpsychotherapy.com/latest-content/ Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Today we catch up with long-time contributor and friend Dr John Arden and talk about the long term mental health impacts of COVID-19. It was a long conversation so we give you a 30min segment here, but if you want to listen (and watch) the entire conversation please go here: https://www.thescienceofpsychotherapy.net/courses/dr-john-arden-talks-about-long-covid-and-mental-health-implications For our latest book giveaways check out our recent content here https://www.thescienceofpsychotherapy.com/latest-content/ Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Dr Carl Erik Fisher is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, where he teaches topics related to psychiatry, law, ethics, neuroscience, and society. He also has a private psychiatry practice, primarily focused on substance use problems and other addictive behaviors, with offices in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. Today we got to know Dr Fisher and had a chat about addiction and mindfulness. For more about Dr Fisher go to the landing page for this episode - here! Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Today we catch up with regular contributor to The Science of Psychotherapy, Dr Terry Marks-Tarlow, who talks to us today about her latest writing Mythic Imagination Today: The Interpenetration of Mythology and Science. For more about Terry and her work please go to the landing page for this episode. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

We were fortunate to be able to talk to Dr. Rachel Zoffness, who is a pain & health psychologist, medical consultant, author, speaker, and expert on nonpharmacological approaches to pain management. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, where she teaches pain education for medical residents, and serves as pain education faculty at Dartmouth. We got to chat about her recent book The Pain Management Workbook. For more information please go to the landing page for this episode. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Dr. Moshe Perl is a world-class expert in neurofeedback and QEEG/EEG analysis, areas in which he has almost two-decades of experience teaching and mentoring practitioners in Australia and internationally. He has successfully treated well over a thousand patients and has seen first-hand the amazing impact neurofeedback can have. Additionally, he has mentored over 100 practitioners in the field and reviewed thousands of cases inside of learning environments that develop and up-skill neurofeedback practitioners. We were fortunate to catch up with Dr Perl and talk about his work and neurofeedback generally. For more please visit the landing page for this episode Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes. Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.  

We catch up with Babette Rothschild and talk about her new paperback release "Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment: Stabilization, Safety, & Nervous System Balance".  Babette has been ahead of the curve for a long time in our world of the science of psychotherapy so we were very pleased to have this opportunity to talk with her. For more information and links go to the landing page for this episode. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes.   Our sponsor is BetterHelp - Private counseling practice with no doors and no overhead. BetterHelp provides the marketing, the technology and the additional income. You provide the professionalism, the care, the experience and desire to help people. Requirements: Licensed by a United States board to provide counseling (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar credentials). Support this podcast by joining Better Help through our Affiliate Link Here.   Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Dr Jessica Stone is a licensed psychologist practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for 30 years. Her interest in therapeutic digital tools, specifically using virtual reality, tablets, and consoles, has culminated in clinical mental health use and research for mental health, medical, and crisis settings. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality. We got to talk to her about her inventions and using technology in therapy. For more details visit the landing page for this episode here. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes.   Our sponsor is BetterHelp - Private counseling practice with no doors and no overhead. BetterHelp provides the marketing, the technology and the additional income. You provide the professionalism, the care, the experience and desire to help people. Requirements: Licensed by a United States board to provide counseling (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar credentials). Support this podcast by joining Better Help through our Affiliate Link Here.   Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.

Geoff Walters is a man with a mission. He is creating an education platform called Universal Owl to identify the universal skills that every young person needs to succeed, and then teach those skill at scale. His hope is to be able to create a new type of education system that helps people become the best versions of themselves. Richard and Matt connected with Geoff to have a chat about his project. They were so impressed by Geoff and his vision that we present part of the conversation here on the podcast as we know there will be many of our regular listeners who will also appreciate what Geoff has to say. For more information, including links to the communication course spoken about in the discussion, go to the landing page for this episode. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes.   Our sponsor is BetterHelp - Private counseling practice with no doors and no overhead. BetterHelp provides the marketing, the technology and the additional income. You provide the professionalism, the care, the experience and desire to help people. Requirements: Licensed by a United States board to provide counseling (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar credentials). Support this podcast by joining Better Help through our Affiliate Link Here.   Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.  

We were fortunate to catch up with neuropsychologist Dr Aldrich Chan who has recently released his new book Reassembling Models of Reality: Theory and Clinical Practice (published by W. W. Norton & Co). In this book, and in our conversation, Dr Chan examines our experience of how reality is assembled in our minds and how this knowledge can inform our therapeutic practice. For more please go to the landing page for this episode. Please leave a review! (Reviews are fabulously important to us! On your podcast player you should find an option to review at the bottom of the main page for the podcast - after the list of available episodes) - Here's a link for iTunes.   Our sponsor is Better Help - Private counseling practice with no doors and no overhead. Join over 8,000 therapists on the world's largest online counseling platform. We provide the marketing, the technology and the additional income. You provide the professionalism, the care, the experience and desire to help people. Requirements Licensed by a United States board to provide counseling (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar credentials). Support this podcast by joining Better Help through our Affiliate Link Here.   Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com - and get the app! Details in the footer of our site.