Episodes
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When someone is struggling with disordered eating, it affects both the individual and their family.
In this episode, UKCP psychotherapist and eating disorder specialist Gladys Ellis talks with Martha Williams, the senior clinical advice coordinator for Beat, the UK's leading eating disorder charity.
Gladys and Martha discuss Beat's efforts to break down stereotypes of eating disorders in society and the media. They also highlight the importance of working in multi-disciplinary teams to support the physical and psychological wellbeing of individuals with an eating disorder.
According to Gladys, ‘weight is not a prerequisite to get support,’ especially for young people.
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You can find support by contacting:
In an emergency, call: 999
NHS (England), call: 111
NHS Direct (Wales), call: 0845 46 47
The Samaritans 24-hour helpline, call: 116 123
Anorexia and Bulimia Care helpline: 03000 11 12 13
Beat Eating disorder: 0808 801 0711 (open between 3-8pm each day) -
How can you find work opportunities and follow your passion?
In this episode, Emily Bridges, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Gladys Ellis.
Working in the NHS as a mental health nurse, Gladys decided to pursue psychotherapeutic training to support young people and their families. After qualifying, she worked in an NHS CAHMS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) team, where she noticed an increase in the number of young people entering for disordered eating. This sparked her interest to learn more and specialise. Now with over 21 years of experience, she shares her learnings.
‘One needs a lot of different skills and ability to support people. I would encourage people to work in generic roles before they specialise and definitely to be really aware that going into private practice when one is newly quailed can be really risky, both for themselves as clinicians, but also for the population you’d be working with.’
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Exploring yourself through psychotherapy can lead you to transform your life.
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Richard Hughes.
After a 25-year career in the TV industry and owning his own production company, Richard began experiencing an existential crisis which led him to psychotherapy. He later became inspired to make this his career.
‘But doing therapy I just found that I could tap into a vulnerability that I wasn’t really familiar with. It just allowed me to be deeply relational with someone and I really loved it. And I thought why do I just have this for one hour a week, this could be bigger, this could be my life.’
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How can a psychotherapist use social media in their career?
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Tasha Bailey.
An author, speaker and social media influencer, Tasha specialises childhood wounds, healing, and self-love.
In this episode Tasha looks at her career and how social media led her to a book deal. Her new book, titled Real Talk: Lessons From Therapy on Healing and Self-Love, seeks to give readers the reflective tools they need to start exploring who they are.
‘When I was working with young people, I always had this feeling of, I wish there was something I could give to them, like a book or a toolbox that they can just go away and have access to whenever they need it after therapy. That’s what I wanted to create. I wanted to create a book that could be a toolbox for people who either are in therapy, or have finished therapy, or who have never had therapy, but something where they’re getting all the therapeutic lessons I’d wished they’d had earlier on.’
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What leads a psychotherapeutic professional into research?
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Melissa Cliffe.
Melissa had always felt drawn to the psychological profession, and after immersing herself in a career in the marketing, she felt it was time to exploring psychotherapeutic training.
In her professional journey, Melissa became deeply connected to her own experience of midlife and the profound existential questioning about her life. This inspired her to specialise in midlife, aging and appearance, with a specific focus on women. She responded to the gap in resources about this transitional period, which led her into research.
‘I’m looking at how physical appearance is addressed between female therapists and female clients because I’ve been looking for what’s missing in our literature, what hasn’t been addressed yet, and this seems to be an area that hasn’t had any attention.’
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Looking forward to new opportunities and interests can take your career in any direction.
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Siobhán McGee.
Siobhán looks back at the skills and experience she gained working with organisations and co-consulting alongside colleagues, that ultimately led her into leadership.
‘If you’re working with trauma dynamics and you’re working with groups and organisations, it’s important to work with at least one colleague or a team because it’s very hard to hold that all by yourself.’
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How can a newly qualified member benefit from working in an organisation?
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Victoria Dada.
Victoria looks back at her career and why she decided to start out in the NHS before setting up her own private practice during the pandemic.
‘As we all know, the NHS is a well-established organisation. It also comes with the richness, with the opportunities to grow and it also widened my knowledge.’
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How can working in organisations help you grow your private practice?
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Lisa Bruton.
Helen speaks to Lisa about her work with first responders and how she balanced her organisational work whilst working in private practice.
Lisa reflects on how she balanced her work between settings and how her work with organisations provided stability and growth.
‘The sheer practice of working with lots of different people really builds up your sense of confidence and skillset, so any which way in which you can get yourself a full practice basically, I would say go for it.’
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How can organisations work more therapeutically?
In this episode Helen Willingham, our head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Hendrix Hammond. Motivated by his passion to work with people led Hendrix to pursue a career in psychotherapy.
Alongside his clinical work as a family and systemic psychotherapist, Hendrix began consulting with organisations, and their staff, on diversity and engaging marginalised individuals. This work drew him to start his doctorate in organisational consultancy.
Helen speaks to Hendrix to find out about his work supporting organisations to create a more culturally informed environment.
‘I started running these workshops on anti-racist approaches in work contexts, thinking about the challenges of having a diverse workforce, what gets in the way of certain conversations and just thinking about feelings and anxieties that people hold in relationship to talking about the subject matter.’
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In this episode, Helen Willingham, head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP member Melinda Powell.
Melinda reflects on what drew her to the profession and dream work, and what led her to transition into the non-clinical aspect of psychotherapeutic work.
‘If you’re making that change from clinical to non-clinical, make haste slowly. There’s no rush, take your time. What I did do is phase out over time, working with fewer and fewer clients and less involved directly with the clinical aspect of supervision. So, it was again a devolution in that sense, a process over time.’
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You don’t have to sacrifice your personal joy and self-care to succeed in the long term.
In this episode, Helen Willingham, head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Luq Adejumo. Luq shares how he balanced training and full-time work while pursuing a career in psychotherapy that would allow him more autonomy.
Luq reflects on his training and how he went about setting up his own private practice.
‘If you’re in private practice you’re running your own mini business, and that’s one thing I had to get my head around quite quickly, even though I had been an operations director in a large business.’
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Evolving as a psychotherapist may mean changing how you practice and finding where your passion lies.
In this episode, Helen Willingham, head of content and engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Lou Lebentz.
Lou reflects on what drew her from fashion and radio into psychotherapy, and her more recent desire to pursue public speaking, writing, programme creation and training in trauma-informed psychotherapy.
‘What we do as a profession needs to get out there and be heard by more people.’
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How can a psychotherapist overcome the hurdles in establishing their client base in a new location?
In this episode, Helen Willingham, Head of Content and Engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Alessio Rizzo.
Alessio looks at his entrance into the therapy profession and how he brought in his background in education to inform and shape his psychotherapeutic work.
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How can a psychotherapist navigate the financial constraints of training?
In this episode, Helen Willingham, Head of Content and Engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Josephine Discepolo Ahmadi. Navigating the logistics of training and working, with her disability, Josephine looks back at how she began her psychotherapeutic career.
Stay tuned to find out about Josephine’s transition from an artistic career into psychotherapeutic practice and the range of roles she has held.
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Why should therapists represent the communities they serve?
In this episode, Helen Willingham, UKCP’s Head of Content and Engagement, talks to UKCP psychotherapist Eugene Ellis. He looks back at why he entered training and what promoted his to set up the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network. An organisation which aims to encourage people of African, South Asian and Caribbean heritages to proactively engage with psychological support, and encourage more diversity in the therapy profession to tackle underrepresentation.
Stay tuned to find out about Eugene’s leadership role working to support diversity in the therapeutic profession.
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Welcome to this special edition UKCP podcast with UKCP chair Azmat and UKCP member John Paul Davis, who are discussing the upcoming General Meeting. Azmat will discuss the proposals from the Board, provide some rationale and context around the General Meeting and voting.
We hope that this podcast provides more information about the General Meeting, the rationale and the resolutions. And now to introduce themselves, John-Paul Davis and Azmat. -
What are UKCP’s proposed strategic proprieties for the coming years?
In this podcast, UKCP Chair Syed Azmatullah speaks to members about the draft plans for UKCP’s future priorities. -
How can psychotherapists support organisations to reduce bias and promote a more diverse environment?
Aileen began her career as a psychiatric and general nurse, moving into senior management within a psychotherapeutic resident community. Her mental health work led her to train as a counsellor. Her desire to continue learning more led her to psychotherapy and later a doctorate.
Now working as a psychotherapist and supervisor, Aileen also offers consultancy to organisations and educational institutions wanting to address difficult and sensitive issues relating to race and cultural diversity in the workplace.
In this podcast, Aileen sits down with Helen to talk about her psychotherapeutic career working with culture, generational trauma and black identity.
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Why is it important for a therapist to have a diverse workload?
Prior to training as a psychotherapist, Lorna worked in video games, technology and television for 20 years.
Now working as a psychotherapist and trauma-informed yoga teacher, Lorna seeks to integrate psychotherapy, the body, breathing and movement to help people experiencing trauma, anxiety, and depression.
In this podcast, Lorna sits down with Helen to talk about her psychotherapeutic career seeking to integrate body and mind. Listen and find out about how she works to diversify her work and income.
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In this podcast, Helen talks to UKCP psychotherapist Martin Weaver about his work during the 80s AIDS epidemic and the London Bombings, providing psychological support for those in times of extreme crisis.
Martin looks back at his journey through the NHS as a HIV Prevention Co-ordinator, where he began the initial stage of training in psychotherapy. He reveals how he navigated the cost and logistics of training in the 1990’s and went on to open his private practice.
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