Here is a special bonus to our chronic pain episode. This exercise was performed by Dr Harvey Jones for people who would like to practice and develop their ability to drop anchor to help them with pain and discomfort!
In this episode, Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on helping people to improve chronic pain. Chronic pain impacts up to 20% of the population, so there is a good chance that you or someone you know is significantly impacted by this. Together, they discuss: * what is chronic pain? * what are the main differences between acute and chronic pain * why chronic pain does not always mean that harm or damage is being done to the tissue where t...
Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about how people can improve their symptoms of feeling panicky and panic attacks. Together, they discuss: * what a panic attack is * what are the physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of a panic attack * why do panic attacks occur? * what's the difference between feeling panicky and a panic attack? * are panic attacks dangerous? * what can be done to help improve panic attacks? * how can we bes...
Highlights from our episode on habits that could be a really useful reminder for people that are wanting to build healthy habits or break unhelpful habits to start off 2025! Thanks so much for tuning into our show these past two years. Looking forward to bringing you some new topics again soon in 2025!
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on everything to do with values clarification. Together, they discuss: * what a value is * the differences between values and goals * whether values are more important than goals * how people can better understand or clarify their own values * how an individual's personal values might differ from their family and society they live in * what Damon and Harvey's most important values are * The difference t...
Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how people can help improve their depression severity. Here is a quick highlight of the best moments and key take-aways from their longer episode that they did on improving mood and depression.
Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist on trauma, trauma symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. Together, they discuss: * how to define trauma * what is PTSD? * why do some things feel traumatic? * what impact does trauma have on our brain? * how do we best manage the different trauma symptoms? * what are the most effective treatments out there for trauma? * how can we best support someone who has experienced traumatic symptoms? * the importance of grou...
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Dr Harvey Jones on one of his main specialties - functional neurological disorder (FND). They continue their discussion from last episode, including: * lifestyle factors that can help with FND, * effective treatments for FND, *prognosis for people with FND, * the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for helping to manage FND, * how helpful physiotherapy and psychology can be in helping FND, * research projects that are looking into FND, * ...
"FND is one of the most common disorders that you've never heard about" Dr Damon Ashworth, Clinical Psychologist, interviews Dr Harvey Jones, Clinical Neuropsychologist on one of his specialised interests - functional neurological disorder (FND). Harvey is at the forefront of the healthcare system in helping people with FND better understand what is going on for them with their brain and physical health, and what they can do about it. FND is one of the most misunderstood conditions out there. A ...
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about his thoughts on the recent changes in banning the sale of vapes outside of pharmacies in Australia. They discuss what an addiction is, what can lead to an addiction developing, what the consequences can be, and what can be done.
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about how people can improve their healthy habits and decrease their unhelpful habits. Together, they discuss: * what are helpful and unhelpful habits, and why are these better terms than good and bad habits? * when does a habit become unhelpful? * what are some ways that we can break unhelpful habits? * what are some positive things that we can do to improve our chances of developing more healthy habits over ti...
If you have the time, feel free to check out our longer episode on sleep. If you just want the key takeaways about sleep and what you can do, check out this bite-sized episode!
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Harvey Jones about Imposter Syndrome. Together, they discuss: * What is imposter syndrome, and how does it show up in different people? * What are potential triggers for imposter syndrome, or what could make it more likely to happen? * How common is imposter syndrome? (spoiler: up to 82% of people have felt it at some point in their lives) * Harvey and Damon's personal experiences with imposter syndrome * How to best manage imp...
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how can effectively work through and manage guilt and shame. Harvey asks Damon the following: * Why are we talking about guilt and shame in the one podcast episode? * What are the main differences between guilt and shame? * What purposes do guilt and shame serve? * Are guilt and shame typical emotions for people to experience? * Are these emotions seen often in clinical practice? * What are some gender differ...
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on a big area of his expertise - persistent concussion symptoms. Together, they discuss: * What are typical persistent concussion symptoms (PCS)? * How long do the symptoms typically last for? * What can people do to help manage their symptoms? * Are there any medications out there that can help? * Is it safe for people to return to work or school with persistent concussion symptoms? * How do PCS differ from CTE...
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how people can improve their overall well-being. Well-being can be a really wide and poorly defined topic, but most people that do come into therapy do so because they are hoping to improve their lives in some way. When you think of wanting to improve your life, what does it look like to you? Would you like to feel happy all the time? Content or satisfied with your life? Or feeling less sad or anxious? What f...
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on: * What attention is * What inattention is * The difference between ADHD and attention lapses * Why are people more concerned about their attention lately? * Can someone's anxiety or depression actually be their ADHD? * Is medication the only solution to inattention? * What people can do to try to improve their attention * Can meditation or exercise help attention? * Do we all need a three-month detox from ou...
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about improving your anxiety, something both Damon and Harvey encounter daily in their work. Damon aims to shed some light on how he works with clients to help them improve their anxiety. In this episode, anxiety is discussed in general. More specific anxiety disorders will be discussed in future episodes. They talk about: *What is anxiety, and how it presents in Damon’s work as a psychologist? *The difference b...
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on a topic he is passionate about - concussion. Harvey wants to improve listeners' understanding of acute concussion symptoms and the main dos and don'ts following a concussion. They discuss what a concussion is, what is important to do in the first 24 to 48 hours after a concussion, and where they could go if they are concerned or want extra support. They also debunk a lot of the myths that are out there about ...
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about sleep as they try to cut through all the fads, devices and common advice to give you some practical science-based strategies to improve your sleep. They talk about: *how much sleep we need and how to work this out for ourselves, often without fancy technology. *insomnia and how common it is. *the most evidenced-based intervention for insomnia. *what cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia entails. *the im...
Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones about all things stress-related. They talk about: * what stress is * if stress is ever a positive thing * the difference between the benefits of acute stress and the negatives of chronic stress * the potential detrimental health factors of chronic stress * what people can do if stress is negatively impacting their health or lives * if it is possible to lower someone's stress levels just by changing the way that ...
Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about what depression is and what can be done about it. They discuss: * The various symptoms of depression * When medication is most useful for people with depression * What the main self-help strategies are that people can try if they are feeling depressed * How therapy can help people with depression to change their behaviours or challenge their beliefs Depression can improve over time, and help is available. ...
Dr Damon Ashworth, Clinical Psychologist, interviews Dr Harvey Jones, Neuropsychologist on everything there is to know about motivation. They discuss what motivation is, the different types of motivation, which is most effective, how people can become more motivated to do certain things, and how they can improve the behaviours that they want to regardless of how motivated they feel.
