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The Therapy Show

Bob Cooke and Kellie Barrattpodcasters.spotify.com
Bob Cooke, an international Psychotherapist , Trainer and Supervisor, talks with Kellie Barratt about the world of therapy and counselling. Kellie is also a therapist. This podcast is aimed at listeners who are curious in psychotherapy and counselling, how therapy works, and how therapy helps you towards a more healthy sense of self, both mentally and spiritually. The podcasts will also be of interest to students of therapy and counselling and what it takes to be a psychotherapist. So please join Bob and Kellie on this voyage of discovery and co-creative conversations.
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Episodes

28. The use of the self and self disclosure in the therapeutic relationship.

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of...

Dec 09, 202140 minSeason 1Ep. 28

27. The importance of boundaries within the therapeutic relationship

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of...

Dec 02, 202135 minSeason 1Ep. 27

26. Working with the Challenging Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of...

Nov 25, 202128 minSeason 1Ep. 26

25. Working with Addictions

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of...

Nov 18, 202136 minSeason 1Ep. 25

24. Working with the Client and Eating Disorders

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this podcast, Bob Cooke is talking about clients presenting Eating Issues/Disorders, whether it be bulimia or anorexia. Bob talks to Jacci about the eating challenges that people face and specifically how to work with people who present this type of profile. Bob talks about the work that Kathy Leach presents in her book The Overweight Patient. He also talks ...

Nov 11, 202131 minSeason 1Ep. 21

23. Working with Children with Guest Host Steffy Cooke

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this particular podcast, Steffy Cooke, Psychotherapist and Trainer, stands in for Bob Cooke and talks about how to work with children and adolescents. Stephanie Cooke is the wife of Bob Cooke and specialises in working with children and adolescents. Stephanie Cooke was a social worker before she was a psychotherapist and works specifically in the area of men...

Nov 04, 202126 minSeason 1Ep. 21

22. Working with the Traumatised Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this podcast, Bob Cooke talks to Jacci Jones about his vast experience of working with clients at a clinical level and specifically talks about working with traumatised clients. He talks about the importance of dealing with the specific trauma in the child ego state of the client and the transactional analysis approach of working with trauma, which is basica...

Oct 28, 202127 minSeason 1Ep. 15

21. Working with the Sexually Abused Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. Bob talks to Jacci about how to work with people who present with sexual abuse. He specifically talks about the clients who come to his office and disclose they have been sexually abused in their history. He talks about the features/characteristics of someone who is dealing with sexual abuse and talks about the difference between "thriving" and "surviving" sexu...

Oct 21, 202141 minSeason 1Ep. 21

20. Working with the Anxious Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. Bob Cooke talks with Jacci Jones about how to work at a clinical level with the anxious client. In other words, the client that presents anxiety whether it be at a cognitive or emotional level and whether it is accompanied by depressed or some other process. Bob talks about the etology of anxiety and how it drives the destructive patterns within the organism. H...

Oct 14, 202136 minSeason 1Ep. 20

19. Working with the Depressed Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of...

Oct 07, 202144 minSeason 1Ep. 15

18. Working with the Histrionic Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this video, Bob and Jacci talk about how to work with the histrionic client. Bob talks about the importance of meeting the histrionic client from their terms of reference in order to further the relational bond between therapist and client. He talks about the importance of contacting them at the beginning of therapy at the feelings level as the histrionic cl...

Sep 30, 202140 minSeason 1Ep. 18

17. Working with the Antisocial Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this podcast Stephanie Cooke talks about the anti social process and how to work with the anti social process to effect therapeutic change and health. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to kno...

Sep 23, 202136 minSeason 1Ep. 17

16. Working with the Borderline Client - Part 2

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this second podcast concerning borderline process, Bob Cooke and Jacci Jones elaborate more and continue from discussion of an earlier podcast concerning the borderline position and how to work with the borderline to effect positive change. Once again, in this podcast both Bob and Jacci talk about their experiences of working with the borderline process and ...

Sep 16, 202142 minSeason 1Ep. 16

15. Working with the Borderline Client - Part 1

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In the first podcast talking about the "borderline" process, and how to work with the person who presents with this borderline process, Bob talks about the central features of the borderline and again mentions Eleanor Greenberg's specific mnemonic for the treatment of the borderline. He talks about calling the borderline profile early emotional difficulties rat...

Sep 09, 202139 minSeason 1Ep. 15

14. Working with the Narcissistic Client - Part 2

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this second podcast on working with the narcissistic personality and the most effective way of working with narcissism, Bob and Jacci talk further about their experiences of working with the narcissistic personality. In this podcast Bob talks more about Eleanor Greenberg's treatment plan of working with the narcissistic condition. She has a mnemonic for reme...

Sep 02, 202139 minSeason 1Ep. 14

13. Working with the Narcissistic Client - Part 1

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this first podcast on the narcissistic personality and the clients that present with narcissistic traits all the way up to a narcissistic disorder, Bob and Jacci talk about their experiences of working with the narcissistic character from a psychotherapist's viewpoint. Bob talks about various books with regards to working with narcissism and talks about trea...

Aug 26, 202149 minSeason 1Ep. 13

12. Working with the Passive Aggressive Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this podcast Bob and Jacci talk about working with the passive aggressive personality. Bob talks about what he calls the health continuum which goes from traits to disorder. The podcast focuses on not only the treatment of working with passive aggressive profiles but also some of the reasons behind the passive aggressive presentation. Bob talks about humour ...

Aug 19, 202128 minSeason 1Ep. 12

11. Working with the Paranoid Client

To listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-therapy-show/id1570789126 The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. In this podcast Bob and Jacci look specifically at the paranoid profile and discuss the treatment plan and current thinking behind effective cure for the paranoid presentation. Bob talks about how he works with the paranoid person and also mentions specific books which could be useful for therapists to consider when working with the paranoid personality. He als...

Aug 12, 202138 minSeason 1Ep. 12

10. Working with the Obsessive Client

The Obsessive client can be very hard on themselves, they're perfectionists. Often they want to control the external world, as well as their internal world, so they don't need to feel. Their history can be where they've been ‘missed’ or one which has had little or no validation. In the podcast when we are talking about controlling the environment and controlling people, it's all about protection, safety and security. The clients scare is usually from the parent or the significant caretaker who h...

Aug 05, 202132 minSeason 1Ep. 11

9. Working with the withdrawn client

How we work with different clients - The withdrawn client We look at how we work with the withdrawn client in the therapy room. The process that both the therapist and client go through. How integration happens over time. The withdrawn client needs a very patient experience in psychotherapy, the therapist may just catch a glimpse of the clients younger self, which is so protected by the clients social self. If the therapist can 'meet' the client in that moment. It's possible to see the soul or t...

Jul 29, 202151 minSeason 1Ep. 10

8. Client Contracts - Pt 2

Treatment Contracts and sessional contracts Eric Berne the originator of Transactional Analysis (TA) was a firm advocate of contracting. He saw contacting as a 'bi lateral' agreement towards a specific outcome. In this episode Bob and Jacci explore. Do we give ‘homework so the client can process and integrate parts of themselves in-between sessions? Journaling – Is it a good thing? Bob kept a diary from the age of 21 to 33 before he entered therapy at 35, he says’ keeping a diary is such a catha...

Jul 22, 202135 minSeason 1Ep. 9

7. Client Contracts - Pt 1

Bob and Jacci look at different contracts: Administrative contracts Treatment Contracts Sessional Contracts Explorative Contracts We also ask the question 'Do we really need to have contracts in the therapy room?' A contract is a business agreement - adult to Adult that 'spells out' what will happen in session. Cost Number of sessions Re Contracting Venue Frequency Cancellations Confidentiality Supervision Record Keeping Transparency Working Hours Qualifications Insurance Goals and Outcomes Revi...

Jul 15, 202139 minSeason 1Ep. 8

6. Bringing the past into the present

How the past affects the present and how clients can enact the past in the present. Bob and Jacci discuss the PAC Model of Transactional Analysis (TA) Parent Adult Child The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are impl...

Jul 08, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 6

5. The working relationship

The Working relationship. One of the most important concepts in Psychotherapy. Trust, safety, security and understanding so the client feels able to peel back the layers. The therapist and client can then work through the process of understanding, awareness and cure. In this episode Bob and Jacci touch on topics such as: Silence in the therapy room ,Attunement, Containment and Rhythm. The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the t...

Jul 01, 202131 minSeason 1Ep. 6

4. The First Therapy Session.

In this episode Bob and Jacci discuss the first therapy session. The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of a professional psychotherapist ...

Jun 24, 202131 minSeason 1Ep. 5

3. What's the assessment process and why do we need one?

What's is the assessment process and why do we need one? In this episode Bob and Jacci discuss what is the assessment process and why do we need one? The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the t...

Jun 17, 202136 minSeason 1Ep. 4

2. How do you choose the right Therapist?

How do you choose the right Therapist? The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors. * Do you want to know what actually happens behind closed doors of the therapy session? * Do you want to explore the mind of a master psychotherapist and demystify the therapeutic process? * Do you want to know about the various models of psychotherapy and counselling and how they are implemented within the therapeutic hour? * Do you want to know the makings of a professional psychotherapist and how to achieve that go...

Jun 10, 202127 minSeason 1Ep. 3

1. Why do people go to therapy?

In this episode Bob and Jacci ask the question why do people go to therapy? Bob shares his own experience of being in therapy and how his journey into Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy started. Jacci's journey began through wanting to better support the children she looked after as a foster carer. We discus stigma around mental health and not only what brings the client to the therapy room but also what brings the therapist to the therapy room! The motivation, and desire to have a different o...

Jun 08, 202129 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Welcome To The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors

Welcome to the first ever episode of 'The Therapy Show'. After 1000's of clinical hours Bob is taking the first steps into podcasting with Jacci along side to keep him on track! Jacci first met Bob 10 years ago when she started her Psychotherapy training at Bobs institute in Manchester and together they are going to pull back the curtain on what happens in the therapy room. Each episode will be packed full of information, insight, Bob's little words of wisdom and laughs along the way. Don't forg...

Jun 02, 202114 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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