Send us a text In this episode, hosts Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle speak with Dr. Rebecca Berman, a pain consultant with the NHS, to help explain the influence of perception and emotion on pain, the potential impacts of psychological trauma on pain experience, and techniques for managing pain. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Med...
Jan 10, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Send us a text In this week's episode Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle explore the complex emotions of guilt and shame. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Jan 03, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona have a returning guest, Sharon Mustard, to talk with them about how our psychology can easily get in the way of a better birthing experience. https://www.easibirthing.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon...
Dec 27, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Send us a text In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, Richard and Fiona dive deep into the topic of narcissism, specifically Narcissistic Personality Disorder, to distinguish between that and simply high self-esteem and assertiveness. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Liste...
Dec 20, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Send us a text In this episode, Richard & Fiona are joined by hypno-psychotherapist Carlie Fairbrother to discuss food relationships, body image, and intuitive eating. https://cheshiretherapyroom.com/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://ww...
Dec 13, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona talk all about Cognitive Distortions, the thinking traps that we all fall into that can so easily spoil our lives or at best hold us back. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richard...
Dec 06, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Send us a text In this week's episode of the Therapy Natters podcast, Richard & Fiona engage in a thought-provoking dialogue with special guest Zayna Brookhouse, a specialist in equality, diversity, and inclusion. The conversation spans a wide range of topics from the fluidity of gender and sexuality, the evolution of sociocultural norms, to the importance of open-mindedness and embracing difference. This episode is an essential listen for anyone interested in broadening their understanding ...
Nov 29, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Send us a text In this episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle discuss the concept of attachment theory. They explore how our early experiences with caregivers can shape our interactions and reactions as adults, whether it be in friendships, relationships, or even why we follow a football team. 00:00 Introduction 01:50 The Role of Therapists and Client-Centred Therapy 03:14 The Power of Self-Directed Therapy 03:37 The Therapist's Role in Difficult Situation...
Nov 22, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Send us a text It's guest week. Richard & Fiona have an old friend Bill Hard to join them this week to talk about his Buddhist experiences. https://www.dayandnighttherapy.com/bill-hard/ You can also find more about Bill's and other's work at the Monroe Institute in their app https://info.monroeinstitute.org/get-expand-app Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube ...
Nov 15, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Send us a text This week we're answering a listener question about what being a full-time therapist is actually like. The pros, the cons and everything in-between. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Nov 08, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Send us a text This week Richard and Fiona are joined by psychotherapist Shaun Brookhouse to natter about the complexity of forgiveness, its relation to accountability, repentance and the concept of accepting imperfections. shaunbrookhouse.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads ...
Nov 01, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Send us a text The psychiatrist Iain McGilcrist published a book back in 2009 called The Master and His Emissary all about what our left brain and right brain really do. Because it's quite complicated Fiona thought it would be nice to try and make it understandable for all of us, and to see how it explains why hypnotherapy can be so useful. https://www.ted.com/talks/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain Subscribe to Richard's newsletter for even more free hypnotherapy tracks Join our Evolve to Thri...
Oct 25, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Send us a text We have another guest this week, Jan McGregor Hepburn, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, who joins us to talk about psychoanalysis and its principles. We discuss the differences between various types of therapy, the role of the unconscious mind, and the practice of analysis. Jan McGregor Hepburn Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard'...
Oct 18, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Send us a text This week it's all about Apathy. That feeling where you have no interest and no energy for one reason or another. Let's have a little look shall we? Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Oct 11, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Send us a text It's guest week on Therapy Natters. And this week Richard & Fiona are nattering with family, systemic & couples therapist Inger Gordon. https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Inger-Gordon-iAieSAAS Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on...
Oct 04, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona are nattering in response to a listener question about anxiety and test conditions. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Sep 27, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona are chatting with the author, consultant and human rights campaigner Julian Harrison about what it's like being in therapy. https://julianharrison.wordpress.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://w...
Sep 20, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona have a natter about the concept of "Ego States" in Transactional Analysis. The idea being that we can break our personality down into 3 different states of Parent Adult and Child. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard o...
Sep 13, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Send us a text Autism is a highly misunderstood condition, probably due to autistic people's varied strengths and weaknesses. So this week Richard & Fiona are chatting with therapist Paula Stone, who works as an advisor in schools helping people with neurodivergent traits to understand more about why they feel the way that they feel. https://www.meadowsweetholistichealth.co.uk/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Ni...
Sep 06, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona answer a listener question about staying motivated when job hunting. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Aug 30, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Send us a text Richard & Fiona are joined this week by Psychotherapist David Corr. David is very interested in Internal Family Systems as well as Parts Therapy, and how they integrate so well together in the therapy room. http://davidcorr.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Thr...
Aug 23, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Send us a text Making decisions can be hard especially when our emotions get in the way. Back in the early 1980s Maltese psychologist Edward de Bono, inventor of the phrase "Lateral Thinking" proposed an idea to help streamline our decision-making. He called them The 6 Thinking Hats. Blue Hat: "The Controller's Hat" When you are in blue hat mode, you focus on controlling your thinking and managing the decision-making process. You have an agenda, ask for summaries, and reach conclusions. White Ha...
Aug 16, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Send us a text Andrew Turnbull chats with Richard & Fiona this week about the concept of people-pleasing. https://cheadletherapy.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Aug 09, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona talk about Empty Nest Syndrome and having relationships with your children when they're no longer children. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Aug 02, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Send us a text This week we're joined by fellow therapist Eve Stanway who wanted to talk to us about anxiety and how we share our issues with other people. https://evestanway.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnic...
Jul 26, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Send us a text This week is all about how we take our feelings about one person (even ourselves) and put them onto another. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls...
Jul 19, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Send us a text It's guest week. This week Richard & Fiona are nattering with Life Coach Kate Jackson about the differences between coaching and therapy. Kate Jackson - https://castandmint.co.uk Find a coach International Coaching Federation - https://coachingfederation.org Association for Coaching - https://www.associationforcoaching.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherap...
Jul 12, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Send us a text Bullying is a damaging and painful experience. One that isn't easily forgotten. So today Richard & Fiona delve as lightheartedly as they can into what we can do to deal with it. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon https://www.patreo...
Jul 05, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Send us a text This week we're joined by psychotherapist and archeologist Dr Alan Greaves who talks about how issues like PTSD are not as recent as we might think. You can find more about Alan on his Academic Blog https://milesiantales.wordpress.com And read some of his work here https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3009723/1/Greaves%20PTSD%202013.pdf Latest Article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/gea.21791 Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Foll...
Jun 28, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Send us a text As an adult, making friends isn't as easy as it was when we were forced to sit next to each other at school or kick a ball around a playground together. Maybe we can find ways of making it easier. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube TikTok Threads Listen to Richard on Patreon htt...
Jun 21, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 66
