In this episode, Sarah talks to Dr. Wendy Wood, the program lead for the Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) diploma, about her career journey and the impact of CFT on therapists.

This episode is a special one for me - I'm sharing my recent conversation with Sara Tasker on her podcast, Hastag Authentic, all about setting up your business from the heart, and building communities online. If you'd said to me when I first did Sara's Instagram course many years ago that one day I'd be on her show, I wouldn't have believed you!

To celebrate the launch of my new book, A Therapist’s Guide to Private Practice: Building a Values-based Business, this episode, I’m joined by Dr Helen Moya, to talk about book writing and a career in CBT.

In this episode, Sarah talks to returning guest, Anna Kingsley. Anna is a psychosexual therapist and couples counsellor. She's a really experienced expert in the field of addictions, sex, affairs, divorce and separation, and she's talking with us today about sex in recovery after addiction. Anna talks about the impact, the struggles, the things that need navigating with the person that's been through the addiction and the partner as well, how you can seek help, and she shares some really useful resources. She's also talking to us therapists about how we can be talking why we should be talking more about sex in our therapy sessions, and the types of questions that we should be asking.

Did you know there's a huge link between perfectionism and ADHD? Today I’m talking to Natalie Englander, to explain what the link is, what to look out for and what support you can get. And if you're a therapist, what kind of questions you can be asking your clients to get more information to help with the formulation and the assessment process.

It seems like ADHD is everywhere at the moment, with more and more people talking about experiencing problems with attention, and getting diagnosed. In this episode, I'm speaking to Vicki George, the ADHD Nurse, about her choice too specialise her private practice in ADHD, how diagnosis works, and how she helps adults to understand their brains.

In this episode Sarah talks to Laura Greenwood, a Psychotherapist & Maternal Mental Health Coach. They discuss the pressures modern life puts on parents, and the benefits that therapy can have, not just for parents, but for their children too.

In this solo episode, Sarah celebrates five years of Ask the Therapist. She talks about the success of the show, the most popular episodes, and what you can expect from the show in the future.

In this episode, Sarah talks to Emma Hine, a business strategist, about her journey from burnout to breakthrough. Trigger warning - this episode contains discussion of suicide.

In this episode, Sarah talks to Dr Julia Wahl about her forthcoming book, the Cancer Workbook. They talk about Julia’s route to Compassion Focussed Therapy, why compassion is so helpful for people as they navigate cancer, as a patient, carer or supporter, and how shame affects how we treat each other.

In this episode, Sarah talks to Anna Kingsley, a relationship, psychosexual and addiction therapist. They talk about how couples therapy works, when to seek help for your relationship, and what to do when you want to end things. They also touch on Anna’s work as with addiction and sexuality.

Trigger warning - This episode deals with disordered eating. For advice and support, contact BEAT https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ In this episode, Sarah talks to Becky Grace, a CBT therapist, mental health nurse and yoga teacher. They talk about how Becky’s own experience with binge eating led her to work in this area, how she uses yoga and CBT in her practice, and how you can seek support for yourself or a loved one.

In this episode I talk to Cecilia Paredes from Mexico City, about her journey into therapy, her discovery of compassion focused therapy and the work of Paul Gilbert, and her plans to create a centre for compassion in Mexico.

In this episode, I talk to CBT Therapist, Jordan Mcphail about her work with women suffering from imposter syndrome, and her new Substack community, Frazzled, Frustrated and Stuck.

My guest this week has asked to remain anonymous. They'd like to remain anonymous, but they are also a podcast host. The guest today runs a podcast called Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder podcast. It's a hugely insightful interview and conversation that we have today, where the guest talks through her experience of developing hoarding disorder, right from being a young child, her journey through mental health services, what's helped, what's been difficult, how she's been supported by friends, the shame that she experiences around her hoarding, and how it's been dramatised in the TV industry, and with the documentaries and programmes that are out there. This is a very real conversation and very educational for therapists working out there in the field, or for us generally, to get a really good perspective of what hoarding is, how it impacts the person and how we can support people with hoarding. I certainly got a lot to think about from this episode and I know you will, too.

In this episode, I re-present an interview with Dr Mary Welford. We cover Mary's training, why she chose to develop CFT, self-criticism and how she copes with working with people in distress.

In this episode, I speak to founding member of Therapists Corner, the Self Esteem Therapist, Amy Rose. We talk about how low self esteem impacts every aspect of life, how Amy chose to niche down into self esteem treatment, and at 25 minutes in, Amy gives five practical suggestions of ways you can improve your self esteem.

In this solo episode, Sarah breaks down the ten steps to starting your own Substack publication.

Remember the days of the staff room, a place to share ideas, bounce ideas off colleagues, collaborate and get answers to those business questions that pop up each day? Well, ‘Therapists Corner’ is here to hit that spot. In this episode, we give you a taster of a quickfire Q&A session within the comunity.