Don't Get A Therapist... Yet!
Welcome to "Don't Get a Therapist - Yet!" with Wendy Castelino, a psychotherapist with over 35 years of experience, aims to support individuals with mental health challenges to achieve their full potential. Although Wendy is passionate about providing individual therapy, there are limitations with this approach. This platform, therefore, is dedicated to offering self-help strategies which are designed to enhance personal well-being. The objective is not to discourage people accessing therapy but to motivate a broader audience to explore therapeutic resources that are simple and effective to use.
This podcast aims to encourage people to make positive choices about therapy and to find a therapy that suits their individual needs. Additionally, the podcast features interviews with individuals who have successfully overcome mental health struggles.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Beyond Meditation: Real-World Mindfulness You Can Try Today
In this episode, Wendy talks about mindfulness, including how you can benefit from incorporating it into your life and exactly how to do that. As a CBT therapist she has already helped many people to…
00:43:49 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Beyond Child Therapy: Empowering Parents on the Mental Health Journey with Anna Guildford
Today, Wendy is joined by Anna Guildford, who for 25+ years has worked as a mental health nurse, systematic practitioner, DBT therapist, supervisor and coach. Anna now also runs her own private coach…
00:58:55 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Writing for Therapy: Transforming Pain Through Therapeutic Writing
In this episode, Wendy explores writing for therapy, and how putting pen to paper can help you process an upsetting event or to feel more grounded or to be able to move forward in your life. So, I'm …
00:29:47 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Healing Trauma: 3 Powerful Therapeutic Techniques Explained
In this episode of "Don't Get a Therapist Yet," Wendy explores trauma and its impact on mental health. Learn about three powerful therapeutic techniques - Narrative Exposure Therapy, EMDR, and Visual…
00:21:47 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
How You Can Help Build Your Neurodiverse Child's Brain So They Can Shine with Lara Barnes
Today, Wendy is joined by Lara Barnes, founder of Brain Development UK, who provides parents with a pathway to healing the behavioural and learning symptoms of their Autistic, Dyslexic, ADHD, Dysprax…
00:50:18 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Breaking the Chains of Childhood Bullying with Self Help Strategies
In this episode, Wendy takes a look at something that many people have direct experience of – childhood bullying. So many people, when adults, are still suffering from the traumatic effects of being …
00:15:17 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
How to Use Future Memories - Your Best Future is Waiting with Donna Laine
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Donna Laine, an award-winning entrepreneur and author of “The Remembering Technique”. A transformative and effortless technique Donna use to manifest her dreams, …
01:05:06 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Why ADHD is a Winning Edge with Jo-Anne Kelleher
Today, Wendy is joined by Jo-Anne Kelleher, a Sports and High-Performance Psychologist who helps ambitious ADHD minds unlock elite level success. As a child, Anne struggled badly at school, she was t…
01:06:13 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Getting Honest About What it Means to Be a Modern Woman
In this episode, Wendy gets honest about what it means to be a modern woman in today's world. Can we really have it all despite having to walk the tightrope of life. A life that sees most women tryin…
00:24:36 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Why So Many Young People Are Currently Suffering From Burnout
In this episode, Wendy takes a look at burnout, in particular at how it is impacting the young. She clarifies what burnout is, how to identify it, and what research tells us about why it is becoming …
00:16:38 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
The Role Media Plays in Steroid Use, Mental Health, Male Suicide and Toxic Masculinity with Kieran Kevan
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Kieran Kevan a social media strategist and fitness coach to discuss the impact social media is having on masculinity and mental health. Together, they also examine…
00:44:36 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
10 Strategies Anyone Can Use To Improve Their Resilience
In this solo episode, Wendy focuses on resilience. She explains what it is, the different ways it helps your mental and emotional health and how developing resilience makes it much easier to navigate…
00:15:10 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
From Breakdown to Breakthrough: Real Woman Coach Lisa Quait on the Power of Therapy
For this episode, Wendy welcomes the inspiring Lisa Quait - The Real Woman Coach. She shares her personal journey through therapy, midlife, bodybuilding, and entrepreneurship.
Lisa explains how the…
01:01:15 |
Tue 27 May 2025
EMDR – A Powerful Therapy That Puts You in Control and Restores Mental Balance with Kam Harris
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Kam Harris who after experiencing the benefits of EMDR decided to leave the fashion industry and become an EMDR therapist. She is also a master hypnotherapist as w…
01:04:21 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Conquering Perimenopause and Menopause with Michelle Rowlinson
Today, Wendy is joined by Michelle Rowlinson, a senior physiotherapist and menopause wellbeing practitioner. She is a best-selling author and creator of the BALANCE™ method which individuals, GPs and…
00:56:02 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
The Power of Compassion-Focused Therapy Explained with Dr. Hannah Gilbert
Today, Wendy is joined by Dr. Hannah Gilbert, a psychotherapist who has a particular interest in the connection between belief and mental health. They discuss her work with the Compassionate Mind Fou…
01:05:59 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Diagnosis Dilemma: When Labels Do More Harm Than Good with Matt Hussey
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Matt Hussey a journalist and a psychotherapist in private practice, podcaster and author. Matt and Wendy discuss how simply assigning a label to someone or their c…
01:00:05 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Targeting the positive with behaviours that challenge with Andy Baker
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Andy Baker, an amazing person that does amazing things. He is a behavioural specialist with 19+ years’ experience, author, public speaker, trainer, educator, busin…
01:04:46 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Michelle Hoffmann - Coping with Widowhood and Single Parenting
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Michelle Hoffman, a Stanford University social scientist and best-selling author. Today, she and Wendy discuss her journey from enjoying a fulfilling life with her…
01:07:34 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Ousha Demello - How To Overcome Emotional Abuse
In this episode, Wendy is joined by Ousha Demello, a former business lecturer with over 15 years in education, who transformed her life through entrepreneurship. Doing so after suffering in a marriag…
00:59:22 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
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