The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
"If you are interested in your mind, emotions, sense of self, and understanding of others, this show is brilliant."
Learn something new about the mind every week - With in-depth conversations at the intersection of psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-development, spirituality and the philosophy of mental health.
Featuring experts from around the world, leading clinicians and academics, published authors, and people with lived experience, we aim to make complex ideas in the mental health space accessible and engaging.
This podcast is designed for a broad audience including professionals, those who suffer with mental health difficulties, more common psychological problems, or those who just want to learn more about themselves and others.
Hosted by psychiatrists Dr. Alex Curmi, Dr. Anya Borissova & Dr. Rebecca Wilkinson.
Listeners have also said:
"Every episode is enlightening, the approach, conversations and depth of information is deeply enriching. So refreshing to hear practitioners with this level of insight into human behaviour. Thank you for the work and for sharing."
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Disclaimer: None of the information in the podcast is intended as medical advice for any one invididual.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Interview #29: Changing your Perspective to Change your Life with The Speakmans
Nik and Eva Speakman are British therapists and life coaches. They have studied and worked together since 1992 sharing a passion to help people lead happier and less inhibited lives. They have formul…
Audio Essay #10: A New Years Resolution that Works (Long-term Behaviour Change)
This podcast is a guide to making any kind of resolution towards long term change and it includes:
Intro 00:00
Listener Shout-Out 02:30
Choosing the area you want to work on (what is bothering you?…
The Psychology of Christmas
In this episode Anya and Alex discuss the psychological significance and historical origins of Christmas, as well as other similar celebrations around the world.
They also discuss: nostalgia, social…
Interview #28: Obesity, Weight Loss and Why We Eat Too Much (With Andrew Jenkinson)
Today on the podcast Alex chats with Andrew Jenkinson, author of the book: Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite.
Andrew is a consultant bariatric and general surgeon at University Colle…
Interview #27: Why Do We Laugh? (With Professor Sophie Scott)
Professor Scott is the Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Head of the Speech Communications Group. Her research studies the neural basis of vocal communication - how our brains…
Interview #26: Dr. Richard Miller Part 1 - MDMA, Psychedelics & the Therapeutic Milleu
Dr. Richard Miller is an American clinical psychologist, author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of the book Psychedelic Medicine and the founder of the Wilbur Hot Springs health maintenance o…
Audio Essay #9: Reality vs Fantasy
What if you are being held back by fantasies you are scarcely aware of? How can you become more conscious of your fantasies? How can you become more reality oriented?
In this episode mental sufferin…
Interview #25: Cannabis, CBD and THC - What You Should Know (with Dr. Amir Englund)
Dr Amir Englund is a cannabis scientist at King’s College London. He has been involved in and run a number of experimental cannabis, THC, CBD studies. In this episode we discuss the question of can w…
Interview #24: The Cruelty in All of Us (with Dr. Gwen Adshead)
Dr. Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, previously a consultant at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. She is a visiting professor of psychiatry at Gresham College, Jochelson an…
Interview #23: Our Brain is Divided (with Dr. Iain McGilchrist)
Iain McGilchrist is an author, speaker, psychiatrist and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary in 2010 which con…
Interview #22: Cannabis & Psychosis (with Dr. Marta Di Forti and Professor Robin Murray)
In this episode Dr. Marta Di Forti and Professor Sir Robin Murray discuss the link between cannabis use and psychotic illness in depth, including:
- How cannabis has changed over recent decades
- The …
Interview #21: Introducing New Hosts Anya & Rebecca
Alex chats with new ML Podcast hosts Dr. Anya Borissova and Dr. Rebecca Wilkinson, both training psychiatrists. In this episode they discuss what makes psychiatry different from other medical special…
Interview #20: Being both the doctor and the patient with Dr Rebecca Lawrence
Dr. Rebecca Lawrence is an addictions psychiatrist and blogger. On her blog doctor-and-patient.com she writes about the challenges of working in mental health whilst also having a diagnosis of bipol…
Interview #19: Tribalism and the Value of Disagreement (with Dr. Julian-Pascal Saadi)
Alex chats with Dr Julian-Pascal Saadi about tribalism, therapy, cognitive dissonance and many other topics in the first in-person ML podcast since the pandemic began.
Dr Julian-Pascal Saadi is a Cou…
Interview #18: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (with Robert Plomin)
Robert Plomin is MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He is the author of the book Blueprint: How DNA Mak…
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Interview #18 Teaser)
In this upcoming interview Alex talks to Robert Plomin about the the genetic influences of psychological traits, the DNA revolution and much more.
Robert Plomin is MRC Research Professor in Behaviour…
Interview #17: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (with Michelle Batcock)
Alex chats about DBT with Michelle Batcock, an Accredited DBT Therapist & Member of the Board of Accreditation for the Society for DBT.
DBT is a modified form of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with prono…
Audio Essay #8: What are Emotions for?
How should we think about our emotions? What purpose do they serve? In this podcast we examine 9 common Emotions: Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Joy, Love, Fear, Guilt, Shame and Regret. We also discuss s…
Interview #16: Dr. Adrian James - The Current Mental Health Lanscape
Dr. Adrian James is the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist.
In this episode we discuss the path to psychiatry, the first 6 months of his Presidency…
Audio Essay #7: Marriage Story - Polarities and Collisions
This is an analysis of the Netlfix Film Marriage Story (2019), directed by Noah Baumbach.
Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South L…