Mental Chats

Crossroads Psychology
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In this podcast Alice, Clinical Director of Crossroads Psychology, explores how you can use scientifically proven psychological techniques to improve your life. From challenging unhelpful thoughts your mind is giving you, to opening up to the guidance of your emotions; From identifying your personal values, to taking controlled steps towards your life goals. From navigating crisis, reducing stress and overwhelm, to busting myths, trends and prejudices.. Everything has already been studied in the field of psychology and specific psychological techniques have been proven to really work. So why trying blindly, with hit and miss, following self elected gurus? When everything you need to know is already available for you to learn and use right now thanks to science? The life you want to live it's one podcast away! That podcast is: Mental Chats. Happy Listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 4D AGO

    Episode 10 - The Secret Ingredient

    In this episode Alice explains the single most important technique you can learn, practice and master to take your personal growth journey to the next level. You read the books, you listened to the theory on how to improve your wellbeing and your life from the inside-out... Now it is time to put it all to practice! And you will NEED this technique to succeed. Happy listening. For any questions, email mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk Our FREE resources can be accessed on: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/trainings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min

  2. MAR 17

    Episode 9 - The Future of Mental Health Research

    This is a special episode for the Podcasthon charity initiative.   In the episode Alice interview Craig, digital content creator for the charity MQ Mental Health Research who funds ground-breaking mental health research to understand, prevent and treat mental health difficulties.   Mental health issues affect 1 in 4 people in the UK at any given time. This means that eventually one in a lifetime we will all experience mental health difficulties. However the funding for mental health research are minuscules compare to physical health.   Much help is needed to charities like MQ who dedicate its work to saving people lives, by preventing and treating mental health.   You can donate, run, skydive… anything you like to support this amazing charity. donate: https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/donate/ take on a challenge: https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/take-on-a-challenge/   And if you have experienced mental health difficulties, you can also help shape future research and be part of the revolution!! https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/who-we-are/lived-experience-research-network/   For more information about Podcathon visit: @Podcasthon_en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min

  3. JAN 14

    Episode 8 - Who you gonna call?

    Did you know not all therapists are created equal? From psychologists to life coaches, the landscape can be overwhelming! In our latest podcast, Alice unpacks the roles of different mental health professionals so that you can make informed choices. For more info about the difference between counselling and psychotherapy click HERE For more information about the pathway to psychiatry, click HERE And as always, you can access our free resources HERE Bye! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min

  4. 07/04/2025

    Episode 7 - Are we all Chemically Imbalanced?

    In This episode Alice interviews prof. Joanna Moncrieff, practicing psychiatrist and professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London. Together they discuss: The origin and evidence for the current theory of mental distress: The Theory of the Chemical Imbalance in the Brain. How to chose if to start medications How to stop medications and the help available So that you can make an informed choice! You can find the information on antidepressant on the UK Royal College of Psychiatry HERE The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines HERE More information on prof. Joanna Moncrieff HERE and her books: Chemically Imbalanced HERE Straight Talking about Psychiatric Drugs HERE The Myth of the Chemical Cure HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min

  5. 04/14/2025

    Episode 6 - Your Mind Creates Your Reality

    The way we interpret reality determines how we feel and how we act in life and the response from the world. So by changing our interpretation of reality, we can change how we fee and what we do, and therefore the response of the environment. In this episode Alice explains what the Confirmation Bias is and describes a few techniques that you can use to challenge thoughts when unhelpful. To know more about the techniques explained in this episode, please have a look at the Living a Meaningful and Successful Life program: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-course : You can access the FREE resources here: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resources and to know more about the Confirmation Bias, please read on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min

  6. 02/12/2025

    Episode 5 - The Ring of Fear

    In this episode Alice explains why fear is not the enemy and what to do to overcome it. You do not want to overcome the Ring of Fear just for the sake of it, you want to overcome it when that particular fear is a limitation to living the life you want to live. The only way to overcome fear is to go through it and emerge on the other side, expanding your comfort zone in the process. Stop going around in circles inside your comfort zone, make friend with fear and start moving in the direction of what you value in life. Free resources to do so: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resources Send questions to: mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min

  7. 12/20/2024

    Episode 4- Know Your Why!

    Knowing your internal motivators is essential to have direction, motivation and purpose in life. In this episode, Alice will guide you in differentiating between internal and external motivators and will help you to identify your Values: the everlasting internal motors of our lives. To know more about Values, please watch our Values Vs Goals video in our FREE resources on : https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resources To join the waiting list for the next intake of the Living a Meaningful and Successful Life program, please visit: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-course If you have any questions, please send them to: MentalChats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk and if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a great review and share it, share it, share it with anyone you care about helping on their life journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    9 min

  8. 11/14/2024

    Episode 3 - The 5 elements to Living a Meaningful and Successful Life

    In this episode Alice explain the 5 essential steps you need to take to create the life you want to live. If you have any questions on the concept explained, please email us at MentalChats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk and we will do our best to answer in one of the next episodes. In this episode, Alice also talks about the Hero's Journey. To know more about the Hero's Journey visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey To have a look at our Living a Meaningful and Successful Life programme visit: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-course Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min

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  10. 10/05/2024

    Episode 2- Function of Emotions

    In this episode Alice explains why our emotions are healthy helpful responses and what the function of Fear, Anger, Sadness and Joy is. Any questions, please emails us at mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk To access our FREE resources visit: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-online-courses For more detailed information on the scientific research about primary emotions visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_accounts_of_emotion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_classification Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min

  11. 09/12/2024

    Episode 1- What is this all about?

    Welcome to the first episode of the Mental Chats podcast! In this episode Alice will explain the aims for this podcast and will introduce the theoretical models she uses to help people improve their lives in her daily work as a Clinical Director at Crossroads Psychology. These are: CBT, Mindfulness and ACT, models that you will soon learn, and that you can apply to your life, to change it, improve it, or perfect it. You can find the Crossroads Psychology's FREE resources mentioned at https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resources If you like this podcast, please leave us a review and share it, share it, share it with friends and family. This will help us to reach more people and improve more lives. If you have any questions, topics that you would like Alice to cover, or you would like to be featured on the podcast, please send an email to mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk References: Evidence of effectiveness of CBT https://babcp.com/What-is-CBT/Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-Whats-the-Evidence The efficacy of CBT, a review of meta-analyses https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3584580/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 min

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In this podcast Alice, Clinical Director of Crossroads Psychology, explores how you can use scientifically proven psychological techniques to improve your life. From challenging unhelpful thoughts your mind is giving you, to opening up to the guidance of your emotions; From identifying your personal values, to taking controlled steps towards your life goals. From navigating crisis, reducing stress and overwhelm, to busting myths, trends and prejudices.. Everything has already been studied in the field of psychology and specific psychological techniques have been proven to really work. So why trying blindly, with hit and miss, following self elected gurus? When everything you need to know is already available for you to learn and use right now thanks to science? The life you want to live it's one podcast away! That podcast is: Mental Chats. Happy Listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Crossroads Psychology
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Alice Fiorica
  • Show Website
    Mental Chats