Clear Thinking Out Loud
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Helping Clients in a Double Bind: Podcast 037
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
3 techniques for helping clients escape Catch-22, no-win, psychological double binds.
Behavioural Interventions for Anxiety: Podcast 036
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Help your clients beat bursts of heightened anxiety.
Stop Couples Arguing: Podcast 035
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Why do you two hate each other so much? Why don’t you just get a divorce?” I asked, interrupting the pattern of their well-practise...
Boosting Client Motivation: Podcast 034
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frustratingly, client motivation to change isn’t always 100%. Here’s how to help them meet their therapy goals…
Story Therapy: Podcast 033
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Story therapy at the right time can facilitate psychological and even physical healing.
Metaphors For Depressed Clients: Podcast 032
22 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here are 3 powerful, hopeful metaphors you can use to help your depressed clients gain a fresh perspective on their experience.
PTSD Treatment Without Reliving the Trauma: Podcast 031
21 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“My father murdered my mother. Right in front of me and my brother. The police came and took my dad away and eventually he was put in a secure p...
Confidence Tips For Therapists Counsellors: Podcast 030
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Confidence isn’t just about certainty. We may be the professionals, but we are not all-knowing seers.
Identifying the Client’s Real Problem: Podcast 029
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When treating clients we can get hypnotized by detail, by the shape and colour of the person’s life, the minutiae of their issues – leavin...
Treating Perfectionism: Podcast 028
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy’s militant perfectionism had left her isolated and lonely. Here’s how I helped her change her thinking style.
Setting Goals in Depression: Podcast 027
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A depressed client may (quite naturally) want to tell you all about their depression, but to really begin working with them you’ll need to disco...
Challenging Negative Thinking: Podcast 026
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Working with low self esteem is much easier when you understand how it is warping your client’s thinking style.
Exception Questions in SFT: Podcast 025
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How solution focused questions helped Jeremy use swimming to wash smoking out of his life forever. And help your clients learn not to have their probl...
Setting Boundaries in Counselling and Therapy: Podcast 024
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Setting boundaries with clients doesn’t come naturally to therapy practitioners. Empathy and wanting to help people is what brought you to this ...
Treating OCD with Hypnosis: Podcast 023
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
All OCD sufferers describe ‘spacing out’ while they perform their obsessive behaviour. This gives us a key insight into how to treat OCD.
Treating Anxiety: Podcast 022
07 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes a large part of anxiety therapy is helping your client overcome the ‘feeling like a freak’ effect.
Reframing Depression Symptoms: Podcast 021
06 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Depression often causes physical symptoms such as sleep disturbance, aches and pains, loss of sex drive and so on. Here’s how to reframe the 5 m...
How to Motivate Smokers to Quit: Podcast 018
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When smokers come for help quitting, they are not always powerfully motivated. Here are some ways to get them moving.
Understanding the Hypnotherapist Milton H Erickson: Podcast 017
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When you read Milton H Erickson’s case studies, it can seem as if he was working on another plane entirely at times.
Setting Achievable Therapy Goals: Podcast 019
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Therapy goals are great ways to give a client a sense of confidence and engage them in their therapy – as long as they do them!
Dealing with Difficult Clients: Podcast 020
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The technique of ‘priming’ – the art of preparing clients for change and optimistic goal setting – can get ‘difficult&...
Treating Learned Helplessness: Podcast 016
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Learned helplessness – feeling helpless when you’re not – is a central feature of depression. Here’s how you can help a client...
Hypnotherapy for Letting Go of the Past: Podcast 015
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When a memory gets ‘stuck’ and doesn’t age, a client may need a little hypnotic help allowing it to fade into the background.
Dealing with Resistant Clients: Podcast 014
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of ‘resistance’ is deeply embedded in psychotherapy, but how you approach a recalcitrant client can greatly effect how they respo...
How to Tell if Your Client is Traumatized: Podcast 013
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Of every 100 people who experience a traumatic event, only 20-25 will go on to develop symptoms of PTSD. It’s important to know how to tell if a...
Dangers of Excessive Praise: Podcast 012
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Praise has got out of hand in recent decades and little attention has been paid to its unintended side-effects.
Managing a Toxic Mother: Podcast 011
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dealing with toxic people is difficult, and a good therapist needs to show their clients how.
3 Reframing Techniques: Podcast 010
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
All effective therapy involves reframing, so here are 3 ways to help make your reframes work for clients.
3 Ways to Treat Jealousy: Podcast 009
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jealousy can be difficult to deal with if you’re purely dealing with thoughts, because it’s driven by emotion. Here are a few ideas to hel...
How to Deal With a Client Who Won’t Talk: Podcast 008
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes as a therapist, counsellor or psychologist you need to be a little artful to get the clammed-up client communicating.
Ending Therapy Elegantly: Podcast 007
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When you begin with the end in mind, ending therapy feels natural and right to clients.
How to Treat OCD: Podcast 006
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
4 principles and techniques for treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in your clients.
5 Therapy Tips for Inferiority Complex: Podcast 005
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Five tips for approaching inferiority complex in your therapy, counselling or psychology practice.
3 Grief Counselling Techniques: Podcast 004
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to help the bereaved client who feels that without their deceased loved one, their existence is meaningless.
3 Solution Focused Therapy Questions: Podcast 003
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes we need to help our clients find the shades of grey so they can build on the more subtle improvements in their situation.
10 Therapy Questions: Podcast 002
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before assuming something’s seriously wrong, assess how your client is meeting the Primal Human Needs we all share.
3 CBT Anxiety Treatment Techniques: Podcast 001
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re treating less severe anxiety conditions, CBT techniques can be useful when used with approaches that work directly to calm the emotion...