Listening In
Episodes
NAPAC: Belief, the Most Valuable Currency We Possess
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
NAPAC: Belief, the Most Valuable Currency We Possess  Please be aware this episode explores the topic of childhood abuse.  At a time when the medi...
Happiful: Marketing Your Practice with Authenticity
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the Brand & Integrity Manager at Happiful, Katherine (Kat) Nicholls knows a great deal about how clients find therapists and how therapists fin...
Claire Thompson: Personal, Professional and Political Stories
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Thompson is, amongst many other things, Neurodiversity Ambassador for the NCPS. In this role she has shared research-informed insights through ...
Meera Vohora: Humanity First; Working with Refugees
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meera Vohora is a pluralistic counsellor, grief and loss specialist and refugee support volunteer with Care4Calais. She holds a Master’s in Refuge...
Meg Moss on AI: Relational Safeguards and Protecting Human Connection
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please be aware, the topic of suicide is briefly mentioned in this conversation. Meg Moss is Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy with the NCPS. An ...
Pamela Kirkpatrick: Flipping Burgers for Community
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela Kirkpatrick is a practitioner, trainer and co-founder of NCPS Recognised Counselling Service, uHub. But Pam, along with her colleague Cara, als...
Lynda Graham: Treat us as Individuals, Not a Big Group
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lynda Graham is the NCPS Regional Representative for Northern Ireland and a prominent and experienced voice across the counselling profession, particu...
Cherelle Mead: Identity Has Always Been Complex
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cherelle Mead, is many things, both professionally and personally. A counsellor, supervisor, charity trustee, and now the NCPS Regional Representati...
Gemma Khairi: Helplines Partnership
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Content: Please be aware there is a brief mention of suicide in this episode. Â Gemma Khairi is Director of Operations for Helplines Partnership, the...
Jocelyn Anderson: Sexual Violence is Still in the 'Too Difficult' Box
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Content: Please be aware that this episode contains graphic content around sexual violence, sex, misogyny and pornography, that some people may find u...
Caroline Roodhouse: Surviving and Thriving After Loss by Suicide
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please be aware that suicide and bereavement by suicide is the main focus of this episode. Steve Roodhouse left for work one day, and never came home...
Bright World Guardianships: We Have to Put the Child at the Centre of Everything
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lana Foster, Managing Director of Bright World Guardianships, joins us in conversation. Recorded in February, Lana talks about her niche line of wor...
Bonus Episode: West Wellbeing Suicide Prevention - At the Heart of Community
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: suicide and domestic abuse are briefly mentioned in this conversation. In this episode we are revisiting Northern Ireland, as Eilish ...
Make a Melody: I hear you, I hear you
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the cradle to the grave, music therapy can support people in a way talking therapy is not always able. Stuart Watson is a music therapist and the...
PAPYRUS/HOPELINE247: Helping Young People Save Their Own Lives
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: Please be aware the topic of suicide is the focus of this conversation. Â In this episode, we are joined by Charlotte Edwards, servi...
Counselling Tutor: We're in the Midst of a Revolution
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by Rory Lees-Oakes, co-founder and director of Counselling Tutor. In this episode we are joined by Rory Lees-Oakes, co-f...
Zuntold: Therapeutic Storytelling with Bibliotherapy
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode, we welcome Elaine Bousfield MBE, who talks to us about the use of literature in therapy. Elaine is founder and CEO of Zuntold which i...
The OLLIE Foundation: Knowledge Gives People a Position of Strength
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: the focus of this conversation is suicide prevention. When Chris Sibley lost his 16 year old son TJ to suicide, he sought support fro...
Red Card Gambling - Owning Your Addiction
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At 16 years old, Tony Kelly took a step towards his childhood dream when he was signed to Bristol City as an apprentice footballer. By the time he was...
The Future of Therapy in a Digital Age: Why Human Connection Matters
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded just after the UK general election in early July 2024, in this episode Meg Moss, Head of Policy & Public Affairs at the NCPS, and Kelly B...
Beyond: Hopeful and Bright
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Louisa Rose, CEO of the children and young people's (CYP) mental health charity 'Beyond'. Louisa talks about how set...
Suicide&Co: Our Counsellors and Our Clients Are at the Heart of Our Model
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warning: mentions suicide and bereavement by suicide throughout  In the second episode of ‘Listening In’, Amelia Wrighton from Suicide&a...
Hawk and Heath #TreeSniffing
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pursuing the Power of Nature In this first episode of 'Listening In', Ally and Robert from Hawk and Heath discuss 'forest bathing', its Japanese origi...