Talking Child Development
Episodes
#37 Helping Boys and Men to Flourish – A Call to Action with Matt Tyler
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Matt Tyler. Matt is the executive dire...
#36 Music as the Food of Life with Vannie Ip-Winfield
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven talks to Vannie Ip-Winfield, a Registered Music Therapist and Vice-President of the Music and Imagery Associat...
#35 Working with Adolescents at High Risk and their Families with Dr. Maria Papadima and Catherine Campbell
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Dr. Maria Papadima and Catherine Camp...
#34 Citizens in the Community: Creating a new vision for disability with Rhonda Galbally
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks to Rhonda Galbally. They discuss her hugel...
#33 Who Happened to You with Dr. Matthew Roberts
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks to Dr. Matthew Roberts. Dr. Roberts is a Me...
#32 It’s not Just Child’s Play with Dr. Jenifer Wakelyn
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Dr. Jenifer Wakelyn child and adolesc...
#31 Hearing the Voices of Aboriginal Children and Young People with Meena Singh
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Meena Singh, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and ...
#30 Supporting Emotional Regulation in Children with Dr. Fiona Zandt
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Dr. Fiona Zandt. Dr. Zandt is a clini...
#29 Protecting our children with Liana Buchanan
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks to Liana Buchanan, Principal Commissioner ...
#28 Parenting in the digital age with Dr. Catherine Jeffery
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks to Dr Catherine Page Jeffery, lecturer in ...
#27 Trauma informed preventive care with Dr. Catherine Olweny
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Dr. Catherine Olweny. Catherine is a...
#26 Grandmotherland: exploring the myths and realities with Dr. Judith Edwards
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Dr. Judith Edwards about her...
#25 Motherhood and mothering: the value of caring to create more holistic support for families with Virginia Tapscott
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Journalist Virginia Tapscott...
#24 Being good with feelings is more important than feeling good with Dr. Jon Jureidini
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Dr. Jon Jureidini, Child Psy...
#23 School refusal, or school can’t – what schools and parents can do with Brydie Huggins
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with School Psychologist Brydie H...
#22 Making dadding a team sport again with Ryan Carters
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven speaks with Ryan Carters, father of three, a former professional cricketer and founder of Dadfit. This...
#21 How a psychodynamic approach contributes to our mental health wth Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Amanda Stone, educationalist and committee member of the Association of Child and Family Development talks to Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven, ...
#20 Forgotten children: bringing child refugees into focus with Jordana Silverstein
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven speaks with Dr. Jordana Silverstein, cultural historian, and senior research fellow in the Peter McMul...
#19 New frontiers in child and adolescent psychotherapy research: developing the evidence base with Professor Nick Midgley
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven speaks with Professor Nick Midgley in the UK, a Professor of Psychological Therapies with Children and...
#18 Mindful separation and divorce without court with Mary Louise Hatch
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven speaks with Mary Louise Hatch, a collaboratively trained family lawyer, mediator, and family dispute r...
#17 Expressing the Unspeakable: Supporting Children Who Have Experienced Family Violence with Dr. Kirsten Meyer
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven speaks with Dr. Kirsten Meyer, Drama Therapist who has a particular interest in how the Arts can be us...
#16 ADHD Over-diagnosed: Why we should be worried with Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven sounds a warning about ADHD as a disposal diagnosis for vulnerable children, adolescents and adults that pape...
#15 Growing Boys Need Their Fathers on Board with Scott Cadby
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven speaks with Scott Cadby, school counsellor and wellbeing coordinator at an all-boys college in Melbourne. This...
#14 It’s not just child’s play with Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven presents her talk; It’s not Just Child’s Play: Understanding the meaning of children’s behaviour. Far fro...
#13 Broken: Children, Parents and Family Courts with Dr. Catharine Lumby
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks with professor of media at the University of Sydney, Dr ...
#12 Working with distressed adopted children and children in care with Adam Goren
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks with child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist...
#11 Developmental Paediatrics and the Child in the Family with Dr Lynda Chadwick
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks with paediatrician, Dr. Lynda Chadwick. The discussion ...
#10 Adolescence and high risk with Maria Papadima
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks with Dr. Maria Papadima, child and adolescent psychother...
#9 Keeping children and young people safe in the cyber-world with Jordan Foster
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to Jordan Foster about cyber safety for children and ado...
#8 Understanding the child’s inner world with Ryan Lowe
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to fellow child and adolescent psychotherapist Ryan Lowe...
#7 Tuning in to Kids with Sophie Havighurst
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to Professor Sophie Havighurst, Clinical Child Psycholog...
#6 From cradle to global citizen: finding our way in turbulent times with Lorraine Rose
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to Lorraine Rose, distinguished psychologist, psychoanal...
#5 Family Separation: Helping parents journeying through conflict with Jo Herbig
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to Jo Herbig, post-graduate family therapist and senior ...
#4 Relationship focused practice in early childhood services with Dr Susan Emmett
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to Dr Susan Emmett, Senior Lecturer and Program Coordina...
#3 The psychological aspects of becoming a parent with Bronwyn Leigh
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talk to Bronwyn Leigh, Clinical Psychologist and Director of t...
#2 Understanding your baby's development with Beulah Warren
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our second episode of Talking Child Development, Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven, child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks to Beulah Warren, ps...
#1 Are children people?
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode dives deeper into the question; Are children People? Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks about focusing on prevention and strengthening the emoti...