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MindStew
by Joshua Kugel
The MindStew podcast aims to inspire Australia's psychology, counselling and cognitive science students to become wise and effective practitioners, through conversations with academics and those working in mental health/cognitive science.
Episodes
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Psychedelics and the Brain's Hemispheres - Adam Levin
Dr. Adam Levin, a psychiatrist and researcher, based at Ohio State University's Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education (CPDRE). Adam works at the intersection of psychedelics, psychiatry and neuroscience. In this conversation, we discuss Adam's recent paper, which proposes a new…
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The effectiveness of therapy - Bruce Wampold and Pim Cuijpers
My guests today are Bruce Wampold and Pim Cuijpers, two of the leading experts in the research of the effectiveness of psychotherapy. Bruce is Emeritus Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of the seminal book, The Great Psychotherapy Debate: The...
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The Philosophy of Psychedelics – Chris Letheby
My guest today is Dr Chris Letheby, a philosopher working on issues related psychedelic drugs who is currently a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Western Australia and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Adelaide. Chris is also the author of the book Philosophy of...
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A guide to seeing a psychologist – Ros Knight
My guest today is Ros Knight is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist with over 25 years experience and the President of the Australian Psychological Society (the largest professional organisation of psychologists in Australia) from 2017-20 was the Clinical Director at Macquarie University for...
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Incorporating the Numinous into Psychological Practice - Ralph Piedmont #2
My guest today is Professor Ralph Piedmont, Professor of Pastoral Counselling at Loyola University in Maryland and a past president of the APA's Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. In this conversation, we discuss spirituality as a clinically-relevant personality trait, and…
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The Psychological Soul of Spirituality - Ralph Piedmont
My guest today is Professor Ralph Piedmont, Professor of Pastoral Counselling at Loyola University in Maryland and a past president of the APA's Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. In this conversation, we discuss the nature of spirituality as a personality trait (arguably…
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The Wandering Mind - Jonathan Smallwood
My guest today is Professor Jonathan Smallwood (@the_mindwanders), Professor of Psychology at Queens University in Canada. Jonny researches the neuroscience of the phenomenon of spontaneous, internally generated thought, as exemplified by mind-wandering and day-dreaming. To me, this is an...
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Technoboosting mindfulness - Jay Sanguinetti
In this episode I speak with Jay Sanguinetti, Research Assistant Professor and Director of the NICE Lab (Non-Invasive Cognitive Enhancement Lab) at the University of New Mexico, and Science Director of the SEMA Lab (Sonification Enhanced Mindful Awareness) Associate Director of the Center for...
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Mindfulness, Interoception and Depression - Norm Farb
In this episode I speak with Norm Farb, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Principal Investigator of the Regulatory and Affective Dynamics Lab. Dr. Farb studies the neuroscience of the self and emotion with a focus on how cognitive biases shape…
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The Phenomenology of Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas #2
Today we speak again with Professor Josef Parnas, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Copenhagen and a co-founder and Senior Researcher at the Danish National Research Foundation: Center for Subjectivity Research. In our first conversation we discussed the implications of taking the...
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Phenomenology and Schizophrenia - Josef Parnas
Today we speak with Professor Josef Parnas, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Copenhagen and a co-founder and Senior Researcher at the Danish National Research Foundation: Center for Subjectivity Research. Professor Parnas has been involved in research into the schizophrenia spectrum…
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Empirically-based Diagnosis and Categorisation - Robert Krueger
Today we speak with Professor Robert Krueger, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Hathaway Distinguished Professor, and the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Professor Krueger's work spans the fields of personality and…
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Microdosing - Vince Polito
Today I speak with Dr. Vince Polito, Research Fellow in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University. Vince works on developing better measures of self representation and investigating how this capacity is altered in different contexts, clinical conditions and states of...
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The Hype and Reality of Mindfulness - Nicholas Van Dam
Today we speak with Dr Nicolas Van Dam, Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Nicholas is a clinical psychologist and…
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Interoception - Rebecca Brewer
Today we speak with Dr. Rebecca Brewer, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. Rebecca studies social and emotional abilities across a range of clinical and typical populations, and how interoception (the perception of the internal states of one's body) is related…
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Preventative Mental Health Care - Aliza Werner-Seidler
Today we speak with Dr. Aliza Werner-Seidler, a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, affiliated with the University of New South Wales. Aliza works on the prevention and treatment of depression and anxiety disorders, particularly via school-based and...
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Improving Psychotherapy Outcomes - Tony Rousmaniere
Today we speak with Dr. Tony Rousmaniere, a psychologist in private practice in Seattle and a member of the Clinical Faculty at the University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tony provides clinical training and supervision to therapists around the world with an...
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Positive Psychology at 21 - Peggy Kern
Today we speak with Dr Peggy Kern, Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education. Dr. Kern's research utilises innovative methodologies to investigate: (a) the understanding and measurement of healthy functioning, (b) the...
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Ultrasound Brain Stimulation with Lennart Verhagen
Today we speak with Dr Lennart Verhagen, a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Oxford's Department of Experimental Psychology who has bet his career on ultrasounic neuromodulation. Lennart and his colleagues at Oxford are pushing the frontier of ultra sound brain stimulation and imagery. This...
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Thriving in the Modern World with Don Hine
Today we speak with Dr. Don Hine, Professor of Psychology in UNE's Faculty of Medicine and Health. Don's research is in the area of population level psychology, and specifically environmental psychology. He studies behaviour change strategies around the environmental problems that threaten the...
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Anxiety and Depression with Maria Kangas
Today we speak with Dr. Maria Kangas, Associate Professor of Macquarie University's Centre for Emotional Health. Maria is a registered psychologist with dual endorsements from the Psychology Board of Australia in Clinical and Counselling Psychology. Dr. Kangas is also Director of the Clinical...
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Humans and Drugs with Stephen Bright
Today we speak with Dr. Stephen Bright, a clinically-trained psychologist, ethnopharmacologist and Senior Lecturer of Addiction at Edith Cowan University. Stephen has over 15 years experience in Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) research, harm reduction and mental health. He is a Member of the AOD…
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Consciousness and Reality with Bernardo Kastrup
My guest today is Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher of consciousness with a background in computer engineering. Dr. Kastrup has written 7 books, numerous academic papers and many popular articles, including a slew of the most read articles on Scientific American. Dr. Kastrup makes a case for a...
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Psychedelic psychiatry with Nigel Strauss
Today we speak with Dr. Nigel Strauss, a psychiatrist with over 40 years experience and Adjunct Professor at Deakin University. Nigel's career has focused on medico-legal psychiatry, in particular Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He is Director of Occupational Psychiatry Pty. Ltd. which...
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Directions in Psychology with John Malouff
Today we speak with John Malouff, Associate Professor at the University of New England's School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences. John has followed his broad interests across the field of psychology, but have centred on designing and measuring psychological interventions. He has...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The MindStew podcast aims to inspire Australia's psychology, counselling and cognitive science students to become wise and effective practitioners, through conversations with academics and those working in mental health/cognitive science.
HOSTED BY
Joshua Kugel
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