Podcasts by Drawing the Ideal Self (Personal Construct Psychology - PCP)
Learn about Personal Construct Psychology (PCP)and how to use it in your work with Heather Moran, educational and clinical psychologist. Heather has worked with young people and professionals in a variety of roles over the past 40 years and has developed techniques for use in therapy, counselling and coaching sessions. She is trying to bring PCP to people who might not have come across it before, as well as to support the development of those who want to hone their skills with children, young people and adults. You can find out more about her work at drawingtheidealself.co.uk.
Further podcasts by Heather Moran
Podcast on the topic Mentale Gesundheit
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Why don’t they ever learn? Butt and Burr’s PCP explanation. Ep.42 from 2023-11-30T20:50:57
For this month’s episode, I am reading a chapter from a lovely book by Trevor Butt and Vivien Burr, Invitation to Personal Construct Psychology (2004). This is about the fact th...
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How could choosing to serve a longer prison sentence ever make sense? Ep. 41 from 2023-10-31T20:58:48
This month’s episode will consider how validation is a more useful construct than reinforcement when we wonder why someone made a challenging choice. It also summarises a paper about the impact ...
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Understanding anger. Peter Cummins’ PCP approach. Ep.40 from 2023-10-01T03:12
Quite a number of us will be working with adults or children and young people who are referred because they have difficulty containing their angry feelings. A PCP approach has an emphasis on und...
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Dr. Emily Strong: Using PCP to explore the Speaking and Non-Speaking Self. Ep.39 from 2023-08-27T13:55:49
You may be thinking about how you might use PCP in research. This episode features an interview with Dr. Emily Strong, Educational Psychologist, whose research has focussed on children who speak...
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Am I an addict? Ep.38 from 2023-08-27T13:52:32
Have you wondered about whether there is a PCP construction of addiction? Butt and Burr have a useful chapter which I will read for this podcast. People are complex beings, with a tendency to ma...
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What is a construct? Butler’s neat explanation. Ep.37 from 2023-07-01T06:05:41
Often it can be helpful to go back to the basics of PCP theory and get a clearer understanding than you had first time around. I found a really nice explanation of a construct in Richard Butler’...
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The client's expectations of counselling. Ep. 36 from 2023-06-02T21:56:31
This episode is about exploring what the client expects from their counselling sessions. Fay Fransella and Peggy Dalton remind us how important it is to do this early in the counselling relation...
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A PCP model of post-traumatic stress. Ep.35 from 2023-05-01T08:46:32
Watching the news has been pretty miserable over the last year or so with so many people trying to flee awful situations. I have been thinking a lot about the people who are traumatised by exper...
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Construing your admin tasks: why are some more difficult for you? Ep. 34 from 2023-04-01T09:02:48
This episode explores the difficulty of getting some tasks done and refers to an exercise you can download from my website - drawingtheidealself.co.uk<...
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Life - What you can’t change and what you can. Dorothy Rowe’s version of personal construing. Ep.33 from 2023-02-27T21:23:19
Dorothy Rowe is famous for her popular best seller on depression, Depression: The way out of your Prison. You may not know that she was fan of Personal Construct Psychology because she ...
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Laddering: a really useful PCP technique. Ep.32 from 2023-01-29T18:53:15
This month the episode is about laddering, which came as a request from a listener. A great request because it is an extremely powerful technique so should be used with great care and full atten...
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Where to find further training in PCP Ep.31 from 2022-12-28T21:20:43
If you are enjoying learning about Personal Construct Psychology, you may be interested to take it further. This episode has information about some of the possibilities available, some paid and ...
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A PCP intervention for menopause Ep.30 from 2022-11-28T22:04:14
I thought it might be useful to see how a PCP approach might be useful in exploring the menopause. I found a paper by Foster and Viney describing a group approach. They developed a model of meno...
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2nd edition of the ESP cards will have the cards in order Ep.29.1 from 2022-11-11T17:43:53
I am sending this message now in case anyone is just about to print and make the ESP cards!
I have been able to re-order cards, making it easier to see what is in each category and to pri...
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Exploring situations and problems with children: the ESP cards Ep.29 from 2022-11-03T21:56:59
The Exploring Situations and Problems (ESP) cards are a new tool for exploring construing in children. They might be useful if your time with a child is very limited, or you need something to us...
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PCP in an Educational Psychologist’s practice: an interview with Sam Beasley Ep.28 from 2022-09-29T04:24:01
This month is an interview with Sam Beasley, Educational Psychologist, working in Hampshire, UK. It is not only for educational psychologists because there will practitioners in lots of services...
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The impact of a physical illness or injury on construing. Ep.27 from 2022-08-31T07:17:01
This month’s episode is about the impact on our construing of having a of physical illness or injury. I found a really PCP model in a paper by Linda Viney (1990): Constructivist Model of Psychol...
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PCP sports coaching (with some useful things for other kinds of coaching) Ep. 26 from 2022-07-27T18:42:26
Although this month’s podcast is about sports coaching, the ideas are suited to many other coaching encounters. I refer to a diagram which you will be able to see via the link on the podcast des...
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Understanding constructs Ep.25 from 2022-06-30T18:08:57
This month the podcast is about constructs. If you are new to PCP, I hope this might summarise what a construct is, the difference between constructs and elements, and verbal, non-verbal and pre...
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Slot rattling: change that may not stick Ep.24 from 2022-05-31T15:58:14
This month’s episode is about slot ratting or slot movement. Have you wondered why you haven’t been able to keep up with a desired change in yourself? Have you tried to help someone who wants to...
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Construing holidays. Ep.23 from 2022-05-01T09:25:22
April’s episode is about holidays, from a PCP perspective. I thought it might be interesting to have a think about this is case you want a little light PCP thinking to consider whilst you are aw...
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One way of working with children and young people. My process. Ep.22 from 2022-03-31T10:43:16
This episode is an answer to a question I hear often, "How can I use PCP approach in work with children and young people?" I thought I would talk about my own approach but please remember that o...
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Social work and PCP: Ian Gillman-Smith. Ep. 21 from 2022-02-27T20:57:38
Ian is a PCP psychotherapist and a social worker who has been using a PCP approach throughout his career. He talks about his journey to date and how he uses PCP in his daily work.
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Who are you? A structure for exploring a ‘sense of self’ from Tom Ravenette. Ep. 20 from 2022-01-30T20:05:23
This month I re-read Tom Ravenette’s paper, Who are you? A structure for exploring a ‘sense of self’ (1989) and was reminded how creative Tom was and how good he was at designing PCP techniques....
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How a PCP approach can suit very different roles: Jenny Newland, Ep.19 from 2021-12-30T11:29:57
This episode is an interview with Jenny Newland. Jenny is a psychotherapist but she is also a maths tutor and coaches kayaking - a rare combination I expect! We talk about how she came to PCP an...
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Thinking about Kelly’s version of aggressiveness. Ep.18 from 2021-11-29T19:05:53
It is coming up to the new year and you might be thinking of making some changes in your life - maybe starting something, or stopping something. I thought it could be useful to think about Kelly...
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Exploring a Role, Ep.17 from 2021-10-31T19:01:34
We all have roles to play, some more comfortably than others. This new technique is a variation on Drawing the Ideal Self for use with adults, children and young people. It expl...
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Moving to a new school: how the PCP definition of anxiety can be helpful Ep.16 from 2021-09-30T17:36:29
This month's episode is rather seasonal: as the new school year starts, this episode is about Kelly's definition of anxiety and transition.
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Moving to a new school: how the PCP definition of anxiety can be helpful from 2021-09-30T17:36:29
This month's episode is rather seasonal: as the new school year starts, this episode is about Kelly's definition of anxiety and transition.
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Children’s Exploratory Drawings (CEDS): Abi Cohman & Cleo Timney Ep.15 from 2021-08-30T12:18:15
An interview with Abi Cohman and Cleo Timney, Trainee Educational Psychologists at Southampton University about The Children’s Exploratory Drawings (CEDS), their PCP technique to use in conversa...
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Brain injury and PCP: Cathy Sparkes from 2021-07-29T20:59:18
This month’s episode is an interview with Cathy Sparkes, Speech and Language Therapist and PCP Counsellor/Psychotherapist. Cathy works with people with brain injury and talks about how she uses ...
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Brain injury and PCP: Cathy Sparkes Ep.14 from 2021-07-29T20:59:18
This month’s episode is an interview with Cathy Sparkes, Speech and Language Therapist and PCP Counsellor/Psychotherapist. Cathy works with people with brain injury and talks about how she uses ...
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Understanding violent offenders with PCP. Ep.13 from 2021-07-01T21:39:23
This month’s episode is about a PCP approach to understanding violent offending. I watched a programme called Time by Jimmy McGover...
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Using PCP in speech and language therapy, Ep.12 from 2021-05-27T12:41:11
This month I have an interview with Adele Pile, a speech and language therapist and PCP psychotherapist with many years’ experience of using PCP in her work. She talks about the value PCP has br...
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Using PCP in speech and language therapy: Adele Pile Ep.12 from 2021-05-27T12:41:11
This month I have an interview with Adele Pile, a speech and language therapist and PCP psychotherapist with many years’ experience of using PCP in her work. She talks about the value PCP has br...
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Construing the self as a reader. Ep.11 from 2021-05-01T22:19:55
I realised that we have not had a podcast session on learning, so today’s is focussed on learning and reading. Tom Ravenette’s paper, Reading difficulties and what else? (1969). Although it is a...
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The journey of a PCP therapist: Sally Robbins, Ep.10 from 2021-03-29T19:43:54
This month’s podcast episode is an interview with Sally Robbins. You may know Sally as the organiser of the events at the Coventry Constructivist Centre (CCC) but you might not know much about h...
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The journey of a PCP therapist: Sally Robbins from 2021-03-29T19:43:54
This month’s podcast episode is an interview with Sally Robbins. You may know Sally as the organiser of the events at the Coventry Constructivist Centre (CCC) but you might not know much about h...
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Experience Matters, Ep.9 from 2021-02-28T22:48:39
This month’s podcast has a focus on experience. Experience is vital to our construing of ourselves and I thought a lot about this as I read Listen
Never, never, never give advice. A paper from Tom Ravenette. Ep.8 from 2021-01-31T08:02:46
This month’s episode is about a paper by Tom Ravenette, Educational Psychologist and PCP interventionist. The paper presents a challenge to those of us who are in roles where people seek advice ...
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Do I really want to change? Exploring personal barriers. Ep.7 from 2021-01-01T23:52:07
December’s (slightly late) episode is focussed on Finn Tschudi’s ABC. This is a great tool for exploring change to a preferred pole of a construct and elaborating some of the barriers to change....
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The journey of a PCP therapist: Diane Allen Ep.6 from 2020-11-30T23:07:29
An interview with Diane Allen, Counselling Psychologist and PCP Psychotherapist.about her career path and her love of PCP.
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The journey of a PCP therapist Ep.6 from 2020-11-30T23:07:29
An interview with Diane Allen, Counselling Psychologist and PCP Psychotherapist.about her career path and her love of PCP.
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The personal meaning of our bags Ep.5 from 2020-10-31T23:03:23
October’s episode of the podcast is about the importance of the choice of a bag and its contents. This was inspired by an episode of Thinking Allowed (BBC Radio 4) where a paper was discus...
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A personal guilt Ep.4 from 2020-10-03T22:13:57
September's episode is about the way Kelly defines guilt - it is very different from the dictionary definition and is a really useful construct. I give a very personal example of my recent exper...
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The surprising emergence of Drawing the Ideal Self Ep.3 from 2020-08-31T15:06:09
August 2020's edition is in in a better podcast style. It tells the story of how the technique came out of a session with a young person at a time when I was stuck in my work with him. On the da...
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PCP and autism Ep.2 from 2020-08-08T07:29:04
This month's episode is thinking about PCP and why it is useful for thinking about and as a therapeutic approach to use with young people (and adults) with autism.
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Adjustment to pandemic ways of working Ep.1 from 2020-08-08T07:27:56
The idea for this came from someone on my mailing list who was asking about a PCP take on the adjustments we are making in ways of working in the pandemic.
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