Podcasts by Two Shrinks Pod

So long, and thanks for all the fish from 2023-05-14T08:32:50

We have decided to call time on Two Shrinks Pod as our personal and professional lives have prevented us from being able to regularly produce the show. As we both care about the quality...

83 - Coping with Exams from 2022-10-25T11:02:07

If you’re a student struggling to cope with exams or a parent supporting one, this episode is for you. Just in time for the year 12 exams, we’ve prepared a crash course on how to cope w...

Analyze This - 2SP on the School of Movies from 2022-10-13T22:00

82 - Phobias: A Year 12 Psychology Exam Crash Course from 2022-10-05T12:59:18

This episode we’ve put together a crash course on phobias. We know phobias are on the VCE psychology exam and we have covered the main topics and theories covered in the course. The epi...

81 - Psychology of Abortion from 2022-08-25T22:30:17

For episode 81 we’re taking a comprehensive, research driven look at abortion: what it’s like making the decision, how it impacts people psychologically and what happens if you can’t ha...

80 - This Episode Could've Been an Email from 2022-05-30T11:49:53

This episode we’re covering our professional gripes with a thin veil of science and talking about work research. Join us for a light-hearted, research based whinge about frictionless sp...

79 - Sarcasm from 2022-04-04T03:48:55

78 - I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Productivity Guilt with Madeleine Dore from 2022-03-06T20:40:10

77 - The 2021 Wrap Up from 2021-12-29T21:24:20

76 - How to help your anxious kid from 2021-12-22T09:16:54

This episode we’re giving a crash-course for parents on how to help your child when they’re anxious. Amy talks us through what kids’ anxiety looks like, how to begin to calm things down...

75 - How to Cope with Burnout and Emotional Exhaustion (For HCW) from 2021-11-28T06:44:27

74 - Do Lockdowns Cause Suicide? from 2021-10-28T11:29:29

It is late October 2021, Melbourne is emerging from a 77 day lockdown and we’ve just earned the dubious title of most locked down city in the world. Throughout, this difficult situation...

73 - Why do we laugh? from 2021-10-02T04:16:34

72 - Why do we cry? from 2021-08-15T09:09:46

We’re back after an unexpected break with a classic Two Shrinks question, why do we cry?

Why is it that something painful, emotional or even joyful makes us tear up? How does it ...

71 - Psychs on Film 3 (Shrinks with a Vengeance) from 2021-06-20T13:08:40

In honour of our third instalment of psychs on film, we’re following the trilogy format and introducing a new character, well actually a guest - Sharon Shaw, podcaster and therapist fro...

70 - Therapy with the Breakfast Club from 2021-05-05T13:47:15

69 - Sexual Assault: How to Respond to a Disclosure from 2021-03-14T07:49:14

This episode we’re talking about an unashamedly heavy topic. Given the recent events in Australian Parliament, we wanted to talk about how psychologists, friends and family members of p...

68 - The Seven Deadly Sins from 2021-02-10T10:02:51

To kick off 2021, two shrinks is getting sinful. Thanks to a suggestion from psychiatrist Dr Jackie Rakov (@psychwrite on twitter), we’re taking a look at the psychology behind the seve...

67 - Podcasting in a Pandemic: The 2020 Review from 2020-12-29T02:47:15

We’re trying something revolutionary this year - a 2020 wrap up episode! Join us as we chat about psychs on film; how to cope with things like bushfires, lockdowns and irritations on th...

66 - How to accept a compliment from 2020-12-16T18:53:22

This episode we’re excited to be responding to a highly relatable listener question.

Justin Hensley (@EBMgoneWILD) asked us: “How does one take a compliment? In COVID tim...

65 - How to Reduce Social Anxiety from 2020-11-23T05:08:37

Ever find yourself getting anxious about talking to new people, avoiding speaking in work meetings or overanalysing something you’ve said? Then this episode is for you. We chat about pr...

64 - Election Emotions: anxiety, catharsis and hope from 2020-11-08T14:20:46

This episode, Amy and Hunter talk shit about the US elections. After a long, stressful week anxiously watching, we chat about how we’ve felt, our top gripes from the past 4 years & ...

63 - How to reduce anger from 2020-10-30T12:13:04

For no reason we can think of (COVID, US elections, lockdowns, 2020…), lots of us are struggling with anger at the moment. This episode we take a practical look at anger to help you kno...

62 - Schadenfreude: Is it ok to feel like this? from 2020-10-06T11:21:01

This week, in the wake of President Trump being diagnosed with COVID-19, the world has been going through a collective emotional experience. People who ordinarily wouldn’t relish in the...

2SP on Meta - a behind the scenes interview from 2020-10-04T14:23:24

61 - Autism Spectrum Disorder from 2020-09-27T01:57:18

Autism, a fascinating, complex and controversial disorder. Join Amy and Hunter for an overview of Autism, or as it is currently known, Autism Spectrum Disorder. This episode should be a...

Mary and Max - 2SP on the School of Movies from 2020-09-12T00:14:41

Head over to the School of Movies podcast feed to hear Amy and Hunter join Alex and Sharon Shaw discuss and reflect on Adam Elliot’s masterpiece Mary and Max.

It is a fi...

60 - Diagnosing the Skywalkers: Mental Health in the Star Wars Universe from 2020-07-18T08:16:51

Presenting the definitive discussion on the mental health of the Skywalker family. Its our 60th episode and for some fun we turned our minds to analysing the characters from Star Wars. ...

Teaser: Does Anakin Skywalker have Borderline Personality Disorder? from 2020-06-14T02:37:26

Ahead of our 60th episode “Diagnosing the Skywalkers: Mental Health in the Star Wars Universe” we decided to give you some pre-listening (reading?) to get you ready (hey don’t judge, we...

59 - Healthcare workers’ challenges during COVID-19 from 2020-05-31T00:55:35

How are health care workers coping during COVID? On our final episode of the COVID series, we take a look at the issues facing healthcare workers. For the first time in many workers’ ca...

58 - Mental health issues during COVID-19: ADHD, OCD, PTSD, Depression, Eating Disorders, Substance Use, Family Issues from 2020-05-23T01:14:18

Feeling like your mental health is suffering during COVID-19? Finding that your attention is worse, you’ve started restricting your eating again or are having more compulsions? Then thi...

57 - COVID-19 anxiety with Dr Sherman Lee from 2020-05-07T04:41:13

57 - We’re all worried about COVID-19, but how much worry is unhelpful?

56 - Coping in the time of COVID-19 (part two) from 2020-04-29T12:25:09

56 - Join us as we continue chatting about ways to cope with COVID-19. In this episode, Hunter and Amy talk about coping with information overload, how to self-care in the time of covid...

55 - Coping in the time of COVID-19 (part one) from 2020-04-19T04:53:43

55 - In our first episode recorded COVID style, we have a chat about common issues and questions coming up for people. Tune in for ideas on how to manage anxiety, dealing with uncertain...

54 - Surviving a bushfire and coping after - with Danielle Graber from 2020-03-25T23:43:44

In this episode Hunter & Amy interview Danielle Graber, clinical psychologist based in Melbourne who has been working with people impacted by the bushfires. We recorded this episode...

53 - Sports psychology and helping athletes perform - with Michael Inglis from 2020-02-09T14:04:23

52 - A day in the life of a psychologist working in cancer or paediatrics from 2020-01-26T12:30

Ever wanted to know what it is like to work as a psychologist who works with cancer patients? Or are you interested in how a psychologist works with children? Continuing on with the rel...

51 - Psychs on film - the second part from 2020-01-11T11:41:18

51 - So Amy and Hunter decided to do another episode of therapists on film and television. In part because they realised that there was an over representation of male therapists in the ...

50 - Psychs on film from 2019-12-28T14:16:20

50 - Ever wondered if the therapists you see on TV or film are doing the right thing? Or why they are doing what they do? Then this is the episode for you, Amy and Hunter play eight sce...

49 - When a family member or partner has Borderline Personality Disorder from 2019-12-10T11:21:17

What’s it like living with a family member or partner with Borderline Personality Disorder? On this episode, we take a look at the experiences of carers and the supports available to th...

48 - Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) from 2019-10-22T12:14:42

“If you were to look at me you’d see a single person…but when we look in the mirror we see us, fragmented identities living in the same body”
Carol Broad (via Caitlyn)

Zombieland - 2SP on the School of Movies from 2019-10-19T11:11:31

Head over to the School of Movies podcast feed to hear Amy and Hunter discuss, dissect and devour the psychological themes of control, trauma and attachment in the movie Zombieland. It ...

47 - Munchausen’s syndrome (Factitious Disorder) - why some people fake being sick from 2019-08-09T09:39:37

47 - Factitious disorder, better known as Munchausen’s syndrome, is when someone fakes being sick for no apparent reason aside from the benefit of assuming the sick role. Factitious di...

46 - Dark Tetrad of personality - Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism&Sadism from 2019-07-04T11:51:04

This week on Two Shrinks Pod we’re returning to the darker side of humanity and taking a look at the Dark Tetrad: psychopathy, narcissism, machiavellianism and sadism. We chat through t...

Inside Out - 2SP on the School of Movies podcast from 2019-06-29T20:04:08

Exciting news listeners - Two Shrinks recently guested on the School of Movies podcast where Amy and Hunter were asked to come on and help discuss Pixar’s masterpiece that explores the ...

45 - Don't stand so close to me: understanding interpersonal distance from 2019-06-12T00:52:53

45 - This ep we are talking about the ins and outs of interpersonal distance - that is how close you like to be to other people. Amy talks about cross-cultural differences and attachmen...

44 - Men's responses to a miscarriage or still-birth - with Kate Obst from 2019-05-14T20:25:49

44 - How do men respond to pregnancy loss? What is their experience? What supports do they need? And is it different to how women respond? This episode Hunter interviews Kate Obst whils...

43 - Self-forgiveness as a therapeutic strategy - with Dr Grant Dewar from 2019-05-07T11:41:30

43 - This week Hunter brings you an interview whilst on location at the Health Psychology conference in Adelaide. He interviews Dr Grant Dewar who use self-forgiveness as a therapeutic ...

42 - What makes us laugh? The psychology of humour from 2019-04-14T21:50:09

This week, Two Shrinks tackle humour. Hunter and Amy agree with toddlers that wearing underpants on your head is indeed hilarious, snort over funny words and discuss the role of feedbac...

41 - Harry Potter&the Pathological Personalities from 2019-02-18T10:41:50

41 – Ever wondered what Voldermort’s attachment style is? Does Bellatrix Le Strange meet criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder? What about Snape? Is his behaviour schizoid, obses...

40 - You can't ask a psychologist that from 2018-12-30T12:57:27

40 - Are you psychologising me right now? Do you think about me when I’m not here? Can I be the only one that sees you next time? Do you think I’m crazy? Why would I come and see if you...

39 - Improving the performance of professional athletes. Sports psychology and mental conditioning with Michael Inglis from 2018-12-10T01:51:08

39 - Ever wondered how athletes improve their mental game and stop cracking under pressure? Or would you like to know how you could improv...

38 - Social Stigma and Welfare with Dr Timothy Schofield from 2018-11-16T22:00:56

For the final interview of psychology week, Amy talks to Dr Timothy Schofield, research fellow at Melbourne University. They chat about Tim’s research into the stigma associated with we...

37 - Neuroscience of Social Anxiety - with Laura Finlayson-Short from 2018-11-15T20:23:43

In our next interview for psychology week, Amy chats with Laura, a PhD candidate who’s researching the parts of our brains that are active in social anxiety. We talk about what happens ...

36 - Psychological treatment of chronic pain - with Dr Kathleen Leach from 2018-11-13T20:36:38

36 - for the second psychology week 2018 interview Hunter talks to Dr Kathleen Leach about chronic pain and the role psychologists play in the treatment and management of chronic pain. ...

35 - How to get better sleep - with Dr Lyndel Shand from 2018-11-13T00:08:52

35 - Want to know how to get better sleep? Then have a listen to this episode which is our first in the series of interviews for psychology week 2018. Hunter talks to Dr Lyndel Shand on...

Psychology Week 2018 - Preview from 2018-11-11T11:33:34

Psychology Week 2018 and 2SP is having a podathon! We have conducted four interviews and we will release one each day this week.

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34 - Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder - Ordered, Controlled, Anally Retentive from 2018-11-09T12:13:14

Know someone who likes to have things neat and tidy, sticks rigidly to the rules and appears tightly wound? This week we’re talking about the characteristics of Obsessive Compulsive Per...

33 - Dependent Personality Disorder - "Please look after me" from 2018-10-23T11:19:27

Pod 33 - The penultimate episode of our personality disorder series takes a look at Dependent Personality Disorder - when someone has an excessive need to be taken care of, is submissiv...

32 - Avoidant Personality Disorder - Sensitive, Vigilant and Socially Anxious from 2018-10-04T12:15:09

This week, Two Shrinks is leaving behind cluster B personality disorders and launching into cluster C, taking a long look at Avoidant Personality Disorder. We’ll chat about the people w...

31 - Forensic psychology with Liz Daff : working in prisons, working with anti-social personality disorder and psychopathy. from 2018-09-16T11:07:30

31 - Finishing up our mini-series on Anti-Social Personality Disorder and psychopaths we thought we’d talk to our colleague Liz Daff about working as a forensic psychologist. That is, ...

30 - More about psychopaths. Children with psychopathic traits, successful people who have psychopathic traits,&treatment of psychopathy from 2018-08-28T20:37:26

This episode we decided to continue on from pod 29 and chat more about psychopathy. Amy takes us through a discussion of how psychopathy does and does not manifest itself in children and adolesc...

29 - Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Psychopaths and Sociopaths - description and theory from 2018-08-08T11:16:59

This week on Two Shrinks Pod we're looking at the darker side of human nature. Hunter & Amy chat about the diagnosis of Anti-Social Personality Disorder, psychopaths and sociopaths....

28 - Schema therapy for Narcissistic Personality Disorder - with Chris Hayes from 2018-06-30T22:46:37

In this week's pod we chat with Chris Hayes, clinical psychologist and advanced schema therapist. Chris talks us through common schemas and modes in Narcissistic Personality Disorder, t...

27 - Narcissistic Personality Disorder - His Majesty, The Baby from 2018-06-07T11:44:23

This week we take a look at Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and answer our own burning questions: What is it like interacting with someone with NPD? How can you tell the differe...

26 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder from 2018-04-30T10:45:04

We're back after a short break with a discussion about DBT for BPD. Hunter takes us through the key components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy which is used to treat Borderline Personal...

25 - Borderline Personality Disorder - I hate you, don't leave me from 2018-03-20T05:02:12

This ep we are talking about Borderline Personality Disorder - one of the most interesting, challenging and controversial personality disorders. We chat about the symptoms, aetiology, c...

24 - Histrionic Personality Disorder - Theatrical, Vivacious, Tempestuous from 2018-03-06T10:30:34

This week we got a little carried away talking about cluster B personality disorders so instead of discussing two PDs we've split the episode in two and just talk about one. First up, H...

23 - Schizoid, Paranoid&Schizotypal Personality Disorders. The Odd&Eccentric Cluster. from 2018-02-19T02:07:33

This week we're back from our summer holiday & digging into personality disorders. Join us in the first episode of our mini series on personality disorders. We are starting off with...

22 - Aviophobia (Fear of Flying): why are so many of us afraid of flying? from 2018-01-02T09:46:46

To kick off the new year, Hunter and Amy take a quick look at aviophobia. We talk about how a fear of flying develops and the way your sensitivity to body anxiety symptoms influences&nb...

21 - All I want for Christmas...is subjective well-being & to be crowned king of the bon bons from 2017-12-20T02:39:32

This week, Two Shrinks Pod is getting ready for Christmas! Amy takes us through the role of cognitive development in believing Santa and how to guarantee the best chance of winning a Ch...

20 - Ten things: Middle children, yoga or aerobics, partners look like your mum, Barbie dolls, cat personality, dancing, diagnosing Gollum, swearing, sleeping positions & city disorders. from 2017-12-06T11:10:55

20 - This pod is a 10 item Things We Came Across Special to celebrate our 20th episode (like what we did for the 10th episode - but with less Star Wars). We talk about 10 different and ...

19 - Do you worry in social situations? A look at social anxiety disorder from 2017-11-22T14:11:17

19 - This week we have an in-depth chat about social anxiety disorder - which is when people find social situations difficult and worrying, so much so that people avoid them. Social anx...

18 - Lettuce talk about vegetarians and vegans from 2017-11-15T09:19:25

18 - This week, Two Shrinks Pod is going green with a chat about the psychological aspects of following a meat free diet. We talk about eating disorders, anxiety and how smarter ki...

17 - What makes you creative? from 2017-11-03T06:14:14

17 - Continuing with our mini-series of non-clinical topics we discuss five articles on creativity. We focus on 'little c' creativity - that is - creativity in everyday situations. Look...

16 - Sorry it's late - our pod on procrastination from 2017-10-17T09:09:02

16 - For this week's pod we read five articles on procrastination - and in the process had our own procrastination activated which delayed the episode being completed by a week (#irony). We talk ab...

15 - Hoarders and Hoarding disorder from 2017-10-04T23:59:09

15 - This week we talk about people who hoard things (objects, animals) so much so that it causes them distress and disrupts their day to day lives. Hoarding disorder has only recently been recogni...

14 - The new normal post cancer treatment from 2017-09-07T05:07:40

14 - This week's pod is a talk that Hunter gave at Leukaemia Foundation Day in 2013. The talk is about some of the challenges people face when diagnosed, being treated for and recoverin...

13 - Very Superstitious from 2017-08-31T05:50:49

13 - For lucky number 13 we thought we'd take a look at some of the research into superstitions and how these manifest in various areas of our lives. We talk about how having someone te...

12 - "You won't be back" - Terminating therapy (what happens at the end of therapy) from 2017-08-17T06:59:50

12 - This pod we discuss ending therapy - which is referred to as 'termination' in the literature (insert your own Schwarzenegger joke here). We discuss three articles that peel back some of proces...

11 - What's it like working in oncology? with Dr James McCracken from 2017-07-26T04:15:18

Pod 11 - Hunter talks to Dr James McCracken a medical oncologist about the unique aspects of working in oncology. James tells us how he got into medicine and then we move to discussing what it is l...

10 - Ten things we came across from 2017-07-19T08:48:58

10 - To celebrate our 10th episode, we're going rogue this week (while maintaining a secure attachment to psychological research) and sampling an assortment of weird and wonderful papers with 10 th...

09 - Are you obsessive? Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) from 2017-07-12T12:59:17

09 - This week we obsess about Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and have a rigid, ordered and controlled discussion about being, well, rigid, controlled and pre-occupied with order. OCPD i...

08 - Talking about stalking (of psychologists) from 2017-07-05T01:28:36

08 - This week we're taking a look at stalking - how have Australian psychologists been stalked and is this something we're trained to manage? We also chat about the attachment styles of people who...

07 - Why Are Doctors in Training Stressed? from 2017-06-28T08:49:55

This week we talk at length about doctors in training and the high rates of stress that they experience. We've tried to give an overview of the literature and so it is a grab bag of art...

06 - Treating Anxious Kids from 2017-06-20T12:07:05

06 - We take a look at anxiety in childhood. Amy takes us through some common symptoms before Hunter chats about using play in exposure therapy. We finish our anxiety segment with some research exp...

05 - Do You Want it Darker? The Dark Triad of Personality from 2017-06-12T13:45:53

05 - This week we're taking a look at the Dark Triad - psychopathy, narcissism and machiavellianism. Amy provides some definitions before we compare notes on a collection of interesting articles. F...

04 - Attachment Theory as it Relates to a) Parenting & b) Distress in Cancer Patients from 2017-06-04T08:32:19

This pod we talk at length about attachment theory which is one of the dominant theories in psychology. We give background about the theory. Amy talks about a parenting intervention based on the th...

03 - Identity & How it Changes in Relation to a Psychological Disorder (Schizophrenia, PTSD) from 2017-05-25T02:03:51

03 - On this pod we discuss identity and how it changes when someone develops schizophrenia or when they are traumatised and develops Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We talk about the ways identity...

02 - Therapeutic Alliance when Working with Adults & Children, Dog & Cat People, Astronauts from 2017-05-18T21:45:57

Pod 02 - We discuss two articles looking at the therapeutic alliance between client and therapist. Hunter talks about a study with adults and how the alliance impacts on therapy outcomes. Amy talks...

01 - OCD & Disgust Proneness, Cancer Patients' Beliefs About Causes of Cancer, Analysing the Death Star for Weaknesses from 2017-05-08T02:04:03

Amy talks about a study on Obsessive Compulsive disorder and proneness to feeling disgust; Hunter talks about cancer patients use of alternative cancer treatments and their beliefs about cancer cau...