Let's Talk About CBT

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• Let's Talk about…. OCD and young people

  September 22, 2026 · 45 min

  In this episode, Helen is joined by Mia and Alice Farrington to talk about OCD in children and young people. Mia shares her lived experience of developing OCD as a child and what it was like to go through CBT with Alice as her therapist…

• Let's talk about…CBT for specific phobias

  June 3, 2026 · 36 min

  In this episode, Helen is joined by Becky and Romanah to talk about specific phobias and how CBT can help. Becky shares her personal experience of living with a phobia of medical situations, also known as blood-injury phobia, what it took…

• Let's talk about…Tinnitus and can CBT really help?

  February 2, 2026 · 43 min

  In this episode, Helen is joined by Colin Blowers, James Jackson, and Hashir Aazh for a thoughtful conversation about tinnitus and how cognitive behavioural therapy can help. The panel draws on professional expertise and lived experience…

• Let's talk about…loneliness and how CBT can help

  December 19, 2025 · 40 min

  In this episode, Helen is joined by Jackie and Professor Roz Shafran to explore loneliness through both lived experience and clinical psychology perspectives. Jackie shares her personal journey with anxiety, bereavement, and loneliness…

• Let's talk about…CBT and the menopause

  October 17, 2025 · 38 min

  In this episode, Helen Macdonald talks with CBT therapist Sally Tribe about the impact of menopause and how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can help. Sally shares her own experience of perimenopause, describes the wide range of symptoms…

• Let's Talk About…Access to Mental Health Services for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (World Mental Health Day 2025)

  October 10, 2025 · 32 min

  It's World Mental Health Day 2025, and this year's theme is 'access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies'. The theme highlights the importance of people being able to protect their mental health in times of global…

• Let's talk about…Low Intensity CBT

  August 11, 2025 · 37 min

  Ever heard of low Intensity CBT and wondered what it was all about? Or what it would be like to receive it? In this episode of Let's Talk about CBT, Helen talks to Laura Stevenson-Young, a cognitive behavioural therapist and Director of…

• Let's talk about…the Mental Health Jedi

  July 10, 2025 · 40 min

  In this episode, Helen Macdonald speaks with Chris Frederick- advocate, suicide survivor, founder of Project Soul Stride, and self-described "Mental Health Jedi." Chris shares his deeply personal journey, from childhood trauma and racial…