Send us a text In this episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona are exploring the interplay between safety and happiness, and the importance of confronting and understanding the messages from our inner voice. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Broo…

Send us a text Lapses, relapses, and interferences. These are all forms of setbacks that need strategies for handling effectively. So, this week that's what we're nattering about. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTub…

Send us a text This week on Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona delve into the concept of inner child needs, time structuring from Transactional Analysis, and the importance of intimacy and connection in personal development. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podca…

Send us a text This week, Richard & Fiona discuss the importance of discipline and consistency in achieving personal and professional goals, along with tips to maintain habits and overcome cognitive biases. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhous…

Send us a text Not all habits are bad, sometimes a habit can be a good thing. So this week Richard and Fiona have a little natter about how we can make that happen. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richa…

Send us a text In this weeks episode of 'Therapy Natters', Richard & Fiona are discussing various strategies for managing overwhelm, and the importance of finding what works for you without a universal guidebook. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Bro…

Send us a text In this episode Richard & Fiona discuss the challenges of procrastination and the importance of tackling daunting tasks head-on, using insights from Brian Tracy's book 'Eat That Frog'. Along the way, they share some personal anecdotes and delve into how therapists manage their myriad responsibilities. Join our Evolve to Thrive progra…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona explore the complexities of navigating happiness in a turbulent world, managing feelings for a therapist, and grappling with love and guilt after loss in a Q&A episode. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookh…

Send us a text This week on Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona delve into various strategies for effective time management, the importance of setting daily goals, and the impact of language. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Gro…

Send us a text In this episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona take a deep dive into the art of getting things done, without losing your mind in the process! From forgotten tax returns to browser tabs that double as to-do lists, they explore why our brains struggle with managing multiple projects and how to regain control. Join our Evolve to Th…

Send us a text Some goals are difficult to measure, so this week Richard & Fiona see if we are able to turn vague aspirations into specific, measurable actions. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's…

Send us a text In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona explore the benefits of thinking really big when setting personal goals, even if those goals seem unrealistic at first. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherap…

Send us a text In this week’s episode of Therapy Natters, Richard & Fiona dive into the intriguing concept of wonder. What it means, why it matters, and how it ties into our search for meaning in life. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hyp…

Send us a text This week on Therapy Natters we discuss the importance of tailoring personal development and therapy to individual needs, the value of understanding different perspectives, and the role of mental strength. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast…

Send us a text Is Richard too old for a mosh pit? Can Fiona ever win a game of Bridge? All these questions and more in this week's Therapy Natters. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media…

Send us a text It’s season 2 time! Richard & Fiona are back after a break, with an episode about the importance of using your values to get to know yourself. If you’re part of their Evolve to Thrive programme many of the episodes in this season of Therapy Natters will support your journey nicely. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Subm…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona natter with Psychotherapist Alan Patching about how to have healing and helpful conversations with people who may not even be around anymore. Contact Alan: [email protected] Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The…

Send us a text It's Valentine's Day! The perfect time for Richard & Fiona to explore the psychological side of love. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook …

Send us a text Almost half of the UK population consider themselves religious to some degree, whether that means they're a churchgoer or simply believe in a god. This week we chat with Kathy Spooner, CEO of The Association Of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions, to explore how faith can play a part in our therapy. Contact Kathy at coun…

Send us a text In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle dive deep into the concept of learned helplessness and attributions. They discuss how various facets such as ability, effort, task difficulty and luck contribute to the perception of success or failure in tasks. They also highlight how peopl…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona are nattering with Art Psychotherapist Lyni Sargent about the therapeutic benefits of making Art. https://www.instagram.com/starleng/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Cha…

Send us a text In this episode of Therapy Natters, join Richard & Fiona as they explore the influential psychological theory of OCEAN – the Big Five Personality Traits of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism – to gain insights into the complexities of what it is to be human! https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/c…

Send us a text In this episode, hosts Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle speak with Dr. Rebecca Berman, a pain consultant with the NHS, to help explain the influence of perception and emotion on pain, the potential impacts of psychological trauma on pain experience, and techniques for managing pain. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Su…

Send us a text In this week's episode Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle explore the complex emotions of guilt and shame. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facb…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona have a returning guest, Sharon Mustard, to talk with them about how our psychology can easily get in the way of a better birthing experience. https://www.easibirthing.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Broo…

Send us a text In this week's episode of Therapy Natters, Richard and Fiona dive deep into the topic of narcissism, specifically Narcissistic Personality Disorder, to distinguish between that and simply high self-esteem and assertiveness. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richar…

Send us a text In this episode, Richard & Fiona are joined by hypno-psychotherapist Carlie Fairbrother to discuss food relationships, body image, and intuitive eating. https://cheshiretherapyroom.com/ Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypn…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona talk all about Cognitive Distortions, the thinking traps that we all fall into that can so easily spoil our lives or at best hold us back. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTub…

Send us a text In this week's episode of the Therapy Natters podcast, Richard & Fiona engage in a thought-provoking dialogue with special guest Zayna Brookhouse, a specialist in equality, diversity, and inclusion. The conversation spans a wide range of topics from the fluidity of gender and sexuality, the evolution of sociocultural norms, to the im…

Send us a text In this episode of Therapy Natters, psychotherapists Richard Nicholls and Fiona Biddle discuss the concept of attachment theory. They explore how our early experiences with caregivers can shape our interactions and reactions as adults, whether it be in friendships, relationships, or even why we follow a football team. 00:00 Introduct…

Send us a text It's guest week. Richard & Fiona have an old friend Bill Hard to join them this week to talk about his Buddhist experiences. https://www.dayandnighttherapy.com/bill-hard/ You can also find more about Bill's and other's work at the Monroe Institute in their app https://info.monroeinstitute.org/get-expand-app Join our Evolve to Thrive …

Send us a text This week we're answering a listener question about what being a full-time therapist is actually like. The pros, the cons and everything in-between. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richar…

Send us a text This week Richard and Fiona are joined by psychotherapist Shaun Brookhouse to natter about the complexity of forgiveness, its relation to accountability, repentance and the concept of accepting imperfections. shaunbrookhouse.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The R…

Send us a text The psychiatrist Iain McGilcrist published a book back in 2009 called The Master and His Emissary all about what our left brain and right brain really do. Because it's quite complicated Fiona thought it would be nice to try and make it understandable for all of us, and to see how it explains why hypnotherapy can be so useful. https:/…

Send us a text We have another guest this week, Jan McGregor Hepburn, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, who joins us to talk about psychoanalysis and its principles. We discuss the differences between various types of therapy, the role of the unconscious mind, and the practice of analysis. Jan McGregor Hepburn Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Wh…

Send us a text This week it's all about Apathy. That feeling where you have no interest and no energy for one reason or another. Let's have a little look shall we? Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richar…

Send us a text It's guest week on Therapy Natters. And this week Richard & Fiona are nattering with family, systemic & couples therapist Inger Gordon. https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Inger-Gordon-iAieSAAS Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The …

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona are nattering in response to a listener question about anxiety and test conditions. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta …

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona are chatting with the author, consultant and human rights campaigner Julian Harrison about what it's like being in therapy. https://julianharrison.wordpress.com Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hyp…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona have a natter about the concept of "Ego States" in Transactional Analysis. The idea being that we can break our personality down into 3 different states of Parent Adult and Child. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast…

Send us a text Autism is a highly misunderstood condition, probably due to autistic people's varied strengths and weaknesses. So this week Richard & Fiona are chatting with therapist Paula Stone, who works as an advisor in schools helping people with neurodivergent traits to understand more about why they feel the way that they feel. https://www.me…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona answer a listener question about staying motivated when job hunting. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta Facbook Youtube…

Send us a text Richard & Fiona are joined this week by Psychotherapist David Corr. David is very interested in Internal Family Systems as well as Parts Therapy, and how they integrate so well together in the therapy room. http://davidcorr.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The …

Send us a text Making decisions can be hard especially when our emotions get in the way. Back in the early 1980s Maltese psychologist Edward de Bono, inventor of the phrase "Lateral Thinking" proposed an idea to help streamline our decision-making. He called them The 6 Thinking Hats. Blue Hat: "The Controller's Hat" When you are in blue hat mode, y…

Send us a text Andrew Turnbull chats with Richard & Fiona this week about the concept of people-pleasing. https://cheadletherapy.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesk…

Send us a text This week Richard & Fiona talk about Empty Nest Syndrome and having relationships with your children when they're no longer children. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Medi…

Send us a text This week we're joined by fellow therapist Eve Stanway who wanted to talk to us about anxiety and how we share our issues with other people. https://evestanway.co.uk Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTu…

Send us a text This week is all about how we take our feelings about one person (even ourselves) and put them onto another. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy Group YouTube Channel Richard's Social Media Links Bluesky X Insta F…

Send us a text It's guest week. This week Richard & Fiona are nattering with Life Coach Kate Jackson about the differences between coaching and therapy. Kate Jackson - https://castandmint.co.uk Find a coach International Coaching Federation - https://coachingfederation.org Association for Coaching - https://www.associationforcoaching.com Join our E…

Send us a text Bullying is a damaging and painful experience. One that isn't easily forgotten. So today Richard & Fiona delve as lightheartedly as they can into what we can do to deal with it. Join our Evolve to Thrive programme Whatsapp us Submit a question Follow us on Facebook or Instagram The Richard Nicholls Podcast The Brookhouse Hypnotherapy…