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Making Sense of Chaos

Sep 23, 2022

Ceara is a 37-year-old psychologist living with terminal illness. On this episode, Ceara speaks about facing her death, how she finds hope in uncertainty, and why she supports voluntary assisted dying.

*Ceara is our first returning guest, and spoke to us back in July 2020.

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May 23, 2022

Dr Lars Madsen is a forensic psychologist with 20+ years experience in the treatment of sexual and violent offending.

On this episode, Lars shares anecdotes and insights from experiences across his career. He also discusses a case where he provided psychological assessment & treatment to a child sex murderer, using...


Apr 19, 2022

James Harding had his own experiences in the criminal justice system. Now he’s a counsellor, and uses his experience to help criminals change their story. 

[Episode hosted by Maddie].

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Mar 28, 2022

In this episode we talk to Dr Ray Middleton on the consequences of medicalising psychological suffering into “mental disorders”.

Ray is an independent trainer, speaker and writer, and a long-standing critic of the western diagnostic model of psychiatry.

He is a lead trainer in the Power Threat Meaning Framework - a...


Mar 17, 2022

Jess has a background in psychology and criminology, and works in the reintegration space with long term & serious offenders. Jess chats with Jason about the different perspectives of grief, and why we are who we are.

*Apologies for the audio quality in this episode - we appreciate your understanding as we work to...