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The Locked up Living Podcast: Surviving and thriving in prisons and other challenging environments

Podcasters David Jones & Dr Naomi Murphy

Can institutional culture challenge your mental health? What if your job makes you feel shame, sadness, grief, disgust and fear? What if you are expected not to feel? Or you are expected to be relentlessly competitive? What it’s like to live or work in a prison? Does working with people who commit murder, child abuse and rape affect people who work in prisons and the wider criminal justice system? How do people survive and thrive when facing significant challenges to our emotional health over a

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181. Claire Bicknell; Mastering the Art of Networking

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2023/12/27

In this episode of the Locked Up Living podcast, hosts Naomi Murphy and David Jones are joined by Claire Bicknell, the founder of the Catena Network, a successful business network. The discussion revolves around the value and importance of networking in both personal and professional settings. Claire emphasizes the need for authentic connections and likability when networking. She suggests that networking should be viewed as making business friends rather than a sales-focused activity. She also

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48:05

179. Tony Gammidge, the power of art therapy through...

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2023/12/20

Artist and art therapist Tony Gammidge discusses his work using animation as therapy, particularly in prison and refugee settings. He shares his personal journey of discovering art as a means of processing trauma and making sense of early experiences. Tony explains the power of storytelling and the unique qualities of animation in therapeutic work. He also discusses the challenges and rewards of working in marginalized communities and the potential for animation therapy to create positive change

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01:09:41

178. Rob Hosking. The trauma of policework

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2023/12/13

In this conversation, Rob, a former police officer, discusses his experiences and the challenges he faced in the police force. He emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive and positive work environment to promote the well-being and happiness of staff. Rob believes that open communication and safe spaces for sharing personal stories are crucial in addressing the negative impact of the job. He also highlights the need for mandatory meetings to address mental health and create healthy habits

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39:13

177. Aneela Ahmed. Psychotherapist and former OT on...

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2023/12/06

Now a psychotherapist Aneela worked for many years as a qualified occupational therapist and has 20 years’ experience working within the NHS supporting people with their mental health difficulties and well-being. Her specialisms are trauma work, working with people who have a diagnosis of BPD and culturally adapted therapy. She talks about her challenging years working as an OT in a mental health team and the expectations, sometimes explicit, that she would make the tea!!

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54:23

176. Peter Sterling; Mental disturbance and the...

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2023/11/29

If you have anything to do with health or the mental health field you must listen to this podcast and follow the links below. This is about the creeping reintroduction of the practice of causing physical damage to the brain as a 'remedy' for distress. Peter Sterling is an American physiologist and neuroscientist and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In his long career he has made major and varied contributions to scientific knowledge and you will see

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39:48

175. David Shipley: Being posh in prison

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2023/11/22

I’m David Shipley. I’ve sold fork lift trucks, been a recruiter, worked in corporate finance and produced a film. I also committed a fraud in 2014, which I was jailed for in 2020. The prison system I saw horrified me. It is neglectful, cruel and seems almost designed to maximise reoffending. In August 2021 I was released, determined to make a difference. Now, I write, campaign and speak on prison reform. I work as a consultant prison inspector, and I’m always happy to talk, mentor, or write about

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43:03

174. Piers Cross; ’Do not grass’. Boarding school...

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2023/11/15

Piers Cross is a transformational coach specializing in working with men who feel stuck in their relationships. He helps men overcome and heal from trauma, boarding school issues, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and live a happier and more fulfilled life. He is also an artist, a poet and a musician. Piers went to boarding school from ages 11-18. It was an exceptionally challenging time. He changed his name to Simon and then Ziggy Cross. He lost a friend to suicide, a teacher attempted to

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51:05

173. Gethin Aldous, film and video game maker on...

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2023/11/08

Gethin Aldous is film and video game maker who believes in the power of story to transform lives. He was co-director and executive producer of The Work documentary, winning a UK Grierson Award for Best International Doc and Best Cinema Doc. He has also been honored with a Ron Herring Award by the Mankind Project USA. Gethin has been involved in men's work for over a decade and has staffed group therapy retreats at Folsom Prison with Inside Circles and Massachusetts Correctional Institution at

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47:36

172. Stella Assange: Wikileaks founder, journalist...

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2023/11/01

Stella Assange is a lawyer and human rights defender. Throughout her career, she has been an international advocate for human rights, most prominently in the case of her husband. We are really pleased to welcome Stella to our podcast . Stella is a human rights lawyer who was born in South Africa and she's the wife of Julian Assange who's the founder of WikiLeaks and a prisoner at HMP Belmarsh and Stella and Julian have two children. Julian Assange is held in the high security Belmarsh prison with

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52:34

171. Ros Watts: Integrating Psychedelics in Therapy

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2023/10/25

Ros Watts is a clinical psychologist whose work as the clinical lead for Imperial College, London's psilocybin trial has made her one of the most prominent voices in the field of psychedelics, she has been named as one of the 50 most influential people in psychedelics, as well as being in the top 16 women shaping up the field and you might recognize her from the Michael Pollan series on Netflix, "How to change your Mind". Website: acerintegration.com Instagram:

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170. Natalia Galicza: Abuse of power in California’s...

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2023/10/18

Key points from the conversation; - Natalia Galicza is a journalist who specializes in narrative non-fiction writing. - She wrote an article titled "The Women That Me Too Left Behind" about abuse in federal prisons for women in California. - The article focuses on the case of a former inmate named Melissa, who experienced abuse from the warden at the Federal Correctional Institution of Dublin. - The abuse included sexual and physical misconduct, as well as grooming and manipulation. - The article

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44:04

169: Sarah Turner: Benefits of red light...

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2023/10/11

While Sarah is a co-founder and CEO of CeraThrive she emphasises the imprtance of early morning and evening as a natural way to take the red light that we all need. Sarah Turner has a postgraduate degree in Clinical Neuroscience from Roehampton University in London. She also holds BSc degrees in Psychological Sciences and Nutritional Medicine from Westminster University and Thames Valley University, respectively. Currently, she is pursuing a diploma in Photobiomodulation at the University of

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36:56

168. Rebecca Morgan. Sex and sexuality among...

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2023/10/04

Rebecca Morgan is a trainee clinical psychologist who's exploring how people in hospital express their sexuality. We spoke with Rebecca after seeing an advert she posted for research participants, and it really made us wonder why we'd taken so long for this subject to be explored.

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167. Jamie Bennett. New Managerialism and prisons

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2023/09/27

See key points at the bottom. Dr. Jamie Bennett has worked in prisons and wider criminal justice system since 1996 and held a number of senior positions. He is currently Chief Strategy Officer at the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. He was previously Governor of HMP Long Lartin, a high security prison; HMP Grendon, the only prison to operate entirely as a series of therapeutic communities; HMP Springhill, an innovative open prison which helps men to prepare for their release and resettle

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01:04:12

166. John Adlam and Chris Scanlon. Psycho-Social...

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2023/09/20

Today's conversation is with Chris Scanlon and John Adlam. Chris and John are both psychotherapists and they worked together at the Henderson Hospital which was sadly and unjustly defunded in 2008. They prefer to think of themselves as working and thinking as inter-professional and trans-disciplinary. They have worked together for about twenty years and written a number of papers around the theme of the unhoused mind. In 2022 they published the highly praised book ‘Psycho-Social Explorations of

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165. Kym Staton, Filmaker: Tragedy and injustice of...

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2023/09/13

This conversation features award winning film director Kym Staten, who's based in Australia. Kim has devoted nine years to the documentary industry. He's the founder and director of Films4Change, an educational enterprise that's been operating since 2014. And initially Films4Change was a hybrid distributor bringing live in person cinema screenings. of documentary films to 90, 90 cities across the world, including Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand, the UK and America. During the pandemic,

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164. Joseph Davies: food and obesity in psychiatric...

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2023/09/06

Dr Joe Davies, Chartered Psychologist, and lecturer in Applied Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Joe’s research primarily explores the causes and consequences of obesity within secure psychiatric inpatient services. Following his PhD, Joe worked for the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit of NHS Wales on Welsh Government commissioned projects aimed at improving care for secure inpatients, subsequently publishing the national review of secure inpatient services: Making Days Count

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162. Julian Reid: Addiction, Recovery and prisons

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2023/08/30

In this episode, we hear from Julian Conor Reid, an NHS drug and alcohol recovery worker at HMP Grendon. Julian shares his personal journey of addiction and recovery, highlighting how his own experiences have shaped his career path. He discusses the challenges of alcoholism and the inability to control or moderate drinking. Julian's story offers valuable insights into the world of addiction and the importance of recovery. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of addiction and the work being done

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163. Eileen Chubb: Founder of Compassion in Care on...

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2023/08/30

See the main points at the bottom. Eileen is one of the BUPA7 whistleblowers, the first case to use uk whistleblowing law. As a result of her experiences She founded the charity 'Compassion in Care' to help protect vulnerable elderly people and whistleblowers. They have to date supported13k whistleblowers and 9k families of abuse victims. Eileen has written three books 'Dismantling the façade'

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160. Harry Maguire: Restorative justice in Northern...

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2023/08/23

See the conversation highlights at the bottom Harry Maguire was the Director of Community Restorative Justice Ireland from 2011-2022. He has a long record in peace work since being released from prison in 1998. A Republican ex-prisoner Harry has spent 25yrs working on peace building projects across Belfast, from Chairing Interaction Belfast a cross community interface project through to spearheading engagement between Nationalist communities and the Criminal Justice System. The work of developing

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