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PODCAST

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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All Episodes

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120. Eden, Court Reporter.Workplace bullying in...

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2023/02/08

Bullying at work is common and particularly pernicious when it comes from your manager. They can often become obsessed and expend enormous resources to catch you out or undermine your position. Todays conversation is from the heart as we touch upon matters that have personal meaning. Our guest is Eden. Eden is a court reporter and has worked as court reporter for two years now. She attends virtual employment Tribunals to take notes and share findings predominantly in whistleblowing hearings after

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119. Dean Kingham, prison lawyer: Is the parole...

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2023/02/01

Dean has practiced in prison law for around 15 years. He is often at the forefront of the main challenges protecting the rights of prisoners and viewed as someone who works tirelessly to expose injustice and a lawyer who does not shirk from representing those for whom antipathy is to be expected from the courts, or the general public. In 2020, he was named public law legal aid lawyer of the year, which recognised the fact he is often at the forefront of the challenging advancing prisoner rights. He

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01:08:16

118. Caroline Purvey and Daniel Wood: The ’Total...

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2023/01/25

Caroline Purvey has dedicated over a decade to creating a unique, sustainable, cost-effective programme to eradicate unnecessary suffering from stress, overwhelm, and trauma. Her established and trusted brand TRE UK® delivers the Total Release Experience® programme which has transformed the lives of men, women, and children globally. Author of #1 bestseller ‘Feel It To Heal It’ Caroline comes highly recommended by professionals including doctors, counsellors, therapists, and psychologists. Her

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117. Ali Coles & Neil Winter: Art Psychotherapy -...

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2023/01/18

Ali and Neil talk about the work that they did together and how the art therapy 'fitted' and helped in ways that other therapies had missed. Ali Coles is an Art Psychotherapist with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Lecturer at the University of South Wales; She is also Associate Editor of the International Journal of Art Therapy; She is also co-editor of Art Psychotherapy and Innovation: New Territories, Techniques and Technologies which is due to be published in

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01:14:44

116. Robert Forde. Insider/outsider a critical...

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2023/01/11

I was brought up in Belfast and London, and have since lived all around England, and for 10 years in West Berlin (five years before the Wall was opened and five years after). I went to university in the late 60s, and went to work as a prison psychologist in 1971, based in several different prisons, before going to the Home Office Research Unit in London in 1978. In 1980 I left the Home Office and became a househusband for a couple of years. I then spent a couple of years as an education welfare

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01:03:49

115 Libby Nugent on group analysis, psychology and...

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2023/01/04

Dr Libby Nugent is a Clinical Psychologist and group work practitioner of Group Psychoanalysis. She specialises in sexual health, complex trauma and group psychology. She has a longstanding interest in the need to connect with creative ways of thinking deeply about ourselves, each other, our society and the many identities we live. Libby has an online workshop series January 2023 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fairytales-and-formulation-in-psychology-and-psychotherapy-tickets-458257770327 Libby

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114. David Bayliff Fghting addictions and the long...

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2022/12/28

* Shortly after we spoke with David he messaged us to say that hehad been approved to work in his local prison. He said "The Governor is 100% going to clear me, "I will officially be the 1st person with that length of criminal past to be given clearance into his prison" that's what the governor has said to my line manager. So I'm chuffed about that because it shows that change in culture and mindsets can happen at the higher levels of the criminal justice system." David Bayliff is a worker with

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113. Dalton Harrison. The poet talks about being a...

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2022/12/21

David first had the pleasure of meeting Dalton when visiting Ripon House, an exceptional approved premises for women in Leeds. Dalton had left the hostel some time earlier but returned to share some of his experiences with me and my colleagues. Dalton Harrison is the founder of StandFast Productions (a collective of ex-offenders who use art and performance to tell their stories) and has worked as a teaching assistant with the Inside-Out Project at Durham University. Dalton has written articles for

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112. Dr Alberto Urrutia-Moldes. The human...

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2022/12/15

Video link which includes Alberto's diagrams is here: https://youtu.be/qDRqJ93shLM Dr Alberto Urrutia-Moldes, originally from Chile, holds a PhD in prison architecture from the University of Sheffield. He is a Lecturer in Construction in the partnership program of the University of Bath Spa and GBS in Manchester, UK. He is also a Lecturer in prison built environment at the Centre for Public Innovation in Latin America (InnovaPublica), and an international consultant in prison architecture. As a

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111. Diane Wills: Working with those who have...

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2022/12/14

Diane is a former probation officer, a social worker and a psychotherapist. She now works independently in a variety of roles offering therapy, consultation, professional supervision, quality assurance and training for individuals and organisations. She is a Trustee for Circles South West. Diane also offers support to other practitioners working in the area of risk assessment and management. A Practical Guide to Working with Sex Offenders by Diane Wills and Andrew

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110 Simon Millington:Can sport prevent or reduce...

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2022/12/07

Can sport prevent young people from offending? Do elite footballing academies exploit children? Simon is the founder of Delamill Tutoring which offers Mental Health 1st Aid training and training in Mental Health Awareness & Sports Leadership. He is a UEFA A licence football coach who has worked for Portsmouth FC, Fulham FC and more recently for The FA as a Coach Developer and has worked as a Youth worker for Portsmouth City Council. Simon Millington is a football coach educator and coach

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109. John Nassoori: Psychology in the world of sport

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2022/12/07

What can psychologist's learn from journalists about communication? Can a journalist represent the work of psychologists better than psychologists do themselves? John Nassoori is a freelance journalist who writes about performance psychology's role in sport for publications including the BBC and The Guardian. He tells stories on subjects ranging from the first World Cup-winning psychologist to weightlifting beauty queens and produces The Mind Room, a weekly newsletter covering psychology-focused

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108. Zac Fine: Family Court & Child Custody -...

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2022/11/30

What's it like to use the Family Court to resolve custody battles? Where can you find help if your partner puts up barriers to contact with your children. Zac Fine shares his own experience of fighting for contact in court and advice that ceasefire and collaboration is best for the children and the adults involved. Zac Fine is a psychotherapist with a special interest in masculinity. He practices online https://zacfine.co.uk and runs a programme for separated fathers in crisis

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107. Dr Naomi Fisher: Is school the best way to...

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2022/11/23

Is our education system based in theory of how best to learn? Does our education system cause children to be labelled? What happens if your child doesn't fit well with the schooling system? Is school really the best way to learn? What does home education look like and is it a poor substitute for school? Are children who are home educated destined to be society's drop outs? What are the consequences of school-based trauma for adult learning? Might referring to offending behaviour interventions in

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106. Kennath Widanaralalage. What’s the effect of...

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2022/11/16

Dr Kennath Widanaralalage is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster. He is a qualitative researcher interested in understanding: How do male victim-survivors make sense of their sexual victimisation? What coping strategies do male survivors of sexual violence use? How do male survivors of sexual abuse access support? What prevents male victims reporting their experiences to the police and involving the Criminal Justice System? What are some of the rape myths that are perpetuated

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105. Kierra Myles:Should someone who was convicted of...

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2022/11/09

How do we treat young people and children who break the law? Does the criminal justice system show compassion for children who end up in trouble with the police? Can sport improve our ability to manage our emotions? Can sport provide a pathway of hope for troubled children? Kierra Myles is a Mentor Co-ordinator working with children in care and care leavers. She was first arrested when she was just 11 years old and remanded into a secure home when she was 13, before receiving her first custodial

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104. Karen Stallard: How can art therapy and game...

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2022/11/02

Karen Stallard is a registered Psychotherapist with UKCP, registered Counsellor with BACP and registered Art Therapist with HCPC. She trained at The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education where she gained a Masters in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy. Her private practice is called Feeling Found, which is based in Highbury and Islington, London. Karen's career journey began as an actor with a passion for the performing arts, storytelling and communicating creatively. She then trained to be a

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103. Heidi Rose Tranter: Why do people join the...

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2022/10/26

Why do people join the armed forces? How do they meet these needs when they're no longer serving in the military? Why are there so many former veterans in prison? Heidi Rose Tranter talks about her reseach exploring men's motivations for joining the armed forces. Heidi is a PhD student at the University of Central Lancashire. Alongside this, she works as a Research Associate at GMMH NHS Foundation Trust and delivers on the Inner Strength Programme (which supports individuals experiencing domestic

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102. Kerry Hopkins . Activist, animal rights...

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2022/10/22

Kerry Hopkins is an acomplished journalist and a determined spirit who cares greatly about the important things in life. She has fought against ageism, sexism and particularly strongly for animal rights.In this conversation she talks about the important influences in her life and how she carved out her unique career pathway. Trigger alert, some mentions of cruelty to animals can be upsetting. Kerry Hopkins is the founding CEO of the Broadcast Academy Ltd. She is a Board public relations strategic

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101. Ben Hine. Lived experience as a child who...

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2022/10/19

Since joining the psychology department at UWL in 2014, Ben has engaged in a number of projects in the area of applied gender and forensic psychology. For example, he has explored the manifestation of gender within the criminal justice system, specifically the impact of rape myths in the progression of female and male cases through the criminal justice system. This includes two large-scale projects assessing police officers' beliefs and judgements, and rape case reviews in collaboration with the

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