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THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST

Connor Whiteley

Welcome to The Psychology World Podcast with me, Connor Whiteley GMBPsS, psychology graduate and bestselling author. What you"ll get by subscribing to this podcast is access to engaging and free psychological knowledge covering a wide range of areas and psychology news to help you deepen your understanding of psychology beyond textbooks and the lecture theatre. Hosted by me... Connor Whiteley, a psychology graduate currently studying a Clinical Psychology MSc and the internationally bestselling

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00:42:35

What is Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy? A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/10/20

Whenever my own mental health isn’t doing great, my mind always turns to learning more about trauma and different forms of psychological therapy. In previous podcast episodes, I’ve spoken about the benefits of art therapy, how it works and more and I’ve discussed at length the importance of trauma-informed practice. Now, we need to think about what happens when we combine these two approaches to mental health. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn what is

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00:43:55

Should You Try Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy? A...

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2025/10/13

Over the past few years I’ve noticed something in peopleinterested in clinical psychology that I didn’t expect. More and more people are coming up to me at university Open Days asking about ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and whether universities offer any education on this form of psychological therapy. When I used to work at the University of Kent, talking to, guiding and supporting Open Days, I would explain that we didn’t and I would pass these questions over to the academics. Yet people are

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00:43:19

How To Recover After Ghosting? A Social Psychology...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/10/06

Ghosting in dating is never fun. It is wrong to suddenly cut off contact with someone and disappear without a trace, for example. Not only can this lead to negative mental health outcomes, low self-esteem and other undesirable outcomes for the person who was ghosted, but it can take a while to recover from ghosting. Therefore, in this social psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn how does ghosting impact someone, how to recover after ghosting and how to thrive. If you enjoy learning about dating,

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00:39:31

Tips, Tricks and Perseverance: Applying For A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/09/29

This week MSc Developmental Psychology graduate Alia Awan joins The Psychology World Podcast again to talk about applying for psychology PhDs, how to apply for PhDs for psychology students and she offers a whole bunch of valuable, insightful and fascinating tips and tricks for psychology students looking to apply. If you want to learn more about PhD applications then this will be a brilliant episode for you.In the psychology news section, you'll learn about why identity-blind approaches to work

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00:11:31

What Are Some Suicide Hotlines Round The World? A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/09/25

As I always talk about on The Psychology World Podcast,getting mental health support is flat out critical if you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts and you’re contemplating suicide. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode that’s a little different from usual, I list a wide range of suicide hotlines and prevention programmes throughout the world. Please reach out to these hotlines if you’re suicidal and as someone who has tried to end their life three times in the past. I promise you

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00:42:03

What Happens After Surviving A Suicide Attempt? A...

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2025/09/22

At the time of writing, it’s suicide awareness month, and typically whenever we think about suicide, we only think about the signs and symptoms that a person is suicidal. Equally, we think about the loss, heartbreak and sadness that follows a successful suicide attempt. However, the majority of suicide attempts are not successful and the aftermath of a suicide attempt can be difficult, distressing and heartbreaking for everyone involved. As someone who’s survived three suicide attempts, I want to

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00:57:30

Choosing A Psychology Degree, What Are Placement...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/09/15

This week on The Psychology World Podcast MSc Developmental Psychology graduate discusses how she got into psychology, why she choose the University of Kent over other universities, her experience of university burnout and so much more. If you want to learn more about studying psychology, how to make the most of your time at university and more then this will be a brilliant episode for you.In the psychology news section, you'll learn why we prefer creative punishments that fit the crime, why

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00:36:50

What Does a Speech and Language Therapist Do? A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/09/08

I always say that you can do a lot with a psychology degree, including speech and language therapy. Next week at the time of writing, I have an interview to become a Speech and Language Therapist Assistant, and I’m really looking forward to it. Since speech and language therapy combines my interest in clinical psychology, improving lives and developmental psychology. Therefore, in this careers in psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn what does a speech and language therapist do, how do you become

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00:40:09

What Is Radicalisation and What Are The Signs of...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/09/01

Next week at the time of writing, I have a job interview and one of the questions relates to what are the signs of radicalisation in children. The interview is for a learning support assistant role at a local school and the UK Government makes it a legal requirement for workers in education to Prevent radicalisation in children, so this is a part of that duty of care. In addition, whilst we’ve previously learnt about terrorism and other related criminal psychology topics on the podcast, we haven’t

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00:40:19

What Is Dysgraphia? A Clinical Psychology Podcast...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/08/25

During my learning difficulties assessment back in December 2024, the lovely woman conducting the assessment tested me for a wide range of different mental health conditions. She ultimately decided that I only met the criteria for dyspraxia as well as dyslexia, but at one point she wanted to investigate me for Dysgraphia. I mentioned something and she agreed the diagnosis didn’t match me, but I still want to learn more. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn what is

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00:38:14

How To Help A Teenage Sexual Assault Survivor? A...

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2025/08/18

Whether you’re an aspiring psychologist, psychology student or loved one of a teenager, this podcast episode will be immensely useful to you. Since my audience is mainly psychology students and aspiring and qualified psychologists, I want to mention that depending on the mental health service you work in, there is a chance you’ll encounter a survivor of sexual violence. As well as I’ve already mentioned on the podcast before unfortunately how common sexual assault is for men and women. Yet

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00:32:42

What is Social Prescribing? A Clinical Psychology...

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2025/08/11

Recently, as I continue to search for a mental health-related job to do after my clinical psychology MSc, I came across a job for a Social Prescriber Line Worker. I applied for the job, I got an interview but I have little idea what a social prescriber actually does. Chances are, you don’t either because this is a very new job role in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, but it serves a very interesting, unique and important role in modern mental healthcare. Therefore, in this clinical

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00:33:00

What Is Single Session Therapy? A Clinical Psychology...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/08/04

After subscribing to a few Continued ProfessionalDevelopment newsletters and seeing the option for Single Session Therapy on my university’s counselling form, I finally decided it was time to investigate this type of psychotherapy in more detail. Traditionally, we know that psychological therapy can take months of therapy sessions to be fully effective and to improve a client’s life for the better. Yet some therapists and researchers argue that a single session of psychological therapy is more than

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00:43:05

What Is Passive-Aggression? A Social Psychology...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/07/28

At some point in our lives, we will encounter someone who is being passive-aggressive towards us. Whether this is a friend, loved one or work colleague, people will always be passive-aggressive towards us in some fashion, and this can make work situations uncomfortable and sabotage friendships and other relationships. Therefore, in this social psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn what passive aggression is, how to deal with a passive-aggressive person and what causes passive aggression. If you

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01:07:24

How Does Student Ambassador Work Benefit University...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/07/21

After last week’s podcast episode that focused on my disillusionment with clinical psychology over the unpaid work experience requirements, I wanted to focus on ways how psychology students can get paid work and build up skills for future job applications. I’ve been working as a student ambassador for my university’s Outreach and Widening Participation department for 6 years now and I’ve learnt so many skills, experiences and benefits that I’m able to write about in job applications. Also, all UK

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00:53:27

Why Am I Disillusioned With Clinical Psychology? A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/07/14

As I near the end of my Clinical Psychology MSc and look towards the future of working in mental health, I am increasingly being concerned, disillusioned and unsure about any sort of future employment. Not because I am a bad candidate, a bad student or someone who doesn’t care about psychology. I seriously love and care about clinical psychology. Yet there are massive barriers and silly experience requirements baked into clinical psychology that mean the less privileged are less likely to be able to

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00:39:13

Why Is Validation Powerful? A Social Psychology and...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/07/07

After a recent experience of a friend invalidating me, it got me thinking about the importance of validation in social relationships. Then I started thinking about validation in mental health because often my mental health has gotten worse after someone invalidated me, my feelings and my experiences. Also, I’ve been running a little experiment this week when I try to be more mindfully validating of others and it has led to more rewarding, deeper conversations and connections with others. Therefore,

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00:39:03

What Happens During A Counselling Assessment? A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/06/30

Unless you’ve accessed mental health support before, you might not even know there’s such thing as a psychological or counselling assessment. And even if you’re aware of it, in my experience, it isn’t really until your postgraduate qualificationthat you learn about the role of a clinical psychologist in a psychological assessment. In an effort to breach this gap and help raise awareness of assessments, I want to share and reflect on my experiences of the counselling assessment I had for my

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00:14:09

Why Do DEI Initiatives Help Everyone? A Social...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/06/26

In recent years, DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion) Initiatives have become a very hot political issue with certain groups suggesting DEI practices discriminate against straight white people by making it harder for them to thrive. In reality, this isn’t the truth because DEI practices help everyone regardless of your sexuality and race. This means that DEI initiatives also help straight white men unlike certain groups and political figures claim. Therefore, in this social psychology podcast

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00:39:34

What Is the Forensic Psychology of Deception? A...

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST ·

2025/06/23

Whenever we think about professional lie detectors, we tend to think about the “experts” we see in crime dramas. The sort of people who can expertly and instantly tell if a person is telling or not, and some people claim to be able to do this in real life. Is there any truth in this claim? In this forensic psychology podcast episode, you’ll learn about the forensic psychology of deception, how lie detection works and why psychology is interested in lie detection and more. If you enjoy learning about

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