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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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01:10:05

How Do Different Cultures Perceive Learning...

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2025/12/01

We know from social and cultural psychology that our attitudes and opinions towards different topics are largely informed by the world we live in. Everything from our culture of origin, our family, our friends and more can influence our attitudes. This extends into our beliefs and attitudes surrounding mental health conditions and the lived experience of others. For example, hearing voices is heavily stigmatised in the West but in certain cultures, hearing voices is often celebrated and seen as a

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00:44:54

Why Do People Enjoy True Crime? A Forensic Psychology...

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2025/11/24

In a 2024 survey, Ainvest found that the global true crime podcast audience is worth over 3 billion US dollars and the podcast genre has experienced a major weekly increase of 20% since 2020. In addition, it's a common trope of the mystery genre to feature true crime fans, armchair detectives amongst other non-professionals involved in a crime story because they love true crime. This never would have happened a decade ago. Therefore, in this forensic psychology podcast episode, you'll learn

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00:41:52

What Is The Three-Stage Trauma Recovery Model? A...

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2025/11/17

As a psychology Masters student at the time of writing with a massive interest in clinical psychology, I really like looking into therapies. This is even more true when I’m undergoing therapy and counselling for trauma, so when I found out my rape counselling was based on the Three-Stage Recovery Model by Judith Herman, I wanted to learn more. Granted, it took me 9 weeks to finally get round to researching the model in-depth but better late than never. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast

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00:48:55

What is a Research Assistant for Psychology Students....

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2025/11/10

Returning to The Psychology World Podcast this week is the brilliant Leanne Al-Mrayat. In this careers in psychology podcast episode, we talk about her experience as a psychology research assistant working in rare genetic disorders and behaviour. By the end of this psychology podcast episode, you’ll understand how to become a research assistant, what a typical day is like as a research assistant, tips for becoming one and so much more. If you have an interest in psychological research, careers in

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00:43:34

What Is The Psychology Of Horror Movies? A Social...

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2025/11/03

For some people, horror movies are some of the most entertaining films out there. Over the decades, there have been massive, massive hit films like IT, Us and the Saw series. All of these twisted, terrifying horror films have captured our imaginations and utterly terrified us, and some people keep going back for more. However, this raises a lot of fascinating questions about human behaviour, why are we scared of horror movies, why do some people enjoy horror films but others do not and most

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00:50:20

What Is Pediatric Neuropsychology And What Are...

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2025/10/27

Joining me today on the Psychology World Podcast is Leanne Al-Mrayat, a brilliant postgraduate research assistant and we have a great discussion today about neuropsychology. By the end of this clinical psychology podcast episode, you’ll understand what is pediatric neuropsychology, what are neuropsychological assessments, how to choose the right assessment tool for your project, and most importantly, Leanne shares ideas about how to get clinical experience with neuropsychological assessments. If

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00:42:35

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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