Coffee with your Therapist Podcast

Manus Hanratty - Experienced High Level Tech Exec talks about the impact of Bullying, Porn on Children and has a proposal

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the Counseling field about their careers, their work, and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.
This episode we talk to Manus Hanratty, he is an experienced Technology Executive who has also worked in Social Entrepreneurship Projects, both nationally and Europe wide.
Manus has worked at high levels in seminal Computer Companies such as Lotus, Netscape and AOL, all of which had significant impacts on the computing industry and, indeed, the world.
He also has worked with ‘Fast Track to IT’, or FIT – a charity that helps unemployed people to learn computer skills and to start a career in the Industry, its been very successful throughout its history.
The reason I asked Manus to come on the Podcast is about his concerns of the impact of online Bullying, Porn and Adult content on Children and Young Adults accessed by the medium of the Smart Phones.
Manus spells out very clearly the danger and the actual damage that has been done and is happening now.  He then spells out his proposed solution which, I believe, has strong grounds to be considered.  I’ll leave it to you to make your mind up.
Finally, we play out on an absolute classic tune, as always.
Manus can be contacted via his LinkedIn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manus-hanratty-7aa648/
 
The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we work with Therapists and their Clients to reach better outcomes in a faster, more insightful, secure, and trusted process using our Myndgard system – we work with Private Clinics and with the Student Psychology Services of Third Level colleges helping manage Triage and Post Therapy Relapse.
Contact Dr Edel Crehan if you are a therapist or a Clinic who has issues with Wait Lists and their management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-edel-crehan-27712015/
https://myndgard.com/
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
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Dr Elena Herrera talks about the impact of stress on relationships for Tech Workers in Silicon Valley

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the Counseling field about their careers, their work, and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.
This episode we talk to Dr Elena Herrera, who is a psychologist in San Jose, California.  Elena’s is based in Silicon Valley and her practice brings her many Techies, Engineers, and Programmers.  Typically, these people are working in highly stressful and highly paid jobs.  In some cases, these Clients may be on the neurodiverse spectrum. 
These pressures and the types of personalities involved, mean that stress issues can manifest as relationship issues at home.  This is a big part of Elena’s work, and she talks through how she recognizes these patterns and how she helps Clients reduce their stress levels and maintain their family relationships.
Thank you, Elena, for a very interesting and insightful commentary on how stress affects people in their modern lives and how you help them manage it.
Elena also plays out with a great song!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-herrera-psy-d-9737024/
 
The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we work with Therapists and their Clients to reach better outcomes in a faster, more insightful, secure, and trusted process using our Myndgard system – we work with Private Clinics and with the Student Psychology Services of Third Level colleges helping manage Triage and Post Therapy Relapse.
Contact Dr Edel Crehan if you are a therapist or a Clinic who has issues with Wait Lists and their management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-edel-crehan-27712015/
https://myndgard.com/
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
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Dr Lawrence Shapiro of Between Sessions talks about how Artificial Intelligence is transforming Counseling

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the Counseling field about their careers, their work and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.
This episode we talk to Dr Lawrence Shapiro, who is the CEO and Founder of Between Sessions, about how Artificial Intelligence can help Therapists - https://www.betweensessions.com/
Lawrence is a very interesting guest with a background in Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and entrepreneurship, having been the founder of several companies in the field.
Lawrence has always looked for practical and pragmatic tools and games to help in the Therapy experience.  He has great insights into the practical and emotive side of Therapy that means that the tools, which Between Sessions offers, are focused on exactly the issues that Therapist faces.
Among the Between Sessions tools available are:
AI Progress notes – can be a chore but should be a useful tool that measures progress.
AI Treatment Plans – something else that therapists can struggle with, can be greatly simplified by AI recommendations.
Lawrence believes that AI has great possibilities to aid and transform the work of the Psychotherapy and has some very interesting insights.
Thanks, Lawrence, for being a great guest!!
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The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we work with Therapists and their Clients to reach better outcomes in a faster, more insightful, secure, and trusted process using our Myndgard system – we work with Private Clinics and with the Student Psychology Services of Third Level colleges helping manage Triage and Post Therapy Relapse.
Contact Dr Edel Crehan if you are a therapist or a Clinic who has issues with Wait Lists and their management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-edel-crehan-27712015/
https://myndgard.com/
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
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Entrepreneurial Mental Health in practise - Mark O’Neill and Moayed Hamza of HAON Life Science

We are delighted to have Mark O’Neill and Dr Moayed Hamza of HAON Life Sciences as our guests on the Podcast.  HAON is a company that is developing a novel cell therapy for new born brain injury, a very exciting technology that promises to change new born brain injury in a radical way.
Mark and Moayed talk about how HAON is developing and where the product is on its Clinical Path.  We delve deeply into the Entrepreneurial mindset and what it means to be an entrepreneur.  We discuss how to work together as a team, how to complement each other and how to handle disagreements.
We also cover how to manage Mental Health as business people and as family people, each of our guests having young children.  We discuss the importance of having life balance and physical exercise.
The conversation turns to how to deal with third parties in the Entrepreneurial journey, how do you assess and handle feedback, and to differentiate as to what feedback is relevant and what isn’t.  We also talk about the phenomenon of “Irish Culture” feedback and what that means in practise! 
This is a great Podcast for anyone considering becoming an Entrepreneur and what it means to their mental health and how they can manage it.
Finally we finish out on a song that’s new to me but is very upbeat and hopeful and very appropriate.
Mark and Moayed can be contacted via these links:
https://www.haonco.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-o%E2%80%99neill-fca-5224b754/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/moayed-hamza-575232b7/
 
 
 
The Coffee with your Therapist Podcast is sponsored by Myndgard Mental Health tracking and management.  We help Psychotherapists and their Clients by enabling the Clients to develop an understanding of their Mental Health while waiting to enter Therapy.  We are particularly focused on young people and University aged people and we would be very interested in talking to Clinics and Services who address this sector. 
The benefits to the Therapist is that when their Client enters therapy you will already have a deep background profile of how the Client perceives their own Mental Health. 
The benefit for the Client is that they receive encouraging and supportive feedback while they are waiting to start Therapy. 
Please contact Dr Edel Crehan via LinkedIn for more information, thank you.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-edel-crehan-27712015
https://myndgard.com/

Dr Dale Whelehan, CEO of 4 Day Week talks about the benefits of a 4 Day Working week for employees and companies

We are delighted to have Dr Dale Whelehan as our guest on the Podcast.  Dale started as a Physiotherapist but decided he would do a PhD in Behavioral Science.  Dale relates to us how he took this journey.
As a result of this, he is now CEO of an NFP called 4 Day Week which is an advocacy and education group that encourages companies to consider why a 4 Day Work week can actually increase productivity and employee well-being.
Their tag line is to deliver 1 million hours of free time, something I think is very interesting and will make a difference.
Dale talks about how the NFP helps SMEs to change and make a 4 Day week work for them.
Finally, we talk about Dale's experiences in running Marathons and how it initially was a bad experience but ultimately he had a positive experience this year, completing the Marathon.  We end up with a very relevant play out song that Dale enjoys.
Enjoy
https://www.4dayweek.com
 
 
The Coffee with your Therapist Podcast is sponsored by Myndgard Mental Health tracking and management.  We help Psychotherapists and their Clients by enabling the Clients to report on their Mental Health while waiting to enter Therapy.  We are particularly focused on young people and University aged people and we would be very interested in talking to Clinics and Services who address this sector. 
The benefits to the Therapist is that when their Client enters therapy you will already have a deep background profile of how the Client perceives their own Mental Health. 
The benefit for the Client is that they receive encouraging and supportive feedback while they are waiting to start Therapy. 
Please contact Dr Edel Crehan via LinkedIn for more information, thank you.
 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-edel-crehan-27712015
 
https://myndgard.com/
 

Stephen McBride, Director of Services at Aware, talks about Mental Health and how Aware helps people

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the Mental Health field about their careers, their work and the music they like, all in 20 minutes
This episode we talk to Stephen McBride who is the Director of Services for Aware Mental Health Charity.
Stephen relates what he does with Aware and how the Charity helped 40,000 people directly last year in a number of different ways.
I asked Stephen what he sees as the current trends in Mental Health in Ireland and he gives is his views and what he is seeing from the Public and Aware’s Clients and, interestingly, he talks about the ongoing impact of Covid and loneliness.
We also talk about how people can work with Aware whether they are suffering from Depression or living with Depression but also if they are involved in the Mental Health field how they can partner either professionally or as a volunteer.
Finally we talk about what Stephen does as a hobby in his spare time and about his interest in a wide range of music.  And, as always, we play out with a great song.
Thanks Stephen for being a great guest!!
 
The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we work with Therapists and their Clients to reach better outcomes in a faster, more insightful, secure and trusted process using our Myndgard system – we work with Private Clinics and with the Student Psychology Services of Third Level colleges helping manage Triage and Post Therapy Relapse.
Contact us if you are a Therapist, a Clinic or an Online Therapy Platform at
https://myndgard.com/
 
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtomicaMusic...
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Colman Noctor talks about his book ”The 4-7 Zone” about how we should set realistic expecations for ourselves

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the psychotherapy field about their careers, their work and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.
This episode we talk to Dr Colman Noctor, well known Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Lecturer and Columnist.  He talks about his new Book “The 4-7 Zone” which asks us to look at why we need to be at either extreme.  Colman points out that being comfortable with the middle is the healthiest and best outlook in many situations.
We talk about the impact of Social Media but Colman also says that Parental pressure is a big factor, we discuss ways that this might be countered.  Colman says that the most powerful idea we can use is “Cop On” or Emotional Intelligence.
There are six things we should examine in ourselves including Biology, Psychology and Socialising.  The book gives us techniques and case studies to help us, literally, re-centre our outlook and self worth.
We talk about whether there is space in Sports for casual and fun adolescent participation rather than escalating competition.
We finish by talking about music and I found out that Colman plays an instrument and how he remakes “dance” songs in his own style. And finally Colman plays out on a classic song.
http://colmannoctor.com/
 
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The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we are bringing Artificial Intelligence behaviour monitoring to help Therapists and their Clients with solutions that focus on Pre-Therapy, In-Therapy and Post Therapy support. Our software reduces the workload on Therapists and aids the Client to develop a better understanding of their Mental Health and wellbeing.
https://myndgard.com/
Enjoy the podcast.
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
iTunes: http://shorten.atomicamusic.com/iTunes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtomicaMusic...
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Sadhbh Carpenter and Josh Hernon, 3rd Yr Psychology Students in Trinity researched the Student Counselling Services

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the psychotherapy field about their careers, their work and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.
This episode we talk to Sadhbh Carpenter and Josh Hernon, Third Year Psychology Students in Trinity College, who have undertaken Research into the demand for Student Counselling Services in Trinity College.  They talk about the three key mental health issues that are facing Students today.
Sadhbh and Josh also talk about how they relax and they have some interesting hobbies and we play out with one of their favourite songs.
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The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we are bringing Artificial Intelligence behaviour monitoring to help Therapists and their Clients with solutions that focus on Pre-Therapy, In-Therapy and Post Therapy support. Our software reduces the workload on Therapists and aids the Client to develop a better understanding of their Mental Health and wellbeing.
https://myndgard.com/
Enjoy the podcast.
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
iTunes: http://shorten.atomicamusic.com/iTunes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtomicaMusic...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AtomicaMusic
Commercial License: www.AtomicaMusicLibrary.com

Dr Lawrence Shapiro talks about how using Psychological Homework develops Skills and aids the Client in their Clinical Journey

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the therapy field about their careers, their work and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.
This episode we talk to Dr Laurence Shapiro, President, of Between Sessions who is based in Miami.
Laurence talks about his journey from being a Child Psychologist to developing his ideas of making games and Psychological Workbooks available to Therapists for them to work with Clients; literally, between sessions.
The materials are all evidence based but also practical and they are highly focused on the specific areas that the Client requires help on.  They encourage the Client to develop their own agency to address their needs.
To end the Podcast, we talk about music and we play out on one of Lawrence’s favourite songs.  Lawrence is an enjoyable guest, and he talks about his work clearly and with passion, I certainly enjoyed talking with him.
Lawrence can be contacted at - https://www.betweensessions.com/?LangCode=en
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The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we are bringing Artificial Intelligence behaviour monitoring to help Therapists and their Clients with solutions that focus on Pre-Therapy, In-Therapy and Post Therapy support. Our software reduces the workload on Therapists and aids the Client to develop a better understanding of their Mental Health and well-being.
https://myndgard.com/
Enjoy the podcast.
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
iTunes: http://shorten.atomicamusic.com/iTunes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtomicaMusic...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AtomicaMusic
Commercial License: www.AtomicaMusicLibrary.com

Mark Smyth, Clinical Psychologist, ex-Pres PSI, talks how he started, Family Therapy, the importance of Sport and his favourite Music

Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the therapy field about their careers, their work and the music they like, all in 20 minutes
This episode we talk to Mark Smyth who is a Senior Clinical Psychologist, a Clinical Lead with Rugby Players Ireland & also a  Past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland.
Mark has some great insights on how to work with parents and how to communicate to them their importance to the Child or Teenager
We talk about how much Mark gets from being a GAA Coach and how that benefits the kids, the parents, and also even the coaches.
For some fun,  we have a chat about a recent Football match that I think both of us got more than a little bit of pleasure from.
Music is important in Mark’s world and he also uses it in his work as a tool to let people understand themselves a little better.
Finally we play out with a banger of a tune.  I know you’ll enjoy Marks communications skills, insights and energy.
 
The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we work with Therapists and their Clients to reach better outcomes in a faster, more insightful, secure and trusted process using our Myndgard App.
Contact us if you are a Therapist, a Clinic or an Online Therapy Platform at:
https://myndgard.com/
Enjoy
 
CREDITS: Music by Atomica Music Library
iTunes: http://shorten.atomicamusic.com/iTunes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtomicaMusic...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AtomicaMusic
Commercial License: www.AtomicaMusicLibrary.com