Yeva Skalietska on her experience as a 12 year old Ukrainian refugee
“Until you’ve been there, you don’t know what war is." Yeva Skalietska is an unusual guest for this podcast, being a 12 year old school girl - but she has already had to experience many things that no...
7 Des 202247min
Alastair Campbell on surviving a mental breakdown and the pain of his son’s alcoholism
*Trigger warning - this episode may make references to depression, drugs and suicide.* “I was dealing on and off with very bad depression, which I think in the early days leading up to my breakdown, I...
30 Nov 20221h 10min
David on toxic masculinity and finding hope in the darkest of times
*Trigger warning* - This episode includes references to suicide and physical abuse. "I grew up around men that, you know, kind of spoke with the hands and not with the mouth." In this incredibly power...
23 Nov 202252min
Mohsin Zaidi on the psychological toll of having to hide his true self from the people he loved the most
"Would they prefer a gay son or a dead son was genuinely a question that went through my mind more than once a day." In this week's episode, I am speaking to the wonderful Mohsin Zaidi about the impor...
16 Nov 20221h
Jess on overcoming abuse and the power of motherhood
“I know a few women, even in my circle, have survived sexual trauma. And they all go back to the same thing and they talk about the moment where they changed. It's not to do with what somebody did to ...
9 Nov 202254min
Kate Ferdinand on the joy and complexity of being a step-parent and her miscarriage heartbreak
“I feel like I always kind of longed for that family set up and I've got it. But although I feel loved and and I love my family, I've also kind of fallen into being a stepmum where I also sometimes fe...
2 Nov 202258min
Geraint John on how to live, love and carry on when in the midst of a crisis
(Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions of illness and includes references to bereavement) “A bomb hit us and yeah. I can't even remember really stuff before that, that was then and and this ...
26 Okt 20221h 3min
Minnie Driver on loss and finding her way back to herself
“Life is an oscillation between being very hard and very good.” In this first ever episode of Therapy Works, Julia Samuel is joined by Minnie Driver who touches on some fundamental challenges we all f...
19 Okt 20221h 13min
