
Claudia Turbet-Delof: Fighting for mental health to be a human right
Thea Joshi is joined by Claudia Turbet-Delof, a local councillor in Hackney, Mental Health Champion, person centred therapist and human rights campaigner. Claudia shares her experience of growing up i...
23 Jan 202441min

Andrew Kaye Kauffmann: Living with obsessive compulsive disorder
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s current Writer in Residence, Andrew K Kauffmann. Together they discuss OCD and its battles, from diagnosis and labels, to therapy and everyday life. ...
29 Nov 202356min

Kadra Abdinasir: The intergenerational impacts of racism on mental health
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s Associate Director for Policy, Kadra Abdinasir, to discuss the way racial trauma affects multiple generations of a family. They discuss A Constant Ba...
23 Okt 202325min

ZeZe Sohawon: The reality for young people at the intersection of autism and mental health
[Content warning: this episode discusses self-harming and suicide.] Thea Joshi is joined by ZeZe Sohawon, an award-winning mental health activist who campaigns for better support for people at the in...
2 Okt 202335min

Andy Bell: How far have we come on the road to mental health equality?
Thea Joshi sits down with Centre for Mental Health chief exec and returning guest, Andy Bell. Having been at the Centre for over 20 years, Andy shares the changes that have been forged in mental healt...
30 Aug 202339min

Behaviour and mental health in schools
How is children's behaviour in schools linked to their mental health? And what impact are behaviour management approaches having on young people's mental health? This episode, Thea Joshi sits down wit...
23 Juni 202337min

António Ferreira: Mental health activism rooted in lived experience
Thea Joshi is joined by award-winning mental health activist and anti-racism campaigner António Ferreira. From providing guidance for an Eastenders storyline about a young Black man with schizophrenia...
24 Apr 202335min

Equally Well: Supporting better physical health for people with severe mental illness
Thea Joshi is joined by Emma Bailey and Hannah Moore from the Equally Well campaign, which we run in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness. They share how Equally Well UK is working to improve the p...
27 Feb 202334min





















