MHPN Presents
Welcome to MHPN’s inaugural podcast which explores wellbeing and mental health. Listen to engaging conversations between mental health practitioners, as they reflect on a variety of topics related to mental wellbeing, interdisciplinary practice, and collaborative care. Subscribe to stay up to date.
Episodes
74 episodes
A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: Working with the Inexplicable
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care.In episode two, they explore the challenges of p...
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Episode 72
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41:28
A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: Systems of Care
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation with various GPs about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care. In episode one, May and L...
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Episode 71
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43:39
Book Club: Developing a Shared Understanding with Konrad Michel’s ‘The Suicidal Person’
Content warning: This episode discusses suicidality.Join Professor Nicholas Procter (Professor and Chair, Mental Health Nursing) and Dr Conrad Newman (psychiatrist and PhD candidate) for this episode of Book Club, where they disc...
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Episode 70
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33:01
Creative Arts Therapies: NEW series on Mental Health In Focus
We’ve just released the first episode of our new partnership podcast series: Creative Arts Therapies, on Mental Health In Focus.This four-part series is produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Ther...
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In The First Person: Anxiety, Depression and Art Therapy
In this episode of In The First Person, Trent McWhinney: a creative arts therapist, shares his personal story of anxiety and depression.In conversation with Professor Mark Creamer, Trent talks about the various interventions he’s tried a...
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Episode 69
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26:58
A Conversation About… Creative Arts Therapy
You’ve likely heard of Creative Arts Therapy, but how much do you really know about it as a mental health profession?Join clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, as he sits down with Dr Kate Dempsey, CEO of ANZACATA: the peak prof...
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Episode 68
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28:04
A Conversation About… Schizophrenia, Quality of Life and Performing Arts
Tune in as Professor Mark Creamer (clinical psychologist) and Neil Cole (consumer consultant, mental health advocate, writer and playwright) talk about supporting people living with schizophrenia and psychosis.Their wide-ranging conversa...
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Episode 67
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27:08
A Conversation About… Journalism and Mental Health
Content warning: This episode discusses both hypothetical and real-life traumatic events, including the NSW Bondi Junction shopping centre attack in April 2024.If your client came to you and said, “I've been asked to tell my stor...
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Episode 66
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32:17
In The First Person: Living with Bipolar
Content warning: This episode discusses themes of suicidal ideation and thoughts of harm to others. Many people may have preconceived ideas about the ‘highs and lows’ of bipolar disorder, but what is it really like to live with i...
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Episode 65
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28:02
A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: Treating Anger
How can practitioners support individuals to reduce the impact of problematic anger?In the final episode of this three-part series, Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Mental Health Social Worker, Michel...
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Episode 64
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32:55
A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: Why Do People Get Angry?
Tune in as Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Professor of Clinical Psychology, Glen Bates, to investigate the breadth of reasons people experience anger.Drawing on the literature, they explore the fact...
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Episode 63
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32:39
A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: The Nature of Anger
Anger can affect many aspects of life, even as mundane as waiting in line at the grocery store. But what is anger, really?In this episode, Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Senior Scientist at the Cent...
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Episode 62
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32:16
In The First Person: Suicidality and Bereavement
Join Lived Experience Practitioners India Guerrieri and Julie Rickard as they share their respective stories of a suicide attempt and suicide bereavement.Throughout their open, honest and candid conversation, India and Julie explore the...
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Episode 61
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35:41
A Conversation About… Suicide: Combatting the Silence
“So many people fall into the trap of wanting to ignore that this is happening at all to somebody.” - Jesse SheersIn this episode, lived-experience practitioners Jesse Sheers, India Guerrieri and Julie Rickard speak about the i...
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Episode 60
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34:05
A Conversation About... Mental Health and Music Therapy: Therapeutic Outcomes
Music therapy has the potential to help people both feel better and get better. In the final episode of this music therapy series, our host Clinical Psychologist Professor Mark Creamer, and Registered Music Therapists: Dr Jason Kenner a...
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Episode 59
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30:13
A Conversation About… Mental Health and Music Therapy: Exploring a Session
So much more than making music; music therapy provides a unique conduit to achieving client goals.In the second episode of this series about music therapy, our host Clinical Psychologist Professor Mark Creamer, and Registered Music Ther...
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Episode 58
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31:26
A Conversation About… Mental Health and Music Therapy: An Introduction
Over millennia and across the world, people have used music as therapy.This three-part series features Clinical Psychologist Professor Mark Creamer and Registered Music Therapists: Dr Jason Kenner and Dr Jennifer Bibb, as they explore t...
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Episode 57
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28:00
Book Club: ‘The Eight Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder’
In this episode of Book Club, Brisbane based psychiatrist, Associate Professor Warren Ward, and lived experience Recovery Coach, Lexi Crouch, discuss ‘The Eight Keys to Recovery from An Eating Disorder’ by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb...
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Episode 56
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32:28
A Conversation About… Climate Change and Mental Health – Part 4
As the mental health impacts of climate change are becoming more widely understood, many practitioners might be considering how climate-distress impacts them both personally and professionally.In this episode, our experts highlight the ...
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Episode 55
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36:10
A Conversation About… Climate Change and Mental Health – Part 3
With climate-related extreme weather events becoming more prevalent, it’s no wonder the evidence shows that today’s younger generation have significant concerns about the future. How can practitioners support young people when many of them feel...
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Episode 54
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39:05
A Conversation About… Climate Change and Mental Health – Part 2
A ‘conspiracy of silence’ around climate change might be present in any conversation, even within mental health practice. In fact, this ‘elephant in the room’ may be bigger than you realise.Tune in as our experts share their top techniq...
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Episode 53
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39:48
A Conversation About… Climate Change and Mental Health – Part 1
While the practical ramifications of climate-related disasters may not be a mystery to many Australian communities, the cumulative mental health impacts on individuals and community may be less obvious or well understood. In this four-part podc...
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Episode 52
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30:11
A Conversation About… Social Isolation, Loneliness and Mental Health
The impact of social isolation and loneliness has never been more prevalent than in a post-pandemic world. Tune in as Dr J.R. Baker, CEO of Primary and Community Care Services, and Dr Rosanne Freak-Poli, life-course and social epidemiologist, d...
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Episode 51
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38:02
Book Club: Social Work Practice with Audre Lorde’s ‘Sister Outsider’
“I have not experienced anyone speak, write, [or] live like Audre Lorde. The things that she was saying 40 years ago are things that I feel like as a society and as a community, we are grappling with today.” – Stephanie MendisI...
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Episode 50
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42:06
A Conversation About… Emergency Psychiatry – Part 3
In this three-part series, Professor Mark Creamer chats with emergency medicine and psychiatry experts about mental health crises. Join Mark and his guests as they share valuable tips and strategies to effectively manage and/or avert a mental h...
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Episode 49
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38:11