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In this episode, Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on helping people to improve chronic pain.

Chronic pain impacts up to 20% of the population, so there is a good chance that you or someone you know is significantly impacted by this.

Together, they discuss:

* what is chronic pain?

* what are the main differences between acute and chronic pain

* why chronic pain does not always...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about how people can improve their symptoms of feeling panicky and panic attacks.

Together, they discuss:

* what a panic attack is

* what are the physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of a panic attack

* why do panic attacks occur?

* what's the difference between feeling panicky and a panic attack?

* are panic attacks dangerous?

* what ...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on everything to do with values clarification.

Together, they discuss:

* what a value is

* the differences between values and goals

* whether values are more important than goals

* how people can better understand or clarify their own values

* how an individual's personal values might differ from their family and society they live in

* wha...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist on trauma, trauma symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. Together, they discuss:

* how to define trauma

* what is PTSD?

* why do some things feel traumatic?

* what impact does trauma have on our brain?

* how do we best manage the different trauma symptoms?

* what are the most effective treatments out there for trauma?

* how can we best support someone...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Dr Harvey Jones on one of his main specialties - functional neurological disorder (FND).

They continue their discussion from last episode, including:

* lifestyle factors that can help with FND,

* effective treatments for FND,

*prognosis for people with FND,

* the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for helping to manage FND,

* how helpful physiotherapy and psychology...

"FND is one of the most common disorders that you've never heard about"

Dr Damon Ashworth, Clinical Psychologist, interviews Dr Harvey Jones, Clinical Neuropsychologist on one of his specialised interests - functional neurological disorder (FND).

Harvey is at the forefront of the healthcare system in helping people with FND better understand what is going on for them with their brain and physical health, and what they can do about ...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about how people can improve their healthy habits and decrease their unhelpful habits.

Together, they discuss:

* what are helpful and unhelpful habits, and why are these better terms than good and bad habits?

* when does a habit become unhelpful?

* what are some ways that we can break unhelpful habits?

* what are some positive things that we ...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Harvey Jones about Imposter Syndrome.

Together, they discuss:

* What is imposter syndrome, and how does it show up in different people?

* What are potential triggers for imposter syndrome, or what could make it more likely to happen?

* How common is imposter syndrome? (spoiler: up to 82% of people have felt it at some point in their lives)

* Harvey and Damon...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how can effectively work through and manage guilt and shame.

Harvey asks Damon the following:

* Why are we talking about guilt and shame in the one podcast episode?

* What are the main differences between guilt and shame?

* What purposes do guilt and shame serve?

* Are guilt and shame typical emotions for people to experience?

* Are these emot...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on a big area of his expertise - persistent concussion symptoms.

Together, they discuss:

* What are typical persistent concussion symptoms (PCS)?

* How long do the symptoms typically last for?

* What can people do to help manage their symptoms?

* Are there any medications out there that can help?

* Is it safe for people to return to work or s...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth on how people can improve their overall well-being. Well-being can be a really wide and poorly defined topic, but most people that do come into therapy do so because they are hoping to improve their lives in some way.

When you think of wanting to improve your life, what does it look like to you?

Would you like to feel happy all the time?...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on:

* What attention is

* What inattention is

* The difference between ADHD and attention lapses

* Why are people more concerned about their attention lately?

* Can someone's anxiety or depression actually be their ADHD?

* Is medication the only solution to inattention?

* What people can do to try to improve their attention

* Can meditation or ...

Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones interviews Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth about improving your anxiety, something both Damon and Harvey encounter daily in their work. Damon aims to shed some light on how he works with clients to help them improve their anxiety. 

In this episode, anxiety is discussed in general. More specific anxiety disorders will be discussed in future episodes. 

They talk about:

*What is anxiety, ...

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones on a topic he is passionate about - concussion. Harvey wants to improve listeners' understanding of acute concussion symptoms and the main dos and don'ts following a concussion. They discuss what a concussion is, what is important to do in the first 24 to 48 hours after a concussion, and where they could go if they are concerned or want ...