My Sh*t Therapist

My Sh*t Therapist

Hello! I’m Michelle Thomas and welcome to My Sh*t Therapist, a mental health podcast based on my best-selling-thank-you-very-much book and audiobook about, amongst other things, a shit therapist, whose advice was "just have a cup of tea and think about something else". £20 that cost me. In this podcast I’m going to chat to very different people about the best and worst mental health advice they’ve ever had, and about how their condition impacts every part of their lives, from how they parent their children, to where they live, to what jobs they do. We’re going to talk about treatment options, medication, meditation, and good and bad mechanisms, and all the admin that comes with being mad – madmin, as it were. If you’ve got a story to share email myshittherapist@gmail.com or find me on twitter at @myshittherapist

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September 26, 2021 58 mins
Hello I’m Michelle Thomas and welcome to My Shit Therapist, the podcast pick of the week in The Times! The actual Times! I’m so happy and proud. I’m a one woman band, and sometimes it can feel like I'm chucking stuff out into the void. It’s hard to make an impact with no marketing budget and a full time job, so I’m really glad to have a bit of recognition, and I’m really glad you’re here. And if you want to spread the word you...
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Hello hello! I’ve been quiet for a couple of months.

I love doing this podcast, but I work full time and I’m planning to write another book, a follow up to My Sh*t Therapist and other mental health stories, and doing ALL THE THINGS ALL THE TIMES during, y'know, The Apocalypse is a lot 

So from now’ll be releasing a new episode of My Sh*t Therapist every month. And I’m very excited abut some of the s...
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May 14, 2021 8 mins
No guest this week, so here's a quick run down of what I've been up to, including making a BBC documentary and seeing a new therapist x
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In this episode I’m takng to mental health author Kate Lucey. If you enjoy my book, My Sh*t Therapist and other mental health stories, I think you’ll really like her book, Get a Grip, Love. It’s a chatty, accessible, no-nonsense book about her experience with depression, medication, therapy and more. 
 
She’s a fellow Welsh lass, - shes’s from the South, I’m from the North: we have our differences at home b...
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Amanda Prowse is one of the most prolific novelists working today – she’s published 27 novels, many of which have been best-sellers all over the world including An Ordinary life, The Girl In The Corner, and The Coordinates Of Loss. 
 
She has co-written one non-fiction title, The Boy Between, with her son Josiah (Josh) Hartley about his suicidal depression. 

We talk very candidly about Josh’s suicide...
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March 28, 2021 51 mins
In this episode I’m taking to the brilliant, incisive and wise Nell Frizzell. Nell is the author of the book The Panic Years which explores that tumultuous period the late twenties and early forties when women (and men) are faced with weighty, life-changing decisions about parenthood, careers, relationships. She also hosts a podcast of the same name which is ace. 

Nell’s been in therapy for about 9 years and ...
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SIDEBAR: This week I appeared on a mental health panel for Amazon UK with Laura Thomas and Amanda Prowe. Watch it anytime in March on Amazon.co.uk/IWD
 
Gemma Sherlock is a journalist and the co-host of not one but two mental health podcasts: No, Really, I’m Fine, and Mind over Money. 
 
We discuss her experience with panic attacks, and depression, and suicidal ideation. We also talk ab...
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March 7, 2021 35 mins
CONTENT WARNING: Suicidal and homicidal thoughts

Hello and welcome to this very special episode of My Shit Therapist And Other Mental Health Stories with me Michelle Thomas 
 
The paperback version of my book, also titled My Shit Therapist And Other Mental Health Stories is out on Monday 8th March. So you can have my words in your eyes for less. Do give it a whirl, you’ll like it I promise. Available...
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February 12, 2021 24 mins
TW: Suicide, alcoholism 

After Ross McPhail lost his 18-year-old brother Jake to suicide, their Mum set up a charity to help families in similar situations. Ask For Jake offers peer-to-peer support and free suicide prevention training resources in their local community. 

Search Ask for Jake to find out more about their work. 
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Emma is a YA author who writes under the name E. L. Norry. 
 
She was born in Cardiff, grew up in care, was sent to boarding school to Devon, and eventually moved to London. 
 
Emma was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a manic episode that started during a visit to New York’s Ground Zero, the site of 9/11.
 
Her illness manifested itself in visual and aural hallu...
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Jen is a content creator and a sh*t-hot bartender. She hasn’t has a formal diagnosis for bipolar or ADHD, but in this episode you’ll hear about how she came to that conclusion, and how claiming that identity has helped her manage her mental health. 
 
We also cover why she defines and names separate identities for the voices in her head, the cultural dissonance between her upbringing in a Korean-American ho...
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TW: Child sexual assault, suicide, gender dysphoria.
 
Today I’m going to be chatting with a very nice man who isn’t really called Rob. I just want to warn you that in this episode we’re going to talk about child sexual assault, gender dysphoria, and suicidal thoughts. If you’re not feeling up to it today, just give it a miss. 
 
Rob got in touch with me last year to tell me that listeni...
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Bonjour! In this episode I’m chatting with Dave Birss. Dave is an expert on creativity and innovation -  a consultant, keynote speaker and author of A User Guide to the Creative Mind and How To Get Great Ideas. 
 
25 years ago Dave experienced a profound mental health crisis, after which he was retro-diagnosed as being bipolar. 
 
Today Dave thinks of his bipolarism as a superpower which...
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What's the relationship between spirituality, spiritual practice and mental health? 

Marcella Kroll is an LA-based artist, intuitive and metaphysical teacher. She also describes herself as a guide, an oracle, and medium. She started reading tarot cards at 18 in rehab, and she describes it as an invaluable tool for recovery. 
 
Marcella opens up about being diagnosed as autistic in her early forties, her exp...
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September 15, 2020 81 mins
Sian Harris is one of my favourite comedy writers (Tourist Trap, Man Down) and the co-host of The Froth podcast with her husband Rhod Gilbert. In this chat we cover endometriosis, EMDR, boundaries and Wales, Welshness, and how the systemic undermining of the Welsh culture and  language could impact mental health. I loved this talk, I hope you do too.  
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August 14, 2020 63 mins
Hiya, Michelle here. In this episode I’m chatting with David Chipakupaku, a brilliant young journalist from the Scottish borders. On the day we recorded, he’d published his first exclusive with Sky news, and he’s still only 20. But life hasn’t always been easy for David. I want to let you know that in this episode we’re going to discuss childhood abuse, PTSD, suicide, and David's experiences with the police and in psychiatric ...
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I chat with my pal, comedian and theatre-maker Amy Mason, about her experience with depression before and after the birth of her children, and about the TERRIBLE family therapy session she endured with two psychotherapists who refused to introduce themselves. We discuss booze, pastries, and lockdown sads and Amy talks about help she's received from PANDAS, a UK nationwide charity for parents suffering from perinatal mental ill...
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What to expect from the MST podcast, and how to get in touch and share your stories.  
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