So long, and thanks for all the fish

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We have decided to call time on Two Shrinks Pod as our personal and professional lives have prevented us from being able to regularly produce the show. As we both care about the quality of the work we put out, we decided that if we couldn’t produce something we were proud of then it was time to end the pod.

Thank you to all of the tens of thousands of listeners who had let us into your ears and minds, and for sharing our nerdy sense of humour. Thanks to our collaborators and interview guests.

It has been an amazing journey to go on with all of you.

We will keep our episodes and website up indefinitely.

If you want to contact us, we will keep monitoring our email twoshrinkspod@gmail.com and our twitter @twoshrinkspod until the end of May 2023.

Irvin Yalom said “life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death”.

Listeners, thanks for making our spark burn that just that bit brighter. We hope yours burned brighter too for having listened to us.

Amy and Hunter.

83 - Coping with Exams

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If you’re a student struggling to cope with exams or a parent supporting one, this episode is for you. Just in time for the year 12 exams, we’ve prepared a crash course on how to cope with anxiety in the lead up, on the morning of and during an exam.
Listen for practical tips, how to know when to take a break and ways you can calm down once your in your exam.

In this episode we cover how to cope:

During study periods

The night before/morning of an exam

During the exam

Afterwards if you have another exam



This episode of Two Shrinks Pod was sponsored by Calabash.
Visit https://calabash.courses/twoshrinkspod to access a free talk

Analyze This - 2SP on the School of Movies

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Head over to the School of Movies Podcast to listen to Amy and Hunter talk about the comedy mob film Analyze This starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. We talk about anxiety attacks, toxic masculinity, doing therapy at gun point and the ethical issues of receiving gifts from your mobster client.

School of Movies Analyze This : https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-jbcwc-12d7d2b


School of Movies is a British podcast hosted by Alex and Sharon Shaw who dissect and discuss modern cinema, there is no movie podcast like it and it is well worth a listen.

2SP has previously been on their show discussing
Inside Out: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-44rqh-b61ed2

Zombieland: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-66pz9-c3c60f

and Mary and Max: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mqs5i-eb20ef

Sharon was also a guest on 2SP in last year’s instalment of Shrinks on Film : https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/71-psychs-on-film-3-shrinks-with-a-vengeance/id1236774684?i=1000526171601



82 - Phobias: A Year 12 Psychology Exam Crash Course

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This episode we’ve put together a crash course on phobias. We know phobias are on the VCE psychology exam and we have covered the main topics and theories covered in the course. The episode is pitched at Australian year 12 psychology students (and for their parents wanting to understand what this psychology garbage is).

We don’t assume any prior psychology knowledge so this means that it is good episode for anyone who want to understand about psychological theory and treatment. Understanding phobias and their treatment brings together a lot of core psychological concepts. Listen in for easy to understand definitions, examples and how it all fits together to understand the case of Ron Weasley’s arachnophobia.

We can’t promise we have talked about everything on the exam but it should be a good way to brush up pre exam.

Looking for something specific?
01:20 Definitions
13:50 Prevalence
16:20 The 4 P’s & the biopsychosocial model: A case study of Ron Weasley
25:00 Classical conditioning
37:00 Operant conditioning
48:00 GABA dysfunction
51:10 Stress response system
55:45 Cognitive biases
1:01:30 Triggers
1:04:00 Transtheoretical model of change
1:09:00 Treatment

If you liked the episode please rate/review us or tell someone about the show.

You can access your free Calabash talk at https://calabash.courses/twoshrinkspod





81 - Psychology of Abortion

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For episode 81 we’re taking a comprehensive, research driven look at abortion: what it’s like making the decision, how it impacts people psychologically and what happens if you can’t have one when you want to?
Join us for a discussion of what the research actually says, in all it’s complexity, about how women respond after an abortion.

To skip forward to a particular topic:

05:30 Decision making

19:35 Psychological impacts of having a voluntary abortion

40:25 Impacts on sexual functioning

44:45 Psychological impacts of having an abortion for medical reasons

49:12 Outcomes for women who want an abortion but are denied one

This week’s episode was brought to you by Calabash. Access your free talk at:
https://calabash.courses/psych-company/

Research (in order of discussion):

Introduction:

Decision making:

Psychological responses following a voluntary abortion:

Sexual functioning:

Psychological responses after an abortion for medical reasons:

Outcomes for women who want an abortion and can’t have one:

Concluding remarks:

The following resources supported our understanding of abortion legislation and access but were not cited in the show:

80 - This Episode Could've Been an Email

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This episode we’re covering our professional gripes with a thin veil of science and talking about work research. Join us for a light-hearted, research based whinge about frictionless spaces for nomadic workers (or hotdesking), how meetings interrupt us, documentation makes us burnt out and just how judgemental we all are about email signatures. To wrap up, Hunter proves a point about windfarms to a random farmer he met on a plane and Amy waxes lyrical about comfort food.