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Racism is a psychological problem. It has been failed by the law, education, history and culture studies in stopping violence, hate and aggression towards different ethnic groups. Previn Karian highlights the stuckness of racism in colonial history alone. It results in white shaming which guarantees the white backlash of nationalist populism and nationalist fascism seen recently in the US and E...

It's not about weight loss. It's not about body dysmorphia. It's not about relapses. What are the psychological roots of the anorectic? Previn Karian discusses the structures of mind that lead to the prevalence of anorexia in young girls and women. What is required is an emotional space where the anorectic can begin to connect with their feelings. This can be a surprise. Whilst anorexia is a pr...

Female hate crimes, humiliation, harassment, degradation, rape and murder have been celebrated in cultures and religions for centuries as the acceptable norm. The idea that this might be wrong is a modern one. Hence the word: "misogyny". Previn Karian discusses the psychological origins of men's hatred of women in the profound inferiority of the male brain structure that cannot relate to life (...

Soaring energy prices and cost of living are driving millions into financial stress. This in turn leads to depression. As the house of cards starts falling down, the human response is to bury your head in the sand, hoping it will all go away while the problems get bigger, more urgent, and more legally threatening. Enter the Citizens Advice Bureau. Benefits Advisor Zoe Blyth is one of many at CA...

Susie Orbach is an iconic psychotherapist in the women's movement, author of insightful and bestseller books, co-founder of Women's Therapy Centres in London and New York, and therapist to the late Princess Diana. Chrissie Pollard interviews Orbach, asking what has changed for women from past movements to present social realities. With a subtle yet powerful aura and precision, Orbach highlights...

What makes secure parents and parenting? How can parents reduce pressure, tensions and conflicts with constantly changing needs of children? Previn Karian explains the application of Attachment Theory to parent-infant, parent-child and parent-teenager relationships. Breaking through the "parent power" delusion that "I know MY child", and giving up this god-like position, Karian outlines how par...

From the idealised beginning to the crash: how do couples relationships breakdown? How does love turn into rage and hate? Previn Karian outlines the contours of relationship breakdowns. Beginning with initial attraction through fantasies of the Other, Karian explains the shock of switching from two individuals to one couple unit. It results in a lack of privacy, the shared space and shared time...

Previn Karian discusses how anxiety generates repeating patterns and compulsive or intrusive thoughts in our minds. These patterns can become overwhelming, making cognition and re-thinking your negative thoughts useless. This is because we are dealing with emotions - in anxiety, it is the specific emotion of fear (ruclips.net/video/I4nR1XL1tDo/видео.html). The difference between internal and ex...

Death is a unarguable fact of life from which there is no escape. It's occurrence creates the profoundest anguish, darkness and despair for the human mind. It occurs in many shapes and forms: from the physical death of bodies to the end of relationships, jobs, or objects and places we are attached to and which then get taken away from us - against our will. Previn Karian discusses the necessity...

What is the dominant emotion in this fatal act? How does it create the suicidal state of mind? What responses can we provide? And what of those who survive the loss of a close person in this tragic act? In this sensitive but piercing interview, Previn Karian explains the psychological state of mind that leads to suicidal ideation and the act of suicide. Considered here as the extreme end of the...

Survivors UK is a charity organisation that tries to break the silence around the difficult subject of male sexual abuse. Sam Thompson discusses this trauma with Chrissie Pollard from ITT. It is estimated that in the UK, 12,000 men are raped every year, and more than 70,000 are sexually abused and assaulted. We obviously do not know the full extent of unreported figures. There has never been an...

Previn Karian develops the brutal honesty which Professor Andrew Samuels presented in a previous interview on the state of therapy today. Karian examines why other talking therapies have failed to make any impact on government policy, leaving a "watered down version of CBT" (Samuels) to dominate. Although UK-centric, it is a microcosm of therapy worldwide in relation to government policy. Karia...

Interview with Professor Andrew Samuels, author, international political activist, and advisor to governments in the UK and US. Chrissie Pollard probes the content and substance behind the claims of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), the availability of therapy, and the psychological neglect of youth with Andrew. Whilst UK centric, this is a microcosm of problems with government policy in men...

What is the dominant emotion that drives states of depression? How does this emotion structure our minds into repeating patterns of irritability, mood swings, crashes of highs and lows, explosions of temper and rage? Previn Karian takes a look at possibly the biggest mental health diagnosis in populations across the world. We rely on public participation to shape our future broadcasts. Please s...

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