The Good Mood Clinic Podcast

Gemma Gladstone and Justine Corry

A Psychology and Schema Therapy Podcast by Drs Gemma Gladstone and Justine Corry, two schema therapists from Sydney, Australia. In this podcast we take an in-depth look at the common issues their clients bring to therapy and offer listeners new ways to think about their own lives and the people around them. With a mixture of conversations, meditations, case studies and interviews, these two experienced psychotherapists & coaches bring you plenty to think about and loads of valuable ideas and practical tips. Dr. Gemma Gladstone, Advanced Certified Schema Therapist, Trainer and Supervisor (ISST). BA (Hons) GradDip (Psychotherapy); Cert (Clin Hypnosis); PhD (UNSW). Dr. Justine Corry BSocSc (Hons); MSocSc; MPsychol(Clin); PhD (UNSW). Artwork by Nigel Sanft

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37: Mailbox: Co-parenting with a Narcissist Ex and Supporting your Partner with Their Schema Therapy

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10/06/21 • 55 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!

In this mailbox episode, Gemma and Justine address two questions submitted by two different listeners. One of the questions is about co-parenting children with a narcissistic ex-partner and how to protect them from the negative influences of their narcissistic parent. The other question is about supporting a partner while they have schema therapy.

Like any other personality trait, type, or disorder, narcissism falls on a continuum, so every case is different and comes with its own level of difficulty. People can fall anywhere on the spectrum, from having a few narcissistic traits to being an extremely toxic pathological and malignant narcissist. Some people with narcissistic traits could also have some healthy traits. So you might be able to communicate with them rationally in their healthy moments, while others may have more extreme traits and can be more difficult to deal with as a co-parent.

Narcissism is a complicated topic, and co-parenting your children with a narcissistic ex-partner can be very tricky. You can go back and listen to episodes 14, 17, 20, and 22 to gain a deeper understanding of narcissism and learn how to deal with the narcissist in your life. Those episodes also cover how to manage your narcissistic parents when you are an adult.
For confidential information, counseling, and support service go to https://1800respect.org.au.
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Books: Disarming the Narcissist, by Wendy Behary

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73: Six strategies for dealing with difficult relatives over the holidays

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12/21/22 • 43 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!
In this episode Gemma and Justine discuss 6 strategies for dealing with difficult family relatives over the Christmas and holiday period. Getting together with family for many, can be a stressful and challenging time.
There are usually lots of unspoken expectations and sometimes old resentments and old hurts which get activated during this time.
Firstly you need to decide on whether you will be attending gatherings with that difficult person or people and then you need to have a plan, including an exit strategy if things don't go well!
Discussion points are:
1. You don't have to respond to critical comments.
2. Stay mindful and refrain from getting defensive and making things worse.
3. Have a few stock-standard neutral replies or comments pre-prepared.
4. Be complimentary to soften the tone and get the difficult person to help out with something if relevant.
5. See the person for who they are and know they have their own schemas and modes which shape their difficult behaviours.
6. Have a planned exit strategy you can use if necessary.

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44: Are You an Emotional Eater? Schemas and Food, Part 1

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03/02/22 • 50 min

Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!

*** Trigger Warning: This podcast discusses the issue of emotional eating and mentions words like 'body fat' & 'central obesity' *****
Content in this podcast in no way constitutes medical or nutritional advice. This episode does not constitute, nor is it intended to be, psychological (or other) advice for those people who have struggled with a serious eating problem or eating disorder in the past or currently.
Dear Listeners, please note that in this episode we share our personal experience with food, food choices and schemas and we discuss things like 'emotional eating' and 'comfort food'. Struggles with food, especially 'stress eating' and using food as an emotional comfort, are very common in our society. However, please remember that we are all very unique, beautiful individuals who are on our own journey in this life and we all face our own particular issues & struggles.
What is our intention with this episode and others like it? Please know that we do put a little thought into our episodes and we want only the best for you! With these discussions on food and schemas we have a few intentions. The main one being, that we hope to normalise the struggle with food that so many people experience. One of our aims with our podcast in general is to be real and honest and also provide people with hope and empowerment as well as destigmatizing mental health issues and unhelpful mental health labels.
This food series is about looking at the ways our schemas and modes can pose a barrier and can sabotage our health-based decisions and choices. We are not giving advice about what to do, rather, we are providing a discussion around the role schemas and parts of self can play when we attempt to make health-based decisions for ourselves. It can be valuable to look through the issue with a schema lens and help name certain parts of ourselves and the role they play.

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36: Fifty Shades of Red: How Knowing Your Schemas Can Prevent Toxic Relationships

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09/22/21 • 57 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!
Some distinct red flags tend to show up in the very early stages of dating that indicate that the person you are dating is likely to become emotionally unavailable, controlling, or toxic in a relationship. When you are in that situation, it can be hard to understand what is going on, and if you really want the relationship to work out, you could even become resistant and fail to recognize your schemas when they come up.
In this episode, Gemma and Justine continue with their series on the indicators of coerciveness or control in the early stages of dating. In the last episode, they did a therapist/client role-play to help you identify some early markers of controlling behaviors, understand what they mean, and recognize the feelings that tend to arise when that happens. In this episode, they refer to that role-play and take a deeper dive into the topic. They focus on schemas that might come up for the client and analyze what could be going on with her internally after being triggered by the guy she is dating. Stay tuned today to find out about the schemas that could make you vulnerable to control and learn how to avoid the possibility of landing up in a toxic relationship.
Reinventing Your Life by Janet S. Klosko and Jeffrey Young
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing by Susan Anderson
See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
In Control by Jane Monckton Smith

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07: What Exactly is a Schema? How Do Schemas Develop & How Can We Understand Schema Triggering?

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07/15/20 • 74 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!
In this episode, Justine and Gemma dive deep into what a schema is in the context of Schema Therapy. They discuss the role of parenting, temperament and life experience in the development of early maladaptive schemas (EMS).
Most of the schemas are reviewed and explained with examples to get you thinking. There is also a meaty discussion of the "other-directed" schemas - such as subjugation & self-sacrifice. The concept of schema triggering is broken down into an easy to digest explanation of trigger - urge - response (or coping style) to help you make sense of your own strong emotional triggers. With a special mention of the abandonment schema and how it typically plays out as a relationship saboteur.

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102. Dating Without Fear: 8 Common Anxieties and How to Overcome Them

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10/21/24 • 36 min

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In this episode, Gemma explores the emotional and psychological barriers that often arise when dating. Whether you’re re-entering the dating scene or currently navigating it, this episode will help you identify and manage common sources of anxiety.

Topics discussed:

Fear of rejection or judgment
Pressure to make a good impression
Attachment styles and schemas
Overthinking and self-criticism
Fear of repeating past patterns
Cultural and societal expectations
Uncertainty of the unknown
Physical and mental effects of anxiety

Throughout the episode, Gemma offers mindset shifts and practical tips to help you feel more calm, confident, and authentic in your dating journey.
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Website: The Red Flag Project
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69: Three Signs You Need Better Boundaries

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11/22/22 • 31 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!

In this episode we discuss 3 signs that you may want to firm up your psychological boundaries.
The first one is Resentment. Having high levels of long standing resentment is a sign that you have been suppressing your true thoughts and feelings for way too long, perhaps you have been "yes" when you really wanted to say "no". Resentment can be the result of surrendering to your subjugation schema- feeling that you can't speak your mind for fear of retaliation, rejection and disapproval.
The second sign is Burnout. Reaching Burnout means you've hit a wall and you can feel 1) exhausted; 2) reduced fulfilment in life and/or work and 3) general cynicism that often goes with a feeling of reduced empathy for others. This can all be the result of doing too much, putting your own needs last, assuming too much responsibility for others; pushing yourself to your physical and emotional limits; not saying "no" when you really should and pursuing unrelenting standards to your detriment.
The third is Guilt. Guilt is a normal and sometimes useful and valid emotion. But many times we can feel way too much guilt and be driven by unreasonably high levels of this emotion. The self-sacrifice schema is largely driven by guilt - people with a high degree of this schema can be preoccupied by the need to lessen their guilt by overly focusing on the needs of others. Self-care and boundaries are compromised when we also prioritise other people's needs and think that it our job to take away other people's pain and suffering. When we fail to do this enough, we can feel incredibly guilty.
If boundaries are an issue for you, please check out our membership program as it's one of the hot topics we will be addressing in depth. Schema Circle Membership
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46: The Tinder Swindler Part 2: Victim Blaming, Love Scamming and the Rise of Cat-fishing

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03/30/22 • 39 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!

In this episode, we continue with our two-part series on the Netflix production, The Tinder Swindler.

In the first part, we spoke about the schemas and modes of the scammer in the movie. He is a con artist who meets women on Tinder and then persuades them to lend him vast sums of money.

In the second part, we focus on the women, or the victims, in The Tinder Swindler. We look at victim-blaming and unpack why people on social media tended to blame the women in the movie. We also discuss some other types of love scams exposed in the media, examine the findings of various social studies and experiments, and talk about catfishing- all of which are related.

Victim blaming has been going on in our society for a long time. Stay tuned to learn what it is and why it tends to happen.

For confidential information, counseling, and support service go to https://1800respect.org.au.

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77. The Heart of the Matter: Understanding Our Core Emotional Needs

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02/07/23 • 65 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!
In this episode we discuss core emotional needs and why they are so important for humans throughout our life. We are born into the world with needs and our emotional, social, physical and psychological well-being depends upon them. Our early care-givers are responsible for meeting our needs and as we grow and develop both ourselves and other people play a role in meeting emotional needs.
The needs discussed are:

safety, stability & predictability
secure, loving, nurturing bond (warmth, validation, ‘being seen’)
autonomy & growing independence
expression of emotions, needs, thoughts (allowance of authenticity)
spontaneity, creativity & play
realistic limits, self-discipline, impulse control

In schema therapy, early maladaptive schemas develop when these needs are not adequately met or are violated in some way.

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38: What Type of Inner Critic Do You Have?

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11/03/21 • 65 min

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Welcome to another episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast!

Most people have an inner critic. Some are aware of it and acknowledge it, while others do not seem to notice the disparaging voice talking to them inside their head. The inner critic does not have to be a constant and deliberate internal narrative. It could also be a cluster of automatic thoughts or things you say out loud to yourself.

Gemma enjoys looking through the lens of schema therapy when she works with people because it provides a helpful language for learning to understand the inner critic. Schema therapy assists her in pulling the critical voice apart. That allows her to take a closer look at all the different types of critics and assess the various functions they might perform. It helps to know what triggers the critical voice, whether or not its messages are useful, and if it comes from anyone in particular.

In this episode, Gemma explores the inner critic by breaking it down, examining how the different elements play out, and discussing how to shift them, change them or shape them into something useful. Stay tuned for more!
For confidential information, counseling, and support service go to https://1800respect.org.au.
Book mentioned: Reinventing Your Life, by Jeffrey E. Young

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How many episodes does The Good Mood Clinic Podcast have?

The Good Mood Clinic Podcast currently has 114 episodes available.

What topics does The Good Mood Clinic Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Psychology, Dating, Self-Help, Mental Health, Therapy, Podcasts and Relationships.

What is the most popular episode on The Good Mood Clinic Podcast?

The episode title 'BONUS: Compassionate Responding Meditation for Therapists & Other Carers' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Good Mood Clinic Podcast?

The average episode length on The Good Mood Clinic Podcast is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast released?

Episodes of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast are typically released every 8 days, 10 hours.

When was the first episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast?

The first episode of The Good Mood Clinic Podcast was released on Jun 6, 2020.

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