Two Old Psychologists Talking About Stuff

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Podcast by Dr Richard Bennett and Dr Ray Owen

Two Old Psychologists Talking About Stuff

Between them, Richard Bennett and Ray Owen have accumulated over 70 years of experience working in healthcare. As clinical psychologists, they have a long history of helping people navigate the many challenges of life, providing both therapy for individuals and psychological support for organisations. In a departure from their more academic pursuits of teaching, training, and writing books, (and, let's face it, in one last desperate attempt to try and remain current) they have decided to make a podcast to share their personal and professional reflections on life. If you're interested in wellbeing, psychotherapy, or just looking at life through a psychological lens, then there may be something here for you, especially if you're the wrong side side of fifty (or the right side, depending on your perspective). The show will publish episodes on a monthly basis. If you want to send feedback, suggest topics for future episodes or make contact for any other reason, you can do so at 2oldpsychspod@gmail.com

Latest episodes

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24 December 2025

Two old psychologists look back at 2025

In this episode, Rich and Ray round off Season Two by picking over the bones of 2025, selecting their noteworthy moments of the year in terms of their professional lives, the news, wider culture, entertainment, and sport.

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12 December 2025

How acceptance can set you free

In this episode, Rich and Ray dive into the concept of acceptance, defining it, discussing how it can help in a range of situations, and demonstrating some quick and easy acceptance practices that listeners can take away and make use of.

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59:44

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27 October 2025

Manchester, here we come!

Rich and Ray are joined by Dr Dawn Johnson, President of the UK and Ireland chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS) to discuss the forthcoming conference in Manchester on 14-16 November 2025.

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21 October 2025

How to respond to your self-critical thoughts

This episode explores how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help us to respond more healthily to the barrage of self-critical thoughts that most of us experience on a regular basis.

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58:13

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29 August 2025

Who am 'I', and what is 'the self'?

In this episode, Rich and Ray take on the tricky problem of trying to understand what psychologists mean they talk about 'the self'. Is there really a 'me' in here or is it all just an illusion? You can hear what Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has to say about it all.

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28 July 2025

What are values and why do they matter?

In this episode, Rich and Ray discuss the concept of values, which is a core component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). They explore how to define personal values, and demonstrate how to clarify values using a range of experiential exercises.

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