Like all things outside your comfort zone, this podcast episode is designed to confront the uncomfortable aspects of our human feelings and emotions. We all live among people grappling with mental health difficulties...we just don't realise it OR if we do, we are totally uncertain and ill-equipped to actually do anything about it...or maybe we just feel way in despair and without the skill and tools we need, to do anything meaningful about it.

Glenn interviews Lindsey Perlman, Clinical Psychologist and owner of her practice  Infocus Psychology; https://www.infocuspsychology.com. Lindsey has a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology. Her early career background in corporate psychology put her across a volume of individuals, enabling her to direct her capabilities into her own practice, where her work focuses on the assessment and treatment of young adolescents, adolescents and adults with a range of clinical psychological needs, including depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, perinatal and postnatal depression as well as attachment and adjustment issues.    

Together, Glenn and Linsdey unpack the process surrounding; how to manage and deal with  common thoughts about the ones we love, or ourselves: "Am I OK?", "Are they OK?" and "...what can I do" or, "is there anything I can do?".

The episode explores the ins and outs of psychology and the various types of psychology to help the layperson identify or recognise when they, or someone close to them, may need mental help and when and how to go about talking to someone to get the help they need. What are the triggers to look out for, the hints that they may need help or to seek help? How to know when to go see someone and how to go about finding the right someone to talk to? The essential importance of the pairing process, with the right person to talk? 

This episode hopes to equip anyone who can help or who is in need of help, with just enough information to compel others to one small action that can impact and affect massive life change. 

Links referenced in the episode:

• Infocus Psychology: https://www.infocuspsychology.com
• Call Lifeline: 13 11 14
• Visit Lifeline online: lifeline.org.au
• Mental Health Care Plan Information - Australia: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/mental-health-care-and-medicare

In the episode Lindsey references the importance of the Patient-Therapist relationship or alliance, and the related patient outcomes. The following articles substantiate the information:

• Therapeutic Alliance and Outcome of Psychotherapy: Historical Excursus, Measurements, and Prospects for Research
• Better relationships with patients lead to better outcomes