The Therapeutic Poet

The Therapeutic Poet

Hosted by: Jacky Power

I’m Jacky Power, addiction psychologist and poet and host of The Therapeutic Poet. Each week I use a poem I have written to introduce a therapeutic theme as I talk with my guests about the trickiness of being human.

Episodes

The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Thomas Delaney

Understanding Addiction, Recovery, and TransformationIn this powerful episode, we sit down with Thomas Delaney, who shares his deeply personal journey from ketamine addiction to recovery and advocacy. During his...
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In conversation with Deb Casserly

Season #5 Episode #1

A mother's journey through addiction and loss.
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In conversation with Aga Kehinde and Jess Mór

EFT practitioners Aga Kehinde, who is originally from that town and  and Jessica Mór, who until February 2022 had been living in Ukraine due to her spouse’s work, join me today to talk about their experience of...
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The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Aga Kehinde and Sharon Osterfield

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The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Sophia Lorimer about creative styling sustainably.

In this episode we chat about what sustainable fashion is; how to get off the trend treadmill; Sophia's experiment in which she is not buying any new or preloved clothes (except for vital undies and socks!) and how...
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In conversation with Michael Unbroken

There is much more to his story, so let’s welcome him to share some of that and also to create hope and inspiration with sharing how he moved through such severe intergenerational trauma and adverse childhood...
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In conversation with Dr. Debi Silber about betrayal

Season #4 Episode #6

We talked about her 3 discoveries with the research that she has done, how betrayal is a different kind of trauma because of how it feels so intentional and personal and therefore relates to trust, how it affects one...
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In conversation with Dan Cardwell about miscarriage

I met Dan when we were at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022 and I went to his show 'Patience Zero'. The description of his show was: 'Dan's always wanted to be a father. But now he and his wife are going...
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In conversation with Josh Connolly

Redefining what it means to be emotionally resilient, Josh in an ambassador for NACOA, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. He works with individuals and corporation to help people improve their...
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In conversation with Dr. Ingrid Clayton about complex trauma.

We cover: Trauma Bonding Being on the receiving end of the silent treatment Emotional abuse Narcissistic abuse Covert sexual abuse Addiction Complex trauma Trauma responses Toxic shame Going from not having...
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An overdue update.

A podcast episode detailing Jacky’s experience of performing her show, ‘Stop the world I want to get off’ at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022.
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In conversation with Lucinda Gordon Lennox

In this episode we begin with my poem 'Tell me your story' I wrote it about trauma; how trauma needs to be acknowledged in all its grittiness, not diminished or dressed up as ‘not that bad’ in order to be...
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