Podcast
Making Sense of Chaos
Hosted by Maddie & Jason · EN
"Making Sense of Chaos" is a podcast of people sharing their personal reflections on death, grief and chaos.
Hosts Jason and Maddie currently work as counsellors in the addiction and family violence space.
Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos
Email: makingsenseofchaospod@gmail.com
Cover art by Ethan Brivik https://www.ebphotography.net.
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Sic Itur Ad Astra
Sep 23, 202200:58:18Tap to summarizeCeara is a 37-year-old psychologist living with terminal illness. On this episode, Ceara speaks about facing her death, how she finds hope in uncertainty, and why she supports voluntary assisted dying. *Ceara is our first returning guest, and spoke to us back in July 2020. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos Twitter: @msoc_pod Contact Ceara: Twitter: @CearaRickard Instagram: @ceararickard https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-cearas-cancer-journey
Transcribe →The Psychology of a Child Murderer: A Schema Therapy Lens
May 23, 202201:00:08Tap to summarizeDr Lars Madsen is a forensic psychologist with 20+ years experience in the treatment of sexual and violent offending. On this episode, Lars shares anecdotes and insights from experiences across his career. He also discusses a case where he provided psychological assessment & treatment to a child sex murderer, using Forensic Schema Therapy. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos Twitter: msoc_pod TRIGGER WARNING: This episode describes heavy content. Supports: Lifeline - 13 11 14 1800 Respect - 1800 737 732 Work by Lars: Article - Forensic Schema Therapy: The Joker Upcoming Talk: Therapy in Confined Spaces: Schema Therapy Lars' Forensic Schema Therapy Course (6-week interactive self-paced online course that introduces therapists to Forensic Schema Therapy (ST-F)) Website
Transcribe →Hard Cuddles
Apr 19, 202200:53:19Tap to summarizeJames Harding had his own experiences in the criminal justice system. Now he's a counsellor, and uses his experience to help criminals change their story. [Episode hosted by Maddie]. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos Twitter: @msoc_pod SUPPORTS Lifeline - 13 11 14 Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636 Mensline - 1300 78 99 78 _____ Hard Cuddles: An innovative mental health service that specialises in counselling, forensic counselling, mentoring and peer support facilitated in an outdoor environment.
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Escaping the Diagnosis Trap
Mar 28, 202200:55:10Tap to summarizeIn this episode we talk to Dr Ray Middleton on the consequences of medicalising psychological suffering into "mental disorders". Ray is an independent trainer, speaker and writer, and a long-standing critic of the western diagnostic model of psychiatry. He is a lead trainer in the Power Threat Meaning Framework - a radically different approach to psychological suffering, which abandons diagnoses altogether, and offers an alternative to seeing oneself as "disordered" or "mentally ill". In this episode, Ray shares how his own experiences as a psychiatric patient in the 1990s led to his current work. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos Twitter: @msoc_pod TRIGGER WARNING: This episode describes heavy content. SUPPORTS Lifeline - 13 11 14 Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636 _____________________________ About Dr Ray Middleton: Dr Ray Middleton is an independent trainer in strengths based non-diagnostic approaches to distress, including Trauma Informed Practice and the Power Threat Meaning Framework approach. Ray has a PhD on dialogical/narrative approaches to complex trauma and recently authored a book chapter on innovative trauma informed approaches to people who are homeless. Previously, Ray has set up and managed personality disorder services, been a senior care co-coordinator in an early intervention in psychosis service and systemic practitioner within systemic family therapy. For training enquiries: - Contact Ray at Ray.middleton@ladder4life.com or via his website; www.ladder4life.com
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Close Call
Mar 17, 202201:06:35Tap to summarize*Apologies for the audio quality in this episode - we appreciate your understanding as we work to improve for future episodes :) Jess has a background in psychology and criminology, and works in the reintegration space with long term & serious offenders. Jess chats with Jason about the different perspectives of grief, and why we are who we are. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos
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Everything Happens for a Reason
Mar 6, 202200:50:35Tap to summarize8 years on from his footy career, Brock McLean opens up about his battles off the field - bulimia, depression, anxiety and attempts at ending his life. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode describes heavy content. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos SUPPORTS Lifeline - 13 11 14 Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636 Griefline - 1300 845 745 Mensline - 1300 78 99 78
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Living with Passion
Feb 17, 202201:04:12Tap to summarizeEmmy van Deurzen is one of the world's most respected existential psychologists. This is a raw and intimate episode, where Emmy talks about death, love and how she makes meaning of life. Also discussed is society's obsession with 'being happy', the medicalisation of human misery and the need to get to know our darker sides. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos
Transcribe →The Calm & The Storm
Feb 13, 202200:55:58Tap to summarizeWilliam Wainwright is a forensic psychologist with over 20 years experience in various settings, with a particular focus on sexual and violent offending. In this episode, we discuss the psychology behind sexually abusing a child, how offenders justify breaking moral standards, and the cycle of shame involved in repeat offending. We also discuss the trauma carried by emergency service workers, and how this is identified and treated within Vic Police. Jason shares some of his personal experiences of trauma working as a police officer, and later as a correctional officer in Parkville Youth Justice Centre. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos _____________ About William: William has acted as a court expert on numerous occasions and consulted and trained many audiences, including the police, judges, lawyers, DHHS workers, child protection workers, correction officers and prison officers. In recent years, William has worked as the Senior Psychologist for the Police Psychology Unit and Family Violence Command, and was the key investigator of the 2016 Mental Health Reviews for the wellbeing of Victoria Police officers. William also trained officers in investigating and interviewing people accused of sexual offences. William was also the president of ANZATSA, a not-for-profit organization designed to support practitioners working with sexually harmful behaviours both in the mainstream populations and disability. He has organized multiple local and international conferences as well as presenting regularly. Currently, William is the Manager of Evidence Based Programs for OzChild, a not for profit organisation that works with best practice programs to strengthen and reunify families. These programs are designed to maintain family networks to offer children safety and security. William is a registered supervisor and has supervised forensic and non-forensic psychologists. He currently runs a peer supervision program for provisional and registered psychologist to develop their practices and skills.
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This Too Shall Pass (Part 2)
Feb 1, 202200:22:49Tap to summarizePart 2: We discuss with Noah Rasheta the notion of impermanence; that uncertainty is the only constant in life. We also discuss suicide, interdependence, doubt and the nature of introspection. Noah Rasheta is a Buddhist teacher, lay minister, and author, as well as the host of the podcast Secular Buddhism. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos TRIGGER WARNING: This episode describes heavy content. SUPPORTS Lifeline - 13 11 14 Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636 Griefline - 1300 845 745
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This Too Shall Pass (Part 1)
Jan 31, 202200:36:32Tap to summarizeNoah Rasheta is a Buddhist teacher, lay minister, and author, as well as the host of the Secular Buddhism podcast. In this episode, Noah talks about how Buddhism changed his relationship with suffering, including the way he processed his dad's death. We also discussed the darker side of our need to be liked, to belong and to stay busy. Instagram: @makingsenseofchaos
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