# Therapy Works A podcast by The Times. Conversations about life's biggest challenges. Bestselling author and psychotherapist Julia Samuel invites us into her therapy room as she talks to both known and unknown voices about events and experiences we will all face - and how we face them. Therapy Works is full of therapeutic conversations which may contain difficult emotions but can also bring light. Hear what the guests have learnt, have failed to learn and how they’ve grown through the experience. At the end of each episode, Julia reflects on her session with her two psychotherapist daughters who share their thoughts on the conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f ## Latest episodes - [My abusive father has died. Why am I grieving? | Agony Aunties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/cafce8cce72e) (2026-10-23, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ada375f85adacac7d232c93/media.mp3 - [Ore Oduba on hiding his addiction: “I lived my entire life in fear”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/7e4d4c2734a8) (2026-10-21, 68 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ad79ea63ad7f685519cb625/media.mp3 - [My adult sons are estranged. Should I intervene? | Agony Aunties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/1dcf0b0fdbb5) (2026-10-16, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ad0b97ef38f25c0f0596ef5/media.mp3 - [The hidden grief of baby loss and TFMR](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/8f80e22cc426) (2026-10-14, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ace57ac65f99a36eb5fc9fb/media.mp3 - [My family doesn’t believe my ADHD diagnosis. What Do I Do? | Agony Aunties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/0d8e3d33eb5d) (2026-10-09, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ac7c6fdeea51f2aa3d8a18f/media.mp3 - [Elif Shafak: “All I wanted from my father was an apology”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/36d2ceff10f5) (2026-10-07, 69 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ac4c9dc924bc02b559dfa9f/media.mp3 - [Can I care for my elderly father without getting overwhelmed? | Agony Aunties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/26480499e44e) (2026-10-02, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6abe51d3fa77186ceb547599/media.mp3 - [Mark Foster on hiding his sexuality and learning to be himself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/5858e3528504) (2026-09-30, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6abbb38858bacc11cb2f9763/media.mp3 - [Off Air X Therapy Works](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/d5c0de61e499) (2026-09-28, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ab6efee554d86cd5523a03e/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How do you know when something in your life needs to change?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/b93c51de3d2c) (2026-09-25, 11 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ab50159c974afb1540167a3/media.mp3 - [Dame Mary Berry: "I never asked why after my son died"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/5f684581fbfa) (2026-09-23, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6ab2725f1f5b87e5354e1676/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How Do I Know If I Actually Need Help?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/013511754894) (2026-09-04, 11 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/e4eab6a2-a787-11f1-a36b-9bb9276bc232/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: My Cancer Has Gone… So Why Am I Still Struggling?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/dcb4b50ebb22) (2026-08-28, 13 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/ca4d2b12-a2c4-11f1-836d-eba23800bf23/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: We've Stopped Having Sex. What Do We Do Now?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/134eb6dc69d8) (2026-08-21, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/06cc22ac-9c8d-11f1-9c9e-27555fb97b60/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How Do I Say Goodbye to Someone I Love?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/c071e1579430) (2026-08-14, 13 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/c4f663d8-964c-11f1-a6e4-4b9a1a047ed0/media.mp3 - [BONUS: Yasmine Naghdi on Why Confidence Isn't About Being Perfect](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/a25a4b423036) (2026-08-12, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/6663ce70-9582-11f1-b4bd-0bfef69579cc/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How Do I Deal With a Difficult Mother-in-Law?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/99e4f2d93ee2) (2026-08-07, 15 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/ac36f094-9190-11f1-8d50-db32d21d2990/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Why Do I Keep Sabotaging Myself?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/d6aa185d5b09) (2026-07-31, 13 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/3aa9b712-8b92-11f1-8e60-ff1cec11ff74/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Why Do I Feel So Lonely?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/79f3dc9630ee) (2026-07-24, 16 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/fd64410e-86c0-11f1-9139-e39b5dcc134a/media.mp3 - [BONUS: Manon Lagrève on The Confidence to Be Yourself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/7769ff3325df) (2026-07-22, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/08a71670-8547-11f1-9150-43ee6e294b32/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Relationship Anxiety - Am I Overthinking or Is Something Wrong?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/685bf19860e3) (2026-07-17, 16 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/dd87a0cc-8136-11f1-9372-470b40d0f01e/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Why Do I Feel So Lonely After Having a Baby?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/d31e528406b9) (2026-07-10, 15 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/9ec54dbc-7ba5-11f1-bdce-b75f1ccb7d5e/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Caring for a Difficult Parent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/7bf4eeac8947) (2026-07-03, 14 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/ea7f560a-7612-11f1-b6ea-231b8045a6ed/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How to Survive the Summer Holidays](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/077126854efe) (2026-06-26, 14 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/dd6e2eba-7071-11f1-a087-3789822e5f7d/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Why Am I Never Good Enough?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/24f2e90cd820) (2026-06-19, 14 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/f4a471ee-6b07-11f1-ae52-ebdbdcd407b9/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: I Bottle Everything Up Until I Explode](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/583ddfdafd4a) (2026-06-12, 14 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/3c119fa6-603c-11f1-8fc1-7b75bad0811a/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: My Husband Is Always On His Phone. How Do We Reconnect?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/eeab83227af1) (2026-06-05, 15 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/21c85418-5ead-11f1-9352-6b3597f93c87/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Feeling Overwhelmed by the World?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/1b3ab38c3681) (2026-05-29, 11 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/b9c27d66-5a75-11f1-ad3c-63a40187c9fd/media.mp3 - [Celebration Day: Megan Jones on Grief, Loss and the Parents Who Shaped Her](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/8d7f654c1940) (2026-05-22, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/06303e8c-5566-11f1-b9aa-7fdf2f9955e5/media.mp3 - [How to Make Life Happier with Mark Williamson (BONUS EP)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/9c40c1684234) (2026-05-20, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/9b60eb78-53a4-11f1-a1a9-6f1af7f984cb/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: When Your Adult Child Won’t Move Out](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/ec1a091f52f0) (2026-05-15, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/35e6b682-4f90-11f1-8b3c-6b9bd08628f1/media.mp3 - [Arit Anderson On Parkinson’s, Chelsea Flower Show And The Healing Power Of Gardens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/267c5e68b5ff) (2026-05-13, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/eaee7b80-4e16-11f1-8c7c-776cc4d4c5b0/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Why Do I Feel So Alone in My Grief?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/dd8de2eb7867) (2026-05-08, 10 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/8c152092-49ec-11f1-80bf-1fb21f7a9d56/media.mp3 - [Helen Fielding on Grief, Bridget Jones and Being Loved As You Are (LIVE)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/504697d3e065) (2026-05-06, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/cebdc446-4873-11f1-92ac-1370e61dea07/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How to Help Your Teen With Exam Stress and Anxiety](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/419791ea0ed7) (2026-05-01, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/f2e20370-449d-11f1-90ca-377f2ce068cb/media.mp3 - [EXPERT EPISODE: Amir Levine on How to Build Secure Love](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/b30b85cedf57) (2026-04-29, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/4d671e72-42ee-11f1-b20c-2f113e1553e0/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Coping with Financial Anxiety in Uncertain Times](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/f077e74e94ef) (2026-04-24, 14 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/99342daa-3f23-11f1-a1d7-1f59fff4a149/media.mp3 - [Liz Earle on Why Midlife Could Be Your Best Chapter Yet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/2a9ebbded1bf) (2026-04-22, 68 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/2295256a-3d88-11f1-a132-d7ed15c75d69/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: Is This Grief or ADHD?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/1ad117b91cdb) (2026-04-17, 10 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/823fc1e6-398c-11f1-bd58-ebe37ff14ba0/media.mp3 - [Michael Morpurgo on Secrets, Loss, and the Stories That Save Us](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/0ed717484510) (2026-04-15, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/13272c9a-37fc-11f1-9371-172772a6d3c6/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: How Do You Handle the "Death Admin" While You’re Still Grieving?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/e48874154555) (2026-04-10, 11 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/8b19b792-335e-11f1-9f11-bf88b515390d/media.mp3 - [Joanna King on Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer’s](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/5fe79fe92f00) (2026-04-08, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/be72172c-3284-11f1-8a21-e74dff5d632a/media.mp3 - [Julia Bradbury on Life After Cancer and Why Busyness Isn’t Healing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/89e2a535eb4c) (2026-04-01, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/f554922a-2cde-11f1-81b2-9fef3d017feb/media.mp3 - [EXPERT EPISODE: Returning to Work After Motherhood with Dolly Jones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/fa8037916964) (2026-03-27, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/ab05bede-2918-11f1-8e0a-f7ed39c64a11/media.mp3 - [Jon Fox on Grieving the Future and the Injustice of Loss](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/c8d265a2d171) (2026-03-25, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/14286bea-27a3-11f1-ba47-53dadca7f2d3/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: What to Say When Your Child Asks About War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/c64eca3b6710) (2026-03-20, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/b3267346-22f2-11f1-a1c3-4bf27e57b398/media.mp3 - [Thomasina Miers on Cooking, ADHD and Coming Home to Yourself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/1a243149847d) (2026-03-18, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/91a9544c-2223-11f1-9e0c-cbfb28be0515/media.mp3 - [Agony Aunties: When Grief Is Triggered by Other People’s Children](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/871a1450c3ae) (2026-03-13, 12 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/da61b6ce-1dfb-11f1-8ffa-830ff7e66c3b/media.mp3 - [How Families Are Made in More Ways Than One with Rebecca Coxon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/e7a9a29e0ec0) (2026-03-11, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/433e0708-1c88-11f1-892a-c75a0ab63e0d/media.mp3 - [EXPERT EPISODE: Pelvic Floor, Pleasure & Power - The “LibDdo” Conversation with Lucy Kohli](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1646616622/7469092f82df) (2026-03-06, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6ab0fba6119942cbe118752f/e/96ded672-1935-11f1-aba6-2bfbdfc476d9/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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