The Art of Therapy
Mastering Therapy, One Conversation at a Time
Treatment Works Health Care Centre
Show overview
The Art of Therapy launched in 2025 and has put out 60 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 3rd season.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 14 min and 27 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Health & Fitness show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 27 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Treatment Works Health Care Centre.
From the publisher
Welcome to *The Art of Therapy*, a podcast for psychotherapists and mental health professionals dedicated to refining their skills and deepening their therapeutic impact. Hosted by clinical psychologists Dr Warwick Phipps and Marizaan Koen, each episode explores not just what therapy is, but how to do it more effectively—delving into the nuances, techniques, and complexities of the therapeutic process. Through thoughtful and practical conversations, they model and demonstrate a process-orientated approach to psychotherapy that helps therapists deepen their insight, sharpen their skills, and facilitate more meaningful change for their clients. 🎓 Want to take your practice even further? Join us for CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works Health Care Centre in Midrand, South Africa—designed for therapists who want to refine how they do therapy, not just what they know about it. 🔗 Learn more at [treatmentworks.co.za/training/](https://treatmentworks.co.za/training/) 🎙️ New episodes every week. Subscribe now and start mastering the art of therapy.
Latest Episodes
View all 60 episodesHow Do You Know a Client is Hypnotised?
Live Elman Induction — A First-Time Subject
Hypnotherapy
Narrative Therapy
Systems Thinking
When CBT Isn't Enough — DBT Explained
ACT Skills
There Is a Way Forward In Low Mood (Behavioural Activation)
The cognitive revolution
The Existential Vacuum (Why People Feel Empty)
The Conditions That Heal (Carl Rogers & Person-Centred Therapy)
Maslow And Motivation (A Clear Clinical Lens)
S3 Ep 8Operant Conditioning
Episode 8 explores operant conditioning and Skinner’s key insight: voluntary behaviour is shaped by consequences. We unpack reinforcement and punishment, why reinforcement often maintains patterns unintentionally, and how clinicians can think more clearly about what a behaviour achieves for the client.We also introduce concepts like shaping and extinction, framing behaviour therapy as a structured, measurable way of understanding and shifting patterns over time.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 7From Insight To Behaviour (Why Therapy Pivoted)
Episode 7 explores the “step change” introduced by behaviourism and behaviour therapy. We unpack the shift from interpreting inner experience to focusing on observable learning processes, including Pavlov’s classical conditioning and Watson’s behaviourist framework.We also discuss how emotional responses like fear can be learned and maintained through conditioning, and why this lens helped psychotherapy develop more structured, measurable approaches to change. This episode situates behaviour therapy as a key chapter in the integrative map of psychotherapy.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 6Avoidant, Ambivalent, Disorganised (What an Attachment Style Means Clinically)
Episode 6 explores Attachment Theory as a foundational lens for psychotherapy. We discuss Bowlby’s central shift: attachment is a primary, biologically wired survival system, not something secondary to other drives. We then follow the research pathway through Ainsworth’s Strange Situation and the emergence of attachment patterns (secure and insecure strategies).We focus on clinical relevance: how attachment shapes emotion regulation, relational expectations, and what clients repeat in close relationships—including the therapeutic relationship.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 5Good Object, Bad Object? (Splitting In Therapy)
In Episode 5, we explore Object Relations Theory—a major development in psychodynamic psychotherapy that helps therapists understand how a client’s early relationships shape their inner world, expectations, and patterns of relating. We look at how theorists like Melanie Klein shifted the focus from drives to relationships, and how concepts like splitting (the “good” and “bad” object) can help explain emotional intensity, instability, and rigid relational expectations. We also explore how attachment experiences become templates that clients bring into adult relationships—and into the therapy room through transference. A key clinical takeaway in this episode is that therapy is not only about insight. It’s also about creating conditions for a corrective experience in the here-and-now, where new ways of relating can become possible.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 4The Ego and Survival (What Anna Freud Taught us)
Episode 4 introduces Anna Freud’s ego psychology and the clinical value of understanding what the ego is doing in session. We explore defence mechanisms as adaptive strategies—often necessary for survival—and how Anna Freud’s work helps therapists distinguish between healthy and unhealthy defences with greater clarity.We also reflect on trauma-related work and why ego strengthening, reorientation, and safety can be foundational steps before deeper interpretive or exploratory interventions. This episode adds a practical, therapist-friendly layer to the integrative map of psychotherapy.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 3Jung and Individuation in Therapy (Becoming More of Yourself)
Episode 3 introduces Jung’s analytical psychology as a vital lens within integrative psychotherapy. We explore individuation, Jung’s distinction between the personal and collective unconscious, and how archetypes offer a practical way of understanding repeating patterns in human behaviour and meaning-making.We unpack the persona and shadow, and why disowned parts of the self often shape symptoms, relationships, and the therapeutic relationship itself. This episode frames integration as more than technique—it’s a coherent way of working with complexity, wholeness, and human development.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 2Why is Psychoanalysis Essential to Therapy (Unpacking Freud's Breakthrough!)
In Episode 2 of The Art of Therapy (Season 3), we step into the psychoanalytic lens and explore how Freud’s thinking emerged—starting with hypnosis, the early treatment of hysteria, and the debate between the Paris school (Charcot) and the Nancy school (Bernheim/Liébault).We trace how hypnosis shaped Freud’s discovery of unconscious processes, and how Breuer’s work (including Anna O) introduced catharsis and relief through emotional expression. From there, we unpack Freud’s shift into free association, and why dream analysis became such a powerful way of surfacing unconscious material safely.We also introduce one of Freud’s most clinically relevant ideas: transference—how past emotional experiences can reappear in the therapeutic relationship—and how that becomes meaningful material for insight and change. Finally, we outline Freud’s structural model of the mind: id, ego, and superego, and why the ego’s mediating role matters so much in psychotherapy.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links
S3 Ep 1Understanding the World of Psychotherapy (Learning to Work Integratively!)
In this first episode of The Art of Therapy: Season 3, we begin with the origin story of psychotherapy and the question that grounds everything: why do we do what we do? We revisit the early foundations associated with Freud and Breuer, the cathartic method and the “talking cure”, and the movement from hypnosis towards free association.From there, we map the broad arc of theory development—psychodynamic, behavioural, humanistic/existential, CBT, and systems thinking—showing how each orientation adds meaning, depth, and relief in its own way. Episode 1 sets up the season’s theme: integrative psychotherapy as a structured way of holding multiple lenses at once.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links