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 66 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 3 weeks ago, with 33 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 66 episodesWhat Actually Makes a Therapist Effective?
Why Therapy Actually Works
Why EMDR actually works
When Hypnotherapy Actually Helps (And When it Doesn't)
How far hypnosis actually reaches
What Hypnotherapy is Actually For
How 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