How's that Working for You? A podcast for the therapy curious
This podcast is for anyone working in the mental health field who wonders if they’re doing a good job, if they know what they need to know or who sometimes ask an uncaring universe - Why didn’t they teach us about this stuff?!
There’s a lot of training and information out there, but often it’s not more knowledge we need, it’s the fine art of application we’re missing.
How’s That Working For You? will bring you conversations with experienced practitioners who want you to understand what on earth to do with the latest in applied training, research and clinical practice and who are generous enough to share some of their embarrassing mistakes and professional pitfalls so you can avoid them or at least know you’re in good company. Here you’ll find plenty of cautionary tales and new wisdom for those of you just getting started, those of you feeling stuck or even professional folk hoping to start over in rapidly changing professions. And if you’re not in the field but wanting behind the scenes access, this is the place to satisfy your desire to find out more about what makes therapy – and therapists – tick.
Brought to you by The Cairnmillar Institute - one of Australia's leading centres for psychology, counselling and psychotherapy services and an industry leader in education and training.
Meet the Team behind the Podcast:
Dr Zoe Krupka: Host
Dr Zoe Krupka is a psychotherapist, Senior Lecturer and host of the podcast How's That Working For You? at the Cairnmillar Institute. Zoe writes regularly for industry publications and the media and provides commentary with a focus on relational ethics and understanding the therapeutic process. You can find her website at zoekrupka.com.
Marielle Coronel: Technical Director
Marielle is the marketing and digital coordinator at the Cairnmillar Institute, but we think of her more as the Master of Digital Media (and the wind beneath our wings). Marielle sees the future culture of marketing as a collaborative co-creative space of innovation and is working to make this a reality every day.
Dr Ceri Parsons: Producer
Dr Ceri Parsons is an academic psychologist, lecturer, and the producer of How’s That Working For You at the Cairnmillar Institute.
Previously, Ceri contributed to psychology’s public engagement and media presence in the UK through her role as Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Media and Press Committee. In this capacity, she supported the Society’s press office in responding to media enquiries, served as coordinating editor for The Psychologist, and contributed to media and communications activities at the Society’s annual conference.
Manisha Sangekar: Project Manager
Manisha is the General Manager at the Cairnmillar Institute and is accurately described as someone that can "effortlessly straddle strategic and operational delivery whilst leading a team and driving continuous improvement".
Dr Stephen Andrew: Music
Stephen is a psychologist and psychotherapist in private practice and a multi-instrumentalist. His book ‘Searching for an Autoethnographic Ethic’ has a focus on the ethics of memoir, and you can find some of his music on Instagram @stephenandrew3011
Podcast Guest Release Form
How's That Working For You? (HTWFY) is a podcast that aims to provide a space for conversations that dive into lived realities of mental health Practice. If you would like to be part of the conversation and be a guest, please email [email protected]. If you have already received correspondence from our Producer, please submit the Podcast Guest Release form prior to the scheduled recording.
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Bunurong Peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the lands on which The Cairnmillar Institute is located, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We also extend these respects to any First Nations peoples engaging with these materials, and our services
Ash Thomas Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri people There's a Lot Goin' On, 2025
Sometimes in life there’s lots of things goin’ on that can be hard and trying, or easy and happy, but my artwork gives me strength to see out the bad times. This is my Country before colonisation. The lines are like a map representing how our people shaped the Country with their spiritual connections told in songs and stories. The blue water and the red oxide land show my journey line with places I’ve stopped along the way. The small linear patches of dots are all the different mobs and families around Country. The brown patterns and shapes are mountain ridges and waterholes representing time past. The diamond patterns are from patterns on our old shields. Their colours represent connection to culture and the red dirt and many coloured sands that make up our beautiful Country. The group of Elders sitting with their spears are telling stories of Bunjil the eagle, our Creator, and passing down their knowledge of tracking and hunting. The goannas are my Ancestors watching, mesmerised, over their Country and culture.
This artwork was created through The Torch, a not-for-profit organisation that provides art, cultural and arts industry support to First Nations people currently in, or recently released, from Victorian prisons.