Kimberley delves into how we view our own bodies with Viren Swami, Professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University. Together they explore the difference between body image dissatisfaction and the mental health condition body dysmorphic disorder.

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for some of the issues discussed.

The Complex team:

Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Professor Viren Swami Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Assistant Commissioner: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

In this episode of the psychology podcast, Kimberley Wilson explores how many women suppress, overlook or underestimate their anger. She and her guest, psychotherapist Jennifer Cox, look at how women can locate their anger and find healthy ways to channel it.

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for some of the issues discussed.

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

The Complex team: Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Jennifer Cox Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Assistant Commissioner: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Kimberley invites Dr Xand van Tulleken to open up about why he finds it so hard to accept himself. Together they talk through what self-acceptance means, and how you can take the empowering first steps to integrating the bits of yourself you don’t like with the bits that you do. Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, is on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding.

She invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to join her and together they share insight and valuable tips.

You can get in touch if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. The email address is complex@bbc.co.uk. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team: Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Dr Xand van Tulleken Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Assistant Commissioner: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

In this episode of the psychology podcast, Kimberley Wilson explores gratitude – both real and fake. She talks with her guest, health psychologist Jo Rodriguez, about how can we adopt and feel authentic gratitude.

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Jo Rodriguez Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Assistant Commissioner: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Kimberley explores burnout with her guest, chartered psychologist and senior psychology lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, Dr. Peter Olusoga. When does chronic stress tip over into burnout? And what can you do about it?

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, please remember to let us know. Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team: Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Dr Peter Olusoga Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Commissioning Producer: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, invites expert guests to join her on her mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there about our mental health.

In this episode of the psychology podcast, Kimberley explores obsessive compulsive disorder and the intrusive thoughts that are part of the condition. Most of us experience intrusive thoughts at some point in our lives, so how can we tell when they are a symptom of OCD, and what can we do to manage them? She asks psychology researcher Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, who was diagnosed with OCD when she was 10 years old.

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know. Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally so if you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team: Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Commissioning Producer: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to join her on her psychology podcast. She's on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding.

In this episode, Kimberley digs down into people pleasing with her guest, consultant psychiatrist Dr Sarah Vohra. What does people pleasing do for us, and what it does it do to us?

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know. She's not able to answer emails personally, so if you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team: Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Dr Sarah Vohra Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast cover photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Commissioning Producer: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to join her on her psychology podcast.

She's on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help create more self-awareness and understanding.

In this episode, Kimberley explores depression with clinical psychologist Dr Kevin Vento. It can be difficult to work out if you’re depressed or just low, blue, down, or plain sad. What are the symptoms of depression and what can you do to help yourself alongside diagnosis and treatment (or while you’re waiting to see someone)?

Please email complex@bbc.co.uk if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. If you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team: Host: Kimberley Wilson Guest: Dr Kevin Vento Producer: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producers: Katie Chandler Clarke and Riham Moussa Researcher: Grace Revill Science Editor: Rami Tzabar Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey Digital Lead: Richard Berry Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene And for BBC Sounds: Commissioning Producer: Izzy Lee-Poulton Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.