Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of "James and the Giant Peach", offering their psychological insights through the following themes/questions; The paradox and existential dilemma of making choices and decisions in our life; what does an earthworm, centipede, ladybird, spider and glow worm symbolise across different cultures? Dissecting the personality of the earthworm and centipede; Instagram and making assumptions; is everybody loved? The time stamps for each segment are as follows: SUMMARY of James and the Giant Peach story: 4m 22s THE PARADOX and existential dilemma in making choices/decisions: 8m 10s SYMBOLISM of animals: 33m  A DEEPER ANALYSIS of the earthworm and centipede's personality: 47m 39s ASSUMPTIONS ON INSTAGRAM: 1hr 8m Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners. Our next episode, exploring the narrative of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" will be released on Monday 24th January 2022! The date will be confirmed soon. Stay Tuned!

Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of "The Twits", offering their psychological insights through the following themes/questions; what is the relationship between hairy beards and Islamophobia? The archetype of the "trickster" and its connection with antisocial personality traits. Ugly thoughts and our vibrational frequency; can we increase our vibration to improve our mental/emotional health? Is there space for mature love in Mr. and Mrs. Twit's playful and functional relationship? The time stamps for each segment are as follows: SUMMARY of the Twits, Hairy Beards and Islamophobia: 4m 22s TRICKSTER Archetype and Antisocial Personality: 31m 27s UGLY Thoughts and Vibrational Frequency: 46m 27s MR. AND MRS. Twit's Relationship: 60m 17s Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners. Our next episode, exploring the narrative of "James and The Giant Peach" will be released on Monday 22nd November 2021. Stay Tuned!

Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of "Danny The Champion of The World", offering their psychological insights through the following themes/questions; the importance of arms for freedom and creativity, can a 9-year old son comfort a father? Role-reversals in father-son relationships; the important symbolism of gypsy culture and Robin Hood philosophy. The time stamps for each segment are as follows: Symbolism of Arms: 4m 22s Role-reversals in father-son dynamics: 19m 25s Symbolism of gypsy culture and practices: 41m 08s Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners. Our next episode, exploring the narrative of "The Twits" will be released on Monday 1st November 2021. Stay Tuned!

Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of George's Marvellous Medicine, offering their psychological insights through the following themes/questions; are only children more creative than children with siblings? is sorcery connected with our collective unconscious? can sibling rivalry manifest in our relationships with grandparents? how do we deny loss? how does therapeutic change happen? The time stamps for each segment are as follows: Creativity and children: 4m 22s The collective unconscious: 22m 10s Sibling rivalry: 27m 53s Denial and loss: 50m 16s Therapeutic change: 1hr 05s Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners. Our next episode, exploring the narrative of "Danny The Champion of The World" will be released on Monday 11th October 2021. Stay Tuned!

Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of The Witches, offering their psychological insights through the themes of; diagnosis/labels, the difference between terror and horror, how we wear masks and our true/false self, the grand high witch symbolised as the terrible mother/feminine archetype, and bereavement and transitions in children. The time stamps for each segment are as follows: The Witches Summary: 4m 22s Diagnosis/Labels: 17m 12s Terror and Horror: 31m 05s Masks and True/False Self: 40m 22s The Grand High Witch Symbolism: 45m 35s Bereavement and Transitions in Children: 60m 16s Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners. Our next episode, exploring the narrative of "George's Marvellous Medicine" will be released on Monday 20th September 2021. Stay Tuned!

Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of Matilda, offering their psychological insights through the themes of the intellectually precocious/gifted child and the impact on psychological well-being, the feminine ideal, envy and manipulation. The time stamps for each segment are as follows: Matilda Summary: 4m23s. Gifted child and psychological well-being: 26m04s. Feminine Ideals and Envy: 44m10s. Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners. Our next episode, where we explore the narrative of "The Witches" will be released on Monday 30th August 2021. Stay Tuned!

Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of The BFG (Big Friendly Giant), offering their psychological insights through the themes of attachment, the meaning of dreams and the symbolic benevolent mother. The time stamps for each segment are as follows: BFG Summary: 4m20s. Friendship/Attachment/Oedipal Theme: 14m35s. Ears and Listening: 18m10s. Co-vid Dreams & Night Terrors: 26m19s. Queen/Benevolent Mother Symbol: 1hr07s. Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. As a Consultant Psychologist, she has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. Although she works with various mental health issues, she has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey. Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context. Please note that the content we provide in each episode is not a substitute for professional psychological treatment. Please consult your mental health practitioner/therapist for advice. We hope that you will be able to receive the help you need. Please write to us with your dreams, feedback and comments: [email protected] or send us a tweet @onthepakcouch. We look forward to hearing from you, and we will respond to you within 24-48 hours. We hope you will tune into our show every third Monday (every three weeks) when we release each episode for our listeners.