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Mental Work

Mental Work

Mental Work is the Australian podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early-career psychologists, so they don't have to go it alone. Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.

Recent Episodes

May 1, 2024

Working effectively with teens (with Marie Vakakis)

Bron and Marie explore how to work effectively with teenage clients. We cover 👉🏽 The importance of getting to the root cause of behaviours like vaping or excessive phone-use 👉🏻 Managing parents' expectations 👉 Ethical comple…
April 24, 2024

Bringing joy and play back into your work day (with Rebecca Black)

Bron and Rebecca explore all things joy, play, and fun! They chat about the importance of joy for sustainability in our careers, the common challenges of therapist schemas like self-sacrifice and unrelenting standards, and p…
April 17, 2024

Rethinking Borderline Personality Disorder and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Bron chats with Matthew about Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and its application for folks diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). We dive into the stigma surrounding BPD and discuss how reframing BPD as a…

About the Host

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Bronwyn Milkins

Mental Work Founder / Psychologist

Mental Work was founded by Dr Bronwyn Milkins (she/her), an Aussie early-career Psychologist and multi award-winning public speaker on a mission to help psychologists have sustainable and (gasp) enjoyable careers from the get-go so that they can skip the burnout and thrive. She's a bubbly ADHDer who likes dogs, knitting socks, and sci-fi.