Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

About Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Thoughts on Record is the podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (OICBT) located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Each week we explore topics relevant to clinicians and mental health consumers from a cognitive behavioural perspective; however, if you’re generally interested in psychology, psychotherapy, evolutionary psychology, mental health, the brain, dynamics of human behaviour, creativity, wellness & performance then this podcast will certainly be of interest to you. Thoughts on Record is hosted by OICBT clinical psychologist Dr. Pete Kelly, C. Psych. Dr. Kelly is a Clinical Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Carleton University. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Kelly is actively involved in directing speciality programming at OICBT, teaching and supervision, providing workshops to mental health professionals and is a frequent speaker to organizations around the impact of stress on well-being. Email the show: oicbtpodcast@gmail.com. You can visit the OICBT at www.ottawacbt.ca. Original theme music courtesy of OPK5, outro music courtesy of Baldhero & Van Whelan https://baldherovanwhelan.bandcamp.com

Publisher

Dr. Pete Kelly

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2020

Latest episode

26 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 178 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Jun 2026

   Sally Maslansky, LMFT: A Brilliant Adaptation: Trauma, Dissociation, and Healing

   Comments or feedback? Send us a text! What if dissociation isn't a disorder to be feared, but an extraordinary adaptation that once helped a child survive? In this episode of Thoughts on Record, Dr. Pete Kelly speaks with licensed marriage and family therapist Sally Maslansky about her memoir, A Brilliant Adaptation, and her remarkable journey of discovering that much of her childhood was inaccessible to memory. Together, they explore how developmental trauma can fragment identity, why diss...

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   26 Jun 2026

   The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook for Teens: Helping Adolescents Retrain the Brain to Overcome Chronic Pain

   Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Why do some teens continue to experience chronic pain long after an injury has healed? And what if the brain—not damaged tissue—is keeping the pain alive? In this episode of Thoughts on Record, Dr. Pete Kelly speaks with Dr. Penina Zilberberg and Paulina Soble, LCSW, co-authors of The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook for Teens. Together, they explore the emerging science of neuroplastic pain and explain how chronic pain can become a learned pattern of...

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   26 Jun 2026

   Dr. Carly Hunt - Train Your Brain to Beat Chronic Pain

   Comments or feedback? Send us a text! What if chronic pain isn't simply a reflection of tissue damage, but also of how the brain interprets and responds to danger? In this episode of Thoughts on Record, Dr. Pete Kelly sits down with health psychologist and pain researcher Dr. Carly Hunt to explore the neuroscience of chronic pain and the remarkable capacity of the brain to change. Drawing on her research at Johns Hopkins and her own lived experience overcoming treatment-resistant pain, Dr. ...

Inside a recent episode

Dr. Alissa Jerud - Emotion Savvy Parenting

Published 16 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Alyssa, what do you think it is about parenting that makes it so uniquely emotionally demanding and valent? Where do we start? There's a lot. I mean, I want to say just like the first thing to know is that most of us, we have jobs where we get to go home at the end of the day and be done with those jobs, right? You And then we're able to be off. Parenting is a job that we do 24 seven for, you know, really for the rest of our lives, but at least for 18 years while each of our children are at home, we're doing that. It's a really demanding, time consuming job. And then on top of that, right, it's, you know, our kids engage in these behaviors that can be really, really challenging and frustrating, really hard to deal with. […]

Who has been a guest on Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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• Dr Nikolay Kukushkin
• Dr Meredith Gansner
• Dr Heather Wheeler
• Dr Chris Taplin
• Dr Joe Pierre

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

32 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

37 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

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