Dr. Libby Nugent: Clinical Psychologist

28/08/2026

28/08/2026

15/08/2026

In clinical and organisational settings, we often meet moments that feel difficult to name. Conversations are circling, and effort is increasing. But clarity doesn't follow.

Thinking in Groups: An Introduction is a 90-minute online session that explores what happens in those moments, using fairy tales and myths to stay with complexity rather than rushing to fix it.

31/07/2026

How do good people become part of institutions that gradually lose the capacity to recognise what is happening in front of them?
This essay explores that question through a group analytic lens. It argues that organisational failure rarely begins with bad intentions. More often, it begins when institutions slowly lose the symbolic capacity to think.

Reflections on Grooming Gangs, Gender Identity Services and Mid Staffordshire NHS. Three Institutional Failures, One Psychological PatternOne of the questions that has occupied me for years is deceptively simple.How do good people end up participating in institutions that, looking back, seem incapab...

18/07/2026

🧭 For Jungians, the Odyssey models a process of returning to the Self, offering a psychological map of the path to individuation.

It asks us to engage with the profound question, what does it mean to come home to ourselves?

The Odyssey (the subject of a new Christopher Nolan film released this week), is the ancient Greek epic attributed to Homer and one of the foundational works of Western literature.

In today's episode, we explore the epic poem through a Jungian lens.

Odysseus, our wily trickster hero, encounters gods, enchantresses and shadowy monsters with a relatable mix of hubris and cunning.

We can view these figures as aspects of psyche, with the story showing us how we might create a relationship with something larger.

As we grow and mature into midlife, we move away from an ego-centered existence, and begin a new confrontation with the Self.

By the journey’s end, we may wind up dressed in rags and shorn of our heroic trappings, but what remains is something deeper: a more authentic relationship to the soul.

🎧 Find the episode wherever you get your podcasts.