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Hosted by Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 561 episodes
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I'm Dr. Margaret, a psychologist for over 30 years, TEDx speaker, and the author of Perfectly Hidden Depression. I created The SelfWork Podcast in 2016 to explain mental health treatment and to give you the chance to consider therapy without thinking it's weird or that it somehow suggests you can't fix your own problems. My team is very honored that nine years later, SelfWork has earned nearly 5 million downloads! Each episode features the popular listener question as well as interviews with outstanding guests, authors, and experts, adding to the wide diversity of topics listeners so appreciate. Regularly rated as one of the top mental health/depression podcasts out there (ranked as a top .5% internationally) I keep it short, casual, and focused on "what you can do about it." I'd love to hear from you. Please join me.
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD hosts The SelfWork Podcast, a health show with 561 episodes published.
Dr. Nick Wignall speaks about the vital importance of emotional fitness and becoming the hero of your life. This whole concept is intriguing and suggests that finding and maintaining your own sense of agency - of having
This week – in fact to be punctual about it – on August 5 th , 2026 – the first episode of the new Ted Lasso season will be released. Today, we're going to focus on the meaning of so many of Ted Lasso characters having s
EMDR Therapy is known for its treatment of trauma. Dr. Laurel Parnell teaches and demonstrates how it can be healing for emptiness and grief - when relationships were never loving and for when they're gone. Order The Per
Disillusionment is defined in psychology as a "belief collapse." And the grief that that implosion can cause can be very hard to work through. Today's focus will be on how to do just that - get through disillusio
The subject for today is how to talk with a perfectionist about your concern for them. Or if you’re the perfectionist, how to allow someone into your world enough for you to hear that concern. I'll offer five definite ap
Therapy harm is the topic this week, as Dr. Margaret welcomes her guest Dr. Patricia Dixon to SelfWork. What is therapy harm? We talk more openly than ever about the benefits of therapy, but less about the ways therapy c
What's the most recent news for depression sufferers in 2026? That's the question Dr. Margaret researched today. Some new treatments are available now; some are still trying to get FDA approval. But there's a lot of prom
Dr. Margaret will focus today on questions and answers that listeners have sent her by either voicemail or email. First topic for today: Is anorexia back "in" as beautiful? Second: Why could you be allowing your
Discover how to interpret the Enneagram in this episode of SelfWork! It's a personality test that's been around for decades. How is it different from other personality scales and what has made it so popular for so many y
In this SelfWork episode, Dr. Margaret interviews an expert on medical and mental trauma of chronic illness - Amy Kurtz. 194 million Americans –more than 76 percent of the population–are living with chronic illness. Many
This week we’re sharing a special episode from our friends at How To!, the 2026 Ambie Award-nominated “Best Personal Growth Podcast” that’s back with a new host and new topics to fuel your curiosity. Each week on How To!
Dr. Margaret focuses today on the vital importance of what’s termed “cultural humility” as she responds to a listener voicemail, pointing out that as she’s a white person, her advice comes from a place of privilege in th
It’s a little hard to describe Paul Gilmartin. He's worked as a stand-up comic. He makes furniture. And he's a maternal abuse survivor. To add to that, he was one of the first hosts of the TBS show Dinner and A Movie. In
Emotional martyrdom. What is it? And where does it come from? That's today's SelfWork episode. Recently, I got a comment on the questionnaire blogpost on perfectly hidden depression - from a woman whose every word convin
Today we're focusing on the psychological side of plastic surgery. This interview with renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Rady Rahban answers all your questions about the psychological side of choosing both reconstructive and
Today we’ll focus on what it means to be a licensed mental health professional. How are coaches and influencers different from licensed mental health professionals? And how has the rise of therapists themselves online af
(Note: We are focusing on sexual assault in this episode of SelfWork. If you have a history of sexual assault, please listen with care.) Today we're going to introduce you to the concept of restorative justice. Our guest
Grit. What is it? How do you develop it? And how is it important for battling mental illness? And what role does it play in both outer success and inner victory? These are the questions we're going to answer today on Sel
In this episode, Dr. Margaret talks with Dr. Tara Cousineau about perfectionism and "befriending your inner critic." My guest today, Dr. Tara Cousineau, is an expert on perfectionism's treatment. She's a clinical psychol
Today we're focusing on finding emotional stability and calm through self-love. Not narcissism – not grandiosity or some kind of over-the-top shouting to the world how great you are. But what exactly self-love is and wha
Dr. Will Van Derveer
veteran psychiatrist, co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, author of Psychedelic Therapy · Integrative Psychiatry Institute
1 appearance on this show
Paul Gilmartin
1 appearance on this show
Marlee Liss
award-winning speaker, restorative justice advocate, author, lesbian Jewish feminist, somatic educator
1 appearance on this show
Angela Duckworth
author of GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · University of Pennsylvania
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Tara Cousineau
Harvard-trained clinical psychologist, author and perfectionism expert · Harvard's Counseling and Mental Health Services
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Marisa Franco
psychologist, professor, and bestselling author of Platonic
1 appearance on this show
Ashley Stahl
Top 100 TEDx Speaker Bestselling Author, TEDx Talk Booker & Speechwriter · Wise Whisperer Agency
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Theresa Lyons
International Autism Educator, Ivy League Scientist, and Autism Parent · Navigating AWEtism
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Whitney Casares
pediatrician, public health expert, autism mom, fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics · Modern Mommy Doc
1 appearance on this show
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