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Psychology for uncertain times.
In Session with Dr. Farid Holakouee treats mental health as something lived in relationships, politics, grief, and daily pressure. Recent episodes move between Iran, mixed feelings, change, apology, and the difficult art of supporting people without rushing their pain.
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In Session with Dr. Farid Holakouee is a psychology-centered talk program with a strong moral and emotional pulse. Recent episodes return again and again to Iran. The show speaks from concern rather than distance, naming war, uncertainty, protest, grief, and the long strain carried by Iranians. It does not pretend that public events are separate from mental health. They sit in the nervous system, in relationships, in community conversations, and in the way people argue online. The host is especially interested in uncertainty. Certainty can feel powerful, but the show treats it with caution, especially when people are trying to make sense of political crisis or painful personal choices. That same caution shapes its approach to emotions. Sadness, anger, hope, relief, guilt, and fear are allowed to coexist. Nothing has to be pure. A breakup can be right and still hurt. A hopeful development can still feel heavy. A new year can invite change without turning someone into a completely different person overnight. The show’s practical side appears in episodes about support, apologies, goals, and emotional repair. It favors slow warmth over forced reassurance. When someone is hurting, the point is not to erase the feeling instantly, but to stay steady enough to help them move through it. That makes the program feel less like quick self-help and more like extended reflection from someone thinking aloud with care. Its pace is patient. Its concerns are serious. Its strongest moments come when public anguish and private psychology meet, and neither is simplified.
Made for: For listeners drawn to reflective mental health conversations that include relationships, public grief, Iran-focused current affairs, and the emotional cost of uncertainty.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating political crisis and personal psychology as connected experiences, moving from Iran-focused commentary into practical reflections on feelings, support, change, and repair.
Dr. Farid Holakouee is a Clinical Psychologist and host of "In Session" on Radio Hamrah where he covers topics relevant to psychology and mental health. The show brings awareness, challenges taboos and stigmas related to mental heath, and helps promote a culture of understanding and knowledge. The program consists of several formats, including taking live callers, fireside chats, and interviews and discussions with a variety of guests.
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A careful, humane reflection on staying present while pain changes at its own pace.
Supporting someone through pain sits at the center of this episode, handled as a slow, careful practice rather than a problem to rush through. The host's strongest image is physical cold: warming someone too fast can cause harm, and emotional care can work the same way.
Dating advice that resists shortcuts.
The episode frames dating advice as something that resists shortcuts, and it keeps returning to the idea that romance can get easier without ever becoming easy.
A direct hour that links Iran's politics to the ordinary habits that can make people rigid.
The episode spends its hour on Iran, tying reported talks between Iran and the U.S. to a case for regime change and to the February 14 day of action the host says listeners can join.
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Hard conversations, patiently held, with room to laugh.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
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A psychologist shares personal opinions on the Iranian regime's oppression of its people over 47 years.
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