The SelfWork Podcast

Margaret Robinson Rutherford

Booking Overview

This is a psychologist-hosted mental health show focused on depression, emotional fitness, therapy, and practical self-help, with mostly solo episodes supplemented by interviews with established clinicians, authors, and subject-matter experts. Credible pitches include licensed psychologists, therapists, trauma and CBT specialists, and authors with evidence-based mental health expertise; booking difficulty is medium because the show accepts relevant professional experts but features guests with substantial credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 564

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 6.0k subscribers

Instagram: 11.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

askdrmargaret@drmargaretrutherford.com

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Host

Margaret Robinson Rutherford - Psychologist with more than 30 years of clinical experience, TEDx speaker, and author of Perfectly Hidden Depression.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Licensed mental health professionals, psychologists, therapists, clinical specialists, authors, and experts with demonstrable expertise in evidence-based treatment or emotional well-being.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Established clinical practice, Specialized therapeutic expertise, Professional teaching or training

Recent Guest Discussions

Nick Wignall - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy And Sleep Compression As A Treatment Approach For Insomnia.

Nick Wignall - Emotional Fitness, Personal Agency, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, And Sleep Compression For Insomnia.

Laurel Parnell - EMDR Therapy, Trauma, Emotional Emptiness, Grief, And Healing From Unloving Relationships.

Recent Topics

Mental Health, Depression, Psychotherapy, Trauma, Anxiety

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The SelfWork Podcast

514 SelfWork: Three Essential Questions to Identify Your Role Model

September 04, 2026

Today I'm focusing on three role models in my own life and the questions you can ask to help you identify your own.Who are they? Dolly Parton. Maya Angelou. And a woman named "Snooky."How does someone become a role model for you?Someone in your life may know that you look up to them, that you want to emulate them in some way.Others role models will never know it. You simply know of them. Or you’ve read their writings. Heard their songs. Watched them from afar.This episode will hel...

513 SelfWork: Inside A Psych Ward: A New Book by JaKob Williams, Chock Full of Nuts

August 28, 2026

You may never have been on the inside of a psych ward. In his new book, JaKob Williams takes you there.Or at least, he takes you to his version of a residential psych ward.He's an interesting guy. Brilliant. Sarcastic. Successful. Driven. Creative. Funny.And he has bipolar disorder, which sometimes gets the better of him. He becomes manic, and even psychotic. As he says..."You talk about PHD. Perfectly hidden depression. I'm POM. Perfectly obvious mania."Order The Perfectly Hi...

512 SelfWork: CBT for Insomnia and Its 100% Effective Cure: Dr. Nick Wignall

August 21, 2026

Dr. Nick Wignall continues as Dr. Margaret's guest this week, as we switch from focusing on emotional fitness to the 100% effective CBT tool for curing insomnia, called sleep compression.It's hard to believe that in ten years of doing SelfWork, I don't remember an episode where we were focusing on insomnia, although I hear about it on a regular basis all the time. We've talked about "sleep disturbance" frequently in the context of classic depression, bipolar disorder, ...

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