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Can we all be superheroes?

Can we all be superheroes?

What do superheroes mean to us and who can identify with them? John McGowan is joined by Clinical Psychologists Lauren Bryan, Gina Harwood and Alan Hebben-Wadey to talk about superheroes. […]

3rd September 20223rd September 2022 Comment, Culture, PodcastLeave a Comment on Can we all be superheroes?
The Mindfulness Maze

The Mindfulness Maze

There is so much mindfulness about it can be hard to choose a way forward. Sarah Strohmaier investigates how you can develop a practice that’s right for you. During these […]

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My Lawyer is a Real Terrier

My Lawyer is a Real Terrier

Psychologist Liz Spruin talks about dogs as supporters of vulnerable people in the justice system Recently we’ve been having a few public lectures and today we’re putting one of those […]

27th January 202027th January 2020 Comment, PodcastLeave a Comment on My Lawyer is a Real Terrier
How to be a blues buster!

How to be a blues buster!

Blue Monday cheer-up tips are glib argues John McGowan, so what do you say when you’re asked for some? “But I’m quite sure that you’ll tell me, just how I […]

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Reflecting the variety of life

Reflecting the variety of life

Some of our Clinical Trainees reflect on the experience of difference and diversity in Clinical Psychology Training. Diversity and representativeness are something that gets talked about quite a bit in […]

15th January 202015th January 2020 Comment, PodcastLeave a Comment on Reflecting the variety of life
Psychiatry: Neither a magic bullet nor a simple target

Psychiatry: Neither a magic bullet nor a simple target

Medical approaches to mental health often seem under fire. Huw Green reviews a spirited defence of a medically oriented psychiatry. The Medical Model in Mental Health: An Explanation and Evaluation […]

23rd September 2019 Comment1 Comment on Psychiatry: Neither a magic bullet nor a simple target
Is it time to make peace with voices?

Is it time to make peace with voices?

Rufus May tries talking talking respectfully to our demons A woman I know hears voices.  She approached me for help because she was finding one of them very distressing. Angry […]

11th September 2019 Comment, Guest Post4 Comments on Is it time to make peace with voices?

‘Young, British and Depressed’, trainee’s documentary aired on Channel 4

Sanah Ahsan, currently on the 2nd year of the Doctorate, has made a film for the documentary series Dispatches on Channel 4 called “Young, British and Depressed”.  It was screened […]

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Transforming Children’s Mental Health: An Open Letter to Theresa May

Transforming Children’s Mental Health: An Open Letter to Theresa May

The Prime Minister wants to use the last weeks of her premiership to tackle children’s mental health. Can she avoid the mistakes of the past? Trish Joscelyne offers some advice. […]

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