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People with psychosis can heal by rebuilding their life stories

Author: Editorial 2nd May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Henry R. Cowan has been published on the Psyche website. Although it uses the scientifically meaningless term “schizophrenia”, it nonetheless has valuable things to say. It begins: “What would you say if I asked you to tell the story…
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Henry R. Cowan, insight therapy, narrative identity, narrative structure, personal narrative, Psyche, psychology, psychosis, psychotherapy, schizophrenia

The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves

Author: Editorial 11th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. James Hollis. The publishers say: “The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves explores the need to know ourselves more deeply, and the many obstacles that stand in our way. The various chapters illustrate internal obstacles…
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books, Carl Jung, depth psychology, James Hollis, meaning, mythology, personal narrative, philosophy, Psyche, psychoanalysis, psychology, spirituality

“I’m Normal” and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

Author: Editorial 10th November 2021 0 Comments

This article – subtitled “Why we are misled by statistics” – has been written by Dr. Steven C. Hayes and published in Psychology Today. It begins: “Our minds think in terms of categories and concepts. It comes easy to us. It’s…
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abnormality, averages, depression, ergodic theorem, New Approaches, normality, psychology, Psychology Today, statistics, Steven C. Hayes

Be gone Mr Pearson’s correlations coefficient! – Statistics and the Dead Poet’s Society

Author: Editorial 21st June 2021 0 Comments

This blog post comes from Renée Spencer, a community mental health practitioner with experience and training in teaching, counseling, art therapy, and psychology. It begins: “‘Rip, Rip, Rip … this is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your heart…
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Culture & Society, Dead Poet’s Society, psychology, Renée Spencer, statistics

Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth/Healing the Mind

Author: Editorial 7th January 2021 0 Comments

This book has been edited by Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes and Allen D. Kanner. The publishers say: “This pathfinding collection has become a seminal text for the burgeoning ecopsychology movement, which has brought key new insights to environmentalism and revolutionized…
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Allen Kanner, books, Ecopsychology, environmentalism, Mary Gomes, psychology, Theodore Roszak, wellbeing

Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Making Sense of People’s Problems

Author: Editorial 31st August 2020 0 Comments

This book has been co-edited by Lucy Johnstone and Rudi Dallos. It contains an overview of many different models of formulation. The publishers say: “The first edition of Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy caught the wave of growing interest in formulation in a…
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books, counseling, counselling, formulation, Lucy Johnstone, psychology, psychotherapy, Rudi Dallos, team formulation

Clinical psychologists’ use of transformative models of psychosis

Author: Editorial 24th July 2020 0 Comments

“Evidence suggests that some ‘psychotic’ crises, whilst painful, can also be transformative, leading to personal growth and valued outcomes.” This research paper has been published in Counselling & Psychotherapy and co-authored by Dr. Anne Cooke and Dr. Caroline Brett. The abstract says:…
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Anne Cooke, Caroline Brett, psychology, psychosis, psychotherapy, Research, schizotypy

Europe’s first Urban Psychology Summit heralded great success

Author: Editorial 16th July 2020 0 Comments

“We know more about what makes a good habitat for mountain gorillas than we do about living in our own cities” Danish architect Jan Gehl Chris Murray reports for the Urban Psyche website: “CITY, PSYCHOLOGY, PLACE: AN URBAN PSYCHOLOGY SUMMIT The global…
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Chris Murray, psychology, urban design, urban planning, Urban Psyche

The New Laws of Psychology: Why Nature and Nurture Alone Can’t Explain Human Behaviour

Author: Editorial 9th July 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say: “This controversial new book describes how human behaviour – thoughts, emotions, actions and mental health – can be largely explained if we understand how people make sense of their…
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books, diagnostic labelling, model of mental well-being, Peter Kinderman, psychology, wellbeing

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Author: Editorial 15th May 2020 0 Comments

“The happy city, the green city and the low-carbon city are the same place, and we can all help build it.” More than 80% of the population in England (and more than 50% globally) now live in urban environments. In…
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books, Charles Montgomery, cities, city greening, neuroscience, psychology, urban design, wellbeing