The Psychologist, July 2018
Windows on our inner and outer worlds
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Windows on our inner and outer worlds
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Windows on our inner and outer worlds
How do psychologists’ own artistic creations reflect their internal lives and approach to the stuff of therapy? Christina Richards introduces several musings on the writers’ own works, in a variety of artistic media. Includes online extras.
Featured Job: July 2018
Senior and Basic Grade Clinical / Educational Psychologists Senior Grade Clinical / Counselling Psychologist Basic Grade Clinical / Educational Psychologist at the Brothers of Charity Services Ireland.
Asking vital but troubling questions
The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Mental Health by Bruce M.Z. Cohen (Ed.) (Routledge; Hb £165.00, reviewed by Paul Moloney.
‘They tried to paint me into a corner, where I didn’t belong’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen.
A book that shaped me… with Thomas Calvard
We hear from the organisational psychologist at the University of Edinburgh.
My shelfie… Binna Kandola OBE
What's on his shelf?
New thoughts on thinking
We meet Cecilia Heyes.
It’s not what you learn – it’s how you learn!
'The Learning Power Approach: Teaching Learners to Teach Themselves' by Guy Claxton (Crown House; Pb £18.99), reviewed by Emeritus Professor Irvine Gersch.
Headstart to happiness
'The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course' by Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee & George Ward (Princeton University Press; Hb £27.00), reviewed by Vanessa Griffin.
Reasons to love the F-word
Simon Baron-Cohen reviews a graphic offering on forgiveness by Masi Noor & Marina Cantacuzino; art by Sophie Standing (Singing Dragon; Hb £9.99).
S is for… stress
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
Three
…winning entries in our annual poetry competition.
Finding Fanon
Sally Marlow reviews IN/DI/VISIBLE at the Bethlem Gallery.
Harmonics of the mind
Alexandra Lautarescu ‘explores psychedelia’ at a Senscapes event at King’s College London Chapel.
Adversity as a causal mechanism
John Marshall responds to a recent article.
Contradictory priorities
Lauren Bishop on public health.
Different questions need different answers
A response to recent concerns over qualitative research.
The space for therapy
Terry Birchmore writes.
Getting women on board
Ella Rhodes reports.
‘We want to help break that cycle of homelessness’
Ella Rhodes reports.
Royal College award
…for psychologist Karyn McCluskey. Ella Rhodes reports.
Minding work absence
Free online toolkit launched.
Images of research
Psychology dominates photo competition.
A colourful life, an inspiration, and living legend
Andrew Wickens (University of Central Lancashire) marks a centenary for Brenda Milner.
Overrated: Self-management
Karen Rodham argues that an empowering idea is yet to translate into practice; before turning her attention to the 'underrated' nature of face-to-face therapeutic interaction.
‘The needs of the walking wounded are being ignored’
We meet Dr Priyanka Pradhan.
Living a dual life
Ian Florance meets Dr Philippa East.
‘I was told “we don’t use psychologists here – we have our friends and we have the pub”’
Hilary Cahalane has set up her own private clinical practice in Prague.
From the 2018 Annual Conference
A round-up of reports.
Neuropsychological impairments that everybody has
Robert McIntosh and Sergio Della Sala on quality science and 'sonic attacks' in Cuba, previewing a forthcoming letter in the Journal of Neurology.
Professor Ian Robbins 1953-2018
Dr Sarah Finnis with a tribute.