The Psychologist, April 2021

Robbie Duschinsky with part of an untold story.

Dr Rose Capdevila is Senior Lecturer at The Open University, and Chair of the BPS Psychology of Women & Equalities Section (POWES). For International Women’s Day, Deputy Editor Dr Annie Brookman-Byrne asks the questions.

Employer: The Disabilities Trust

Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.

Simon Brampton with a response to our January issue.

Steve Flatt and Catherine Lido with a letter from our April issue.

The latest from Dr Hazel McLaughlin.

British Psychological Society response to concerns over the award.

Jonathan Livingstone on a potential barrier to the profession.

This year's online event.

New BBC resource.

Ella Rhodes reports on activity from the British Psychological Society's Policy team.

Ella Rhodes reports.

Ella Rhodes reports on a new collaboration between psychologists and Aardman Animation.

Ella Rhodes hears from psychologists on the school return.

Like Water (balletblack.co.uk) reviewed by Joh Foster.

Mother (www.motherdocumentary.com) reviewed by Catherine Loveday.

Madeleine Pownall and Ian Florance with follow-up stories from the next generation.

'Leader: Know, love and inspire your people' by Katy Granville-Chapman and Emmie Bidston (Crown House Publishing) is out now. Annie Brookman-Byrne asked Katy and Emmie about the book.

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (One World; £14.99); reviewed by Talia Drew.

'The Truth about Trauma and Dissociation' by Valerie Sinason (Confer Books; £12.99); reviewed by April Mangion.

David Livingstone Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and is a campaigner for social equality, having spoken at a G20 summit about dehumanisation. David’s latest book On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It, published by Oxford University Press, is out now. Harriet Over, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of York, asked David about the book.

Luna Centifanti on the valuing of academic work, and plans at the University of Liverpool.

An early career researcher shares experiences in the neoliberal Higher Education institutional setting.

As the second series begins filming, Melissa Marselle revisits Ted Lasso – which some are calling perfect lockdown viewing…

We dip into the Society member database and pick out Kristina Xavier, Clinical Psychologist & Integrative Nutrition Health Coach at Kristina Xavier Clinical Psychology & Coaching.

Ian Florance interviews Lindsay Wilkinson, who works primarily in the area of personality disorders. Among other subjects, Lindsay discusses her transition from the NHS to private practice and her route into psychology.

Steve Taylor seeks to make sense of time expansion experiences.

Our journalist Ella Rhodes considers the cyclical nature of life, both the more literal and the metaphorical.

Mark McDermott (University of East London) with a tribute.

Ron Dodzro, who identifies as Black man, a Clinical Psychologist in Training and a lover of UK rap, looks to the genre to make sense of the hidden aspects of gang-affiliated violence.

A tribute.

Adrian Skinner on the Society's Memory-Based Evidence Task and Finish Group, with a response from the Chair of the Research Board.

An appreciation by her colleagues and former students of Oxford Brookes University.

Daren Lee argues that for those who use alcohol to cope with distress, the landscape of mental health provision and its opaque exclusion criteria can be disorientating.

Lance Workman interviews Peter K. Smith about his research on play and bullying.

Dr Camilla Rosan and Patrick Myers both support parents in reducing conflict and improving outcomes for children. Here they interview each other on the context of their work, their aims for the future, and the challenges in reducing inter-parental conflict.

Georgia Dunning with her personal reflections on an undergraduate professional placement in a Clinical Neuropsychology Service.

Jake Hollis speaks to those detained at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in Scotland.