The Psychologist, March 2021
Lost
Lost
Dropping my mask
Eloise experiments with mindfulness to find her authentic, autistic self.
‘We’ve got vacancies, and we’re missing out on the right people’
Catherine Dooley and Hannah Farndon introduce new advice on best practice in Psychology recruitment.
And, but, therefore and more
'Telling Science Stories: Reporting, Crafting and Editing for Journalists and Scientists' (Routledge) by Martin W. Angler, reviewed by Annie Brookman-Byrne.
‘The aim of the game is to support kids’
Dr Rob Webster on working with schools to maximise the impact of teaching assistants on outcomes in children with special educational needs. As told to Annie Brookman-Byrne.
From the Editor, March 2021
Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
Drawing inspiration
Dr Emma Hepburn, AKA thepsychologymum, recognised with 'Points of Light' award. Ella Rhodes reports.
‘There are no good options’
We hear from psychologists finding themselves in the firing line on Covid information and response.
The crucial role of exercise psychologists
Shaween Amin writes.
From the President, March 2021
The latest from Dr Hazel McLaughlin.
‘The buried emotional tangle in the rag and bone shop’
Veronica O’Keane, Professor of Psychiatry and practising Consultant Psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin, has her first trade book out now with Allen Lane: ‘The Rag and Bone Shop: How We Make Memories and Memories Make us’. Our editor Jon Sutton fired her some questions.
Zangwill’s contribution
Frederic Stansfield with a response to Barbara Wilson's article.
Educational psychology in Scotland: We travel in hope
Aicha Reid and Martin Gemmell with a letter from our March edition.
Featured job: Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, and others
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
Sound of mind
Jackson Musker on six mental health podcasts for psychologists (and anyone, really).
Life in the labyrinth
Candice Williams and Sarah Beadle, trainee clinical psychologists at the University of Hertfordshire, discuss their podcast series, Life in the Labyrinth, with Associate Editor Chrissie Fitch.
Changed at a stroke
Frances L. Vaughan on writing with stroke survivor Jody Mardula.
Right time to remember the forgotten epidemic
Jose Catalan and Damien Ridge watch Channel 4's 'It's a Sin'.
Lost
Psychologist Hugo Spiers introduces chats with five authors of popular books on the topic of finding and losing your way…
What Very Important thing have you lost or found on your psychology journey?
The winning answers to our latest question for our Voices In Psychology programme, identifying and nurturing new writing talent…
Pathways to Psychology, Part one: Why psychology?
Madeleine Pownall and Ian Florance introduce stories from the next generation.
Joining the dance
Lucie Clements wonders why there aren’t more applied psychologists working with dancers.
One on one… with Dr Cerith Waters
We dip into the Society member database and pick out Dr Cerith Waters, Clinical Lead Psychologist for Perinatal Mental Health Services in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University.
From sparklers to schizophrenia
Pre-university psychology students came together for a day of inspiring talks from all areas of the discipline at the British Psychological Society’s recent ‘Your Future in Psychology’ event. Ella Rhodes was there to report.
Find the river: On loss, living, and love
Dr Nick Little, Clinical Psychologist, on a year of national tragedy, played out in small, personal vignettes.
Chris Mawson 1953-2020
A tribute by Dr Wendy Brown.
Public health pitfalls in a vegan future?
Leigh Gibson with a response to our January collection.
'Bring an end to the inhuman disregard…'
The treatment of refugees violates Human Rights, dehumanizes refugees and endangers European values and security, argue a group of psychologists in an open letter.
Telling a human story
Nancy Doyle reviews 'The Pattern Seekers' by Simon Baron-Cohen (Allen Lane).