The Psychologist, September 2021
Conversations on class
Conversations on class
Getting through a potentially traumatic event
Annie Brookman-Byrne reports from BPS Conference 2021.
Featured job: Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Autism Diagnostic Service
Employer: Questa Psychological Services.
Editorial, September 2021
Jon Sutton introduces the September edition.
At the coal face
Tom Elliot writes.
Social identity in poverty
Jim Wood writes.
From the Psychologist and Digest Editorial Advisory Committee
…with extra online comment from the Managing Editor.
Assorted aphorisms and slogans
Thoughts from David Clarke (full online version).
From our new President
Katherine Carpenter, plus more news from the AGM of the British Psychological Society.
One on one… with Katherine Carpenter
Clinical Neuropsychologist and new President of the British Psychological Society.
Eerie and captivating
The Mirror Trap, at Edinburgh Science Festival, reviewed by Harry Clark.
‘Why aren’t there more of us?'
Nina Higson-Sweeney, a psychology PhD student of mixed heritage, discusses her podcast series Black Future Dr with Associate Editor Chrissie Fitch.
PsyPAG becomes official BPS group
Ella Rhodes reports.
Internet-mediated research
Updated ethical guidelines.
Forensic psychology - revised qualification launch
New qualification from the British Psychological Society.
Principles for interviewing
Ella Rhodes reports.
Changing humanity for the greater good
New strategic plan from the British Psychological Society.
Making work healthier
Ella Rhodes reports.
The right track… for some
Ella Rhodes reports.
Let the children play
Research on the importance of play, digested.
Forbidden histories
Callum E. Cooper interviews Andreas Sommer (pictured) on the importance of historical awareness for psychology.
‘With AI, we’re amplifying the powers of the clinician'
Dr Ross Harper on his journey to CEO for Limbic, providing AI software for mental healthcare.
Neuroscience and Buddhism come together
Neurodharma (Rider) by Rick Hanson, reviewed by Dr Marilyn Aitkenhead.
The importance of friends
'Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships' by Robin Dunbar (Little Brown), reviewed by Talia Drew.
Resisting psychology’s boxes
'Selfless: A Psychologist’s journey through identity and social class' by Geoffrey Beattie (Routledge), reviewed by Dr Laura Kilby.
‘Intercultural competence is a very important part of psychological literacy’
'Intercultural Competence for College and University Students: A Global Guide for Employability and Social Change' by Dr Caprice Lantz-Deaton and Professor Irina Golubeva is out now. Jon Sutton asked Caprice some questions about the book.
‘Never feel confined by methodologies or disciplines'
Ian Florance interviews Jovan Byford, a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University.
Decolonising psychological science: encounters and cartographies of resistance
Luis Gómez-Ordóñez, Glenn Adams, Kopano Ratele, Shahnaaz Suffla, Garth Stevens and Geetha Reddy engage the decolonial project that Dr Deanne Bell outlined in these pages last year.
Exploring novel approaches to youth mental health
Lawrence Howells turns to health and emotion.
Conversations on class
Ella Rhodes and Annie Brookman-Byrne talk to psychologists about its impact.
Mirroring alcohol's complex images
Dominic Conroy watches Another Round, directed by Thomas Vinterburg.
Should class be a protected characteristic?
Ella Rhodes reports from a discussion at BPS Conference 2021.
The unique needs of female veterans
Ella Rhodes reports from a keynote by Professor Dominic Murphy at BPS Conference 2021.
When is knowledge power? When is ignorance bliss?
Ella Rhodes reports from a keynote by Professor Cass Sunstein at BPS Conference 2021.
Outspoken advocate for wellbeing
Jon Sutton reports from a keynote by Professor Carol Ryff at BPS Conference 2021.
The digital age, robot kids, and conversion therapy
Reports from three keynote presentations in the Student Stream of BPS Conference 2021, beginning with Alice Sims, Deputy Chair, BPS Student Committee, on Dr Amy Orben’s.
Following, listening, or genuinely engaging?
Our editor Jon Sutton reports from BPS Conference 2021, with a symposium featuring psychologists who have been a part of the UK pandemic response.
A healthy community
Ella Rhodes and Jon Sutton with some highlights from the annual conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology.
'Anything but the eyes'
Why do so many people refuse to donate their corneas when they die? An exhibition of artworks by psychologist Dr Jennie Jewitt-Harris explores the question.
Empathy training: valuable enterprise, or basic misunderstanding?
Chris Timms argues for a different view.
‘The person becomes the universe of exploration’
Astrid Coxon meets Jonathan A. Smith, recipient of an Honorary Fellowship of the BPS, best known for his development of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
‘They had embodied a narrative’
Our editor Jon Sutton hears from Suzanne O’Sullivan about her new book, 'The Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories of Mystery Illness' (Pan Macmillan).
‘Sometimes the whole room morphs into a different place’
Lee Jones discusses Charles Bonnet Syndrome, and lockdowns, with Keith Valentine and Judith Potts.
The justice system is failing victims and survivors of sexual violence
Tammi Walker, Alison Foster, Rabiya Majeed-Ariss and Miranda Horvath on a role for psychologists in improving processes and protection around rape cases.