The Psychologist, February 2022

‘The Act of Living: What the Great Psychologists Can Teach Us About Surviving Discontent in an Age of Anxiety’ is the latest book from psychologist and author Frank Tallis. Alison Torn (Leeds Trinity University) asks the questions.

Ella Rhodes reports.

Ella Rhodes reports on an inquiry into indeterminate sentences for public protection.

Ella Rhodes reports.

Dr Lucy Foulkes, honorary lecturer at UCL and Senior Research Fellow at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, is hosting a British Psychological Society webinar on social media, and whether it is actually bad for adolescent mental health.

Ella Rhodes reports on an open letter to the 'new Facebook'.

Three honoured in new year list: Ella Rhodes reports.

Bernie Graham visits The Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum.

Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.

Sandie Hobley with a response to recent pieces.

Mike Innes follows up recent coverage.

Claire Forkes writes.

Madeleine Pownall and Carina Hoerst with a letter from our February issue.

Jeffrey Karp, Psy.D., argues for a transtheoretical approach to conceptualisation.

Professor Thomas Dixon and Professor John Geddes in conversation over a new Bodleian exhibition.

'When they came for me: The hidden diary of an apartheid prisoner' by John R. Schlapobersky, reviewed by Dr Libby Nugent.

'Stories Changing Lives: Narratives and Paths towards Social Change', Edited by Corinne Squire (Oxford, University Press), reviewed by Kesi Mahendran, Sue Nieland, Anthony English and Nicola Magnusson all within the Public Dialogue Psychology Collaboratory, Open Psychology Research Centre, The Open University.

We dip into the Society member database and pick out…Dr Kanthi Hettigoda, Lieutenant Commander Clinical Psychologist, Sri Lanka Navy / Kotelawala Defence University Hospital.

Elissa Epel and Elizabeth Ozer with their reflections.

Angharad Rudkin writes practical books for the public, as well as contributing as an ‘agony aunt’ for the Metro newspaper. Our editor Jon Sutton asked her about it.

A tribute from her husband, Nigel Roberts.

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling and more.

Melanie Dawn Douglass studied evolutionary psychology and animal behaviour as an undergraduate before pursuing forensic psychology. She now lectures at York St John University. She talked to Ian Florance about studying in Canada and Scotland, the links between evolutionary and forensic psychology, and life as a researcher/lecturer.

Jonathan Gottschall on the Heider-Simmel experiment as an illustration of the story paradox.

Astrid Coxon meets Victoria Clarke and Virginia Braun, to hear about using thematic analysis.

Caroline Clare with her experience of implementing shared psychology case formulations for staff in a high dependency rehabilitation unit for adult males, and feedback from some of the service users who were involved.

Emma Young digests the research on conversations.

New global guidelines aim to bolster the reliability of intelligence and prevent torture. Dr Kai Li Chung discusses them with forensic psychologist Professor Ray Bull, who helped develop them.

Phil Banyard, Head of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, author of over 20 psychology textbooks, and former Chief A-level Psychology Examiner, retires in June 2021. Here, Professor Belinda Winder talks with Phil about his life and times as he embarks upon the Vitus Emeritus.