Dr Mick Doyle
@mickdoyle.bsky.social
Educational Psychologist | Co Editor for EPRaP | UEL Alum🤘| Former SEMH lead | Former secondary teacher | MSc mental health psych | BSc Psych
Research interests related to teacher wellbeing, DA and the role of the EP in supporting LGBTQIA+ equality
Research interests related to teacher wellbeing, DA and the role of the EP in supporting LGBTQIA+ equality
I bought a tiny microphone, why? I’m not sure, Yet! But I’m hoping to do something creative and useful…
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I bought a tiny microphone, why? I’m not sure, Yet! But I’m hoping to do something creative and useful…
Feel like I’ve dressed as someone cosplaying as a psychologist today… I didn’t bring a cigar.
October 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Feel like I’ve dressed as someone cosplaying as a psychologist today… I didn’t bring a cigar.
Love the autumn but sad that this might be the last bunch of cut dahlias from the garden - I will make an extra effort to enjoy them while report writing (sorry can’t visit this week, I need to look at my flowers 👀)
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Love the autumn but sad that this might be the last bunch of cut dahlias from the garden - I will make an extra effort to enjoy them while report writing (sorry can’t visit this week, I need to look at my flowers 👀)
(1/7) I’m delighted to share an article co-authored with Dr Lucy Browne, published in this month’s Educational and Child Psychology. Our study explored teachers’ views on peer supervision, its role in CPD, and its impact on wellbeing. explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpse... Key insights below:
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
(1/7) I’m delighted to share an article co-authored with Dr Lucy Browne, published in this month’s Educational and Child Psychology. Our study explored teachers’ views on peer supervision, its role in CPD, and its impact on wellbeing. explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpse... Key insights below:
I spent quite a lot of time with a YP today being redirected towards the question of whether a drinking straw had one or two holes. I was very much ‘team one hole’ before the visit but I’m not really sure now. It was a wonderful insight into his worldview but I’m now having an ontological crisis.
September 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I spent quite a lot of time with a YP today being redirected towards the question of whether a drinking straw had one or two holes. I was very much ‘team one hole’ before the visit but I’m not really sure now. It was a wonderful insight into his worldview but I’m now having an ontological crisis.
Reposted by Dr Mick Doyle
I wrote something - kinda a rambling of various thoughts after an...interesting article in iPaper last week
TLDR - We need to extend systems thinking to our own profession. We're too small to be divided. We need diverse voice at media and policy level
#edpsychs
www.linkedin.com/pulse/thinki...
TLDR - We need to extend systems thinking to our own profession. We're too small to be divided. We need diverse voice at media and policy level
#edpsychs
www.linkedin.com/pulse/thinki...
Thinking holistically needs to extend to our own profession too
So, I said I would come back to this article and post shared by the DECP and therefore I probably should. You can see a paywall free version of the article here.
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August 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote something - kinda a rambling of various thoughts after an...interesting article in iPaper last week
TLDR - We need to extend systems thinking to our own profession. We're too small to be divided. We need diverse voice at media and policy level
#edpsychs
www.linkedin.com/pulse/thinki...
TLDR - We need to extend systems thinking to our own profession. We're too small to be divided. We need diverse voice at media and policy level
#edpsychs
www.linkedin.com/pulse/thinki...
I’ve been introducing different models of supervision to a group of SENCOs and only armoured with a baggie of different everyday objects, I was pleasantly surprised how rich the reflections were / what meaning was uncovered while using the IMAGO model of supervision. #edpsychs
May 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’ve been introducing different models of supervision to a group of SENCOs and only armoured with a baggie of different everyday objects, I was pleasantly surprised how rich the reflections were / what meaning was uncovered while using the IMAGO model of supervision. #edpsychs
Reposted by Dr Mick Doyle
🌟New blog and a call to action
Claire (PEP) has been appointed to the DfE's 'SEND Inclusion in Education Expert Group'
Claire's discusses the group's work and invites EPs and schools to showcase work to support inclusion in mainstream schools.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/ed...
#edpsychs
Claire (PEP) has been appointed to the DfE's 'SEND Inclusion in Education Expert Group'
Claire's discusses the group's work and invites EPs and schools to showcase work to support inclusion in mainstream schools.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/ed...
#edpsychs
Educational psychology and the evidence for inclusion in practice - edpsy.org.uk
The Department for Education, in setting out inclusive education as a national priority and a shared responsibility, has established a...
edpsy.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🌟New blog and a call to action
Claire (PEP) has been appointed to the DfE's 'SEND Inclusion in Education Expert Group'
Claire's discusses the group's work and invites EPs and schools to showcase work to support inclusion in mainstream schools.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/ed...
#edpsychs
Claire (PEP) has been appointed to the DfE's 'SEND Inclusion in Education Expert Group'
Claire's discusses the group's work and invites EPs and schools to showcase work to support inclusion in mainstream schools.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/ed...
#edpsychs
Me completing the little woodland walk needed to get back to my car after visiting a fully outdoor kintergarden set in woodland surrounded by bluebells. The person-centred meeting took place in a Wigwam. Wonderful morning. #edpsychs
April 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Me completing the little woodland walk needed to get back to my car after visiting a fully outdoor kintergarden set in woodland surrounded by bluebells. The person-centred meeting took place in a Wigwam. Wonderful morning. #edpsychs
The latest issue of EPRaP is out and it is an absolute humdinger! Thank you to all of the authors and contributors. Definitely a few papers I’m going to check out over the (it can’t come soon enough) long bank holiday weekend. #edpsychs
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The latest issue of EPRaP is out and it is an absolute humdinger! Thank you to all of the authors and contributors. Definitely a few papers I’m going to check out over the (it can’t come soon enough) long bank holiday weekend. #edpsychs
Really interesting read that acknowledges the current uncertainty/contrasting views within the EP community, emphasising the importance for EPs to reflect on their knowledge, competency/fluency when supporting gender diverse CYP…
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‘A Professional Obligation’ Exploring Current Practices of Educational Psychologists with gender diverse children and young people in the UK, a new paper in ECP based on |Gracie New-Brown's thesis. explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsecp
blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025...
blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025...
‘A Professional Obligation’ Exploring Current Practices of Educational Psychologists with gender diverse children and young people in the UK | University of Southampton Educational Psychology researc...
blog.soton.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Really interesting read that acknowledges the current uncertainty/contrasting views within the EP community, emphasising the importance for EPs to reflect on their knowledge, competency/fluency when supporting gender diverse CYP…
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Really enjoyed the LGBTQ+ History month panel event @waterstones Piccadilly last week. It was really interesting to hear William Hussey, Cynthia So, and Simon James Green, discuss the themes within their work and the importance of LGBTQ+ representation within YA love stories.
February 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Really enjoyed the LGBTQ+ History month panel event @waterstones Piccadilly last week. It was really interesting to hear William Hussey, Cynthia So, and Simon James Green, discuss the themes within their work and the importance of LGBTQ+ representation within YA love stories.
As #LGBtplusHM enters its final week, I wanted to reshare my lit review on Bluesky ‘A Critical Review of the Role of #edpsychs engaging with Young People Who Identify as Transgender in the UK’ which can be found in vol 9(1) of @uel-eprap.bksy.social
repository.uel.ac.uk/download/b50...
#queersky
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#queersky
February 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As #LGBtplusHM enters its final week, I wanted to reshare my lit review on Bluesky ‘A Critical Review of the Role of #edpsychs engaging with Young People Who Identify as Transgender in the UK’ which can be found in vol 9(1) of @uel-eprap.bksy.social
repository.uel.ac.uk/download/b50...
#queersky
repository.uel.ac.uk/download/b50...
#queersky
Lovely to be back at UEL to deliver some input regarding group supervision to a fabulous bunch of Year 3 trainee educational psychologists, discuss current projects @westsussex-eps.bsky.social , and share my research regarding teacher experiences of peer supervision. #edpsychs
February 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Lovely to be back at UEL to deliver some input regarding group supervision to a fabulous bunch of Year 3 trainee educational psychologists, discuss current projects @westsussex-eps.bsky.social , and share my research regarding teacher experiences of peer supervision. #edpsychs
January 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A memorable day with amazing people, celebrating the completion of my professional doctorate in Child and Educational Psychology. Thank you to everyone who supported me along the way!
January 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A memorable day with amazing people, celebrating the completion of my professional doctorate in Child and Educational Psychology. Thank you to everyone who supported me along the way!
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Great to see the empirical paper from Lizi Atkinson's thesis published here in the Journal of Autism and Autism Disorder 👏 Atkinson, E., Wright, S. & Wood-Downie, H. “Do My Friends Only Like the School Me or the True Me?”: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
“Do My Friends Only Like the School Me or the True Me?”: School Belonging, Camouflaging, and Anxiety in Autistic Students - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
The prevalence of autistic students in schools is continuously increasing. Typically, the social and sensory differences associated with autism can make the school environment difficult to manage. Aut...
doi.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great to see the empirical paper from Lizi Atkinson's thesis published here in the Journal of Autism and Autism Disorder 👏 Atkinson, E., Wright, S. & Wood-Downie, H. “Do My Friends Only Like the School Me or the True Me?”: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
If you have a moment, take a look at the most recent issue of Educational Psychology Research and Practice. The 10th volume of the open access periodical focuses on global psychology topics that will certainly be of interest to the #edpsychs and #edusky communities.
repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8yvv8
repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8yvv8
December 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
If you have a moment, take a look at the most recent issue of Educational Psychology Research and Practice. The 10th volume of the open access periodical focuses on global psychology topics that will certainly be of interest to the #edpsychs and #edusky communities.
repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8yvv8
repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8yvv8
My most rewarding day as an #edpsychs yet. A person-centred assessment that opened up new wonderings/ felt like an intervention followed by a rich picture/situation summary for a secondary school to map provisions for ‘disengaged students’. Lots of new thinking and transformative conversations.
December 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
My most rewarding day as an #edpsychs yet. A person-centred assessment that opened up new wonderings/ felt like an intervention followed by a rich picture/situation summary for a secondary school to map provisions for ‘disengaged students’. Lots of new thinking and transformative conversations.
During an observation, “You look like Harry Kane” [mixed feelings]. Then during some pupil voice regulated with some balloon keepy-uppies, “you’re definitely not Harry Kane” [mixed feelings]. Might need to unpack this in supervision….
December 5, 2024 at 1:44 PM
During an observation, “You look like Harry Kane” [mixed feelings]. Then during some pupil voice regulated with some balloon keepy-uppies, “you’re definitely not Harry Kane” [mixed feelings]. Might need to unpack this in supervision….
Reposted by Dr Mick Doyle
We've officially joined Bluesky! Follow and connect with us #EdPsychs #BlueskyEPs
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 PM
We've officially joined Bluesky! Follow and connect with us #EdPsychs #BlueskyEPs
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Our letter expressing concern about the Cass Review was signed by over 200 educational psychologists across all stages of their careers, from across the UK.
It's on it's way to The Right Honourable Bridget Phillipson and Pink News covered it here:
www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/12/e...
#edpsychs
It's on it's way to The Right Honourable Bridget Phillipson and Pink News covered it here:
www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/12/e...
#edpsychs
Concerns over Cass Review raised by more than 200 educational psychologists
More than 200 educational psychologists have signed an open letter expressing concerns about the findings of the Cass Review.
www.thepinknews.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Our letter expressing concern about the Cass Review was signed by over 200 educational psychologists across all stages of their careers, from across the UK.
It's on it's way to The Right Honourable Bridget Phillipson and Pink News covered it here:
www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/12/e...
#edpsychs
It's on it's way to The Right Honourable Bridget Phillipson and Pink News covered it here:
www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/12/e...
#edpsychs
I haven’t had an eye test for 6 years.. based on my experience of the world my eyesight seemed fine… turns out those pesky positivist optometrist tests say my eyesight is in fact, not fine 🤷♂️. So here I am, round frames and tweed, further leaning into the stereotype. Happy Friday everyone #edpsychs
November 8, 2024 at 3:23 PM
I haven’t had an eye test for 6 years.. based on my experience of the world my eyesight seemed fine… turns out those pesky positivist optometrist tests say my eyesight is in fact, not fine 🤷♂️. So here I am, round frames and tweed, further leaning into the stereotype. Happy Friday everyone #edpsychs
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1/ Today is #PansPandasAwarenessDay
These conditions can several effect a child's life, and yet remain poorly understood.
Tina from PANS PANDAS UK writes our latest blog, about these conditions, education and a hopeful future.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/un...
#edpsychs
These conditions can several effect a child's life, and yet remain poorly understood.
Tina from PANS PANDAS UK writes our latest blog, about these conditions, education and a hopeful future.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/un...
#edpsychs
Understanding PANS and PANDAS - edpsy.org.uk
When a child or young person develops PANS or PANDAS, it can be challenging and isolating. For families, the situation...
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October 9, 2024 at 8:48 AM
1/ Today is #PansPandasAwarenessDay
These conditions can several effect a child's life, and yet remain poorly understood.
Tina from PANS PANDAS UK writes our latest blog, about these conditions, education and a hopeful future.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/un...
#edpsychs
These conditions can several effect a child's life, and yet remain poorly understood.
Tina from PANS PANDAS UK writes our latest blog, about these conditions, education and a hopeful future.
Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/un...
#edpsychs