Sarah Watts
@sarahwattsnhs.bsky.social
Clinical Director at MPFT Talking Therapies,
Programme Director PG Dip CBT at Keele and Staffs Universities
Programme Director PG Dip CBT at Keele and Staffs Universities
It’s set up day! Looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies Annual Midsummer Conference in Stafford tomorrow
June 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s set up day! Looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies Annual Midsummer Conference in Stafford tomorrow
Day made yesterday by a beautiful gift. Never underestimate how much it means to others when you take the time to say thank you 😊
March 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Day made yesterday by a beautiful gift. Never underestimate how much it means to others when you take the time to say thank you 😊
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'February' by Ruby Silvious, visual artist and graphic designer, whose recent work includes experimenting on recycled and found materials, including tea-bags #womensart
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
'February' by Ruby Silvious, visual artist and graphic designer, whose recent work includes experimenting on recycled and found materials, including tea-bags #womensart
Couldn’t have been more proud today as we welcomed Prof David Clark (National Talking Therapies team) and Anne Oyewole (NHS Head of Digital Innovation) to Staffordshire to discuss our winning Trailblazer Digital Innovation bid!
January 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Couldn’t have been more proud today as we welcomed Prof David Clark (National Talking Therapies team) and Anne Oyewole (NHS Head of Digital Innovation) to Staffordshire to discuss our winning Trailblazer Digital Innovation bid!
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Benvenuto, Lewis!
January 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Benvenuto, Lewis!
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Turn automatic news updates off. You don’t need it flashing on your phone. Your inbuilt threat response needs a rest.
January 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Turn automatic news updates off. You don’t need it flashing on your phone. Your inbuilt threat response needs a rest.
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A quiet morning doodling - so many beautiful trees and skies at this time of year …
January 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A quiet morning doodling - so many beautiful trees and skies at this time of year …
People who know how to keep communicating and build bridges when there is conflict should be leaders. Jumping straight to ‘you’re/I’m all bad’ or ‘you’re/I’m perfect’ needs to be unpicked more often. We’re all good and bad at different times. The challenge is accepting that.
January 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
People who know how to keep communicating and build bridges when there is conflict should be leaders. Jumping straight to ‘you’re/I’m all bad’ or ‘you’re/I’m perfect’ needs to be unpicked more often. We’re all good and bad at different times. The challenge is accepting that.
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January 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Know someone who’s dreading 2025? Please don’t wait for them to reach out. Instead ‘reach in’ to them. It may be hard to do, but also the most important conversation for both of you. Asking if they’ve seen the StayingSafe.net website is a gentle way to introduce a #SafetyPlan to help them stay safer
January 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Know someone who’s dreading 2025? Please don’t wait for them to reach out. Instead ‘reach in’ to them. It may be hard to do, but also the most important conversation for both of you. Asking if they’ve seen the StayingSafe.net website is a gentle way to introduce a #SafetyPlan to help them stay safer
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"Busyness" is an affliction for many of us. It often fulfils a deep need but means no time for things that really matter to us. We can make 2025 the year when, individually & collectively, we're less "busy". See: medtrics.org/why-do-we-al... by Dalia Oufi. Art: Liana Finck via adamgrant.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Busyness" is an affliction for many of us. It often fulfils a deep need but means no time for things that really matter to us. We can make 2025 the year when, individually & collectively, we're less "busy". See: medtrics.org/why-do-we-al... by Dalia Oufi. Art: Liana Finck via adamgrant.bsky.social
I’ve been a bit quiet on here, mainly because I’ve been fortunate enough to spend most of December in #Australia
What an amazing adventure and met some wonderful people on the way.
Bit of a shock returning to UK temperatures today though! 🥶
What an amazing adventure and met some wonderful people on the way.
Bit of a shock returning to UK temperatures today though! 🥶
January 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I’ve been a bit quiet on here, mainly because I’ve been fortunate enough to spend most of December in #Australia
What an amazing adventure and met some wonderful people on the way.
Bit of a shock returning to UK temperatures today though! 🥶
What an amazing adventure and met some wonderful people on the way.
Bit of a shock returning to UK temperatures today though! 🥶
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Do you support anyone who is dreading Christmas?
It’s a difficult time of year for many. Safety Plans can equip people to know how to deal with their distress more safely
•Self-help strategies
•Making their situation safer (reducing access to means)
•Support incl crisis 24/7
See StayingSafe.net
It’s a difficult time of year for many. Safety Plans can equip people to know how to deal with their distress more safely
•Self-help strategies
•Making their situation safer (reducing access to means)
•Support incl crisis 24/7
See StayingSafe.net
December 19, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Do you support anyone who is dreading Christmas?
It’s a difficult time of year for many. Safety Plans can equip people to know how to deal with their distress more safely
•Self-help strategies
•Making their situation safer (reducing access to means)
•Support incl crisis 24/7
See StayingSafe.net
It’s a difficult time of year for many. Safety Plans can equip people to know how to deal with their distress more safely
•Self-help strategies
•Making their situation safer (reducing access to means)
•Support incl crisis 24/7
See StayingSafe.net
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📣 📣 NEW StayingSafe.net safety planning website
•Easy navigation
•Contemporary look
•New interactive Safety Plan
•Safety Plan headings in first person
•Enhanced ideas for 'Making my situation safer' and 'Things to distract me'
•Option to add timeframe for activities
•New logo
Please help to share 🙏🏼
•Easy navigation
•Contemporary look
•New interactive Safety Plan
•Safety Plan headings in first person
•Enhanced ideas for 'Making my situation safer' and 'Things to distract me'
•Option to add timeframe for activities
•New logo
Please help to share 🙏🏼
December 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
📣 📣 NEW StayingSafe.net safety planning website
•Easy navigation
•Contemporary look
•New interactive Safety Plan
•Safety Plan headings in first person
•Enhanced ideas for 'Making my situation safer' and 'Things to distract me'
•Option to add timeframe for activities
•New logo
Please help to share 🙏🏼
•Easy navigation
•Contemporary look
•New interactive Safety Plan
•Safety Plan headings in first person
•Enhanced ideas for 'Making my situation safer' and 'Things to distract me'
•Option to add timeframe for activities
•New logo
Please help to share 🙏🏼
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BCP New FirstView paper: Imagery-based cognitive therapy to reduce emotional dysregulation and mood instability in bipolar disorder: a case-series study
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 28, 2024 at 6:38 PM
BCP New FirstView paper: Imagery-based cognitive therapy to reduce emotional dysregulation and mood instability in bipolar disorder: a case-series study
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Welcome to WA on Bluesky as requested by you xx
'Breathing Space'
by Janis Goodman
'Breathing Space'
by Janis Goodman
November 24, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Welcome to WA on Bluesky as requested by you xx
'Breathing Space'
by Janis Goodman
'Breathing Space'
by Janis Goodman
Wishing a warm and dry evening to all the sports supporters who braved the late shift on the sidelines today, in the dark, cold, wind and wet.. 🏑
November 23, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Wishing a warm and dry evening to all the sports supporters who braved the late shift on the sidelines today, in the dark, cold, wind and wet.. 🏑
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Safety Plans should be like fingerprints - bespoke and unique to each person:
•Not a one size fits all
•Coproduced with trust and compassion
•May look simple but include actions to safely navigate distress and suicidal thoughts
Don’t have one? StayingSafe.net can help you make your own #SafetyPlan
•Not a one size fits all
•Coproduced with trust and compassion
•May look simple but include actions to safely navigate distress and suicidal thoughts
Don’t have one? StayingSafe.net can help you make your own #SafetyPlan
November 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Safety Plans should be like fingerprints - bespoke and unique to each person:
•Not a one size fits all
•Coproduced with trust and compassion
•May look simple but include actions to safely navigate distress and suicidal thoughts
Don’t have one? StayingSafe.net can help you make your own #SafetyPlan
•Not a one size fits all
•Coproduced with trust and compassion
•May look simple but include actions to safely navigate distress and suicidal thoughts
Don’t have one? StayingSafe.net can help you make your own #SafetyPlan
Shout out to the #barbers who spotted a frazzled mum, quietly switched the booming background music to jazz and handed me a fantastic cup of coffee for a 20 min time out while my son’s hair was cut today! #gratitude
November 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Shout out to the #barbers who spotted a frazzled mum, quietly switched the booming background music to jazz and handed me a fantastic cup of coffee for a 20 min time out while my son’s hair was cut today! #gratitude
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
Great to get our #leadership team together today to focus on leading with #compassion and how we strengthen our key #relationships and #communication at work.
November 15, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Great to get our #leadership team together today to focus on leading with #compassion and how we strengthen our key #relationships and #communication at work.
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Assisted Dying Bill 29 November will be a free vote.
Kim Leadbetter assures us that there will be the strictest safeguards , and refers to the Oregon Bill.
It won’t be immune to “progressive normalisation”.
I’m concerned that coercion, and its motives, remains difficult to prove.
shorturl.at/baNsq
Kim Leadbetter assures us that there will be the strictest safeguards , and refers to the Oregon Bill.
It won’t be immune to “progressive normalisation”.
I’m concerned that coercion, and its motives, remains difficult to prove.
shorturl.at/baNsq
November 12, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Assisted Dying Bill 29 November will be a free vote.
Kim Leadbetter assures us that there will be the strictest safeguards , and refers to the Oregon Bill.
It won’t be immune to “progressive normalisation”.
I’m concerned that coercion, and its motives, remains difficult to prove.
shorturl.at/baNsq
Kim Leadbetter assures us that there will be the strictest safeguards , and refers to the Oregon Bill.
It won’t be immune to “progressive normalisation”.
I’m concerned that coercion, and its motives, remains difficult to prove.
shorturl.at/baNsq
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only when it's dark can you see the stars
💕🌟🕊
photo:- steve jurvetson (by permission)
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photo:- steve jurvetson (by permission)
November 11, 2024 at 6:13 PM
only when it's dark can you see the stars
💕🌟🕊
photo:- steve jurvetson (by permission)
💕🌟🕊
photo:- steve jurvetson (by permission)
November 11, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Lovely weekend in Norfolk with some long walks under beautiful skies.
August 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Lovely weekend in Norfolk with some long walks under beautiful skies.