Last time I saw my CPN I was blonde and no tattoos. When we meet for a joint psychologist assessment, I’ll have pink hair and fresh tattoos.

You wouldn’t think this would be an issue but now Im having to consider how to explain neither were impulsive choices and neither were signs of MH decline 😑

Are we about to answer some of the biggest questions about dreaming?

A new paper describes an organisational effort to point us in the right direction, potentially supercharging dream research: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

BACP make announcement regarding the removal of their Chair and Deputy Chair following a forensic audit. Both were found to be exceeding the expenses allowance.

#ethics #bacp

youtu.be/5mq2zvCxe_g?si

Oh the irony of sitting down to write in my BACP accreditation application about how I follow the ethical code of conduct just as news breaks that the Chair and Deputy Chair have been caught fiddling expense.

#TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky

Adhd is remembering you need to send a birthday card 1 month before the date and waiting.

Then remembering you didnt flipping send one when you see the birthday messages on social media 🫠

#ADHD is also having their birthday on all the calendars you own; digital and paper 👍🏻

Can behavioural programmes reduce partner abuse by people with mental illness or substance use problems? https://buff.ly/4eEHYg6

Today is the beginning of #16DaysOfActivism2024. To mark the occasion we have Vishal Bhavsar exploring the effectiveness of interventions for perpetrators of IPV.

Extraordinary to hear this from the GMC who have done nothing but accelerate this waste

What to do if a client is dissatisfied…
Casper Koene on 'when things go wrong', in a chapter from the 2nd edition of 'Ethics for European Psychologists' (Hogrefe Publishing).
Repost for your chance to win a copy.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Slightly different but our brains will dull or numb us, if it feels threatened. You can white knuckle psychotherapy but there’s no guarantee you’re experiencing the full emotional spectrum or thats its not just a rollercoaster of emotional defences - to which meds can stabilise.

Normally it's @psychtoday.bsky.social with the most stigmatising articles on BPD but here's
@verywellmindset.bsky.social with an expose on "Why people with BPD tend to lie"

www.verywellmind.com/link-between....

New report advises mental health support for 'incels'.

@joewhittaker.bsky.social

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Tell me about your #psychresearch ☺️

For my masters, I am building on my bsc dissertation and exploring more factors in psychological help seeking behaviours and attitudes.

#psychcommunity #psychology #research #students

Submitted my #dclinpsy application last night. It has been a completely different emotional experience to last year.

More anxious but perhaps more of a feeling that it is real. I want to succeed but success would come with massive changes and that brings some anxiety.

Anyone else?