Alex Preston
@alxprestoncbt.bsky.social
Course Clinical Lead for the high intensity CBT PGDip over Keele and Staffordshire Universities. Accredited CBT therapist and frequent cyclist. Really big chap in real life.
Spent last night operating a massive Minotaur puppet. Not the strangest Saturday night I've ever had but it's in the top five.
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Spent last night operating a massive Minotaur puppet. Not the strangest Saturday night I've ever had but it's in the top five.
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
Social Phobia skills day on the Keele CBT PGDip tomorrow. Time to break out these bad boys for teaching, i hope everyone likes them! #cbtworks
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Social Phobia skills day on the Keele CBT PGDip tomorrow. Time to break out these bad boys for teaching, i hope everyone likes them! #cbtworks
My friend has moved to Oz from the UK. This means that the content of his messages largely have these kinds of images now.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My friend has moved to Oz from the UK. This means that the content of his messages largely have these kinds of images now.
@gozwift.bsky.social i was expecting a full Zwift bike and turbo setup today. The controller and turbo arrived fine but the Bike was delivered and signed for at a completely different address. It's a massive package, wtf is your delivery company playing at? The bike has effectively been stolen.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@gozwift.bsky.social i was expecting a full Zwift bike and turbo setup today. The controller and turbo arrived fine but the Bike was delivered and signed for at a completely different address. It's a massive package, wtf is your delivery company playing at? The bike has effectively been stolen.
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t'publican is the owner of Wagon and Horses in Yorkshire. Ne bother as long as thee keep thee Whippet under control.
t'mild is never on offer.
t'mild is never on offer.
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
t'publican is the owner of Wagon and Horses in Yorkshire. Ne bother as long as thee keep thee Whippet under control.
t'mild is never on offer.
t'mild is never on offer.
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Humility is often mentioned as 𝘢𝘯 important quality in a therapist, but given its impact on the other virtues, it might be 𝘵𝘩𝘦 most important quality in a therapist.
From Here to Humility
Guest post by @bitesizetherapy.bsky.social on the foundational importance of humility in psychotherapy
At every stage, a clinician must be willing to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/from-here-...
Guest post by @bitesizetherapy.bsky.social on the foundational importance of humility in psychotherapy
At every stage, a clinician must be willing to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/from-here-...
From Here to Humility
At every stage, a clinician must be willing to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers
www.psychiatrymargins.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Humility is often mentioned as 𝘢𝘯 important quality in a therapist, but given its impact on the other virtues, it might be 𝘵𝘩𝘦 most important quality in a therapist.
One day without moisturising and fake tan!
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One day without moisturising and fake tan!
I've just watched 'Longlegs'. Which given the actual film's content, was marketed really poorly.
Possibly one of the best 'creepy' films I've watched for a long time without the overt need to rely on jump scares. Highly recommended for Halloween.
Possibly one of the best 'creepy' films I've watched for a long time without the overt need to rely on jump scares. Highly recommended for Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I've just watched 'Longlegs'. Which given the actual film's content, was marketed really poorly.
Possibly one of the best 'creepy' films I've watched for a long time without the overt need to rely on jump scares. Highly recommended for Halloween.
Possibly one of the best 'creepy' films I've watched for a long time without the overt need to rely on jump scares. Highly recommended for Halloween.
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Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
Can you fully trust someone who's never had a curry? (Apart from this sounding like OneShow segment - i think it's a valid question). The lack of curiosity and tolerance that this would necessitate, just in culinary terms is astonishing.
I shall start working on a Curry Focused CBT protocol (CFCBT)
I shall start working on a Curry Focused CBT protocol (CFCBT)
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Can you fully trust someone who's never had a curry? (Apart from this sounding like OneShow segment - i think it's a valid question). The lack of curiosity and tolerance that this would necessitate, just in culinary terms is astonishing.
I shall start working on a Curry Focused CBT protocol (CFCBT)
I shall start working on a Curry Focused CBT protocol (CFCBT)
I saw this and felt similar. It's never a good thing for our quite broken prison system to permit something like this to happen (10 years in Forensic NHS).
That said, given that it has happened, I hope there is something salvaged by his victims knowing that he is no longer a threat or has any power.
That said, given that it has happened, I hope there is something salvaged by his victims knowing that he is no longer a threat or has any power.
Not going to applaud a murder but I doubt anyone will mourn this disgusting man. I hope his victims find peace. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two men arrested after Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies in prison attack
A 25-year-old and 43-year-old held on suspicion of murder of musician, 48, who was serving 29 years for child sex offences
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I saw this and felt similar. It's never a good thing for our quite broken prison system to permit something like this to happen (10 years in Forensic NHS).
That said, given that it has happened, I hope there is something salvaged by his victims knowing that he is no longer a threat or has any power.
That said, given that it has happened, I hope there is something salvaged by his victims knowing that he is no longer a threat or has any power.
Just snagged myself a little treat for next weekend. Front row seats at a @robinince.bsky.social gig. The perfect antidote to an autumnal lull.
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just snagged myself a little treat for next weekend. Front row seats at a @robinince.bsky.social gig. The perfect antidote to an autumnal lull.
Well CBT Blue Sky, it's finally happened, I'm teaching a new cohort of high intensity trainees that contains individuals too young to know who Columbo is.
It's a sad day indeed. Thoughts and prayers.
#onemorething
It's a sad day indeed. Thoughts and prayers.
#onemorething
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Well CBT Blue Sky, it's finally happened, I'm teaching a new cohort of high intensity trainees that contains individuals too young to know who Columbo is.
It's a sad day indeed. Thoughts and prayers.
#onemorething
It's a sad day indeed. Thoughts and prayers.
#onemorething
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October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One of my favourite Bowie songs
Just the still frame does not really do it justice though.
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Music Video) [4K Upgrade]
YouTube video by David Bowie
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October 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One of my favourite Bowie songs
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Dr. Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park has died. She was 91.
📷️: Getty
Dr. Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park has died. She was 91.
📷️: Getty
October 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Dr. Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park has died. She was 91.
📷️: Getty
Dr. Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park has died. She was 91.
📷️: Getty
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I spotted a difference between Donald Trump and his audience yesterday:
October 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I spotted a difference between Donald Trump and his audience yesterday:
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
Wow, amazing stuff from the Red Roses in the rugby world cup. Something to be so proud of and an in-person attendance that is the second highest (both men & women) ever. Inspirational.
September 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wow, amazing stuff from the Red Roses in the rugby world cup. Something to be so proud of and an in-person attendance that is the second highest (both men & women) ever. Inspirational.
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Today in Psychology (27th September 1913), Albert Ellis was born. A hugely influential psychotherapist, Ellis is renowned for developing rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT).
#psychotherapy #psychology #PsychologyStudent #PsychologyMajor
#psychotherapy #psychology #PsychologyStudent #PsychologyMajor
Psychology Classics
Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology by Albert Ellis
allaboutpsychology.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Today in Psychology (27th September 1913), Albert Ellis was born. A hugely influential psychotherapist, Ellis is renowned for developing rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT).
#psychotherapy #psychology #PsychologyStudent #PsychologyMajor
#psychotherapy #psychology #PsychologyStudent #PsychologyMajor
If you've ever known or cared for anyone that experienced this catastrophically cruel disease, you'll know how much this means.
September 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you've ever known or cared for anyone that experienced this catastrophically cruel disease, you'll know how much this means.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My word, this is fantastic news!
My word, this is fantastic news!
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My word, this is fantastic news!
My word, this is fantastic news!
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Best advice I never took was when I was 30 and on a massive career fast-track: You cannot cuddle with your career on a lonely night when your life is on the decline. Invest as much time on love and family. Sounded twee then. At 62 and near retirement, I now know it's 100% true.
September 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Best advice I never took was when I was 30 and on a massive career fast-track: You cannot cuddle with your career on a lonely night when your life is on the decline. Invest as much time on love and family. Sounded twee then. At 62 and near retirement, I now know it's 100% true.