Mental health practitioner, researcher, TEDx speaker, teacher & creator of Thriving Futures. Passionate about all things mental health & trauma informed care.
Wirral, England
Joined October 2012
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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay tomorrow, but it's just 1 day where we're encouraged to talk. If you're looking to understand &/or want to know how to foster good MH (for all but esp for those with #ACEs), have a watch of my Ted talk. youtube.com/watch?v=Yxmzjpp9β¦
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Enough is enough. It's time to turn anger into action.
Join the campaign to fight the cost-of-living crisis.
wesayenough.co.uk
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The wonderful Mark Thomas verbally crucifying Johnson at this graduation ceremony
To mark the end of Pride month and show solidarity with #MickLynch and #RMTstrikes - this seemed more than appropriate. youtu.be/wFgT7eQRjeI via @YouTube
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250+ mass shootings in the US alone, and a womanβs body is more regulated than a gun. get fucking real.
Can't work out whether my physical health is bad because my mental health has deteriorated, or it's the other way round π€. Either way, struggling with both and it's pants!!
This is why we should support strikes. People striking are losing several day's pay at a time when they can I'll afford to, in order to push for basic rights which ultimately effect everybody. United we stand - this is a collective message we should all be sending.
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Absolutely here for #MickLynch content. He knows his stuff and he's holding no prisoners. Bravo sir, bravo - just keep on doing what you're doing and exposing the utter nonsense we are fed by our so called journalists.
So that's a 6,000 word qualitative research (PhD) proposal and a 3,000 case conceptualisation submitted within a week. Whoever decided to do a masters and a post grad diploma at the same time as working full time can't have been very bright π€
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This is Olaf. He just saw you pour milk into the bowl before the cereal. Thinks a little bit differently of you now. 13/10
ALT the right profile of a white great pyrenees. his upper lip is caught on his gums, and his lower lip droops down at the back, making for one very disgusted snarl
ALT a white great pyrenees wearing a very disgusted look on his face angles his snout toward you but looks away with his eyes, unwilling to make eye contact after seeing what you just did
I've seen this lots of times before but I could watch on repeat for hours and it wouldn't get old! Love it.
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#research geeks - a question for you. Do I include references for my appendix within the main references, or do I do a separate mini appendix reference? Instinct tells me the first option π€
In DBT (therapy for emotion dysregulation) we have a thing called chain analysis that we do to help clients understand what causes self harm/ suicidal urges) and how to break the chain. Tonight I've been struggling with own emotions & urges. Not a single solitary clue why.
Nasty migraine that doesn't help but I'm used to. Can't be a 'now' emotion because nothing to cause extreme anxiety and shut down. Definitely a 'past' trigger but can't work out what. #cPTSD is frustrating.
On + side, found stripping wallpaper v therapeutic. Who knew?
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Here is an updated version of my drawing of @KimSGolding pyramid of need. This one showing that these elements are not necessarily sequential stages. Some may be needed before others, though some people can engage in therapy without the things underneath...
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I visited a medium secure unit yesterday and asked the psychologist there if he does therapy. He showed me this framework by @KimSGolding. I thought it was such a good way of showing the different intervention needs that come before therapy that I decided to draw it...
