Archive

Freud and penis envy – a failure of courage?

Riya Yadav with a critical take on one of the psychoanalyst’s most controversial theories.

Public involvement in research – just good science

Emma Palmer-Cooper on the value of working with members of the public as more than just the subjects of research.

‘I’ve built a good mousetrap and people come to use it’

Bec Sanderson talks to social psychologist Shalom Schwartz about his life’s work on values.

‘There are key “nutrients” that can support people experiencing mental health difficulties the world over’

We meet Ross White.

Penalty shootouts – it's not a lottery!

As the England men's football team prepare for the World Cup finals in Russia, Tim Callen offers five pieces of evidence-based advice.

‘Being a sleep researcher makes you very, very boring…’

…but Vicki Culpin is far from it.

‘This early experience of being the outsider has shaped my perspective'

Joanna Wilde presents her ‘other CV’ – the personal events and motivations behind her career.

Art and science illuminating each other

Harry Farmer visits ‘Self-Impressions with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London’ at the Tate Modern.

Dr Judith Redfern (1972–2018)

An appreciation from Carrie Llewellyn and Maree Hackett.

What should we do about trauma?

Dan Johnson explores adversity in childhood.

Meeting the neighbours

Kate Johnstone watches 'Wild Wild Country' on Netflix.

R is for… Reaction time

The Psychologist A to Z continues.

Traumatic times

Leanne Haywood visits an exhibition, 'Battle Against Stigma', at QUAD, Derby.

Synchrony and the art of signalling

Jorina von Zimmermann and Daniel C. Richardson take us from fireflies to military parades.

Makes you think

Tom Farsides watches 'The Square', directed by Ruben Östlund.

The compassionate self

Assessing children’s mental health concerns

On charisma: What else?

Building rich theory piece by piece

Clutching at straws in the wind

People performing in exceptional ways

Royal Irish Academy award

A paradoxical opportunity – or just a brutal reality?

‘Online platforms give trolls a visibility and an instant hit’

No logic in Escapologic

One for the reading list

Overlapping interests in a complex and ambiguous world

Featured job – Registered Psychologists, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

Don’t throw the IAPT baby out with the bathwater!

Worboys parole case fall-out

Nothing to fear from journalists

False memories – a call for clarity

'It's not a crisis, it's a reformation'

Well-told creepy yarns

The Qur’an and mental health

Nipping anxiety in the bud

Meeting the challenge of eating disorders

Ensuring a safer world for children

Fashioning a distinguished contribution

A distinction that misses the point

How groups beat depression

In the fourth piece in our special collection on The New Psychology of Health, Tegan Cruwys considers the evidence that identifying with others is a sustainable route to wellbeing.

‘Individuals are active agents in their own environments’

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Essi Viding (University College London).

Addiction and the importance of belonging

In the third contribution to our special feature on The New Psychology of Health, Genevieve Dingle takes a social identity route in and out of substance use.

Five words that matter to psychology

Tim Lomas (University of East London) with some highlights from his new books Translating Happiness and The Happiness Dictionary. With five bonus words…

Unlocking the social cure

S. Alexander Haslam introduces a special collection with his ‘Lists for Life’: what will kill you and what will make you stronger?

Reversing the social curse

In the second article in our special collection on The New Psychology Of Health, Jolanda Jetten on when groups are disadvantaged and stigmatised.

Lean in – but how?

Michelle K. Ryan and Teri A. Kirby on why ‘Lean In’ is both an underrated and overrated phenomenon.

‘Every time I sit down with a client I’m privileged to learn something new'

Simon Whalley works as a counselling psychologist at the House Partnership. While stressing that ‘the therapy is about the client, rather than us’, he answered our questions about his life as a psychologist.

‘Coaching has great potential in the world of mental health’

Lauren Bishop on her move into ‘wellness coaching’ and what might come next.

‘Principles define you as a person’

'One on One' with Sarb Bajwa, the British Psychological Society’s new Chief Executive.

Scaffolding a stronger society

In the concluding piece in our special feature on The New Psychology of Health, Catherine Haslam on moving beyond social prescribing, by applying Groups 4 Health to unlock the social cure.

Neophilia and schizotypy

Richard Marshall (1956–2018)

Psychological expert evidence and the Parole Board

Fostering the next generation of researchers

Shadowy puppet masters or snake oil salesmen?

The psychology of food, digested

Dealing with digital data

The chimp brain takes over

Truth, lies and statistics

What would an effective mental health service look like?

Room to roam in new ToddlerLab

Featured job May 2018

Beyond non-replicability

Q is for… Quality of Life

Hearing autistic voices

President’s letter May 2018

…divorced by first light?

Winning ways

Why is our teaching still mostly white and Western?

A most sensitive and profound portrayal

Digitally submissive

Left wondering why…

Sexual assault and campus culture

Rodney Maliphant (1925–2017)

Bridging the gap between theory and practice

Hidden treasures of knowledge

Mohamed Gamal el-Din Abdelaal Khougali argues that Western psychology has much to gain by abandoning its largely Eurocentric view

My shelfie… Dr Mark Griffiths

Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Addiction, International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University.

‘…they’re grasping at life. The young person doesn’t want to die’

Alexandra Tyler meets Beverley Barclay MBE, Director of Clinical Services at the J’s Hospice in Essex, a community hospice caring for young adults with life-limiting conditions.

‘She’s afflicted by these memories… they flood her’

What’s it like to never forget? Jack Dutton investigates ‘highly superior autobiographical memory’.

Meaning in randomness

Claire Elliott considers the significance of ‘electronic voice phenomena’.

‘Surgeons are crying out for people to work with them’

Ella Rhodes speaks to Alex Clarke and Nichola Rumsey about a new special interest group in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery.

The ‘sideways lookers’

Jon Sutton listens to The Adam Buxton Podcast, along with his new BBC Radio 4 offering You’re Doing It Wrong. Plus a Q+A with Adam, and a selection from his conversation with Michael Lewis about Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.

Bringing home World War Two’s ‘awkward lot’

Clare Makepeace on the use of Civil Resettlement Units and their possible lessons for today.

Call to support in pensions dispute

New research to support those with terminal illness

Not mad, but sad

5 minutes with… Daniel Freeman

Dark peak

Mining for myths

Support for refugees and asylum seekers

Professor Martin Herbert (1933 – 2017)

P is for… positivity

Featured Job: Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, NHS Orkney

Rights and wrongs

The Psychologist VIP Programme

Room layout in therapy

'Momentous' day for campaigner

Strong vs. effective leadership

Informative rather than analytical

‘‘Small things can have a huge impact in air traffic control’

A simple truth

President’s letter April 2018

‘Round the bend’ in Kriegieland

‘We need to do more to stop talented future psychologists being filtered out early’

A brief but comprehensive overview

Lawrence Weiskrantz (1926–2018)

Anyone for a shift in consciousness? Like, now?

Derek May (1936–2018)

A missed opportunity

Prescribing a new list

Cosmological questions

‘That was all I needed. Someone believed in me’

Ian Florance meets Consultant Clinical Psychologist Fiona Kennedy.

Tone deaf?

Our editor Jon Sutton on respect and rigour in the replication debate.

The brains of experts

Merim Bilalić considers the cognitive processes behind the neuroscience.

More than frills

We spoke to Carolyn Mair, Professor of Psychology for Fashion, on the eve of the publication of her new book, 'The Psychology of Fashion' (Routledge).

‘Values provide a social glue’

We got in touch with Professor Greg Maio (University of Bath) about his new book, The Psychology of Human Values (Psychology Press).

"This incitement to 'become different' can be both thrilling and terrifying"

Our editor Jon Sutton meets social psychologist Professor Paul Stenner (Open University).

‘It’s not an easy conversation to have with a kid who thinks they’re invincible’

Dr Carla Sofka is a Professor of Social Work at Siena College, Loudonville, New York, with an interest in the role of digital and social media in supporting bereaved students. Our editor Jon Sutton asks the questions.

Moving psychology forward – with charisma

Ahead of his keynote address at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Nottingham this May, Ella Rhodes heard from John Antonakis, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of Lausanne.

Mighty oaks from acorns grow

Stella Gkika and Elaine Swift cultivate multidisciplinary trees of strength and resilience

Seeing screen time differently

Jon Sutton reports from a one-day event on research, policy and communication in a digital era.

A brief history of dyslexia

Philip Kirby on the significance of evolving views of the condition, and efforts to preserve records of them.

‘The economy was crashing, consumer confidence was at an all-time low and targets were increasing’

Declan Gaule is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society and CEO of the MFG Group, an international automotive training and consultancy business.

Feminist psychology gone missing

Fatalistic tone ultimately helps nobody

O is for… Observation

Psychologist appointed to key Welsh role

OK to be mentally ill?

Featured job: Director of Studies (Senior Management) at Metanoia Institute

An exciting time to be a psychologist?

Overexposure to cognitive tests

Standing up to shyness

"When there are people who are watching, it makes a difference"

Tricky diagnosis

Beyond expectations

Insights from across the discipline

Green Paper concerns

A step too far for teachers?

It doesn't need to be like this

President’s letter, March 2018

Sharing our science… scientifically

A 'DeStress Fest' in Leicester

Beyond binaries

Fear, confusion and dark humour

An area in dire need of critical thinking

Empathy – the magic explanatory bullet?

Professor Simon H. Haskell 1928-2018

A public and private persona

Kirsty Graham (University of York) examines the contradictions in a new documentary about Jane Goodall.

‘You can always press delete'

Should we keep playing the game of love? Hannah Potts wonders.

Good grief

What is the difference between healthy grief work and unhealthy rumination? Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut investigate.

N is for… Narcissism

The Psychologist A to Z continues.

Kindness – society’s golden chain?

Lee Rowland with an online exclusive for World Kindness Day.

Small talk saves lives

Ella Rhodes meets a psychologist behind a major Samaritans campaign.

‘I’m happy to be an academic and a psychologist committed to positive change’

Ian Florance meets Ashley Weinberg.

Stark raving normal?

Chris Timms considers historical diagnosis and the case of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery.

‘Compassion is an antidote to cruelty’

Kal Kseib meets Professor Paul Gilbert, founder of compassion-focused therapy.

Sensitive and rigorous

Forensic psychology in the dock

Behaviour change by design

Psychology for social change

Admitting failure in therapy

Creating space for mutual support

Responding to hidden hashtags

Soothing public minds

Bridging degrees of separation

Under the umbrella of psychology

President’s letter, February 2018

From openings to the power of music

Honoured psychologists

Featured job: Psychological Services Team Manager

Registered reports

New unit to inform mental health policy

A good investment return

Two reflections on the blackest of mirrors

Why emotional experiences get better with age

Gloria Luong goes in pursuit of happiness.

The thwarted genius within

Chartered Psychologist Nancy Doyle on her input to BBC Two's 'Employable Me'.

East meets West at the edge of the ocean

Lucas Richert on the Esalen Institute, pioneer of the human potential movement.

‘Let’s confront the challenge of addiction together’

Caomhán McGlinchey with a personal take on problematic drinking and his route out of it.

M is for… Mundane

The Psychologist A to Z continues.

‘People need a period of stability, otherwise they may actively resist beneficial change’

From compassion fatigue and burnout to resilience – Gail Kinman takes Lance Workman through her work as an occupational health psychologist.

Tackling sexual violence at universities

Graham Towl argues for urgent action.

A new age for psychology?

Ella Rhodes reports on developments in the 'replication debate'.

‘Adventure is an important part of being human’

Jon Sutton hears from Eric Brymer about a new book, Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience.

'I did something difficult and courageous in writing the book'

We speak to Sathnam Sanghera, author of The Boy With The Topknot, a touching, humorous and emotional rites-of-passage memoir about a second generation Indian growing up in Britain, and the mental health secrets he discovers in his family.

Understated and rewarding

Trauma knows no boundaries

Coalition on male issues

President’s letter January 2018

‘See the great picture, and don’t get lost in the daily tasks’

Suicidality – what is ‘help’?

‘Surely there’s room for more diverse approaches in our discipline’

Positive effects of supervision

Seeing is believing

John Booth Davies 1944-2017

Nicholas James Moffat (1952–2017)

Some very interesting questions

Bringing the healthy workplace into the heart of government

Keeping up to date

Man and woman intertwined

Changing behaviours

Behind the scenes of psychology

High-flying award

Deeply murky waters