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One on one… Kristina Xavier

We dip into the Society member database and pick out Kristina Xavier, Clinical Psychologist & Integrative Nutrition Health Coach at Kristina Xavier Clinical Psychology & Coaching.

‘I’ve become increasingly interested in cultural differences’

Lance Workman interviews Peter K. Smith about his research on play and bullying.

Mental health and alcohol use – a chicken and egg problem

Daren Lee argues that for those who use alcohol to cope with distress, the landscape of mental health provision and its opaque exclusion criteria can be disorientating.

Scraps from the table?

An early career researcher shares experiences in the neoliberal Higher Education institutional setting.

Demystifying attachment

Robbie Duschinsky with part of an untold story.

‘Dehumanisation paves the way for the very worst things…'

David Livingstone Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and is a campaigner for social equality, having spoken at a G20 summit about dehumanisation. David’s latest book On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It, published by Oxford University Press, is out now. Harriet Over, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of York, asked David about the book.

The hidden life of a Top Boy

Ron Dodzro, who identifies as Black man, a Clinical Psychologist in Training and a lover of UK rap, looks to the genre to make sense of the hidden aspects of gang-affiliated violence.

Pathways to Psychology Part Two: What next?

Madeleine Pownall and Ian Florance with follow-up stories from the next generation.

Keeping it neutral: conducting research on immigration detention

Jake Hollis speaks to those detained at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in Scotland.

In a different timeworld

Steve Taylor seeks to make sense of time expansion experiences.

‘I realised I should put more trust in myself’

Georgia Dunning with her personal reflections on an undergraduate professional placement in a Clinical Neuropsychology Service.

‘I tend to deal with unconventional clients’

Ian Florance interviews Lindsay Wilkinson, who works primarily in the area of personality disorders. Among other subjects, Lindsay discusses her transition from the NHS to private practice and her route into psychology.

‘How is your parents’ relationship?’

Dr Camilla Rosan and Patrick Myers both support parents in reducing conflict and improving outcomes for children. Here they interview each other on the context of their work, their aims for the future, and the challenges in reducing inter-parental conflict.

What do we mean by ‘catch up’?

From the Editor, April 2021

Super Ted’s circle of ‘we’

What’s up with everyone?

Featured Job: Multiple posts - Clinical Psychologist / Principal Psychologist / Consultant Neuropsychologist

Work experience for psychology students

‘Representation and methodology need to change’

Morag MacLean 1955-2020

The next generation of Psychologists will lose

Growing influence

Not a good look?

Maximum Headroom

Margaret Donaldson 1926-2020

The function of dissociation

BPS 2021 Conference

Journeys of discovery

Has method become a tyrant?

Professor Denis Hilton 1955-2021

‘People give their best to leaders who have their back'

Spearman Medal is retired

From the President, April 2021

‘What will we do when she doesn’t recognise us?’

Getting to the core of the issue

Continued resilience in the face of adversity

Vegan choices

Pathways to Psychology, Part one: Why psychology?

Madeleine Pownall and Ian Florance introduce stories from the next generation.

What Very Important thing have you lost or found on your psychology journey?

The winning answers to our latest question for our Voices In Psychology programme, identifying and nurturing new writing talent…

‘There are no good options’

We hear from psychologists finding themselves in the firing line on Covid information and response.

Changed at a stroke

Frances L. Vaughan on writing with stroke survivor Jody Mardula.

‘The aim of the game is to support kids’

Dr Rob Webster on working with schools to maximise the impact of teaching assistants on outcomes in children with special educational needs. As told to Annie Brookman-Byrne.

Sound of mind

Jackson Musker on six mental health podcasts for psychologists (and anyone, really).

Find the river: On loss, living, and love

Dr Nick Little, Clinical Psychologist, on a year of national tragedy, played out in small, personal vignettes.

‘We’ve got vacancies, and we’re missing out on the right people’

Catherine Dooley and Hannah Farndon introduce new advice on best practice in Psychology recruitment.

Dropping my mask

Eloise experiments with mindfulness to find her authentic, autistic self.

One on one… with Dr Cerith Waters

We dip into the Society member database and pick out Dr Cerith Waters, Clinical Lead Psychologist for Perinatal Mental Health Services in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University.

‘The buried emotional tangle in the rag and bone shop’

Veronica O’Keane, Professor of Psychiatry and practising Consultant Psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin, has her first trade book out now with Allen Lane: ‘The Rag and Bone Shop: How We Make Memories and Memories Make us’. Our editor Jon Sutton fired her some questions.

Joining the dance

Lucie Clements wonders why there aren’t more applied psychologists working with dancers.

From the President, March 2021

The crucial role of exercise psychologists

Right time to remember the forgotten epidemic

Telling a human story

Drawing inspiration

'Bring an end to the inhuman disregard…'

From the Editor, March 2021

Public health pitfalls in a vegan future?

Life in the labyrinth

Chris Mawson 1953-2020

And, but, therefore and more

Featured job: Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, and others

From sparklers to schizophrenia

Educational psychology in Scotland: We travel in hope

Zangwill’s contribution

'We should, as a profession, be siding with the dispossessed’

Ian Florance interviews Rachel Tribe, an occupational and counselling psychologist who is, among other roles, Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of East London.

Changing ideologies and the role of the educational psychologist

Lorna Selfe on a career spent swimming against the tide of segregation.

Valuing early career psychologists

Daniel Yon offers concrete suggestions for supporting and valuing early career researchers in psychology.

Psychoeducation doesn’t have to be boring

Fiona Zandt on creative ways to help children and families understand anxiety.

The Rorschach Test at 100

The Executive Board of the British Rorschach Society – Kari Carstairs, Justine McCarthy Woods, Marc Desautels and Kevin Lambe – trace the history of the often controversial test in this country, and provide an outline of its use today.

‘Careers are squiggly’

Ella Rhodes, Jon Sutton and Annie Brookman-Byrne report from the British Psychological Society’s Careers in Psychology online event.

AWEsome work

Anna Sutton on promoting Authenticity to enhance Well-being and Engagement at work.

Words which can catch a wolf

Fears of child sexual abuse are on the rise in the digital era, with the internet providing a perfect playground for predators. But could technology also be the solution? Talia Gilbey writes.

The harmonic healing houses of Turkey

Asude Ucal revisits the Darüsiffas.

The art of negotiation

Emma Young digests the research.

Mirroring the game of life

Keeping up with the psychology of the pandemic

Actions speak louder than words

Orchestra wins impact award

Seven psychologists honoured in new year list

A treat for the senses

A candid look at exploited, vulnerable lives

‘Things were now differently different’

Professor Maria Gilbert 1938-2020

Engaging with climate change

Relationship status: It’s complicated

Finding light in the darkness

Vegan in a non-vegan world

A different kind of speciesism

Conducting quality research

One on one… with Dr Tendayi Viki

The nuances of language

Dr Richard 'Dick' Mein 1927–2020

Demystifying learning

From the President, February 2021

'How is a man supposed to be a man?'

Editorial, February 2021

William M. Cheyne 1938-2020

The four Ns of meat justification

Jared Piazza on psychological barriers to becoming and staying vegan.

The father of British neuropsychology

Barbara A. Wilson on Oliver Zangwill.

‘Vegan’: Recent word, ancient ideas

Matthew Ruby and Tani Khara on the power and status of plant-based diets in different cultural contexts.

Steakholders

An extract from ‘Why We Love and Exploit Animals: Bridging Insights from Academia and Advocacy’ edited by Kirstof Dhont and Gordon Hodson, published by Routledge. This chapter was written by Tobias Leenaert.

Challenging boundaries of work space

Emma Young digests the latest research on working from home during Covid-19.

On ‘meatheads’ and ‘soy boys’

Alina Salmen and Kristof Dhont on the gendered nature of meat consumption and veganism.

‘Trying to change the world on my own would not work’

When Ian Florance asked him for an interview, Lawrence Moulin gave two reasons for agreeing: he wanted to talk about ‘how psychology can be applied in interesting places such as the Department of Health’; and to tell undergraduates who are, like him, from less ‘prestigious’ backgrounds, that they too can have a place in the profession.

The shift to sustainable diets

Richard Carmichael works on behaviour change, public engagement and policy for Net Zero. He tells us how food policy can help us reach climate goals.

Foundations for the best start in life

Ella Rhodes on a new British Psychological Society report on supporting children and families.

The distance between us

Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart on how society ‘helps’ us to rationalise the exploitation of other animals, giving us a ‘licence to harm’.

Let’s meat!

Charlotte De Backer with a history of meat consumption, and how a simple choice to eat or not eat meat can complicate our social lives

Covid’s impact on research and mental health

‘Your ghosts follow you’

Featured Job, January 2021: Associate Psychologists

An antidote to the orthodoxy

Support for psychology researchers during the pandemic

Supporting men with breast cancer

‘A person with a learning disability is a person first’

A new hope for mental health in Northern Ireland

ESRC impact awards

Can you cultivate serendipity?

Want and buy less

'It’s a kind of social meteorite'

On, of and for the brain

A plea to hear each other

From the President, January 2021

One on One… Sheila Ufot

Disclosing derogation and disregard

Updates from the British Psychological Society’s Policy team

A chess game between genius and madness