The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 20hAnother busy week! Explore via www.bps.org.uk/psychologist or in The Psychologist app. 042
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 20h‘You have shown me the power of reciprocal trust and care…’ Chartered Psychologist Lyndsey Hayes @cpsychol20lh.bsky.social with ‘My letter to my students’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘You have shown me the power of reciprocal trust and care’ | BPSChartered Psychologist Lyndsey Hayes with ‘My letter to my students’. 022
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22hFinding a sense of self when living with cancer… Chartered Psychologist Dr Yi-Ling Lai, winner of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Presidents’ Award 2024, on a study of coaching conversations at cancer support charity @fountaincentre.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukFinding a sense of self when living with cancer | BPSChartered Psychologist Dr Yi-Ling Lai, winner of the British Psychological Society’s Presidents’ Award 2024, on a study of coaching conversations at a cancer support charity. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 23h‘These experiences do not describe the whole of who you are’ Dr Marwa Abbas with ‘My letter to’… a PhD supervisor. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘These experiences do not describe the whole of who you are’ | BPSDr Marwa Abbas with ‘My letter to’… a PhD supervisor. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026To love, to lose, to keep going… Clinical Psychologist Dr Matilda West pens an open thank you letter to a former client. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukTo love, to lose, to keep going | BPSClinical Psychologist Dr Matilda West pens an open thank you letter to a former client. 032
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wonder if this 'Top Three' is fixed for the rest of the year now… I think well done @mickcooper77.bsky.social in particular on this... 100
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Neurodiversity and sleep… From David Grant, author of ‘That's the Way I Think: An Exploration of Neurodiversity’ (4th ed., @routledgebooks.bsky.social). www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukNeurodiversity and sleep | BPSDavid Grant, author of ‘That's the Way I Think: An Exploration of Neurodiversity’ (4th ed., Routledge). 040
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We've made a few changes to The Psychologist app - update now via your store. Complete access for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members via your web login. All our content, editions, podcast, occasional author-narrated audio. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026‘I came across the term "hard to engage" groups, and found myself questioning it’ Chartered Psychologist Dr Julia Domanska tells Assistant Psychologist Erin Gardiner about her work and commitment to hearing from people whose perspectives are not always heard. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘I came across the term "hard to engage" groups, and found myself questioning it’ | BPSChartered Psychologist Dr Julia Domanska tells Assistant Psychologist Erin Gardiner about her work and commitment to hearing from people whose perspectives are not always heard. 030
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Step into our October time machine… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukOur October time machine | BPSWe delve into the archive to pick out some highlights from this month in past years. 000
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What links AI, space, animals, relationships/love/sex, parenting, student life, depression and anxiety, neurodivergence, being an Assistant Psychologist, climate and the environment, war and peace, and Covid-19? Head to www.bps.org.uk/psychologist to find out.bps.org.ukThe Psychologist | BPSThe magazine of the British Psychological Society - in print and online. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies… Oliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukWhy qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies | BPSOliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When bringing nature closer is not enough… Dr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukWhen bringing nature closer is not enough… | BPSDr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My letter to… a ‘NEET’ young person. Dr Bruno de Oliveira, Chartered Psychologist and @bpsofficial.bsky.social Associate Fellow, with his evidence-based advice to someone not in education, employment or training. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukMy letter to… a ‘NEET’ young person | BPSDr Bruno de Oliveira, Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, with his evidence-based advice to someone not in education, employment or training. 044
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What is ‘normal’ anyway? The word 'normal' is everywhere, yet psychologists have spent over a century failing to pin it down. @bpsofficial.bsky.social Student Ambassador Lamiaa Safwat says there may be a very good reason for that. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukWhat is ‘normal’ anyway? | BPSThe word 'normal' is everywhere, yet psychologists have spent over a century failing to pin it down. British Psychological Society Student Ambassador Lamiaa Safwat says there may be a very good reason... 022
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘I now understand how much it matters to many of you that you are prison officers, not guards’ Chartered Psychologist Professor Gail Kinman with her letter to a prison officer. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘I now understand how much it matters to many of you that you are prison officers, not guards’ | BPSChartered Psychologist Professor Gail Kinman with her letter to a prison officer. 033
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Two psychologists walk onto a suspension bridge… Stacey A. Bedwell and Natalie Harrison on friendship, fear, and the psychology of adventure. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukTwo psychologists walk onto a suspension bridge… | BPSStacey A. Bedwell and Natalie Harrison on friendship, fear, and the psychology of adventure. 121
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Have just noticed we've hit 700 of these pages… that's 8,400 Psychologist pages (plus getting on for 5,000 Research Digest ones). www.bps.org.uk/psychologist 000
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My letter to… a ‘NEET’ young person. Dr Bruno de Oliveira, Chartered Psychologist and @bpsofficial.bsky.social Associate Fellow, with his evidence-based advice to someone not in education, employment or training. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukMy letter to… a ‘NEET’ young person | BPSDr Bruno de Oliveira, Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, with his evidence-based advice to someone not in education, employment or training. 044
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When bringing nature closer is not enough… Dr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukWhen bringing nature closer is not enough… | BPSDr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026‘In conversations about disability, people may decide that the safest option is not to engage at all.’ PhD student Ayad Marhoon on why an imperfect question might be the beginning of learning. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘In conversations about disability, people may decide that the safest option is not to engage at all’ | BPSPhD student Ayad Marhoon on why an imperfect question might be the beginning of learning. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nobody came to session five… Carolina Eugenia Cáceres Videla on a mindfulness course that emptied, a supervision relationship that did not settle, and the case for recording the middle of a change… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukNobody came to session five… | BPSCarolina Eugenia Cáceres Videla on a mindfulness course that emptied, a supervision relationship that did not settle, and the case for recording the middle of a change… 021
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies… Oliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukWhy qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies | BPSOliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sir @normanlamb.bsky.social and Dr Sian Williams in discussion at Henley Literary Festival… well worth attending or watching livestream www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/?da... You can also watch / listen to both via www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... and www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... 021
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What links AI, space, animals, relationships/love/sex, parenting, student life, depression and anxiety, neurodivergence, being an Assistant Psychologist, climate and the environment, war and peace, and Covid-19? Head to www.bps.org.uk/psychologist to find out.bps.org.ukThe Psychologist | BPSThe magazine of the British Psychological Society - in print and online. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nobody came to session five… Carolina Eugenia Cáceres Videla on a mindfulness course that emptied, a supervision relationship that did not settle, and the case for recording the middle of a change… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukNobody came to session five… | BPSCarolina Eugenia Cáceres Videla on a mindfulness course that emptied, a supervision relationship that did not settle, and the case for recording the middle of a change… 021
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Student life - a collection #WelcomeWeek www.bps.org.uk/collections/...bps.org.ukStudent life | BPSWe gather articles, interviews and more from The Psychologist and Research Digest, on living, learning and growing as a student. 000
Reposted by The PsychologistMags Patten @magspatten.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Stumbling across some glorious writing on a quiet Saturday morning just for the absolute sake of it. Read til the bitter end. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026‘In conversations about disability, people may decide that the safest option is not to engage at all.’ PhD student Ayad Marhoon on why an imperfect question might be the beginning of learning. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘In conversations about disability, people may decide that the safest option is not to engage at all’ | BPSPhD student Ayad Marhoon on why an imperfect question might be the beginning of learning. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Migration – the chronic and multiple stresses. Geny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukMigration – the chronic and multiple stresses | BPSGeny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’. 032
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026‘We must properly recognise travel as a psychologically significant experience’ Dr Charlotte Russell @thetravelpsych.bsky.social, Clinical Psychologist, on a personal and professional journey. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘We must properly recognise travel as a psychologically significant experience’ | BPSDr Charlotte Russell, Clinical Psychologist, on a personal and professional journey. 032
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jealousy… An exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukJealousy | BPSAn exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A personal and scientific storyline… Chartered Psychologist Sarah Monk reviews ‘Positive Emotions: Key Scientific Contributions and the Stories Behind Them’, by Barbara Fredrickson, and fires some quick questions at the author. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukA personal and scientific storyline | BPSChartered Psychologist Sarah Monk reviews ‘Positive Emotions: Key Scientific Contributions and the Stories Behind Them’, by Barbara Fredrickson, and fires some quick questions at the author. 011
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Validation beyond the label… Will Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukValidation beyond the label | BPSWill Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes. 022
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Behind the screens… Notes on anti-racism, work and wellbeing in British film and TV by Dr Anthony Newton, Chartered Psychologist and Anti-Racism Wellbeing Adviser at the Film and TV Charity. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukBehind the screens | BPSNotes on anti-racism, work and wellbeing in British film and TV by Dr Anthony Newton, Chartered Psychologist and Anti-Racism Wellbeing Adviser at the Film and TV Charity. 052
Reposted by The PsychologistThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The door that opened for me… Elise Dyer trained as a Clinical Associate Psychologist as a single mother in her early forties. Now Deputy Director of a CAP programme, she asks what our profession loses when the door she walked through narrows, and what we can all do… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukThe door that opened for me | BPSElise Dyer trained as a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) as a single mother in her early forties. Now Deputy Director of a CAP programme, she asks what our profession loses when the door she walk... 051
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not bad for a week… alongside decent progress on the November, December, and January/February print editions… Explore now via www.bps.org.uk/psychologist And please help us share wherever possible, in this post-social media world! 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The door that opened for me… Elise Dyer trained as a Clinical Associate Psychologist as a single mother in her early forties. Now Deputy Director of a CAP programme, she asks what our profession loses when the door she walked through narrows, and what we can all do… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukThe door that opened for me | BPSElise Dyer trained as a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) as a single mother in her early forties. Now Deputy Director of a CAP programme, she asks what our profession loses when the door she walk... 051
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘I now understand how much it matters to many of you that you are prison officers, not guards’ Chartered Psychologist Professor Gail Kinman with her letter to a prison officer. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘I now understand how much it matters to many of you that you are prison officers, not guards’ | BPSChartered Psychologist Professor Gail Kinman with her letter to a prison officer. 033
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Behind the screens… Notes on anti-racism, work and wellbeing in British film and TV by Dr Anthony Newton, Chartered Psychologist and Anti-Racism Wellbeing Adviser at the Film and TV Charity. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukBehind the screens | BPSNotes on anti-racism, work and wellbeing in British film and TV by Dr Anthony Newton, Chartered Psychologist and Anti-Racism Wellbeing Adviser at the Film and TV Charity. 052
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And it's only Thursday! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist 000
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Two psychologists walk onto a suspension bridge… Stacey A. Bedwell and Natalie Harrison on friendship, fear, and the psychology of adventure. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukTwo psychologists walk onto a suspension bridge… | BPSStacey A. Bedwell and Natalie Harrison on friendship, fear, and the psychology of adventure. 121
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Validation beyond the label… Will Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukValidation beyond the label | BPSWill Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes. 022
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A personal and scientific storyline… Chartered Psychologist Sarah Monk reviews ‘Positive Emotions: Key Scientific Contributions and the Stories Behind Them’, by Barbara Fredrickson, and fires some quick questions at the author. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukA personal and scientific storyline | BPSChartered Psychologist Sarah Monk reviews ‘Positive Emotions: Key Scientific Contributions and the Stories Behind Them’, by Barbara Fredrickson, and fires some quick questions at the author. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jealousy… An exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukJealousy | BPSAn exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein. 011
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026‘We must properly recognise travel as a psychologically significant experience’ Dr Charlotte Russell @thetravelpsych.bsky.social, Clinical Psychologist, on a personal and professional journey. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.uk‘We must properly recognise travel as a psychologically significant experience’ | BPSDr Charlotte Russell, Clinical Psychologist, on a personal and professional journey. 032
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Psychologist David Canter on The Life Scientific with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... David with 'five personally revealing locations' www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bbc.co.ukThe Life Scientific - David Canter on how psychology can save lives and catch killers - BBC SoundsDavid Canter on how he came to found the field of 'investigative psychology'. 010
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Always good to hear from Pia Sinha. Here's ours www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...theguardian.comThe truth about UK prisons and organised crime: ‘They’re your good lads. Respectful. Keep their noses clean’In more than two decades in the Prison Service, Pia Sinha gained a reputation as a fixer. Now, as head of the Prison Reform Trust, she’s sounding the alarm about overcrowding and other problems 031
Reposted by The PsychologistJohn Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Remembering Halla Beloff 1930-2025 - a remarkable life of a remarkable social psychologist From @psychmag.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukHalla Beloff 1930-2025 | BPSA tribute to the eminent social psychologist, public intellectual and former President of the British Psychological Society, from David Fryer (Chartered Psychologist at the University of Queensland). 054
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Migration – the chronic and multiple stresses. Geny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukMigration – the chronic and multiple stresses | BPSGeny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’. 032