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The British Psychological Society's magazine, born in 1988, available in print for members, online and app. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist Posts/views: Editor Dr @jonsutton.bsky.social and Deputy Editor @jennifergledhill.bsky.social.

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 20h
Another busy week! Explore via www.bps.org.uk/psychologist or in The Psychologist app.
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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...
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‘You have shown me the power of reciprocal trust and care’ | BPS
Chartered Psychologist Lyndsey Hayes with ‘My letter to my students’.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22h
Finding 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...
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Finding a sense of self when living with cancer | BPS
Chartered 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.
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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...
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‘These experiences do not describe the whole of who you are’ | BPS
Dr Marwa Abbas with ‘My letter to’… a PhD supervisor.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To 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...
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To love, to lose, to keep going | BPS
Clinical Psychologist Dr Matilda West pens an open thank you letter to a former client.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wonder if this 'Top Three' is fixed for the rest of the year now… I think well done @mickcooper77.bsky.social in particular on this...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Neurodiversity 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...
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Neurodiversity and sleep | BPS
David Grant, author of ‘That's the Way I Think: An Exploration of Neurodiversity’ (4th ed., Routledge).
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We'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.
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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...
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‘I came across the term "hard to engage" groups, and found myself questioning it’ | BPS
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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Step into our October time machine… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Our October time machine | BPS
We delve into the archive to pick out some highlights from this month in past years.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What 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.
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The Psychologist | BPS
The magazine of the British Psychological Society - in print and online.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies… Oliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Why qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies | BPS
Oliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When bringing nature closer is not enough… Dr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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When bringing nature closer is not enough… | BPS
Dr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My 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...
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My letter to… a ‘NEET’ young person | BPS
Dr 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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What 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...
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What is ‘normal’ anyway? | BPS
The 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...
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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...
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‘I now understand how much it matters to many of you that you are prison officers, not guards’ | BPS
Chartered Psychologist Professor Gail Kinman with her letter to a prison officer.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two 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...
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Two psychologists walk onto a suspension bridge… | BPS
Stacey A. Bedwell and Natalie Harrison on friendship, fear, and the psychology of adventure.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Have 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
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My 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...
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My letter to… a ‘NEET’ young person | BPS
Dr 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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When bringing nature closer is not enough… Dr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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When bringing nature closer is not enough… | BPS
Dr Ave Kotze responds to recent articles.
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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...
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‘In conversations about disability, people may decide that the safest option is not to engage at all’ | BPS
PhD student Ayad Marhoon on why an imperfect question might be the beginning of learning.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nobody 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...
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Nobody came to session five… | BPS
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…
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies… Oliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Why qualitative psychology needs more deductive studies | BPS
Oliver C. Robinson and Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez argue against reinventing the wheel.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sir @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...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What 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.
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The Psychologist | BPS
The magazine of the British Psychological Society - in print and online.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nobody 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...
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Nobody came to session five… | BPS
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…
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Student life - a collection #WelcomeWeek www.bps.org.uk/collections/...
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Student life | BPS
We gather articles, interviews and more from The Psychologist and Research Digest, on living, learning and growing as a student.
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Mags Patten @magspatten.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stumbling across some glorious writing on a quiet Saturday morning just for the absolute sake of it. Read til the bitter end.
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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...
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‘In conversations about disability, people may decide that the safest option is not to engage at all’ | BPS
PhD student Ayad Marhoon on why an imperfect question might be the beginning of learning.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Migration – the chronic and multiple stresses. Geny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Migration – the chronic and multiple stresses | BPS
Geny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’.
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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...
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‘We must properly recognise travel as a psychologically significant experience’ | BPS
Dr Charlotte Russell, Clinical Psychologist, on a personal and professional journey.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jealousy… An exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Jealousy | BPS
An exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A 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...
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A personal and scientific storyline | BPS
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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Validation beyond the label… Will Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Validation beyond the label | BPS
Will Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Behind 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...
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Behind the screens | BPS
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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 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...
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The door that opened for me | BPS
Elise 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...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not 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!
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 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...
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The door that opened for me | BPS
Elise 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...
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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...
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‘I now understand how much it matters to many of you that you are prison officers, not guards’ | BPS
Chartered Psychologist Professor Gail Kinman with her letter to a prison officer.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Behind 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...
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Behind the screens | BPS
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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And it's only Thursday! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two 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...
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Two psychologists walk onto a suspension bridge… | BPS
Stacey A. Bedwell and Natalie Harrison on friendship, fear, and the psychology of adventure.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Validation beyond the label… Will Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Validation beyond the label | BPS
Will Presland on why the ‘drivers’ of disordered eating matter more than diagnostic boxes.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A 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...
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A personal and scientific storyline | BPS
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.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jealousy… 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.uk
Jealousy | BPS
An exclusive extract from 'The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us', by George Loewenstein.
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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’ | BPS
Dr Charlotte Russell, Clinical Psychologist, on a personal and professional journey.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Psychologist 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...
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The Life Scientific - David Canter on how psychology can save lives and catch killers - BBC Sounds
David Canter on how he came to found the field of 'investigative psychology'.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Always good to hear from Pia Sinha. Here's ours www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The 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
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Remembering Halla Beloff 1930-2025 - a remarkable life of a remarkable social psychologist From @psychmag.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Halla Beloff 1930-2025 | BPS
A 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).
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Migration – the chronic and multiple stresses. Geny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Migration – the chronic and multiple stresses | BPS
Geny Caloisi on ‘Ulysses Syndrome’.
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