Dr Gillian Combe, Dr. Liz Challis, and Dr. Catriona Mellor reflect on their work at Marlborough House and the growing role of nature and mental health within inpatient care.

Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to sweeping alterations and a payment of upto $18bn to settle a landmark trial

Young people are telling us their mental health is suffering. A new study shows why we should believe them.

Why does the analyst write? And further why might the analyst write different kinds of pieces such as clinical writing, scientific papers, narratives, or poetry? There are always the considerations…

When the young writer began analysis with Wilfred R. Bion, both men were at the beginning of their careers. Their work together would have a transformative impact.

Attachment theory is everywhere right now, but what is it and how can you use it to improve your relationships?

In a new book, Adam Phillips wages a playful war on the strictures of traditional talk therapy.

Are the limits of what can be said – the field of the non-verbal, the texture of affects, everything that resists symbolic capture – the true challenge facing psychoanalysis today? In her…

In the philosophy of mind literature, consciousness is commonly defined not in terms of its physical correlates but rather its subjective character – the ‘something that it is like to be' an organism....

<p><em>Many have sought to harmonize our human nature with the demands of society. Some philosophers like Aristotle even thought the perfection of our human nature and the demands of civic life went h...

Freud’s insights into trauma, repression and the unconscious are finding new relevance and millions of followers.

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One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter

Mind’s Eye Spring 2026 Here’s our latest Mind’s Eye – with conference news, articles to read, up to the minute podcasts and much more. Bpf has a whole slew of events coming up in 2026 hybrid and onlin...

Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good

Many people are now opting for minimal contact with their parents and other relatives. But while this can provide time to think, it is fraught with emotional complexities

Emily Steer discovers how therapy influences modern artists and whether self-analysis helps or hinders creative expression

Online Study Course length: 4.5 Days Course Dates: July 2026 This 4.5-day intensive summer school offers a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the essential concepts and cultural significance of p...

This article reviews the conceptualization of mind and therapeutic action in the relational psychoanalytic tradition. It briefly presents the history of relational psychoanalytic thinking that develo...

When I first encountered psychodynamic theory, I was struck by how deeply it seeks to understand what lies beneath the surface. Not the conscious thoughts we curate for public life, nor even the emoti...

As someone who is passionate about psychodynamic therapy and is also on the journey of training within this field, I’ve come to recognise a significant truth: the presence of diversity is not just an ...

How boundaries became the rules for mental health—and explain everything Lily Scherlis

How boundaries became the rules for mental health—and explain everything Lily Scherlis

In psychotherapeutic practice, trauma—and its resolution—frequently requires some recognition of the role played by injustice. How and to what extent societies and their legal systems choose to provi...

For many members of the LGBTQ community, holding hands with their partners in public, and other public displays of affection (PDAs) is seldom a carefree and spontaneous act. Survey studies have previo...

Women who had their babies six months ago talk about the impact on their mental health.

Women who had their babies six months ago talk about the impact on their mental health.

Walk, run, trek or cycle to improve access to psychotherapy. By taking part, you will help us to make our psychotherapy training and low-fee clinical services both equitable and affordable, ensuring t...

Patient perspectives on recovery from psychosis have been studied. However, there are few studies on recovery from particular psychotic experiences. Persecutory delusions are common, often distress...

What we want is quick, clever fixes. What we need is quite different: the ability to tolerate intolerable feelings, to sustainably change and grow

Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods