Ellie Broughton

I can accept one 'explore' per 1000 words, NO MORE

Writing about spirituality, about to cull my dozens of references to 'exploring'

Thanks for having me on! :)

Hi all! Looking for someone who dabbled in conspiracy theories/antivaxx ideas, ideally who's also had therapy. Named/anon both fine.

I'd also love to hear from anyone whose friend/relative/partner got lost in misinformation 💙

Psychiatrists of BlueSky, if anyone wants to talk about the open letter to the RCPsych please let me know! Keen to cover 🏳️‍🌈

The Rise of ‘Cute Debt’ Female shoppers are being pushed toward buy-now-pay-later services.

Great piece, just working on some case studies about women's debt in the UK and shopping debt has come up a couple of times. So much of life is unaffordable or relies on debt rn, Klarna is not it

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Must-read. US and UK case studies:

#therapy #psychotherapy #mentalhealth

If anyone needs to know how my day is going, I just deleted 750+ bookmarks of recipes I never cooked

Hiya! 👋 Looking to speak to UK women 18-45, currently in debt, for a feature. Contributions will be ANON and we can work by email/DM/phone/WhatsApp etc – it should only take five mins.

#journorequest #debt

Looking for musicians raised religious, who left the fold – any more ideas?

‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking? – podcast There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI chatbots. The phenomenon, dubbed ‘AI psychosis’, has raised concerns that features built into large language mod...

A very good 16-min listen about a pre-print paper: www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

Obviously if you know a service that provides low-cost counselling from qualified therapists, you can reply/@ them or DM me and I'll post about it x

Don't forget, a LOT of UK employers offer six paid-for sessions of counselling via an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – if you're eligible you can use this time to talk about whatever, including making a plan of how to get regular support/cope while waiting for a referral

Still hearing anecdotal reports of 'low-cost counselling services' charging patients up to £70 to see... Trainee therapists.

📢 Clients and would-be clients, if you are paying for a low-cost service I HIGHLY recommend you seek a trained, qualified therapist. Lots offer sliding scale fees.

I reported on the UKCP's withdrawal from the professional memorandum against conversion therapy last year: thelead.uk/group-trying...

@theleaduk.bsky.social

Gay man subjected to ‘exorcism’ at Sheffield church receives compensation Matthew Drapper at C of E’s St Thomas Philadelphia was told that ‘sexual impurity’ had let demons enter his body

Shocking to read this particular case from Sheffield just 11 years ago: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Looking for a single woman 30-45 who wants to be a parent for a UK women's title. Anon is fine.

Please DM or email elliebroughton@gmail.com for more info. Thanks!

Today years old when I learned trans youth released 6,000 crickets at an LGB Alliance conference 🖤

The 'noctor' will see you now: Unregulated physician associates putting lives at risk Physician associates were brought in to ‘cut NHS waiting lists’, but doctors say they put patients at risk and increase workloads.

(And here's an explainer I did on PAs last year: thelead.uk/noctor-will-...)

Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors Exclusive: Government-ordered review concludes term in NHS should be changed because of risks to patients’ safety

Fantastic result on PAs – thanks to a lot of grassroots campaigning: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Finally! @novaramedia.com got Dale Vincent on. Good stories about Ecotricity, being a New Age traveller, Battle of the Beanfield, Just Stop Oil donations etc

Can deaf people have therapy? The Deaf community is statistically at a higher risk from social isolation. Can deaf people have therapy?

New Couples Therapy episodes! Tangential, but a really long time ago (2021) I wrote this about D/deaf therapy: patient.info/news-and-fea...

New from me for @glamouruk.bsky.social: Lobular breast cancer is the second-most common form of breast cancer, so why have so few women heard of it?

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/lobu...

@lobularbcuk.bsky.social

Festival of the Oppressed 2025 rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

Saw @medicinered.bsky.social on the bill and dived for it – lots and lots of good speakers: revsoc21.uk/festival2025/

How to demand your MP backs bodily autonomy in Parliament Together with BPAS, we've drafted a simple email template - it couldn't be easier to take action

Big up the new Cosmopolitan x @bpas.bsky.social campaign to decriminalise abortion in the UK: www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

This morning a group of medical bodies and healthcare professionals has welcomed a cross-party amendment laid by @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social to the Crime and Policing Bill which would stop the prosecution of women under abortion law.

🔗 Find the full details here - bpas.org/about-bpas/p...

Looking forward to an audience with Jim Mackey at his @mja-uk.bsky.social event this evening – if you're coming too say hi :)

2025 MJA Awards Now Open for Entries mjauk.org/2025/05/06/2...

Hi – looking for anyone who's lost faith or left a religion/religious community and happy to speak about it named/anon.

Contact for more info – no commitment expected. elliebroughton@gmail.com