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

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A @bpsofficial.bsky.social Book Launch: ‘Rethinking Leadership for Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologists’ by Dr Amra Rao.
www.bps.org.uk/event/book-l...

04.03.2026 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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From Antarctica to Artemis II: The psychological cost of going beyond | BPS Tahani Baldwin looks to recalibrate our expectations around extreme environments.

From Antarctica to Artemis II: The psychological cost of going beyond.
Tahani Baldwin looks to recalibrate our expectations around extreme environments.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

04.03.2026 11:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
APA Releases Roadmap for the Future of the DSM The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has released a series of papers offering a roadmap for the future of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The papers are authored...

The new DSM is on the horizon www.psychiatry.org/news-room/ne...
…do any Psychologists actually care? How does DSM impact your daily working life?

04.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 4    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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When the rug gets pulled: Coping with life’s transitions | BPS An exclusive extract from Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace (Harper Collins).

When the rug gets pulled: Coping with life’s transitions.

An exclusive extract from Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace @harpercollins.bsky.social

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

02.03.2026 15:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Be self-protective about media exposure to tragedy’ | BPS Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Roxane Cohen Silver (University of California, Irvine), keynote speaker at the European Congress of Psychology.

It's a lot at the moment, isn't it? You know, 'the world'. I think of Roxane Cohen Silver's work www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... - but can you suggest other psychologists, in research or practice, addressing 'world overwhelm'?

03.03.2026 09:18 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Losing a child in slow motion | BPS What rare disease families are teaching Nikos Michalakis about ambiguous loss.

Losing a child in slow motion…
What rare disease families are teaching Nikos Michalakis about ambiguous loss.
With author-narrated audio for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members via web login or The Psychologist app.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

03.03.2026 09:41 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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It's that time already...

03.03.2026 14:32 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

…We're having some issues with the app login, again. Sorry. If you're logged in you should be fine... if you get logged out, or are trying to login for the first time… not so fine. We're investigating.

03.03.2026 09:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Losing a child in slow motion | BPS What rare disease families are teaching Nikos Michalakis about ambiguous loss.

Losing a child in slow motion…
What rare disease families are teaching Nikos Michalakis about ambiguous loss.
With author-narrated audio for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members via web login or The Psychologist app.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

03.03.2026 09:41 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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‘Be self-protective about media exposure to tragedy’ | BPS Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Roxane Cohen Silver (University of California, Irvine), keynote speaker at the European Congress of Psychology.

It's a lot at the moment, isn't it? You know, 'the world'. I think of Roxane Cohen Silver's work www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... - but can you suggest other psychologists, in research or practice, addressing 'world overwhelm'?

03.03.2026 09:18 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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When the rug gets pulled: Coping with life’s transitions | BPS An exclusive extract from Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace (Harper Collins).

When the rug gets pulled: Coping with life’s transitions.

An exclusive extract from Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace @harpercollins.bsky.social

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

02.03.2026 15:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Meeting ghosts and angels in the parental village | BPS Adele E. Greaves looks to bring ‘core self’ to the Parent-Infant Relationship, through Perinatal Internal Family Systems.

Meeting ghosts and angels in the parental village…
Adele Greaves looks to bring ‘core self’ to the Parent-Infant Relationship, through Perinatal Internal Family Systems.
Inc author-narrated audio for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members (via login/in The Psychologist app)

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

02.03.2026 14:09 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Our March time machine | BPS We delve into the archive to pick out some highlights from this month in past years.

Step into our March time machine
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

02.03.2026 09:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Psychologist, April 2024 | BPS 'What we do is a way to give back to the community that took me in.' Spotlight on Swansea, through a series of interviews…

Happy St David's Day! Dreaming of Swansea...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

01.03.2026 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s the FORRT that counts | BPS How the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT) are tackling big problems with a big community. Dr Flavio Azevedo, Dr Madeleine Pownall, and the FORRT Community.

It’s the FORRT that counts…
How the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training are tackling big problems with a big community. Dr @flavioazevedo.bsky.social, Dr @maddipow.bsky.social, and the @forrt.bsky.social Community.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

26.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Just one sentence in our report can decide a child’s future’ | BPS Clinical Psychologist, British Psychological Society member and expert witness Joanna Ciesielska reflects on the challenges that psychologists face in the family court room.

‘Just one sentence in our report can decide a child’s future…’

Clinical Psychologist, @bpsofficial.bsky.social member and expert witness Joanna Ciesielska reflects on challenges that psychologists face in the family court room.
With author-narrated audio for members.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 09:46 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Visibility of pathways, expertise, possibility | BPS David J. Hancock, Chair of the British Psychological Society's Student Committee, reports from the 2026 Careers Festival.

Visibility of pathways, expertise, possibility…

David J. Hancock, Chair of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Student Committee, reports from the 2026 Careers Festival.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Mens ex Machina | BPS John Richer on why studying ourselves scientifically is so difficult…

Mens ex Machina

John Richer on why studying ourselves scientifically is so difficult…

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The politics of distance and healing | BPS Chartered Psychologist Jason Lee on father and son psychological dynamics in 'The Secret Agent’.

The politics of distance and healing.

Chartered Psychologist Jason Lee on father and son psychological dynamics in The Secret Agent’.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 11:57 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Being an Assistant Psychologist | BPS We gather together articles and interviews from those in the role, and about the life of one…

Being an Assistant Psychologist
www.bps.org.uk/collections/...

27.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Plenty of new content from this week at www.bps.org.uk/psychologist

27.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The politics of distance and healing | BPS Chartered Psychologist Jason Lee on father and son psychological dynamics in 'The Secret Agent’.

The politics of distance and healing.

Chartered Psychologist Jason Lee on father and son psychological dynamics in The Secret Agent’.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 11:57 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Mens ex Machina | BPS John Richer on why studying ourselves scientifically is so difficult…

Mens ex Machina

John Richer on why studying ourselves scientifically is so difficult…

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Visibility of pathways, expertise, possibility | BPS David J. Hancock, Chair of the British Psychological Society's Student Committee, reports from the 2026 Careers Festival.

Visibility of pathways, expertise, possibility…

David J. Hancock, Chair of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Student Committee, reports from the 2026 Careers Festival.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Just one sentence in our report can decide a child’s future’ | BPS Clinical Psychologist, British Psychological Society member and expert witness Joanna Ciesielska reflects on the challenges that psychologists face in the family court room.

‘Just one sentence in our report can decide a child’s future…’

Clinical Psychologist, @bpsofficial.bsky.social member and expert witness Joanna Ciesielska reflects on challenges that psychologists face in the family court room.
With author-narrated audio for members.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2026 09:46 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s the FORRT that counts | BPS How the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT) are tackling big problems with a big community. Dr Flavio Azevedo, Dr Madeleine Pownall, and the FORRT Community.

It’s the FORRT that counts…
How the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training are tackling big problems with a big community. Dr @flavioazevedo.bsky.social, Dr @maddipow.bsky.social, and the @forrt.bsky.social Community.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

26.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Autism isn’t magical, a mystery to be solved, a superpower… it’s human’ | BPS Dr Malcolm Schofield and Dr Simon Bignell present their perspectives on hit US podcast ‘The Telepathy Tapes’, and how it blurs the lines between science, belief and entertainment.

‘Autism isn’t magical, a mystery to be solved, a superpower… it’s human’

@malcschofield.bsky.social and Dr Simon Bignell present their perspectives on hit US podcast ‘The Telepathy Tapes’, and how it blurs the lines between science, belief and entertainment.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

26.02.2026 10:03 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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One of very few genuine popstars (and probably the only popstar / TV star) who has also contributed to The Psychologist... the wonderful Cathy Rogers from Heavenly @skepwax.bsky.social doing her thing last night.

26.02.2026 09:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Manufactured misery: Harlow’s monkeys and ‘compassionate AI’ | BPS Frauke Uhlenbruch on why we should be wary of the sales pitch…

Manufactured misery: Harlow’s monkeys and ‘compassionate AI’
Frauke Uhlenbruch on why we should be wary of the sales pitch…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

25.02.2026 13:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What is it like to be an LLM?
Adam King (University of Salford) responds to a recent article.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

25.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0