Dr. Matt B: Psychologist

How to Set Boundaries with a Narcissistic Parent - Live Well with Sharon Martin Setting boundaries with a narcissistic parent requires a different approach. Learn effective boundaries for self-protection.

Do you have a narcissistic parent or family member? Setting boundaries with narcissists requires a different approach. Here's how to get started: www.livewellwithsharonmartin.com/how-to-set-b...

Find A Helpline | Free emotional support in 130+ countries A message from Jonathan: You got this. This tool is here so that you can find the help you and your clients deserve. You’re moments away from connecting with wonderful, skilled, and compassionate peop...

All social workers know about @988lifeline.bsky.social. But how do you find helplines around the world? I've had this resource on the Social Work Podcast website for years. Use this direct link to use and share. Check it out #SocialWork:
findahelpline.com/i/swpodcast

The gentle pull of the tide, the rustle of the salt marsh grass, and the wide-open beauty of Cowichan Bay 🌊🌿 A peaceful walk where nature takes the lead, perfect for slowing down and soaking it all in.

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#CowichanBay #Estuary #TideWatching #ASMRNature #NatureSounds #WildBC

The Difficulty of Speaking Out Against Powerful People When your abuser has power, coming forward can be more risky and even dangerous.

Power, left unchallenged, creates systems that protect abusers and punish the people they harm.

10 Unspoken Rules of Dysfunctional Families While most families have some element of dysfunction, families that follow these unspoken rules usually create unhealthy and even abusive dynamics.

10 Unspoken Rules of Dysfunctional Families | Psychology Today share.google/flKw4BwMeAv8...

ICUPO

The International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes has a new, updated website! Same URL: www.icupo.org

Reminder: You don't have to earn rest. You don't have to justify gentleness with yourself. Your worth isn't measured by your productivity.

#ChronicPain #Therapy #SelfCare

That inner critic telling you you're 'not doing enough'? It doesn't understand chronic illness. You're navigating something complex every single day. That takes incredible strength.

#ChronicIllness

Take Control of Your Own Health?  Yes, You Can. Now more than ever…each one of us needs to take a good long look at our levels of wellbeing.  Some things are out of a person’s control and no amount of biomedicine on one h…

Are you ready to take control of your wellbeing?

#NewBlogPost #Acupuncture #TuiNa #Herbs #Nutrition #HolisticHealth #SelfCare #Summer #HealingJourney #BlueCrew #YesYouCan 💕 #Wellness

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AMPPS Call for Papers: Replicability and Reproducibility in Methodological Research. Proposals due September 15. @jkflake.bsky.social 

Learn more about the featured speakers for the 2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit! #APSGlobal psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...

🌐The APS Global Summit will take place virtually October 21-23, 2025.
📆Register by September 17 for Early-Bird Rates!

Nominate a colleague to become an APS Fellow by October 1!
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/fellows/aps-fellow-nomination

What enjoyable activities have you done or hope to do this summer? Let us know below! 👇🏼😎

#hiking #travel #hobbies #favoriteactivities #enjoyableactivities #positiveemotions #emotionalhealth #DrMattB 🥾⛰️🏞🎿🏄🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♀️📚📖✍️🏼🪡🧶⚽️🏀🩰🎨🎶

I got to combine two of my enjoyable activities: travel and hiking! I got up to Tahoe from SoCal last weekend and went on a few great hikes.

It definitely made me feel more positive, especially being so busy with work!

🌿 The “54321” Grounding Technique

Take a deep breath. Then slowly notice…

🔹 5 things you can see
🔹 4 things you can touch
🔹 3 things you can hear
🔹 2 things you can smell
🔹 1 thing you can taste

No need to get it perfect. Just notice.

#psychology #psychsky #mentalillness #anxiety

New week, same gentle truth: Your relationship with your body is the longest relationship you'll ever have.

Might as well make it a kind one. What's one small way you could be more collaborative today? 💙

#MondayMotivation

“Politics Is Conflictual” “Massive changes often unfold on large time scales,” philosopher Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò told The Drift in 2022.

“I don’t know why people are so bent out of shape about hope,” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social tells us. “Hope is great.” Read the interview from Issue Fifteen today.

www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...

Ways to provide support in Texas:

New paper! Considering cultural responsiveness in the creation of the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) model: What can psychology learn? SOTLiP: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

#Friday #Friyay #hobbies #favoriteactivities #enjoyableactivities #quotes #EmotionalMinutes #DrMattB

Friday Feel-Goods 😎🥳

"Of course, what's considered enjoyable is going to be different for different people...what are those 'you' things that give you that sense of enjoyment and appreciation?" ~ Dr. Matt B. on those "you" activities 👏🏻💪🏼

Looking forward to presenting tomorrow at #AAIC25! I’ll be sharing results from the #PREVENTDementia study on
“Disadvantaged neighbourhoods, modifiable risk factors, and cerebral small vessel disease”

31 July 2025, Thur, 9am
Room 801
5-6-FRS-D: Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment II

Hot Weather and Gut Health? Yes, Please! If you’ve noticed that your digestive system reacts to hot weather you are not imagining things.  It’s true. …

Take care of your innards during the summer and your innards will thank you in return.

#BlogPost #Foodie #GoodFood #GutHealth #Nutrition #Diet #Hydration #EatWellLiveWell
💕 #Wellness

Good Thursday morning ☕️

Flyer that includes some of the following information: https://www.easp.eu/news/itm/join_us__18th_annual_psychology_-2052.html#:~:text=We%20are%20honored%20to%20invite,Zoom%20on%20April%2024%2C%202025.&text=Please%20find%20attached%20flyers%20with,share%20them%20with%20your%20networks.

Psychology Day at the UN is underway with a focus on resilience. Not too late to join in!

Building psychological competence: a student’s collaborative placement experience Reflections on learning, partnership, and contributing to international psychology education By Leah Westerman Understanding people is at the heart of so many careers, as well as our lives more gen…

When we can, the ICUPO team enjoys working with student interns - always good to hear their thoughts.

Leah Westerman from @ntupsychology.bsky.social has blogged about her development of competences from the #ICUP model: ntupsychology.blog/2025/07/28/p...

Poster includes the following text: What should we really be teaching in undergraduate psychology? The International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (#ICUP) model defines what foundational competences psychology students should graduate with. The ICUP model helps us, as teachers, ensure that students leave our programes ready to make personal, professional, and societal impact - locally and globally. More info: teaching.sig@pap.ph; @TeachPsychPAP; Teaching Psychology SIG TV; The Teaching Psychology SIG Podcast.

The #ICUP model is recommended by the Psychological Association of the Phillippines (PAP)! Find out more about how the #ICUP can be used alongside your national, regional, or local frameworks for #Psychology #PsychologyEducation, see icupo.org #InternationalCompetencesForUndergraduatePsychology

Emotional Minutes 46: Pleasurable and enjoyable activities - Dr. Matt B Pleasurable and enjoyable activities have multiple emotional benefits: they can bring about more positive emotions and boost overall mood.

For example, skiers can research skiing and watching ski videos in the summer off-season or gardeners can learn about new seeds to plant or techniques with soil.

🤔🤓🎿🌱📱💻😎

#hobbies #research #reading #favoritethings #enioyableactivities #positivity #DrMattB

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Engaging with your enjoyable activities through the Internet counts! 💻📱🙂‍↕️

There can be practical barriers to going to places to do enjoyable activities (for e.g. disability, limited business hours), so it can be helpful to have online sources related to your enjoyable activities.