Louisa Thomas

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

what if instead of stepping out of my comfort zone I step into an even comfier zone. perhaps take a nap in a large fluffy dinner roll.

Yeahh they really come up a lot in the therapist role right!? It does feel so important to build relationship with them, esp as they can be so hard to identify. Those sneaky savvy lil sweethearts 🤣😊

IFS therapists are encouraged to develop a good relationship between their Self and Self-like parts (often ‘therapist parts’) who inevitably act as an agent of the status quo. In contrast, the Self is an agent of change and healing.

Sweezy, 2017

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📋 New project page

Anita and Ruth are working to develop a tool designed to promote refection on psychological safety, within supervision.

To participate you can trial using the tool and then complete a survey.

More info here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/pr...

#edpsychs #supervision

#decolonise #edpsych #therapy

"Therapy is not-and has never been-neutral."

Dr Jennifer Mullan speaks about decolonising therapy. 22nd Nov 25 online, donation based.

Promises to be a powerful event, if want to seriously decolonise psychology.

we.scienceandnonduality.com/offers/RBJQY...

Parents and Carers of Portsmouth: this is a free community event delivered by a range of mental health services, including one of our EPs Dr Issy Cone. Lots of interesting and informative workshops including neurodiversity, anxiety and EBSNA. Plz share with your networks 🙏🏼 #edpsychs #edusky

Speaker Announcement Community Learning Day on Inequality & Psychology Hosted by EPs For Material Change Dr Dan O'Hare- Educational Psychologist Dan is weaving personal experience with research evidence to ask "what does the welfare system take from children?" Dr Luca Onions- Educational Psychologist Luca is sharing his research exploring the lived experiences of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse autistic children in school. No More Exclusions are a Black-led, community-based abolitionist movement working to end school exclusions and challenge the wider systems of state violence that harm Black, brown, disabled and working-class communities. Friday 9th January 2026 | Online via Zoom | Pay what you can- tickets available on Eventbrite More speakers to be announced soon...

Get your tickets now!

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Read this entertaining and short fiction on holiday. Themes of neurodiversity and “normality” - I enjoy writing that challenges cultural ideas about what a good life is, and Murata does this with humour & authenticity. Unfortunately the book fell into the pool - good even when read soggy.

Thrilled to announce our first speaker for PositiviTEA Well-being Wonders 2026: Dr Ahmar Ferguson

@drfergy.bsky.social will be sharing ideas on how to contract and facilitate supervision for school staff well-being ✨

#edpsychs @maxpurpose.bsky.social @positivitea-eps.bsky.social

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My IFS-tinged understanding of Nelson’s comment here is that to be blended with any one part, with restricted access to Self, for too long, can leave us undernourished and so (at least) be experienced as deadly

- Emerson quoted by Maggie Nelson in Bluets (2009), who adds “to find oneself trapped in any one bead, no matter what its hue, can be deadly”

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads , and as we pass through them they prove to be many-coloured lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus”

Joy. That's what is missing way too often from the current discourse on learning and education. I don't mean being overtly happy all the time, nor having endless fun at school (as if!), but an underlying belief that learning can be a joyful, engaging process, not just stuffing more into your memory.

Speaker fallout EPs For Material Change Community Learning Day on Inequality & Psychology January 9th We're interested in hearing from EPs and those in the fields of psychology and education who would like to present an online session on the topic of inequality. We particularly want to centre the voices of those with direct or lived experience of inequality in any and all of it's forms. For more info read the caption below

Thank god the clocks go back tonight, an extra hour to cry

Why Therapists Should Pay Attention to the Brené Brown Rebrand Something’s shifting in the therapeutic landscape, and it’s happening right in front of us.

“The future of therapy might depend less on how well we defend it, and more on how courageously we adapt it”

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“To be embodied means that we are guided by our instincts, whilst simultaneously having the opportunity to be self-aware of that guidance. This self-awareness requires us to recognize and track our sensations and feelings. 🧵

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Agreed 🙃😭

Thanks, Jane Goodall. :(

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Supporting schools to support nature connectedness - edpsy.org.uk I (Nicole) grew up on the western coast of Canada, where the mountains meet the sea, and it is impossible...

edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/su... proud to share this amazing article by my friends and colleagues Nicole Harris and Bee Hartwell ✨ prioritising connection with nature outside and within us is so vital for our wellbeing, learning and attention: definitely the business of schools. Give it a read 🫶🏻🌱

How To Beat The Anti-Immigration Playbook | Zoe Gardner

Important and informative conversation about migration. I learnt a lot. Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1hyL...

#Edpsychs #decolonise
Excellent thesis by a colleague, Rebecca Wright, about colonial 'haunting' of Educational Psychology. I am still reading it, and so far it is super powerful and utterly brilliant.

etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/20...