Monthly Archives: March 2007
The “do as I do, not as I say” approach to therapy supervision
The other week I participated in a training workshop for supervision in cognitive behavioural therapy, which was well-attended by the psychologists in my Trust. It was a useful workshop – with some theory in the morning, going through the (albeit … Continue reading
Filed under CBT, Clinical Psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy, Psychology
Anthropology and Counterinsurgency
Recently I read an article in the December 18 ’06 issue of the New Yorker by George Packer called “Knowing the Enemy“, about the involvement of anthropologists and other social scientists in developing strategic alternatives to counterinsurgency. The article profiles the … Continue reading
The gentle art of Australian political invective: Paul Keating
One of the things that I miss about not living in Australia is the refreshing directness of language in parliamentary politics. A number of Australian politicians have exercised the extreme limits of parliamentary privilege when attacking the opposition, but the … Continue reading
The psychology of paranoia
Recent reports on the study of paranoid thinking have supported the view that suspiciousness and anxiety of harm from others are common experiences, with possibly up to a third of the population being regularly bothered by suspicious or paranoid thoughts. … Continue reading
