Category Archives: United Kingdom
The great divisions in modern Britain
This week I have been reading the extracts (published in the Guardian) from Polly Toynbee & David Walker’s new book, Unjust Rewards. The book is a contemporary look at class divisions in British society. The first extract “Meet the Rich” … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, United Kingdom
ACT in the UK symposium, BABCP National Conference Edinburgh 2008
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy had more of a presence at the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies National Conference this year, with pre-conference and half-day workshops, and several symposia on ACT and ACT-related research. Also, for those interested in … Continue reading
Even MPs struggle with the stigma of mental illness
Despite there being accurate information more available to the general public, it appears that stigma of mental illness continues to affect the lives of millions of Britains, including the powerful and influential. A recent survey has found that 1 in … Continue reading
Filed under Mental Health, Politics, United Kingdom
The UK is “an endemic surveillance society”
As a country with the the world’s largest CCTV network and a government keen to propose various intrusions on civilians’ privacy, is it any surprise that Britain achieved the rating “endemic surveillance society” by civil liberties watchdog Privacy International? (along with such privacy luminaries … Continue reading
Filed under United Kingdom
The Commute…
For 2 years I commuted by train from Brighton to work in London. At best, the trip door to door took 1 hour 20 minutes, at worst… well, those who have experienced the exquisite delights of being a “customer” of … Continue reading
Filed under Travel, United Kingdom
Foreign-trained clinical psychologists in the UK: More tips to get through the SoE
Another post about surviving the British Psychological Society’s Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology (see previous entries on this site)…. Joalida Smit writes a personal reflection in Clinical Psychology Forum (Number 169, January 2007) about the “feelings of professional inferiority … Continue reading
Filed under Clinical Psychology, Psychology, United Kingdom
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the United Kingdom
For the past 6 months or so I have been working on a committee to set up a Special Interest Branch of the BABCP that focuses on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It has been good to get involved again … Continue reading
Contextual Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies
I have a terrible confession to make about my background as a clinical psychologist: I trained as a behaviourist. Why is this “terrible”? Well, because I now work in the UK, where it seems that behaviourally-oriented clinical psychologists are scarce … Continue reading
Filed under CBT, Clinical Psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy, United Kingdom
Finally “Dr” Gillian McKeith is taken to task
Good news this week as TV diet guru Gillian McKeith agrees to drop the title “Dr” from the marketing of her products after the Advertising Standards Authority came to the provisional conclusion that her use of the title (based on … Continue reading
Filed under Pseudoscience, Television, United Kingdom
Some tips to get through the Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology
I have discovered that by looking at the statistics for this blog that the post that gets the most hits is the article about the applying to the British Psychological Society as an Australian clinical psychologist and the Statement of … Continue reading
Filed under Clinical Psychology, Psychology, United Kingdom
