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CREST ( Centre for Research in Social and psychological Transformation , University of Roehampton, Director: Prof. Mick Cooper) are looking to develop a self-report measure for service users of the impact of a psychiatric diagnosis. The aim is that the measure can be used for both clinical and…
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1. There is some fundamental difference between Counselling & Psychotherapy. In fact, there is no clear difference; both are “Talking Therapies” or Psychological Therapies”. What matters to a client in distress is that the professional helper who works with…
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A unique show garden designed to promote awareness and understanding of mental health will feature at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace flower show, sponsored by the pioneering Centre for Mental Health . The garden, On The Edge, has been designed by RHS…
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Ahead of the General Election in June, the We Need To Talk coalition of 20 mental health organisations has issued their manifesto calling for more access to psychological therapies through the NHS. The NHS target to provide psychological therapy to…
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This excellent Horizon programme (BBC2) follows people living with voices, hallucinations and paranoia to explore the causes. For hundreds of years, psychiatry has treated voices and hallucinations as an enemy – regarding them as ‘insanity’ or ‘madness’ and seeing…
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The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health “curate and create research and dialogue to inspire, motivate and empower policymakers and urban practitioners to build mental health into their projects for a healthier, happier urban future.” They have a blog called Sanity and Urbanity
In this book, Mick Cooper and John McLeod pioneer a major new framework for counselling theory, practice and research – the ‘pluralistic’ approach. This model breaks away from the orientation-specific way in which counselling has traditionally been taught, reflecting and…
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This interview with psychiatrist Dr. Sami Timimi is part of Childhood Made Crazy , an interview series from psychologist Eric Maisel that takes a critical look at the current “mental disorders of childhood” model. The series is comprised of interviews with practitioners, parents, and other children’s advocates as well…
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The Handbook of Person-Centred Therapy and Mental Health (Theory, Research and Practice), edited by Prof. Stephen Joseph, challenges the use of psychiatric diagnoses and makes a powerful case for the effectiveness of person-centred approaches as the alternative way to work with people who would otherwise be diagnosed with…
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This picture – “Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear” – was painted by van Gogh in 1889, using oil on canvas, shortly after he returned home from hospital having mutilated his own ear. It shows the artist in three-quarter profile standing in a room…
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