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Can we design places to combat loneliness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we design places to combat loneliness?

...Counselling recently published a systematic review of research aiming to understand one often overlooked factor: the role of the built environment. Laura was part of a team of researchers led by Dr Marlee Bower from the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney, who set out to understand how people’s loneliness might be related to the places where they spend time. Why...
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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...counselling because we went into anticipatory grief. I had never heard of the phrase. Apparently it’s common but no one ever talks about it. It’s when you know the loss or change is coming and you begin grieving it before it actually happens. Rushed to hospital When Alan contracted pneumonia and was rushed into Coventry hospital, I thought that was the end. But after...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...Counselling, 44(4), pp.402-413. Leach, J. (2014) Improving mental health through social support: building positive and empowering relationships. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. McIntyre, J.C., Worsley, J., Corcoran, R., Harrison Woods, P. and Bentall, R.P., (2018). ‘Academic and non-academic predictors of student psychological distress: the role of social identity...
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The psychological impacts of climate change
Nature & Environment

The psychological impacts of climate change

...counselling in UK schools, recently warned that young people were feeling increasingly “hopeless and paralysed” by climate change. [A group of young people holding signs at a protest] The impacts of climate change are not just environmental then, but psychological too. From Doom to Doing Something Climate anxiety speaks to the power of hope and fear in confronting...
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The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone
Society, Politics & Law

The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone

...counselling available. Contrary to typical cultural representations of lawyers, such as those typified by Suits, lawyers are not superhuman. Our research – and that of others – has indicated that this as a dangerous assumption to make. Poor well-being within the profession is a real risk. There is a moral duty to care for all professionals – but particularly...
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What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?

...counselling, educational support and financial advice. You can find out more about young adult carers services via the Carers Trust website. If you are a parent of a young adult carer, talk to them about the caring they are doing. Encourage them to seek support from social care services, including those mentioned above. Check that they are looking after their own health...
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Welcome to Applying Psychology to Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

Welcome to Applying Psychology to Work Hub

...Counselling. Read on and take part in activities to find out how it could be of benefit to you! ...We have many common experiences at work (starting a job, building relationships, teamworking, change, trusting others, finishing a job) and there are a lot of things that we think we already know in terms of how to work through these different situations. In fact, they, and...
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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...counsel and example will be sorely missed. To truly understand his life and his achievements we have to look back over the long and bitter struggle that led to Nelson Mandela, prisoner 46664, being elected the first president of the South African people in April 1994. By 1900 Britain had broken the power of the African kingdoms, and in 1910 we handed control to the Boer...
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