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Apr 29
1 min

Can Low Empathy Be Toxic?

In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is particularl...

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Phil Harris

Apr 27
2 min

Training Matters (Of Course)

I always beleive that there are a lot of benefits to traning other than skills learning that are seldom explored. There is the obvious n...

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Phil Harris

Dec 19, 2019
3 min

Matching Traits to Careers

Traits are often much stronger than talents in predicting where people are most happiest. When developing peoples sense of their future ...

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Phil Harris

Oct 5, 2018
1 min

Does University Education Pay Off?

Young people are often expected to attend university to improve their future economic status. In the UK, only 13 per cent of jobs requir...

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Free Online Compassion Training from the Center for Healthy Minds

Phil Harris

Sep 1, 2018
5 min

Free Online Compassion Training from the Center for Healthy Minds

Working with trauma is hard. Being exposed to the pain and suffering others can have significant impact on us as a worker and as a human...

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Do No Harm: Do Charitable Services Really Help?

Phil Harris

Jun 21, 2018
3 min

Do No Harm: Do Charitable Services Really Help?

Charities often operate from the basic assumption that any interventions in a vulnerable person life is somehow beneficial. I hate the p...

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Phil Harris

Jun 10, 2018
3 min

Caffeine: The Highs and the Lows

As someone who drinks way to much coffee I was intrigued by a number of caffeine related research studies that were published this week t...

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Phil Harris

May 9, 2018
2 min

Echo Chambers of the Mind

I often explore challenging research findings that questions some core assumptions about human development and treatment processes. I my...

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Organisational Culture in an Age of Austerity: Free E-Book from the RAND Institute

Phil Harris

Apr 11, 2018
1 min

Organisational Culture in an Age of Austerity: Free E-Book from the RAND Institute

Whilst the field at large is dominated by the ideals of evidence based practices, the process of implementing it within a work force is a...

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Phil Harris

Dec 22, 2017
1 min

Trauma is Contagious

Working with trauma in both mental health and the addiction field leaves imprints. This fascinating article in the Atlantic examines the...

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Phil Harris

Sep 1, 2017
1 min

Visualization: A Better Way to Learn

A little known theory of learning is making a come back in understanding learning. Perceptual Control Theory can be applied to amateurs ...

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Phil Harris

Jul 27, 2017
1 min

Feedback is Not Enough (Revisited)

I recently posted a short piece on real time feedback. This research suggested that gathering feedback was not enough to improve a pract...

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Beyond Feedback: How to Maximize Outcomes Through Reflective Practice

Phil Harris

Jul 26, 2017
1 min

Beyond Feedback: How to Maximize Outcomes Through Reflective Practice

I was a very early adopter of real time feedback measures with clients. These tools measure the client response to treatment in each ses...

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Are You an Ant or Grasshoper? Decision Making Styles Examined

Phil Harris

Jul 24, 2017
1 min

Are You an Ant or Grasshoper? Decision Making Styles Examined

Decision making is at the heart of many of the interventions I teach, like Motivational Interviewing.However people have different styles...

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Invite to Speak at the Royal College of GPs

Phil Harris

Jul 24, 2017
1 min

Invite to Speak at the Royal College of GPs

I have just been invited to speak at the Royal College of GPs 10th PCCSF conference in Birmingham.The theme is Safeguarding Adolescents a...

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Do You Ever Feel Like a Big Fish in a Small Pond?

Phil Harris

Jul 12, 2017
1 min

Do You Ever Feel Like a Big Fish in a Small Pond?

Ever felt like a big fish in a small pond in the work place? Recent research has cast light on this work place experience where the indi...

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Phil Harris

Jun 15, 2017
2 min

Groupthink verses the Wisdom of Crowds

I really loved the book Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner. In response to US Intelligence agencies failings, the author...

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