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Can Low Empathy Be Toxic?
In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is...
Phil Harris
Apr 29, 20201 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Apr 27, 20202 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Dec 19, 20193 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Oct 5, 20181 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Sep 1, 20185 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jun 21, 20183 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jun 10, 20183 min read


Echo Chambers of the Mind
I often explore challenging research findings that questions some core assumptions about human development and treatment processes. I...
Phil Harris
May 9, 20182 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Apr 11, 20181 min read


Trauma is Contagious
Working with trauma in both mental health and the addiction field leaves imprints. This fascinating article in the Atlantic examines the...
Phil Harris
Dec 22, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Sep 1, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jul 27, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jul 26, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jul 24, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jul 24, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jul 12, 20171 min read


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...
Phil Harris
Jun 15, 20172 min read
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