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Tetris, Trauma and the Reconsolidating Brain
A research team led by the University of Cambridge has recently published one of the most compelling trials to date examining whether a simple, targeted cognitive task can reduce traumatic flashbacks. The findings, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, are part of a longer research programme led by Professor Emily Holmes and colleagues exploring how intrusive memories form — and how they might be disrupted. The headline has travelled widely: Playing Tetris reduces PTSD symptoms
Phil Harris
Mar 44 min read


How We Feel: An App for Emotional Awareness
In today’s fast‑paced world, emotions can feel complicated and overwhelming. The How We Feel app offers a science‑based way to notice, understand, and respond to those inner experiences. Designed as a free emotional wellbeing tool, it helps people track how they’re feeling over time and build practical emotional awareness — not by diagnosing or treating clinical disorders, but by helping users learn about their own emotional patterns and what affects them. The app was built
Phil Harris
Feb 53 min read


Strengths-Based Approaches Work
The unpredictable nature of life during the coronavirus pandemic is particularly challenging for many people. Not everyone can cope...
Phil Harris
Mar 15, 20213 min read


Down Your Drink: Free Online Alcohol Self-Help Programme
During the lockdown there is undoubted escalation in drinking. This may bring the use of online digital treatments to the fore. At...
Phil Harris
May 1, 20204 min read
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