Many established religions and New Age movements often refer to the professed religiosity of famous scientists as proof of their beliefs....

Alcohol Change UK have launched their new alcohol research hub. For great information and resources on alcohol visit the site by...

The Therapeutic Alliance has always been found to be the central driver of outcomes in treatment studies, regardless of modality. But is...

In working with trauma I often use approaches that help people re-write memories in order to reduce the emotional distress. Whilst this...

The research and results of the HOPE feasibility study have been published. This was a suicide prevention intervention designed to...

The best description of the role of the Prefrontal Cortex of our brains (our sticky-out foreheads) is that it allows us to do the right...

In training and lectures I discuss the role of developing HD 4K goals to support motivational enhancement with clients as well as reduce...

Anyone who has heard me speak on treatment outcomes will know of my proclivity to stress the importance of alliance in treatment...

In a sweeping new study, Indiana University psychologists have found that a series of self-guided, internet-based therapy platforms...

According to some estimates, up to one in three people around the world may experience severe anxiety in their lifetime. In a study...

Traumatic experiences can become deeply entrenched in a person's memory. How can fears following a traumatic event be reduced in the long...

A new tool, developed by researchers from the University of Adelaide, will assist clinicians to assess people suffering from major...

A great privilege of running this blog is to share some of the work of practitioners who have inspired me but whose work is not often as...

More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has become almost as...

Alcohol abuse is more complicated than simply drinking too much. There may be five separate types of problem drinkers, according to Penn...

A major international collaboration headed by researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT,...

Neighborhood violence has been associated with adverse health effects on youth, including sleep loss, asthma and metabolic syndrome. Yet...

Researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) have revealed that one quarter of suicide attempts are associated with...

In lectures and training I always emphasis that other factors contribute to the clients outcome than just the model of practice. These...

I remain ambivalent about drug laws. So the emergence of "legal highs" or "new psychoactive substances" as they are now called has...