In lectures I often stress the importance of naming emotions in the client in the here and now. My mantra is always that a named emotion...

As I have often discuss in this blog, modality-or type of therapy-adds little to clinical outcomes with clients. For example, Orlinsky's...

A big thanks to my friend and colleague Colin Mackell for forwarding me this interesting article. In it the fantastic Prof Nick Heather...

I am very interested in how sacred values operate within the brain. In general terms, we are quite good on the mechanics of the brain...

In training and lectures I discuss the idea of homophily. This describes the how we tend to be drawn to others who are similar to us in...

On 18th June 2018 I will be speaking at the Cornwall and Devon Police and Crime Commissioner's seminar on Dual Diagnosis treatment...

Progress are a consortium of consultant nurses who established a professional forum in supporting practitioners and services users...

Experiences such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse, also can lead to changes in a child's brain...

In a first of its kind review, published in World Psychiatry -- the world's leading psychiatric research journal, the researchers...

Growing evidence shows that the brain's dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade...

Research finds that people with substance-use problems who read a message describing addiction as a disease are less likely to report...

Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions...

Adolescence is associated with the maturation of cognitive functions, such as working memory, decision-making, and impulsivity control....

In recent posts I shared research on how trauma ages children prematurely at a cellular level. This, combined with recent conversations...

Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team at the Technical University...

One in five people in England have been harmed in some way by others' drinking over the past year, suggest the results of the largest...

What really matters in caring for babies may be different than commonly thought, says Lehigh University researcher Susan S. Woodhouse, an...

HM Prison and Probation Service has just published its new Drugs strategy for prisons. some of the changes are welcome but does it go...

DHI are celebrating their 20th anniversary of delivering services to vulnerable people and supporting their families. As part of this...

I have just completed the design of a hugely innovative detoxification programme with Bosence Farm in Cornwall. The programme takes a...