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good to see nurturing natures as one of the cited papers in this Nigerian study of how ACEs adversely affect academic performance zurl.co/YxA8O
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
exercise as more effective for depression than antidepressants (unless you get injured as I have done😌!!) Exercise for depression - Clegg, AJ - 2026 | Cochrane Library zurl.co/rx3WA
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January 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
glad to see our paper on how evolutionary thinking contributes to explaining abuse is cited here, sometimes it pays to reject ones children, dare we know this? zurl.co/AEf4a
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
some good research evidence here on effectiveness of ISTDP and other psychodynamic therapies zurl.co/TFojA
January 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
glad to be doing one of these, but I really recommend the lectures by Jeanne Knox and Frances Salo, 2 people I think highly of, organised by the inimtable @joannestubley zurl.co/jkFZC
Tavistock Trauma Service lectures on trauma
Register for our innovative online lectures reflecting a psychoanalytic approach to trauma from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM
just finished delivering a training lasting several months about trauma for the London borough of Camden, mainly social workers, not the usual glitzy headline stuff but trying to look in more depth . thanks to all the amazing participants
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
interesting, or dangerous territory? Research that suggests that sex differences in the brain are ancient and evolutionary zurl.co/BDTd2
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
very interesting research about accelerated ageing linked to stress. i guess always a question of whether it is the stress of the military or if stressed people join the military but good research zurl.co/kq7VA
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excited about our event on Boarding School Life, honouring Joy Schaverien’s seminal work, with Helen Odell Miller, Alex Renton & Piers Cross—raising awareness of the lasting impact of boarding schools on children & society. Join us: E zurl.co/NDlb3
The Silent Damage of Boarding School: Taking Forward the Legacy of Joy Schaverien Online
This hybrid event honours the pioneering legacy of Dr. Joy Schaverien, the leading British Jungian psychoanalyst and art psychotherapist who brought vital attention to the hidden trauma experienced...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So ACEs are linked with less grit while Positive Childhood Experiences with more, and the mediating factor is emotional regulation which comes with PCEs. New study uncovers key psychological link between childhood experiences and adult grit zurl.co/Wsiw0
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Nice to be cited in this article about altruism, ACEs and neuopeptides zurl.co/f04dE
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
apologies i have been off platforms, horrible lergy, but recovered and off tomorrow to Iceland, work and play 🙂. hope to not be on here much for a week!
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hmmm, perhaps surprising to some? People on the far-right and far-left exhibit strikingly similar brain responses zurl.co/p32kS
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
So it is not all about nature. Identical twins reared apart and going to different kinds of schools have different IQ's. Nurture is us for sure! zurl.co/hb2Yd
October 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Last call. Was sold out but added a few more places. Tomorrow 10am BST UK time. Webinar about #trauma and #DID. Nothing like seeing video of actual clinical work for learning, especially in EDTs'. Led by Dion Nowoweiski. Details via link or in bio zurl.co/tTuAN
October 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
interesting but expected in those with sexually compulsive behaviour, but we risk a purely behavioural intervention to do with triggers, not helping the suffering person inside Approach tendencies towards pornographic material in compulsive sexual... zurl.co/K97rW
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
new newsletter with special tributes to the great poet Brian Patten, plus blog, book/podcast reviews, events news, corny jokes and what's not to like zurl.co/7Sep3
October 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Next Saturday am, UK time). Webinar about #trauma and #DID. So looking forward to this. Nothing like seeing video of actual clinical work for learning, especially in experiential dynamic therapies. Led by Dion Nowoweiski. Details via link or in bio zurl.co/tTuAN
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
nice to see The Good life cited in this chapter zurl.co/vGzU4
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Maternal adverse childhood experiences, normally bad news but no life sentence, and there are resilience factors zurl.co/yCbep
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
let's keep this in mind. #inequality adversely affects childrens' brains zurl.co/3HW5B
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
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September 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This looks to be very important. It takes seriously issues of parenting but also how the environment and factors like racism and poverty affect parenting. So we need broader pictures and less parent blaming! zurl.co/g5v0t
September 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
great to see this paper out, fabulous authors and great subject, and lovely Nurturing Children cited in it Intergenerational transmission of attachment: A qualitative study on eight adopted children - zurl.co/ahM1C
September 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
extremely compelling research on how autism risk may be programmed by obesity before pregnancy, even testing preconception obesity of mothers of IVF donor eggs zurl.co/cO2fp
Autism risk may be programmed by obesity before pregnancy
Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study has found. Epigenetic changes in eggs triggered gene shifts linked to autism-like behaviors, revealing a critical window for prevention.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Good news, caffeine increases task persistence under pressure. Such a relief to know this! Off for me 2nd now! zurl.co/A65uP
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM