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Dr Naomi Murpy
@nmpsychologist.bsky.social
Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist; Co-host of Locked Up Living; Sensorimotor Psychotherapist; Hon Prof (NTU); APPG-RJ; octopuspsychology.com; https://nmpsychologist.substack.com;
January 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This conversation was a very joyful way to start the weekend
We had a lovely conversation today with photographer @saneseven.bsky.social .

Therapy often enables people to feel truly seen. Sane uses her camera
January 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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This week's conversation features Chris Braitch. Can boarding schools be a place of sanctuary to those from troubled families?

Watch www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ct8yy-...

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Chris Braitch (Video) Seen & Heard: Navigating Healing After Boarding School trauma
keywords   emotional health, boarding school trauma, Seen and Heard, mental health coaching, childhood trauma, healing journey, group therapy, educational system, child welfare, trauma-informed care s...
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January 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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This week we spoke to George Capone about how non-contact boxing can help people heal from trauma and abuse.

Listen here: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hbhec-...

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Read the transcript here: open.substack.com/pub/lockedup...
January 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Hi Bluesky World!

"The Brainwashing of My Dad" film and book is happy to now be on Bluesky.

The truth behind the right-wing media machine that changed a father—and divided the nation -- Give it a watch or read:
www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com
The Brainwashing of My Dad
The truth behind the right-wing media machine that changed a father--and divided the nation
www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Focusing can be used alone but is also a key part of sensorimotor psychotherapy and other somatic therapies.

You can find out more about it here:

naomimurphy.substack.com/p/how-focusi...

Or download our podcast conversation with Peter Gill, a UK specialist in focusing, from Wednesday at 6am.
December 3, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Unconditional love activates different parts of our brain to those activated by romantic & maternal love.

It helps us adapt to life’s challenges, stop & reverse disease & maintain health. It’s in our own interest to love unconditionally.
December 2, 2024 at 8:06 AM
December 2, 2024 at 8:03 AM
This is so much easier to do when you’ve felt treasured as a child. Lucky are those who recall the sense that their parents truly treasured them just for being themselves. It makes such a difference to resilience. What a gift.
November 25, 2024 at 7:36 AM
November 25, 2024 at 7:36 AM
It's perfectly acceptable to watch us kill someone but please don't let us be offended by swear words as we do it?!

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Death Row prisoner uses final words to swear - before taking 10 minutes to die in nitrogen execution
Strapped to a gurney with a blue-rimmed gas mask on his face, Carey Dale Grayson shook at times and took a series of gasping breaths - with his heart beating for around 10 minutes after the nitrogen b...
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November 23, 2024 at 8:10 AM
I was so delighted to see this beautiful video from the Alan Watts Legacy crop up in my feed this morning.

People often come to therapy because they feel alone and alienated from others. 🧵1/

#selfacceptance #enough #iamenough #selfloveisthebestlove
November 21, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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Today's episode features Jacob Hill, founder of Offploy discussing the societal benefits of employing those with convictions.

On all major platforms of link in comments.
November 20, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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Imagine transforming a prison sentence into a mission that empowers thousands—Jacob Hill did just that when he founded Offploy.

On all major podcasting platforms from Wednesday at 6am.
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November 17, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.” | Emily Dickinson
November 17, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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Working Effectively as a Multi Disciplinary Team - A Group Analytic Lens.

Using a group psychoanalytic lens, this training is an introduction to observing and attending to dynamics in groups.

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:30 - 15:30 GMT

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Working Effectively as a Multi Disciplinary Team - A Group Analytic Lens.
Using a group psychoanalytic lens, this training is an introduction to observing and attending to dynamics in groups.
www.eventbrite.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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Can NDAs harm those coerced into signing them?

In this week’s conversation David and @nmpsychologist.bsky.social speak with Zelda Perkins, former assistant to the disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein.

#NDA #misuseofpower #moralinjury #trauma

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November 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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1/ "I was fed up with the false narrative we hear over and over, that psychoanalytic therapy has been discredited & so-called evidence-based therapy is scientifically proven. I knew the research and knew that the public, policy makers, & MH professionals were being sold a bill of goods.
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August 8, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Do NDAs cause psychological harm? This weeks @LockedUpLiving podcast features Zelda Perkins of Can’t Buy My Silence sharing her powerful story

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Zelda Perkins; (audio) The Legal Battle Against Harvey Weinstein and NDAs
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November 16, 2024 at 12:55 AM
The last taboo - Mark Stibbe discussing sexual abuse by women, boarding schools and the Anglican Church looking away
Mark Stibbe (Video) •Understanding Shame and Attachment in Childhood http://dlvr.it/TG23hz @LockedUpLiving
November 16, 2024 at 12:48 AM
November 16, 2024 at 12:12 AM