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Richard Lewis

@rlewistherapy.bsky.social

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Psychotherapist. Counsellor (MNCPS). Author. Researcher. Science writer (MISTC). Broadcaster. Former Parisian trapped in post-Brexit UK. Distress is not a defect. https://richard-lewis.co.uk

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Nov 12

The model in mental health is changing. The era of "faulty brain chemistry" is over, the hypotheses debunked, the drugs needlessly dangerous. We're moving to a more compassionate understanding that bad things happen to people and they suffer emotionally and physically as a result

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · Aug 7

We can understand the pain or history that drives an abuser's behavior, without excusing it or taking on responsibility for things they did to us.

Sympathy & empathy can be tools-- but it's real important we not let them blur the lines for what was & wasn't acceptable behavior.

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Jun 24

Compare this photo I saw on Twitter today to the AI one I posted

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · May 9

You’re not “rotting” in bed. You’re resting. Your worth isn’t tied to your output or willingness to perform through your pain or exhaustion. So please rest.

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · May 7

What's happening to Prince Harry currently is a graphic illustration of what happens to any survivor or scapegoat who tries to speak out on systems that harmed them. But despite the hostility aimed at him and his chosen family, I hope the Prince will continue to speak.

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Apr 30

As we head once again into #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, use our online checker to see if you could be suffering from Nuclear War: medium.com/@richard-lew...

Are you suffering from Nuclear War?

As we head into Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s remove the stigma from Nuclear War

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Apr 4

Hard agree 👍

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Apr 3

How fortunate to have been able to change your environment that way 💥

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Apr 3

Not your fault. Of course we trust doctors and we want relief and the story makes it feel simple to achieve.

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Apr 3

Finally, the winner of the 2025 Weasel Words Pageant. This just just off the scale shocking.

Mad in America @mad-in-america.bsky.social · Apr 3

False Information in UK Package Inserts for Antidepressants About a Chemical Imbalance
by Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD

To state something that is blatantly false is not a “paradigm,” it is a lie, plain and simple.

False Information in UK Package Inserts for Antidepressants About a Chemical Imbalance

To state something that is blatantly false is not a “paradigm,” it is a lie, plain and simple.

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 31

It's almost as though leaving the EU trading bloc was a bad idea 🤷‍♂️

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 28

Any time someone calls you a late bloomer, you want to tell them how much of your life was lost just surviving the soil you were born into.

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 21

Shrinkflation

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

This is why I entertain the idea of a collective unconscious.

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

It's a core part of my work.

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

Got the chill of my life when I saw this on someone else’s feed

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

Where's the fun in that?

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

HBR finds that workplace mental health problems are systemic rather than individualised. No shit. If only HBR could also talk to psychiatry hbr.org/2024/10/why-...

Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Achieve Better Outcomes

By 2026, global corporate spending on wellness programs is set to top $94.6 billion, yet anticipated improvements in well-being are not being realized, and, in fact, mental health needs are continuing...

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

The idea that over-diagnosis of mental disorders is down to a profession that actively campaigns against the medical model is, one feels, wilfully ignorant www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...

Minister announces crackdown on private sector therapists at Pulse conference

The Government will crack down on ‘unregulated private sector’ therapists and counsellors, the primary care minister announced at Pulse Live.

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

No they’re not. But not everything that is helpful is scientific in nature. Art and music are good examples. Faith is another. Psychotherapy is another. Sometimes it’s the question not the answer that is most useful

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

More or less, the only difference was the direction of travel, since I was in the convoy. I played around with prompts to get it as accurate as I could

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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

Well all science starts with a mystery and a curiosity

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

As a 3-5 year old growing up in UK I had a recurring dream in which I was part of a convoy of people moving on foot from one place to another, destination unknown, sometimes walking through squat whitewashed dwellings or camping on beaches. I recently asked an AI to recreate the image from my memory

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

I think I *do* buy the Jungian doctrines, or at least the notion of a collective unconscious. What makes you skeptical?

Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · Mar 19

Anyone else low-key wonder if waking life is just the data-capture phase for the real life, which is lived in sleep via the collective consciousness? #wednesdaythoughts

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