Newsletter – October 2020

Interesting Content and Research

• The Process Of Psychological Recovery Begins While A Stressful Event Is Still Going On, According To Study Of Early Stages Of Coronavirus Pandemic
• The “big-fish-little-pond” effect shows that our academic self-concept can be profoundly shaped by how we compare ourselves to our peers.
• The psychology of accepting the things you cannot change, like the pandemic
• Person-Centred Theory of Development (a mini-lecture from Professor Mick Cooper)
• Jargon isn’t a sign of expertise; it’s a signal of insecurity

Resources

• Irvin Yalom & The Art of Psychotherapy (Online Course)
• Better Help (Online Counselling and Psychotherapy)

Online Courses, Events & Training

• The Compassionate Mind Foundation’s 9th International Conference
• Online Coaching Lab with Yannick Jacob and Clive Leach
• The Psychology of Extreme Violence – Dismantled
• International Recovery to Wellness Coaching Conference
• 2-Day: Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps Score-Trauma Healing with Bessel van der Kolk, MD

Jobs in Psychology

• Remote Counsellor for Nuttfield Health
• Psychotherapist or counsellor for homeless people
• Senior Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
• Honorary Assistant Psychologist
• Research Assistant, King’s College London

Quotes to Ponder

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

“Fear of life is really the fear of emotions. It is not the facts that we fear but our feelings about them. Once we have mastery over our feelings, our fear of life diminishes.” – David Hawkins

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished”. – Lao Tzu

“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” – Alan Watts

“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” – Richard Feynman