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Helping young children to think about race in the early years

9 May 2023 by and

Children receive an abundance of messages about the world around them, and how that world functions from a very young…

Longer read: Supporting neurodivergent young people during the transition to adulthood: A case study.

25 April 2023 by

Research suggests that for neurodivergent young people, the transition to adulthood is fraught with challenge and anxiety (Crompton & Bond,…

Earth day, The Big One and keeping up momentum

23 April 2023 by , and

This weekend was both Earth Day (Saturday 22nd) and The Big One, a four day action where people from all…

Promoting positive mental health in a secondary school

18 April 2023 by

I’ve always been interested in applying Psychology at strategic levels within school systems, and have been working closely with the…

Project: Working with eco-anxiety or climate distress in clinical practice

22 March 2023 by

This project aims to explore how it feels for counsellors, psychotherapists, or practitioner psychologists to experience eco-anxiety or climate distress…

Book review: ‘Chatter’

12 March 2023 by

Book author: Ethan Kross. Chatter is written by Ethan Kross, an American psychologist with an expertise in the conscious mind….

Using data to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of young people

28 February 2023 by

We have written previously about our use of locally-gathered mental health and wellbeing data to support our educational establishments with…

Project: Identifying the core components of school based EP consultation

20 February 2023 by and

This project aims to identify the core components of UK school-based consultation by Educational Psychologists (EPs). In addition, the project…

edpsy launches pilot mentoring directory

8 February 2023 by , and

Today we launch the pilot phase of our new mentoring directory. We’ve developed this in response to a community desire…

Longer read: ‘Who can empathise with the Big, Bad Wolf?’ empathy and multiple narratives as an EP in a Children’s Services context

6 February 2023 by , 1 comment

I have been working in a Specialist Practitioner Educational Psychologist role for the last 4 years within a multi-disciplinary ‘Edge…