"As a mental health clinician, I cannot emphasise enough how many relapses have been triggered by the relentless media drumbeat about 'cracking down' on benefits": good Guardian letters on incapacity benefit cuts. theguardian.com/politics/202…

“After almost a year to establish ‘principles’ for the use of digital technologies on inpatient mental health wards, NHS England have published them– quietly on a Friday as if to avoid attention” stopoxevision.wordpress.com/…

Unmasking Predudiced Myths.The Struggle for Mental Health Benefits thepoorsideof.life/2025/02/1… via @charlotteh71

How photographer Jarlath Flynn saw a murmuration pass in front of the Moon and captured 60,000 swooping starlings taking the shape of a leaping hedgehog in the dim night sky.

It’s reported this morning that in his first keynote speech since becoming prime minister, Sir Keir will warn that ‘things are worse than we ever imagined’ Does that mean we will at last have an honest discussion about the economic damage Brexit is inflicting on the UK economy?

If you love #cognitiveanalytictherapy and want to make a difference in the world apply for this job 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #relationalworking #psychologicallyinformedenvironment #relationalleadership

When people seem like they are mean, they're almost never mean. They're anxious. - Alain De Botton

🔊 Job alert!! Great opportunity Clinical/ Counselling Psychologists on the acute inpatient wards in Knowsley. Lots of opportunities for systemic working with teams that highly value psychological input! @helenged @Mersey_Care @Mersey_CareJobs merseycare.nhs.uk/working-fo…

Everything that Labour ought to stand for - but doesn't - is in the Green Party manifesto. My column. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

@YMCATogether are looking for associate CAT therapists to support the delivery of therapy and reflective practice If you’re interested please do or email me on Kate.portman@ymcatogether.org.uk @CatalyseC @Assoc_CAT @YouthCAT1

Another day, another post to advert! 🌟We are looking for Principal Clinical Psychologists to join the Urgent Care Psychology service @Mersey_Care Successful candidates will support in leading the development of the service. Please get in touch! merseycare.nhs.uk/working-fo…

Looking for sessional #cognitiveanalytictherapy or #familytherapy work in #Liverpool ?? @YMCATogether are inviting associates to work into #refuge and safer accommodation services in 2024. Get in touch for more info 💡 @CatalyseC @Mersey_Care @bps @UKCP_Updates @Assoc_CAT

Robert De Niro’s full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts: I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly. I see an evil one. Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped. Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family." Why would Rishi Sunak want to do a thing like that?

The ones that speak the most aren’t always the ones with the answers- find the wise owls 🦉

Such a lovely walk with lovely people. So well organised, thanks to those that made it happen and volunteered their time.

On the bullshitisation of mental health nursing: A reluctant work rant - McKeown - Nursing Inquiry - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…