Read our posts about psychology

07May

Valuing our State of Mind

Louise Chunn

anxiety, depression, psychology, self, society

Mind

Welldoing attended the Our State of Mind event to hear from Mind CEO Paul Farmer, Action for Happiness director Mark Williamson and co-authors of Thrive, Richard Layard and David Clark about the state of mental health in the UK.
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05May

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad General Election?

Louise Chunn

culture, psychology, society

Mind

We ask our therapists for their opinions on whether the General Election 2015 is having an effect on mental health.
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29Apr

How to Break Bad Habits

Gretchen Rubin

psychology, self, wellbeing

Soul

Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before, shares her tips on how to form habits that stick.
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18Feb

The Psychology of 50 Shades of Grey

Jacqueline Palmer

culture, films, psychology, sex

Mind

Jacqueline Palmer explores the psychology of controversial best-seller 50 Shades of Grey and the potentially damaging messages the now-movie conveys.
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13Jan

The Psychology of Impulse Buying

Annie Newbury

psychology

Mind

Why do we buy things we don't need? What prompts us to succumb to impulse buying? We explore the psychology of those shopping trips.
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30Dec

Why is it So Hard to Say No?

Josephine Cropper

psychology, self, society, wellbeing

Mind

Those of us who feel uncomfortable saying no are actually doing ourselves are disservice and often struggle with healthy boundaries
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01Dec

Politics, Psychotherapy and Boarding School

Nick Duffell

boardingschool, education, politics, psychology, society

Mind

Nick Duffell delves into why we should care about boarding school kids - it's in all our best interests, after all
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24Oct

Gone Girl: I Blame the Parents

Camilla Nicholls

books, family, films, marriage, psychology

Mind

Camilla Nichols analyses the parent-child relationship in David Fincher's recent hit release Gone Girl, staring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck
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22Oct

Why Do People Take Extreme Risks?

Emma Barrett

psychology, self

Mind

Imagine climbing up a sheer wall of rock without a rope. Missing a foothold, losing your grip, or encountering a falling rock could send you flying toward almost-certain death. Welcome to the precarious world of free solo climbing. Alex Honnold is widely regarded as the world’s leading free solo climber. He has made some remarkable un-roped climbs, including the breath-taking 2000-foot walls of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. The concentration required is extraordinary. Half Dome took three hours to climb the first time he scaled it, and Honnold was one slip...
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14Oct

Is Masculinity A Cultural Myth?

Chris Taylor

men, psychology, society

Therapists

In my role as a counsellor I was working with a boy who had just had his 10th birthday, I asked him what did that feel like? His reply had a stereotypical ring to it which was almost chilling: “I am a man now”. There it was laid out before me; the role of being a MAN, soon to be joined by all the traditional expectations that come with that role. “Take it on the chin; No pain, no gain; Act like a man; Are you a man or a mouse”? We have all heard them so often but do we really appreciate the damage these expectations can have on that young man of 10? A Persistent...
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