'TALKING TRAUMA'

Staying regularly informed about trauma can help us feel less overwhelmed. In my blog, Talking Trauma, I offer weekly perspectives on how psychology can be applied to everyday life.

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Look to the stars... but widen the frame

Look to the stars... but widen the frame

20 October 2026

The emergence of a new star feels like a beacon, but it’s also a reminder that there is so much more beyond…

What Nolan’s Odyssey knows about trauma

What Nolan’s Odyssey knows about trauma

1 October 2026

While the film may not always be true to Homer, it is startlingly true to the state of our world

We need empathy, but it doesn’t tell us what to do.

We need empathy, but it doesn’t tell us what to do.

23 September 2026

Empathy has been getting a bad press recently, so when I was invited last month to be a witness on BBC Radio…