Parents and Carers of Portsmouth: this is a free community event delivered by a range of mental health services, including one of our EPs Dr Issy Cone. Lots of interesting and informative workshops including neurodiversity, anxiety and EBSNA. Plz share with your networks 🙏🏼 #edpsychs #edusky

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Read this entertaining and short fiction on holiday. Themes of neurodiversity and “normality” - I enjoy writing that challenges cultural ideas about what a good life is, and Murata does this with humour & authenticity. Unfortunately the book fell into the pool - good even when read soggy.

Thrilled to announce our first speaker for PositiviTEA Well-being Wonders 2026: Dr Ahmar Ferguson @drfergy.bsky.social will be sharing ideas on how to contract and facilitate supervision for school staff well-being ✨ #edpsychs @maxpurpose.bsky.social @positivitea-eps.bsky.social

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads , and as we pass through them they prove to be many-coloured lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus”

Joy. That's what is missing way too often from the current discourse on learning and education. I don't mean being overtly happy all the time, nor having endless fun at school (as if!), but an underlying belief that learning can be a joyful, engaging process, not just stuffing more into your memory.

Thank god the clocks go back tonight, an extra hour to cry

“The future of therapy might depend less on how well we defend it, and more on how courageously we adapt it”

“To be embodied means that we are guided by our instincts, whilst simultaneously having the opportunity to be self-aware of that guidance. This self-awareness requires us to recognize and track our sensations and feelings. 🧵

Thanks, Jane Goodall. :(

edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/su... proud to share this amazing article by my friends and colleagues Nicole Harris and Bee Hartwell ✨ prioritising connection with nature outside and within us is so vital for our wellbeing, learning and attention: definitely the business of schools. Give it a read 🫶🏻🌱

Important and informative conversation about migration. I learnt a lot. Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1hyL...

#Edpsychs #decolonise Excellent thesis by a colleague, Rebecca Wright, about colonial 'haunting' of Educational Psychology. I am still reading it, and so far it is super powerful and utterly brilliant. etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/20...

The idea of IFS is simple but radical: your mind isn't a single entity, it's a constellation of different "parts". We're not here to pathologize or "fix" you. Instead, we're here to help you get to know the unique inner community you already have,. It's about a conversation, not a conquest. 🤝

Great to see an outgoing Year 3 trainee, Sophie Brinsmead presenting her work at the European Early Childhood Research Association (EECERA) conference in Bratislava. Delegates from 52 countries all interested in early childhood research #impact #edpsychs

Something I find fascinating is how some people have started using the word 'instruction' rather than 'education'. I think its probably linked to the idea that learning = memory and that this is being 'delivered' to learners, rather than learning being a relational, interactive experience.

Placing children’s wellbeing and their engagement in society as central purposes of education may reduce some of the conflict in the system…this is a great article considering systemic factors of EBSNA & difficulties in home-school relationships #edpsychs

Maybe not in your camp of interest but "No Bad Parts" by Dr. Schwartz, who developed the IFS model of healing. Life Changing. The only thing that permanently helped me with my inner issues. IMHO should be compulsory reading if you're human. It's eye-opening and nails how the subconscious works 🧠

Perspective taking involves examining our own lenses that shape our perception especially when cultural stories have often come from dominant cultures, which likely serve privilege and power. Questioning our need to KNOW is a part of this process. Being a learner (curious, don’t know mind) is key

‘Empathy is not connecting to an experience, its connecting to the emotions that underpin an experience’ (Brené Brown)

The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh… Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population) Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK Immigration isn’t draining us Inequality is.

IFS works better than any other therapy I've done but that shit is Hard ough augh euhhguea waaaww

I don’t have anxiety. It has me. So I can’t “let it go.” I must let it stay. And this changes everything :)

Whilst it can be tempting to want simple answers about how to be culturally competent in our work… this work is about responsivity - having the courage to stay in a ‘not knowing’ position, which is a consistent inquiry, asking questions with curiosity both inwardly & with our clients and consultees

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#FamilyWise Compassionate Parenting #2 What is Compassion? 👋 Thought for the week: Compassion is often misunderstood as being ‘soft’. Compassion can be tough and gritty. It means staying with hard feelings, repairing after conflict & putting effort into wisdom & care ⏬

I wrote something - kinda a rambling of various thoughts after an...interesting article in iPaper last week TLDR - We need to extend systems thinking to our own profession. We're too small to be divided. We need diverse voice at media and policy level #edpsychs www.linkedin.com/pulse/thinki...

Looking forward to speaking at #epfest2025 All psychology is political! The discourse of neutrality disguises psychology’s commitment to capitalism! If psychologists are serious about social justice we need to be political activists for material change! #edpsychs #psychology #edusky

Important considerations about remote assessments and the impact on quality, as well as privatisation of EP work. I always find seeing how the child interacts with the school context to be a valuable piece of information. #EdPsychs inews.co.uk/news/educati...

Trans and gender diverse people exist as teachers, pupils and parents. Sign this 👌 drafted @prideineducation.bsky.social open letter to the DfE calling out the RSHE guidance coming into effect in September 2026 as a "dangerous regression in inclusive education". openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...

The fight for trans safety is a fight for everyone’s safety – MPs must have the chance to debate it | Freddy McConnell

Never Again must never be a negotiation. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

The word “analyse” means to cut things apart. The word “synthesise” means to put things together, make connections. Sometimes we gotta analyse before we synthesise, but thats the direction of travel, where true change and healing can happen. It’s not about what we know, it’s about how we meet it.

If you have any experiences connected with asylum-seeking or refugee communities, please consider adding your voice to this research and sharing this with any contacts or networks you think would be interested. A link to the survey is here: forms.gle/dpHHDwDjFs7S... #edusky #edpsychs #NoOutsiders

Psychology is not a place free of institutional racism - being anti-racist means continually acknowledging and assessing our own roles within racist and discriminatory structures, as well as considering AND acting in ways which contribute and create a better, healthier, more equal future #edpsychs

As someone actually trained in behavioural psychology—unlike most MPs—I can tell you: financial precarity doesn’t “incentivise” sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesn’t create productivity. It creates collapse. #TakingThePIP

"When a person is Self-led, they are not detached from the world, with emotions always in abeyance. Instead, they drink deeply from the fountain of life while maintaining a center of equanimity." ~ Richard C. Schwartz : 'Introduction to Internal Family Systems', p.71-2 #IFS #TheSelf #Healing

Let’s make space for your parts are yelling about the world burning. This free session is a co-created lab for #IFS practitioners to test a tool designed for #polycrisis emotions and climate-awareness. RSVP: www.ifshealers.com/c/ifs-events/ #PartsWork #ClimateAnxiety #pesi #internalfamilysystems

Psychology in schools matters… Ian Florance asks psychologists about their work in the educational sector. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

If it makes you HAPPY It’s not a Waste of time..

lovely window of tolerance visual #edpsychs

A friend is someone who knows your song and sings it back to you when you’ve forgotten the words (C. S. Lewis)

Please share far and wide - I’m seeking primary/secondary school staff for doctoral research into sexism

Internal family systems (IFS) therapy offers some surprising ways to think about who you are and work towards greater self-acceptance. In today’s Guide, the late certified practitioner Derek Scott shows you how to get started buff.ly/IGgOPVd

Solidarity. Forever.

“Trauma is not what happens to you but what happens inside of you.” Gabor Mate So many people compare themselves to others to downplay what has happened to them when in reality it is really about what is going inside our bodies at the time of the event.

What if therapy is not about fixing, but is actually about uncovering all of the ways you make sense? #ifstherapy #queerhealing