Looking for UK therapists and counsellors who went into debt to train for anon interviews. You don't need to be in debt any more to take part! Please email [email protected] – we can talk it through before you decide to work with me. #TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky #BlueSkyTherapists

Late to this story (out last week) but it's a very cool finding about doxycycline: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Seeking former religious people (de-converts, 'dones', lapsed, exvangelical...) with an OCD diagnosis to talk briefly about their experience of both, and how they relate to one another (if at all). Quite a specific request! Anon is fine. Pls email [email protected], subject in caps if poss

Xmas sandwiches and it's not even Halloween 🥰

If I was an editor I would simply commission 5k words on orange peel theory

When you hear, 'This episode of Tara Brach is sponsored by BetterHelp'

Writing about spirituality, about to cull my dozens of references to 'exploring'

Hi all! Looking for someone who dabbled in conspiracy theories/antivaxx ideas, ideally who's also had therapy. Named/anon both fine. I'd also love to hear from anyone whose friend/relative/partner got lost in misinformation 💙

Psychiatrists of BlueSky, if anyone wants to talk about the open letter to the RCPsych please let me know! Keen to cover 🏳️‍🌈

Great piece, just working on some case studies about women's debt in the UK and shopping debt has come up a couple of times. So much of life is unaffordable or relies on debt rn, Klarna is not it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Must-read. US and UK case studies: #therapy #psychotherapy #mentalhealth

If anyone needs to know how my day is going, I just deleted 750+ bookmarks of recipes I never cooked

Hiya! 👋 Looking to speak to UK women 18-45, currently in debt, for a feature. Contributions will be ANON and we can work by email/DM/phone/WhatsApp etc – it should only take five mins. #journorequest #debt

Looking for musicians raised religious, who left the fold – any more ideas?

A very good 16-min listen about a pre-print paper: www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

Still hearing anecdotal reports of 'low-cost counselling services' charging patients up to £70 to see... Trainee therapists. 📢 Clients and would-be clients, if you are paying for a low-cost service I HIGHLY recommend you seek a trained, qualified therapist. Lots offer sliding scale fees.

Shocking to read this particular case from Sheffield just 11 years ago: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Looking for a single woman 30-45 who wants to be a parent for a UK women's title. Anon is fine. Please DM or email [email protected] for more info. Thanks!

Today years old when I learned trans youth released 6,000 crickets at an LGB Alliance conference 🖤

Fantastic result on PAs – thanks to a lot of grassroots campaigning: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Finally! @novaramedia.com got Dale Vincent on. Good stories about Ecotricity, being a New Age traveller, Battle of the Beanfield, Just Stop Oil donations etc

New Couples Therapy episodes! Tangential, but a really long time ago (2021) I wrote this about D/deaf therapy: patient.info/news-and-fea...

New from me for @glamouruk.bsky.social: Lobular breast cancer is the second-most common form of breast cancer, so why have so few women heard of it? www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/lobu... @lobularbcuk.bsky.social

Saw @medicinered.bsky.social on the bill and dived for it – lots and lots of good speakers: revsoc21.uk/festival2025/

Big up the new Cosmopolitan x @bpas.bsky.social campaign to decriminalise abortion in the UK: www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

This morning a group of medical bodies and healthcare professionals has welcomed a cross-party amendment laid by @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social to the Crime and Policing Bill which would stop the prosecution of women under abortion law. 🔗 Find the full details here - bpas.org/about-bpas/p...

Looking forward to an audience with Jim Mackey at his @mja-uk.bsky.social event this evening – if you're coming too say hi :)

2025 MJA Awards Now Open for Entries mjauk.org/2025/05/06/2...

Hi – looking for anyone who's lost faith or left a religion/religious community and happy to speak about it named/anon. Contact for more info – no commitment expected. [email protected]

Great to see life after purity culture in this week's How We Do It! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Offering the morning-after pill at pharmacies without charge will reduce financial impact on NHS, say doctors: news.doctors.net.uk/news/1DXZqpa... 🔒 Thanks @soniaadesara.bsky.social @msichoices.org @fsrh.org

Studies show harm in therapy is underreported and remains poorly understood. As long as the profession resists the question of harm, the problem remains corrosive. In a cover feature for BACP's Therapy Today (April), I spoke to experts in the field. Open access: www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journal... 🔓

I'll say this til I'm hoarse, if you're a UK-based writer and you're not checking out what ALCS do, you're potentially doing yourself out of money that's yours by rights. Follow, follow follow!

Really interesting story about therapy from a GP publication – sounds like the First Minister backs SCOPED or something like it: www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...

Totally agree. For anyone who's found the overdiagnosis conversation in the media difficult in the last couple of days:

the Times informing its readers of benzos is like if High Times did an article called “Introducing the Bong”

Any fast reactions on what the abolition of NHS England means for mental health services?

Loved this piece, such a great unpacking of what Johnstone and people like her are doing to demedicalise mental health

Fancy a stay in the UK’s only residential library, working on a new writing project? You’ve got just ten days to apply for the New Directions Bursary. freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/the-freela...

Solidarity

The main takeaway from this feature is that for £12/month you can now get crisps on subscription: twofarmers.co.uk/product/mixe...

McDonald's is overturning council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets by claiming they will encourage healthier lifestyles, reveals a BMJ investigation. It shows the firm has won planning appeals in some of the most deprived areas of England www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Some smashing therapy-related arts and culture coming out next month! See my round-up in the Feb issue of Therapy Today: www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journal...

Would love to get Chat/emails from anyone who's removed their professional account from Instagram or Facebook, particularly journalists, writers and authors You can message me here or at [email protected] #journorequest

Ordinary Unhappiness podcast tip

Making bedrot my personality

Another freebie worth your time is at the Science Gallery: Vital Signs includes these River Guardians from Dr Gayle Chong Kwan – also, an installation about rest as resistance, and a film series animist communities in China adapting to renewables on their land: london.sciencegallery.com/vital-signs

I really enjoyed popping into the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social 's Hard Graft exhibition last year – work by Lindsay Mendick, Moi Tran, @forensicarchi.bsky.social and more, including this chapel centrepiece covered in neon and ceramics. Free, still on: wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...

We are collaborating with @pressgazette.co.uk for a piece looking at the impact of changes to Meta's hate speech policies on LGBTQ+ journalists/media folks. If that is you, we want to hear from you! Get in touch 📩 [email protected] #JournoRequest #LGBTQ #media