Posts tagged with 'goals'
Manchester BABCP conference: positive psychology and depression (third post)
23rd July 2010
The second day of the annual BABCP conference in Manchester started bright and early. I wrote a bit in my room - I've already written a couple of posts about the first day of the conference - before heading down for an early breakfast. Breakfast was good - much better …
Manchester BABCP conference: Emily Holmes & imagery (second post)
22nd July 2010
I wrote yesterday about the first symposium that I got to at this year's BABCP conference - "More news from the imagery front". The "discussant" overviewing the symposium intelligently and encouragingly was Emily Holmes. Not bad considering that she was about to give the plenary presentation that I went to …
Developing a training course: life skills for stress, health & wellbeing
19th February 2010
Last Spring, I went walking and camping in Glen Affric. Amongst other things, being away on my own in the hills gave me a chance to think creatively. Once I was back I wrote a blog post about developing a next generation stress management course. I said "I've known for …
NICE guidance on promoting mental wellbeing at work
17th December 2009
There are several recent research studies I've come across that highlight the need for better working conditions. Magnusson Hanson & colleagues' research on "Psychosocial working conditions and depressive symptoms among Swedish employees" shows clear links between decision authority, conflict & support and the development of subsequent depressive symptoms, while Nyberg …
Berlin weekend: approaches to happiness
12th December 2009
Berlin, Saturday morning. We flew in from Edinburgh pretty early yesterday. Direct flight. Easy. Guilt over air travel a little allayed by buying carbon offsets through ClimateCare. We're staying in a Miniloft, one of the really nice set of self-catering apartments designed by Matthew Griffin & Brita Jurgens, an architect …
Recent research: two studies on panic, two on attention training for anxiety disorders, and three on the effects of child abuse
19th November 2009
Here are seven recent papers on panic, attention training, and the effects of childhood sexual abuse (all details & abstracts to these studies are listed further down this blog post). Pfaltz & colleagues report on a novel ambulatory respiratory monitoring system that seems to demonstrate that panic sufferers are not …
Assessing and encouraging enjoyable activities
25th October 2009
What we've seen in our work is that most people don't give themselves permission to live until they've been given a terminal diagnosis. Stephen Levine I came across an interesting research study recently: Pressman, S. D., K. A. Matthews, et al. (2009). "Association of Enjoyable Leisure Activities With Psychological and …
Autogenic training: seventh session
12th October 2009
Here are handouts and recordings for the seventh Autogenic Training session. The initial "Autogenic relaxation training" page gives introductory details of this method. In the face-to-face trainings that I run, I would typically start the two hour class by practising last time's Autogenic Training exercise together - in this case …
Recent research: two studies on depression, one on sex, & three on positive psychology
24th September 2009
Here are half a dozen research papers that have recently interested me (all details & abstracts to these studies are given further down this blog posting). The first by Fournier et al is about whether to choose antidepressants or psychotherapy to treat depression. They found that marriage, unemployment and having …
Goal renewal boosts wellbeing: third post
30th August 2009
In a series of linked blog posts over the course of this month, I've discussed writing for health and wellbeing, assessment of one's own level of wellbeing, and using a broadened Best Possible Selves exercise. In today's post I take these ideas a step further by linking them to the …