Jane Callaghan ๐ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅพ๐งถ
@JaneEMCallaghan
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personal twitter, private views. Violence, gender, mental health, family, childhood, austerity. adoptive Scot.Psychologist. Bi. Cats. Dogs. crafts. Prof.
Joined August 2007
I'm @JaneEMCallaghan.bsky.social. If you're there, please find me :) or tell me how to add you xx.
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I am sorry to keep sharing this, but I remain astonished that such aggressive behaviour was tolerated, that his misogyny was unchecked and that @bbcquestiontime has not yet apologised for its failure to protect another female guest from misogynist abuse. #bbcqt.
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Why do they keep doing this?.She is given no personhood .He becomes not-a-murderer.Domestic abuse is reframed as romance. Maths graduate admits murdering university sweetheart at their flat
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I'm reading an article draft written by one of my PhD students. It's going to be a fabulous article. She is going to be a glorious academic, and her work will far exceed mine. I love that.
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@dwright75 @Ed_Miliband @sidlowe um Duncan you write for the Sun. you don't get to be a "we", and you don't get to query other people's honesty.
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People seem to love their mental health science when it's all about brains. But our most robust scientific findings about mental health problems are the links to poverty, inequality, gender politics, and violence. Funny how that is less appealing to most people. Science, eh?.
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What on earth is going on when reviewers of qualitative research make comments like "a sample of 20 is too small". Wtaf?.
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If you're an academic psychologist, please don't try to pass yourself off as a clinician. Make the limits of your expertise clear.
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Anyone struggling with health behavior change? This may be of help. Still got a way to go but this is me before lockdown vs today. Reversed type 2 diabetes diagnosis and got my blood pressure down to normal. I don't see the difference in myself day to day, but I feel it!
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"Multi-million pound award for domestic abuse research"
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My daughter sent this to me this morning. I don't think I've ever felt so moved, or so like I've managed to do something right as a parent. She is 17, a young adult. Confident and capable. I love the bones of her. #camhs2019
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Not everything that is disruptive or difficult in a childโs life is โtraumaโ. I wish people would stop using this term so casually. It is starting to lose its explanatory power.
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It's official, so I'm allowed to say. I've just been made Deputy Dean of Social Sciences at Stirling. Delighted and excited!.
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I've been binge watching the series #couplestherapy. It gives great insight into couples work. But I tell you what. It really exposes the yawning gap between "trauma informed" and "domestic abuse informed" and makes it very clear why ordinary couple therapy isn't for survivors.
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I'm so sick of women being scolded for using their hard earned doctor titles. I'm Jane. (Preferred) or Dr or Prof Callaghan. Call me anything else and feel my wrath.
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So today I'm 50kg lighter than I was when lock down started. I ran 3.5 continuous miles, despite having a cold this week. And I bought pj's that fit me in a supermarket. I feel. Quite good.
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Stop telling people to talk if there's no-one to talk to! If you really care about mental health, stop raising awareness, and start doing activism. Better services. No benefits-bullying. Accessible support. That's what people who are struggling need. Not permission to talk!.
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This is abuse.
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Can we make sure black and other minoritised women remain centered as we #ReclaimTheseStreets ?.
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So these arrangements to evacuate universities. do they include a plan for care experienced and independent students, and other students who don't have a cozy middle class home to go to? I can't spot it in what I've read so far.
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I can't believe @BBCNews is trying to hang the increase of depression and anxiety on social media. What about recession, poverty, underemployment, poor future prospects for young people. ? . No, it's the internet bogeyman. Obviously.
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It takes 7 years, on average, for women to leave abusive relationships. In the end, the people who stand shoulder to shoulder make the biggest difference. Solidarity, sisters.
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My beautiful girl died after ingesting a toxin (probably antifreeze). Please be extra careful this time of year. I'm devastated. She was dashing about over my keyboard this morning. Now she's gone.
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I had a return to work interview with my boss today. I've felt supported and cared for throughout my period of illness, and today further underscored that. I proper love my job.
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Why do MRAs think that when feminists say "toxic masculinity" they mean "all masculinity". Do they not understand how adjectives work?.
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I spent a depressing weekend auditing the provision of services for children who've experienced domestic abuse. To say austerity has decimated these services (which were already insufficient) is an understatement. I feel devastated by how much we let these children down.
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Devastated by what is happening to students. They should never have been drawn back to campus. Universities should never have been forced to draw them here.
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Why are so many editors these days sending articles with minor revisions back out to review? This is poor practice, wasting everyone's time. If you can't make a judgement minors, you probably shouldn't be editing.
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so Paula Radcliffe thinks maybe caster should take testosterone blockers? maybe clip off Phelps' arms to reduce his natural advantage too?.
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Delighted to have received funding from the CSO Scotland to explore the wellbeing and child protection implications of the pandemicand social isolation, and how services can effectively meet social care needs.
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@ericjames_phd I did my PhD part time whilst working full time. Data collection was longitudinal over 2.5 years. I had a baby and a divorce along the way. I completed in 6 years and am proud of that. I'm also now a full professor. There are many routes, and many different ways to do success.
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@flying_boatman @rose_h_s Now this one I do have a retort for and have used most effectively:. "Go for it mate. Let's see which of us ends up in prison.".
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Please can this be a wake up call to decent men everywhere to CHALLENGE misogyny when they see and hear it. Every time we shrug in embarrassment at a sexist joke, or overlook some woman hating rant, or explain away a catcall or nasty sexist comment, misogynist culture is enabled.
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How many of us academics are first generation graduates? Do you think it matters? Positives / negatives?.
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My dad is having open heart surgery tomorrow. I can't travel to be with him. He is 83. :(.
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My very clever daughter got her first unconditional offer for B Eng in software engineering from Edinburgh today. Very proud of her in all her fabulousness.
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People stuck at home with abusive or violent partners. Not a joke really. Don't share memes that make light of it please. :(. Isolation will bring out the worst in abusers. And some women and children will be at serious risk from more than a virus, over the coming months.
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Do any of my friends agree that it is hard to believe that an academic of @drvicclarke's international stature still isn't a professor? . What's that about @UWEBristol ?.
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Short term competitive commissioning is profoundly harmful to the voluntary sector. It makes me so angry. It produces precarity for staff and service insecurity for those who need support. This is my hill.
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I was such a winner today. Halfway through a public seminar in front of about 70 professionals, I realise my trousers are inside out. Quickly sort them during the coffee break. Later get to the social work Christmas party, and realise my top is on back to front.
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Lost my precious Sophie tonight. House is quite empty without the big hearted little girl.
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Ethics matters. Consent matters. The ability to opt out and still receive service matters. The opportunity to withdraw from research matters. Transparency around how data is used matters. If youโre not offering this, i canโt see how youโre an ethical researcher, or a feminist.
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You see a man who regularly has underage girls in his โentourageโ, and your question to him is is โis it wise?โ .No. You are part of the problem. These men are privileged, powerful monsters. #Dispatches.
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Respectfully remembering Lee Rigby today. Fascists using the anniversary of his death to promote their islamophobic hate should remember that his family have explicitly asked them not to do so. It is so disrespectful to ignore his loved ones and abuse his memory this way.
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I feel so proud of the contribution I made to the England and Wales domestic abuse Bill. It was a small contribution within a huge effort. But we got better recognition for children and I'm very proud of that.
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Relationship of 13 years coming to a tempestuous end. Apologies to anyone waiting on anything from me. Normal service will resume in a week or two.
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If a white girl had been groomed, married off to an older man, forced to have babies who died in exile. no matter how reprehensible her actions she would be given a reasonably sympathetic hearing . Wtf is wrong with the UK? . #ShamimaBegum.
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So. Hereโs a thing, and I know itโs going to shock some people. Being an academic is as much a real world job as any other. We interact with real people every day, and our research also involves real contact with real people. Honest.
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Why are men invested in the idea that a "tiny minority" of men commit violence against women. 1 in 4 women report some form of vawg. It can't be that tiny a group of men doing it, surely? I mean, a minority, yes. But tiny? They'd have to be keeping very busy!.
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Shocked by the decision of the editors of qualitative research to publish a "study" in which the author describes himself masturbating to images of child sexual abuse. It reflects very poorly on the Journal, the editors and on the Publisher. @QRJCardiff. @SAGE_Methods.
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I'm a proud bisexual. Because my two longest relationships have been with men, I often find this a tricky identity to claim. But with a renewed attack on LGBT children and young people through this attack on inclusive sex ed, I'm going to own it, and stand with them.
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@jrc1921 This is absolutely appalling. You have no idea the impact this has on students. Iโve supervised students who were forced by financial issues to leave their children at home whilst they studied. Itโs a source of constant distress. It also violates a basic human right to family.
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People often behave in difficult and problematic ways when coping with abuse. They do things to manage the everyday that they would not necessarily do otherwise. Not all victims are ideal victims. Some victims aren't even nice people. That doesn't make them aggressors.
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Women and men attempt suicide at roughly equal rates. Tragically men die more often because they use more violent methods. This is a tragic consequence of masculinity training. Be aggressive. Don't talk about "soft" emotion. Patriarchy wounds men. #InternationalMensDay.
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Chaired a viva today where the student, very deservedly, was awarded just typos. We need to be less afraid, as academics, to approve wholeheartedly of our truly good students, and award the grades and assessments they deserve. It takes confidence to say a+, 95%, no corrections.
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I think all journal articles should have a public facing, short plain language summary, accessible to a wide audience. Why don't we do that?.
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So, this is a bit exciting. Watch this space! :) .
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Children will be included in the statutory definition of domestic abuse. Years of research and lobbying finally bringing about this huge change. Proud to have played a role and for the tireless work of AFC, @womensaid and all the other charities involved.
After a long campaign, weโre so pleased the government listened and has ensured the Domestic Abuse Bill will recognise children as victims of domestic abuse in their own right:
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If resilience is real at all, it's a social process, not a character trait, not something to be taught, not biological, not individual.
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@allisonpearson She went back to college. Who better to fight for better access for working class children and young people than someone the system so spectacularly failed, and who struggled back from that to be so successful?. I'm very proud of her. I'd be surprised if anyone wasn't.
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Psychologists: is adhd just trauma?.Me: well I reckon I have adhd and trauma. To me they are quite distinct (explains why).Psychologists (talking past me): definitely. Definitely the same thing. And people wonder why I don't want to practice this profession anymore. .
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I'm troubled by the popularisation of the term "narcissist" to describe domestic abusers. Like all pathological labels it individualises the issue, and removes it from the social and political context that produces it.
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I'm feeling good. For the first time in ages my head feels clear. And it is 3pm and I still haven't needed to take a pain killer. I'm hoping this might mean I'm turning a long covid corner. I really hope so!.
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If you have a nice garden to chill in, do be careful about being too critical of those who donโt, and who went to parks this weekend. Sure itโs not right, but getting all judgey helps no one. People living in small or crowded homes without outdoor space have it much harder . .
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It fascinates me that right wing trolls always post this picture in some attempt to put me down. I bloody love that photo. I'm on of a munro and brimming over with joy. The idea that I might care why a bit of gammon thinks of my *appearance* is frankly hilarious.
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@SirRianna @NicolaSturgeon Because the 4 nations approach meant Scotland waited for the balls up of the English app to be worked through before it threw its hands up and went its own way. using established technology instead of trying to be "world beating".
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This is absolutely appalling. You have no idea the impact this has on students. Iโve supervised students who were forced by financial issues to leave their children at home whilst they studied. Itโs a source of constant distress. It also violates a basic human right to family.
Labour's Stephen Kinnock welcomes the Tories' ban on the dependents of international students, stating 'we want and expect net migration to fall'
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I will be taking over as Editor in Chief of Developmental Child Welfare in the new year. Really excited. Do think about submitting to this journal. We'r3 looking forward to publishing important work that will influence policy and improve children's lives.
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Is this a sick joke? Decimated services, and people with mental health difficulties feeling bullied and terrified of the sanctions regime?. I don't think green light bulbs are really going to fix that.
Last night we lit Downing Street in green to mark the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. We must all work together to make sure that looking after our mental health is as natural and positive as looking after our physical health.
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Eek! @BBCBreaking talking about the importance of recognising children are victims of domestic abuse, not victims. I feel SO PROUD that my hard work on this is filtering through. I'm so excited that WA, Action For Children and NSPCC have pushed so hard on this. Change is coming!.
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Made me have a little cry today, when she said this.
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And just like that, aged 52,after 13 years she found herself alone again.
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The only thing I can think of that might be worse than a brutal gang rape is being convicted of lying about a brutal gang rape. Iโm not sure how you recover from that. Ask me again why so few of us report?.
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I keep thinking that I've reached peak rage. But then the tories vote to starve children, and I discover there's still a whole untapped well of it. .
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So many people being horrible about elvis costello on #GrahamNortonShow tonight. I loved it. Ageing voices, mature musicians are glorious. Costello. Cohen. Cash. Heart. Soul. Years.
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Been saying this for years. Ask any real buddhist teacher. Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety
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Two students have written to me today to tell me my recorded lectures are interesting and helpful. It has really lifted me up :).
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My lovely student Jo Alexander defended her PhD today. I could not be prouder of this amazing woman. She's not a social media bod so won't see me boasting about how her examiners called her thesis "beautiful" and "exciting". Love her!.
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Realised today that I would no longer move anywhere in pursuit of career. I love where I live. Love my university. It would need to be somewhere as beautiful and special to lure me from here.
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I spend more time lying on my mat after yoga than I do actually doing yoga. .
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This made me cry. Brave, beautiful man . Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies review โ a life derailed by abuse
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The abuse this woman is experiencing is unacceptable. Newsflash people: it is possible to disagree with a woman without descending into the worst kinds of misogynist abuse. And no. It is never "just a slap" and it is never OK.
JK Rowling: MPs condemn Sun front page as enabling domestic abusers
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Canterbury prison holds 300 & is specialised for foreign prisoners. That it is 'full of foreigners' is hardly a terrifying prospect? #bbcqt.
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I hate the way MRAs hang around criticising women who are *doing things* to make the world better for other women. Wouldn't it be better and more productive for MRAs to go and DO things themselves instead of carping from the sidelines?.
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@DrProudman This is a practice only in incredibly elite and expensive restaurants. I guess if people have enough money to dine there, nobody at the table really needs to worry their heads, pretty or not, about it. Perhaps not an โeveryday sexismโ thing for most of usโฆ.
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If you're a psy Prof and you don't understand the dynamics of domestic abuse, please don't do therapy with adult or child survivors. You'll do more harm than good.
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@monisha_rajesh Iโve only ever heard the term โthe race cardโ used by people who are defensive about their racismโฆ.
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This horrific advert is still on the school website. It uses a language and way of thinking about young people that has no place in 21st century education. The English education system is in freefall. How can people not be furious? .
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@grannylovekin @Finn_Mackay @bbcquestiontime She doesn't need it, but in civil debate it should have been offered. What he did should not have been permitted, and allowing it to pass unmoderated and unchallenged normalises it.
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@vickyford This tweet is vicious, and so out of touch with the daily realities of families right now.
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I'm proud to have been an imperfect mother. My daughter knows she is loved and adored and that I will always be thee for her. She also knows I'm imperfect, sometimes a bit shit, and that life can be tough, but that even when I'm distracted and tired, I love her.
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Why are they "protestors", not terrorists or rioters?.
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Anyone else feeling their career has taken a massive hit in the last year? So much illness and crisis, I feel like ill never catch up. How are others dealing with this?.
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If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever. No more fear, my beautiful, beautiful boy
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Just for the record. As an academic my focus is on children's experiences of domestic abuse. 50% ish of the kids I work with are boys. I care very deeply about male victims.
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Wow, these attacks on people for using the titles they earned are quite the thing. And almost always targeted at WOMEN professionals. Sorry your five a side mates are ignorant of the way titles work. Do you worry too when consultants call themselves Mr?.
โCons Acute Frailtyโ - dropping both the physiotherapist and practitioner part of the title and then using a Dr title in your handle is nothing but misleading, intentional or unintentional. Showed this to my 5-a-side friends who all thought this was a medical doctor.
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@suzypuss Very few couples therapists really understand domestic abuse, and the emphasis on a three way working alliance in couples work can really play into abusive dynamics, and risk re-victimising the victim.
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I had covid again over Christmas. I don't know if this will help anyone but. Triple vaxxed, it was a very different experience from when I had it at the beginning of the pandemic. Something between a bad cold and flu. Certainly it was unpleasant, but it felt manageable.
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