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just finished delivering a training lasting several months about trauma for the London borough of Camden, mainly social workers, not the usual glitzy headline stuff but trying to look in more depth . thanks to all the amazing participants

interesting, or dangerous territory? Research that suggests that sex differences in the brain are ancient and evolutionary https://t.co/Ls0Ogr2uPf

very interesting research about accelerated ageing linked to stress. i guess always a question of whether it is the stress of the military or if stressed people join the military but good research https://t.co/QmnIE1JxBl

Excited about our event on Boarding School Life, honouring Joy Schaverien’s seminal work, with Helen Odell Miller, Alex Renton & Piers Cross—raising awareness of the lasting impact of boarding schools on children & society. Join us: E https://t.co/juuuqKX8k8

Iceland doing what only Iceland does. Tomorrow doing a day on 1st 1001 days #infancy

So ACEs are linked with less grit while Positive Childhood Experiences with more, and the mediating factor is emotional regulation which comes with PCEs. New study uncovers key psychological link between childhood experiences and adult grit https://t.co/t3g6uVnQ4L

Nice to be cited in this article about altruism, ACEs and neuopeptides https://t.co/Xej6JqifxB

apologies i have been off platforms, horrible lergy, but recovered and off tomorrow to Iceland, work and play 🙂. hope to not be on here much for a week!

Hmmm, perhaps surprising to some? People on the far-right and far-left exhibit strikingly similar brain responses https://t.co/cpUE6WRfOr

So it is not all about nature. Identical twins reared apart and going to different kinds of schools have different IQ's. Nurture is us for sure! https://t.co/5mNVfWo93r

Last call. Was sold out but added a few more places. Tomorrow 10am BST UK time. Webinar about #trauma and #DID. Nothing like seeing video of actual clinical work for learning, especially in EDTs'. Led by Dion Nowoweiski. Details via link or in bio https://t.co/Ax3skUh8ng

really excited to be in Dublin and participate in what looks to be a great event

@acap_art Keynote for Child & Adolescent Art Psychotherapy Conference - When Words Are Not Enough #word_not_enough Date: 07/11/2025 Time 10:30am-3:30pm Venue @TheTeachersClub Keynote Speaker @grahammusic1 Cost: From €20.28 Tickets: Book via @EventbriteIE https://t.co/ncX8OXsDNx

interesting but expected in those with sexually compulsive behaviour, but we risk a purely behavioural intervention to do with triggers, not helping the suffering person inside Approach tendencies towards pornographic material in compulsive sexual... https://t.co/fk484iqsgt

new newsletter with special tributes to the great poet Brian Patten, plus blog, book/podcast reviews, events news, corny jokes and what's not to like https://t.co/iO50zPp9Vx

Next Saturday am, UK time). Webinar about #trauma and #DID. So looking forward to this. Nothing like seeing video of actual clinical work for learning, especially in experiential dynamic therapies. Led by Dion Nowoweiski. Details via link or in bio https://t.co/Ax3skUh8ng

nice to see The Good life cited in this chapter https://t.co/11rv50zRNt

Maternal adverse childhood experiences, normally bad news but no life sentence, and there are resilience factors https://t.co/5ntQP23dZN

let's keep this in mind. #inequality adversely affects childrens' brains https://t.co/Qo8CWIXTRd

This looks to be very important. It takes seriously issues of parenting but also how the environment and factors like racism and poverty affect parenting. So we need broader pictures and less parent blaming! https://t.co/si0p8LJ2DP