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Editorial, June 2025

Ella Rhodes reports on the latest round of British Psychological Society recognition,


Awards for Fiske, Freeborn, Towl and Tribe

The Early Career Study Visit and Postgraduate Study Visit schemes are open until June 2025.

Applications for study visit funding open

We hear from Dr Carol Cole, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Board of Trustees, as she completes her first six months in the role.


‘It’s about providing meaningful services and ongoing value for members’

Dr Linda Duffy, chartered psychologist and former England Darts Captain, asks the Professional Darts Corporation to do more to protect players’ mental health.

Mental health in darts

We hear from Vaughan Bell, Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry at University College London, around his appointment and the importance of the multidisciplinary approach.

First Psychologist becomes President of the British Neuropsychiatry Association

Dr Jo Daniels, researcher and clinical psychologist, becomes the first psychologist to be awarded the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's highest accolade. Ella Rhodes reports.

'You need to be strategic, guided and influenced by where the policy gaps are'

Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Sharon Davis, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Welsh Branch and Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer at the Open University, about her background and the branch’s work on policy alongside the Senedd.

'Speaking with one voice with different accents'

Recent work comparing soldiers in combat to those on peacekeeping missions finds that when it comes to the psychological impact of taking a life, the context of the mission matters

Soldiers in combat can kill without moral injury

New research charts the differences between ‘panic buying’ and true panic.

Is panic buying actually panicked?

Find expert insights on the psychological side of kink subculture from Liam Wignall and Kate Marks in this episode of PsychCrunch, hosted by Ella Rhodes.

Episode 40: Kink, community, and transformation

New work finds a linear relationship between memory precision and pupil dilation.

The precision of a memory can be seen in the eyes

New research explores young people's strategies for filtering fact from fiction in online spaces.

How do adolescents identify online misinformation?

A recent study takes a global look at common themes of delusions, finding far more than previously assumed.

Delusional themes may be more varied than we thought

Work examining the influence of rape myths on convictions finds that their use in court is associated with more lenient sentences.

Victim-blaming language results in shorter sexual assault sentences

Marcus Munafo on academics’ responsibilities as publicly funded employees, and when further research is not needed.

'We need less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons…'

Ella Rhodes hears from psychologists whose work on human-animal interactions and animal welfare is moving to decentre humans as the most important animal on the planet.

More than companions? The shifting focus of human-animal relations research…

Fay Clark argues for more context, nuance and variety in the curriculum.

A bird’s eye view of animals in Psychology

Spotlight on Nottingham

Our editor, Dr Jon Sutton, meets Dr Niamh McNamara, Associate Professor in Social Psychology and Groups, Identities and Health Research Group lead at Nottingham Trent University.

'You have to know your community'

Our editor, Dr Jon Sutton, meets Neil Coulson, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham.


'There’s greater recognition of the therapeutic power of online communities'

Our editor, Dr Jon Sutton, meets Blerina Kellezi, Associate Professor in Social and Trauma Psychology and Lead of the Trauma, Social Isolation and Mental Health research group at Nottingham Trent University.

'Trauma is not in a vacuum, it’s always in relation to other people'

Our editor, Jon Sutton, meets Danielle Ropar, Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

'People really want to support neurodivergent people – they just sometimes don’t know how'

Our editor, Dr Jon Sutton, meets Dr Nadja Heym, Associate Professor in Personality Psychology and Psychopathology at Nottingham Trent University.

'Our assumption of a lack of empathy in dark traits was blown out the water'

Our editor, Dr Jon Sutton, meets forensic psychologist and chartered member, Dr Palwinder Athwal-Kooner.

'Background will shape how we view, assess and relate to people'

Dr Alison Fixsen (Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The University of Westminster) tells Deputy Editor Jennifer Gledhill why we need to explore the influence of larger systemic forces when researching eating disorders…

‘We need to focus on what shapes disordered eating’

Isabelle Hénault on themes in her new book.

‘Puberty is a true crossroads – particularly for the female profile of autism’

Dr Lydia Hickman reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.

What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection

Professor Catherine Loveday (University of Westminster) on the story behind her new podcast, ‘Mempathy’. 

‘In a strange way, I feel I know my mum better now than I ever did’

Clinical Psychologist Dr Charlotte Russell with a whistlestop tour of museums.

Mental health as an exhibit

‘Psyched’ is a podcast from clinical psychologist Dr Tess Maguire and undergraduate student Poppy Hulbert, both at the University of Southampton. In this edited transcript from episode 1, they talk homelessness with clinical psychologist Professor Nick Maguire and Loretta, a Homelessness Peer Worker with lived experience of homelessness.

‘When you form silos, there are gaps, and people fall down them’

Deanne Jade on the concept of gender self-identification, with a statement from BPS President, Dr Roman Raczka, and a response from Martin Milton.

Supporting respectful professional discourse

Heavy metal light relief

John Gallacher, on the May 2025 issue of The Psychologist.

Towards net hero

From Principal Clinical Psychologists, Dr Abigail Willis and Dr Alison Fogg.

Working ethically around imprisonment

Verena Kroll writes in about Dr Monty Lyman's interview in the May 2025 issue of The Psychologist.

Health goes hand in hand…

The psychological toll of living in a warzone is causing children in Gaza to lose their ability to communicate, writes Sarah Dawood, editor at Index on Censorship.

Left speechless

Chartered Psychologist Dr Aspa Paltoglou on the responsibility of Psychologists to care about and speak up for the Palestinian people, through a book review. 

When there are no words, we’d better find some

Chartered Psychologist Dr Bruno de Oliveira reacts to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's 'island of strangers' comment.

'I'm not a stranger - neither are millions of others like me'

A tribute to the British Psychological Society Fellow, from Dr Ian E. Morley, Associate Professor, University of Warwick (Retired).

Dr D. I. Williams 1941-2025

Chris Lewis 1944-2024

Deputy Editor Jennifer Gledhill looks at how psychologists can challenge and shift stereotypes surrounding autism.

Autism – 11 ways we can cultivate positive change

Fay Clark argues that studying animals challenges students to change their perspective, plus our spotlight on Nottingham.

The Psychologist, June 2025

Dr Jon Sutton introduces the December 2021 issue.

The uncanny

… with the Risk Management Authority (RMA).

Featured Job: Independent Accredited Risk Assessors

Carmel Jacob-Thomson with a professional and personal reflection on the words used to talk to and about Care Experienced Children and Young People.

Changing the language of care

Covid-19 is ‘tip of the iceberg’ for mental health problems in children

Report warns on rising child suicide in England

Psychologists win Leverhulme prizes

BPS criticises cut to Universal Credit

Ella Rhodes with BPS award announcements.

Early psychosis detection, ‘geeking out’ and books

Ed Keogh on his involvement in a public engagement project.

An exploration of pain science and art

Kate Johnstone on 'A Show for Normal People' and 'Alma's Not Normal'.

The new normal

Priya Ahmed watches the Netflix sensation, 'Squid Game'.

Zimbardo and Milgram’s tentacles reach out

Dr Drusilla Joseph reviews 'Scenes from a Marriage' on Sky Atlantic. 

Rooms with a view on coupledom

James Bane 1970-2021

Hetashi Bawa and Sharon-Lin Harwood write.

Power and payment in Psychology mentoring

Disability and driving in clinical psychology

Simon Gibbs comments on terminology in recent Society member communication.

Members or customers?

Responses to Steve Taylor's cover feature from the November issue. 

Psychology’s role in preventing pathocracy

Early in the pandemic, there was a rapid shift in the pace of research.

Developments in psychology’s Covid research

A tribute from Dominic Abrams and Diane Houston.

Geoffrey Stephenson 1939-2021

A tribute from Diana Harcourt, Amy Slater and Chris Pawson.

Emma Halliwell 1973-2021

'The teacher and the teenage brain', by John Coleman, is published by Routledge. Annie Brookman-Byrne asks the questions.

‘Adolescence is one of the most fascinating stages of human development’ 

'I Ride Tsunami' by Arthur P. Johnson (Independent Publisher Network; £6.99), reviewed by Rosie Chandler-Wilde.

Going analogue

'The Painful Truth: The new science of why we hurt and how we can heal', by Monty Lyman (Bantam Press; £20), reviewed by Talia Drew.

Uncovering the mystery of pain

Madeleine Pownall and Wendy Stainton Rogers share their journey in writing A Feminist Companion to Social Psychology, published by Open University Press.

The fun in feminism

Ella Rhodes spoke to visiting Professor of Occupational Health Psychology Gail Kinman (Birkbeck, University of London) and Dr Christine Grant, Deputy Head of the School of Psychological, Social and Behavioural Sciences (Coventry University), ahead of their British Psychological Society webinar on ways to make home working a success. 

‘The reality of hybrid working is pretty complex’

Emma L. Barratt hears from researchers understanding our reactions to robotics.

Eroding the uncanny valley

Uncanny Bodies (Luna Press), edited by Pippa Goldschmidt, Gill Haddow and Fadhila Mazanderani, is an anthology of papers and stories by academics and writers. Dr Clare Uytman, psychology lecturer at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, contributed to the book, and spoke to Pippa and Gill about the uncanny in life as well as the uncanny in putting the book together.

The familiar become strange…

Kerenza MacLennan has worked for three and a half years as an Assistant Psychologist at Bradley Complex Care, a specialist hospital near Grimsby. She has recently enrolled on the BPS Qualification in Forensic Psychology (stage 2). Ian Florance heard about her journey so far, and what the future might hold.

You do the hokey cokey and you turn it around…

We dip into the Society member database and pick out…Kelly Dunn, Psychologist and Director/ Co-owner of KEYFORT.

One to one... with Kelly Dunn

Uncanny places

 The same but different: A new reality following limb loss

Our journalist Ella Rhodes uncovers uncanny thoughts and cognitive paradoxes…

‘The uncanny depends on a disruption to the self’ 

Hannah Sherbersky is a family therapist, Co-Director of the Systemic Portfolio and lecturer at the University of Exeter. Tony Wainwright heard about her work, and her father’s book on being an apartheid prisoner.

A family story

Lauren McGregor questions whether neurodevelopmental labels overshadow a fuller picture based on formulation.

Diagnosis – only part of the picture

The Psychologist, December 2021

Editorial, November 2021

Ella Rhodes reports on innovative efforts.

Crowdsourcing equality

Expert witness best practice

Ella Rhodes reports from a conference hosted by the Recreational Fear Lab in Denmark exploring why so many people enjoy scaring themselves silly…

The sweet spot of fear

Ella Rhodes reports on the Youth LIVES project.

Young people to help citizen science project

Ella Rhodes reports on a new British Psychological Society report.

Supporting the journey of recovery

The British Psychological Society undergraduate student group has, for the first time, introduced an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead onto its committee. Ella Rhodes spoke to Felix Nbebele about what he hopes to achieve during his time in the group, as well as the new Chair of the committee Aiko Leung. 

Inclusive goals for student community 

Ella Rhodes hears from Professor Marcus Munafò about a UK Repro funding boost.

‘We’re changing the behaviour of researchers and institutions…’

'Where the River Meets the Sea' by Sergio Roveri at the Bridewell Theatre in London, reviewed by Aisha Walker.

A lifesaving conversation

Chris Cocking, social psychologist and crowd behaviour expert at the University of Brighton, and Kate Johnstone, associate editor for Culture, consider their first live music experiences in the post-pandemic environment.

A collective experience of joy and harmony

Derrière Les Fronts by Alexandra Dols, reviewed by Dr Alan Kessedjian.

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