Clinical Psychologist Collective
I was honoured to write a chapter for Dr Marianne Trent in her new book The Clinical Psychologist Collective. A book to support people in choosing their applied Psychology career.
Personality Disorder
Dr Quinn-Cirillo has a longstanding clinical interest in both the assessment and treatment of Personality Disorder. This interest stems to those with a learning disability and how personality disorder is assessed and supported clinically in community settings. She worked for many years with this client group and also focused on working with those people supporting
Nido Student
I am pleased to announce that I am now working with Nido Student on an innovative new wellbeing partnership. This partnership includes support, advice and the development of resources and tools to help students to maximise their wellbeing. We want to normalise conversations around mental health and wellbeing and enhance resilience. As part of my
The Emotional Health Toolkit
The Emotional Health Toolkit-An international public resource run by independent psychologists to help emotional wellbeing during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Coping with The Ukraine Crisis – Tips from a Psychologist
The world seems like a difficult place to navigate right now. Following the Coronavirus pandemic, we are now facing the crisis in Ukraine. As a result, our baseline for tolerance of emotional events may be quite low. We may be experiencing a myriad of emotions including anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. Yes, it is awful, and
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Finding a Psychologist
There have been many stories in the media recently about members of the public who have fallen victim to unqualified and unregulated therapists. A recent BBC documentary highlighted heart-breaking narratives of those who had been mistreated by unqualified and unregulated therapists or in some cases companies offering seemingly ‘magical’ solutions to presenting conditions such as
Managing Post Lockdown Feelings. March 2021
We have been though so much in the past 12 months. In March 2020 we had to redefine how we live our lives practically overnight. Navigating a global pandemic has certainly taken a lot out of us but has also and taught us a lot about human resilience too. People have navigated working from home,
“Conversation Starter” Project November 2020
The ‘talking benches concept’ was started by Alison Owen-Jones in 2019. Introduced the concept of the happy to chat bench which was then expanded around the world. Chat benches have appeared in Australia, Canada and the Ukraine. Loneliness and mental health issues have been prevalent throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions have been placed on how
Cultivating Compassion as we Emerge from Lockdown- Blog for the Emotional Health Toolkit
Lockdown commenced in the UK on the 23rd March 2020, in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Since this time we have been through a multitude of changes to the way we live our lives. When faced with adversity and threat, such as a global pandemic, the human brain goes in to ‘protect’ mode which often
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Sussex Coronavirus Emotional Support Forum
In March 2020 I started an online support forum for helping local people enhance their emotional health during the Coronavirus Pandemic. I wanted to give something back to the community through my clinical experience to help people manage as best they can with the emotional aspects of a pandemic. The group us still going strong