14th July 2023
Written by Olivia Fretwell, Assistant Psychologist. In honour of Samaritan’s annual ‘Talk to Us’ campaign throughout July, this blog will discuss the heart-breaking and complex issue of suicidality in our population, whilst remaining focused on those who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). As defined by Headway, TBI is trauma to the brain, caused More…
29th November 2022
Written by Caitlin Thompson, Assistant Psychologist. On 24th November 2022, Richard, Laura, and Caitlin from the Psychology Chartered team attended a conference in Bristol hosted by Enable Law and 3Hub on the importance of professional collaboration when working with complex clients involved in litigation. The diverse speakers and audience included solicitors, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, More…
17th February 2021
Written by Olivia Fretwell In our last blog post, we discussed Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). This is defined by the NHS (2018) as a disorder of “medically unexplained symptoms”. Symptoms may be for example sensory loss, tremors, paralysis or even non-epileptic attacks/seizures. These are caused by the malfunctioning of the nervous system; the nervous system More…
2nd December 2020
Written by Olivia Fretwell. I had the opportunity to speak with Fran Hill who is the Founder and Director of South Coast Fatigue. They are an independent specialist fatigue management service. She provided a very insightful overview of what they offer, who and how they treat clients, as well as how they have More…
26th February 2020
By Demi Perkins Positive Behaviour Support Positive behaviour support (PBS) is an evidence based approach which successfully reduces challenging behaviour. It aims to determine what, where, when, why and how challenging behaviour occurs. Often people present with challenging behaviour due to their needs not being met and their quality of life being low. PBS argues More…