11th April 2024
‘Nothing is built on stone; All is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.” Jorge Luis Borges ‘The Paradox’ In their timely and influential review of this issues, Melanie George and Sam Gilbert define the ‘frontal lobe paradox’: ‘Patients with frontal lobe damage can perform well in interview and More…
10th March 2024
Written by Vicki Allen In today’s ever-evolving landscape, the surge in remote work enabled by technological advancements has led to a notable presence of lone workers in just about every industry today. It is believed that 22% (or 8 million people) of the UK work force fall into the category of lone workers. Lone working More…
7th January 2024
Written by JJ Wellock, Assistant Psychologist. Although there are many benefits of the ketogenic diet, there are things to consider before deciding to go low carb, especially with a brain injury. With any major dietary change, it is highly important that you seek medical advice first! Fatigue is one of the most common sequalae of More…
7th January 2024
Written by JJ Wellock, Assistant Psychologist. In the first blog we introduced what the Ketogenic diet is, how our brain uses ketones, its properties and challenges. In this part, we are going to discuss the therapeutic potential of the Ketogenic diet for those with brain injuries. With any major dietary change, it is highly important More…
13th November 2023
Written by Caitlin Thompson, Assistant Psychologist. The complexities of rehabilitation after an acquired brain injury (ABI) and major disability are vast and it is known that managing the new physical, emotional, and cognitive changes can impact existing and future relationships (O’Keefe et al, 2020; McCabe et al, 2023). However, for some brain injury survivors who More…
4th October 2023
Written by JJ Wellock, Assistant Psychologist; & Dr Neil Bindemann, Director of Innervate. For some people, the word ‘diet’ can trigger uncomfortable emotions and thoughts. The experiences associated with reading or hearing that word, can influence its meaning, to an extent that it can become something that you won’t find in the dictionary. So when More…
3rd September 2023
A new podcast? What’s it about? “I was a young guy who acquired his brain injury following the result of a car accident when I was 17; I was a very fit, young and active guy and when I woke up out of my coma, my new life began, but nowhere close to the More…
6th June 2023
Written by JJ Wellock and Cian Hancock, Assistant Psychologists. There is nothing more beautiful than hearing your baby’s cry for the first time. It is the true realisation that you are now a parent and your whole life has just changed forever. Although, skip a few days ahead and that cry has you googling “when More…
28th April 2023
Written By Olivia Fretwell, Assistant Psychologist. Back in 2020, following the immediate impact of Covid-19, I spoke with Fran Hill, Founder and Director of South Coast Fatigue (SCF) where there was much uncertainty, specifically surrounding long covid and fatigue (https://psychologychartered.co.uk/blog/the-clinical-challenges-of-fatigue/). More recently I had the opportunity to speak with Liz Toy, SCF’s Business Manager and More…
3rd April 2023
Written by Cian Hancock. This may look like somewhat of a familiar blog post, but leaving this review on such an incredible book is one that I couldn’t resist! “Nicky is sure it is all his fault and he can’t even remember what he was doing…” “Uncertainty swamps me as I move closer, not More…