Graham Fawcett

Our Director of Psychosocial Services GRAHAM FAWCETT with some guidance for working on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Claudia Smith and Gemma Camacho, two of our Thrive counsellors experienced in child and adolescent work together with Graham Fawcett, our Director of Psychosocial services give their tips for helping our children in these times.

Our Director of Psychosocial Services GRAHAM FAWCETT shares ideas and tips for self-isolating.
 

Our Director of Psychosocial Services GRAHAM FAWCETT shares a reflection on human responses to the Coronavirus outbreak.

In the first of a new series of blogs on 'Transdiagnostics', our Director of Psychosocial Services GRAHAM FAWCETT casts a critical eye over the 'medicalisation of misery', and explores fresh understandings of why we get upset and what to do about it.

Nadia came to see me.  She came to see me because she was sad and had been diagnosed with depression. I asked her why she was sad, and she said it was because her daughter died.

Have you walked into a team and almost immediately felt stressed, calm, happy, anxious and wondered why?  Psychological mirroring is an unconscious process whereby we act like others we are in the presence of.  Watch those who enjoy the company of each other and see how they seem to imitate each other, smile or frown as the other does so, adopt similar body postures and movements. Similarly, watch those who don’t enjoy each other’s company or are nervous about the other. You may observe a similar

‘How can I help?’ I asked the po-faced Detective Inspector.  ‘You can start’, she said, ‘with the names, addresses and dates of birth of everyone in your agency’.