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  • It Has to be Perfect

    It Has to be Perfect

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    Paul McQueen

    Does this sentence make you cringe: “Sometimes when your driving you may notice your car does not seem to be performing at it’s best”? The more perfect you are, the better you are? Or are imperfections are the fingerprints of a human being who is getting things done that matter?

  • Retail Therapy – what does shopping have to do with mood?

    Retail Therapy – what does shopping have to do with mood?

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    Paul McQueen

    Previous research has shown that compulsive buyers in part shop as a strategy to compensate for depressed mood. We conducted experiments to test whether compulsive buyers would pay more attention to products when feeling depressed, and whether compulsive buyers mentally associate products with emotions more than others do.

  • What is the difference between a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist?

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    Paul McQueen

    A brief answer to what is probably the question I am most commonly asked in relation to being a psychologist: “What is the differences between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?”

  • What is a psychologist?

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    Paul McQueen

    Can a psychologist read your mind? What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? Isn’t psychology all just common sense?

  • Wholemeal bread

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    Paul McQueen

    Food plays an important part in our physical and mental wellbeing. Here is a wholemeal bread recipe offering both the therapeutic benefits of cooking and the benefits of wholesome food.

  • The Unrelenting Society

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    Paul McQueen

    People with unrelenting standards simultaneously see themselves as unworthy and struggle to accept others. Their capacity for relaxation, pleasure, satisfying relationships or a sense of achievement is obstructed by these excessive standards. I wonder about the pervasive influence on us all of hypercritical attitudes in media combined with the incessant promotion of perfection in…

  • The pain inside

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    Paul McQueen

    “She’s just doing it for attention.” This is a phrase I have often heard from people trying to understand why a patient, a friend or a loved-one has been deliberately hurting themselves. Self injury goes against all our natural instincts of survival and self-protection. Unfortunately, the assumption often ends up being that a person…

  • It gets worse before it gets better

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    Paul McQueen

    There is a common paradox for psychological therapy: many times the strategies we have found to provide us relief from our problems are at the same time perpetuating our problems. Consequently, therapy can at times be very uncomfortable: you make a choice to confront difficult feelings and experiences that you have developed a range…