Weblinks of Interest
British Psychological Society
If you are looking for help with difficulties other than those listed on this website, or if you live outside the Greater Manchester area, it may be helpful for you to access The British Psychological Society. The link below will direct you to the Find a Psychologist tab. This allows a search for psychologists by geographical location and / or specialty.
http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/dcp
Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson is a neuropsychologist and author. Rick is founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and is on the Advisory Board of the Greater Good Science Centre at UC Berkeley. The link below will take you to Rick’s you tube channel, where you can access numerous video presentations and interviews around cultivation of the brain and mind for well being.
http://www.youtube.com/user/drrhanson
Kristin Neff
Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor in Human Development and Culture, Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin. One of the pioneering researchers into self compassion, in the link below, Kristin explores the differences between self compassion and self esteem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtZBUSplr4
Kelly McGonigal
Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist at Stanford University. In the link below Kelly talks at TED about how the negative effects of stress on the cardiovascular system appear to be mediated by how we think about stress. Kelly goes onto describe the resilience mechanism at the heart of the stress response which fosters connection and kinship and which contributes to the body s anti inflammatory response, in particular the regeneration of cardiac tissue damaged by stress.
http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend.html
Richie Davidson.
Richie Davidson is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behaviour and the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience and Founder and Chair of the Centre for Investigating Healthy Minds, at the Waisman Centre, University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the link below, Richie described his teams research findings into effects of compassion meditation, a form of mental training derived from ancient contemplative traditions, on brain structure and on behavioural, cognitive, emotional and physiological indicators of resilience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRdDqXgsJ0
Tara Brach
Tara Brach is a clinical psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher based in Washington, who blends Eastern spiritual traditions with contemporary clinical psychology. The weblink below will take you to a vast archive of freely offered audio and video talks and guided meditations focused around human growth, and around intimacy with and transformation of suffering.
The Compassionate Mind Foundation
Founded by Professor Paul Gilbert and colleagues to support the development of compassion based approaches to human suffering on both an individual and a socio-political level, you can find a plethora of audio and video presentations and guided imagery practices using the link below.
https://www.compassionatemind.co.uk/