There is growing body of research that suggests our current model of mental illness is outdated. The dominant psychiatric model assumes...

Optimising resilience is a means to an end. That end being best outcomes for clients, performance and results. However, if when we feel...

We write so much at work or for education or career learning but when it comes to writing about our life, about me, so many of us seem to...

Of the 211 Social Workers asked by the Social Workers Benevolent Fund in June 2021 they found that 20% have taken time off due to stress...

One major hidden cost of hoarding is fire. Hoarding is characterised by the excessive collection of things and difficulty with discarding...

Written by Jan Carpenter, Director of Turning Over a New Leaf As an advanced social worker, with 20 years of social work experience, I...

There is something else that we're not talking about. And the secret is that when we took away many of the things we did that kept us...

Most people these days have heard about gut bacteria but scientists know a lot more now just how much these other organisms play a part...

Use this to record whether you achieved some wellbeing activities the day before

Improve your diet using the nmemonic Bright Minds and guard against getting dementia in your later years

One of the creators of Havening Techniques (HT), Dr Ronald A. Ruden, refers to Havening as a new and revolutionary way to heal emotional...

This article aims to enrich the conversations we are having about stress, resilience and wellbeing. It leaves you with a tool that can...

The new year is upon us and we all hopeful that it will be very different to 2020! This week is a great time to start planning your 2021...

For members to watch and to help learn how trauma is encoded.

Perhaps World Mental Health Day has never been so important. I write with a desire to celebrate mental wellbeing in the world today yet I...

Storms come and go. We can let the wind guide the ship or we can manage the sail to our intended destination. BASW have written a great...

What is causing this thing we call 'stress' and what do we mean when we refer to 'stress'? There are 3 different types of stress. ...

Ahead of mental health awareness week, week beginning 18th May, I’ve decide I’m going to rualk* a marathon over this next month in aid of...

As a person with obesity, and associated health conditions, what can I do to build resilience, to boost my immune system and reduce my...

I'm really pleased to be a part of the so called 'war effort' in bringing social workers back. The social workers who had left the...