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Psychology for Functional Symptoms - Devon Partnership NHS Trust 🏥 Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy - Teacher & Supervisor Researcher and Functional Symptoms Specialist. #FBPE www.ISTDPHealth.com
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Introducing a new starter pack for those interested in the development and practice of psychological therapy. go.bsky.app/JSkT2uC

submitted 96 days ago • 7 comments

Here's a starter pack for people interested in all things ISTDP. Follow to be part of the conversation in our growing community. Let me know if you would like to be added to this list of ISTDP folks

submitted 100 days ago • 7 comments

Why do we use Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) as a treatment option in our multi-disciplinary pathway for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)? 🧵 1/9

submitted 101 days ago • 3 comments

I've put together a starter pack for the FND science community. Please repost to share the link and do let me know of folks I've missed so I can add them to the group. Thanks everyone 🙏 🧵 1/

submitted 72 days ago • 4 comments

🧵 ISTDP for functional symptoms in a nutshell 🥜 🧠 Bodily symptoms can result from habitual avoidance of emotions & physical anxiety states in the brain & nervous system. 💔 Habitual avoidance can be learned early in life when showing emotions led to parent overwhelm, rejection, or harm. 🧵 1/4

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Profession Consensus Guidelines & Briefing Papers for the assessment & treatment of Functional Neurological Disorder: Psychology tinyurl.com/4d62rcj6 Speech & Language Therapy jnnp.bmj.com/content/92/1... Physiotherapy tinyurl.com/4rebwjm2 Occupational Therapy jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/1...

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Functional neurological disorders are common across public healthcare settings. The Exeter model is a multidisciplinary approach developed in the absence of additional funding to help meet the needs of patients who have FND from within mainstream services.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

"Iatrogenic harm in FND" – new review article @brain1878 very much the work of Caoimhe McLoughlin – a short thread. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc... 1/

submitted 82 days ago • 4 comments

1/Great to be on Bluesky- to get started here’s a mega thread on what I know about #FND and how to have the best chance of beating it. It's just my personal view- so not set in stone - I hope people will find it helpful.

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

🚨 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF FND IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS 🚨 A new briefing paper from the Division of Neuropsychology @donbps.bsky.social Proud to be part of the team working on this chaired by @nielsdetert.bsky.social & dedicated to the late Jason Price who originally conceived of the idea 🙏❤️

submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

I've put together a starter pack for the FND science community. Please repost to share the link and do let me know of any folks I've missed so I can add them to the group.

submitted 82 days ago • 3 comments

🧵 ISTDP for functional symptoms in a nutshell 🥜 🧠 Bodily symptoms can result from habitual avoidance of emotions & physical anxiety states in the brain & nervous system. 💔 Habitual avoidance can be learned early in life when showing emotions led to parent overwhelm, rejection, or harm. 🧵 1/4

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

This was a very interesting paper

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Some thoughts on how all healthcare professionals can improve care for Functional Neurological Disorder: 📖 Find out out more about FND 🏨 Make the case for FND provision as part of core services 🤝 Work jointly with multi-disicplinary colleagues 🧵 1/10

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

Functional symptoms are real. They are not your fault. They are not "all in the mind". A short thread on a long misunderstanding. 🧵1/10

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

This BlueSky “starter pack” on depth psychology and psychoanalysis is half full! We’re here to respectfully listen, share, learn, teach, support, engage, explore, with passion (not dogma) Want in? Just complete your BlueSky profile and let me know you’re interested! go.bsky.app/D8D9ARz

submitted 94 days ago • 18 comments

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submitted 88 days ago • 344 comments