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Bitter sweet: Reflections on the training therapy experience
Authors: Butler Carolyn , Carlyle Jo-anne 
Published: January 2023

The training therapy experience has been a subject of interest and controversy since the time of Freud and his own self-analysis. This study explored therapists’ experiences of the training therapy to see if there are any differences compared to a non-training therapy. Methodology: An online survey was used together with a convenience sample of five semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed using simple descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Findings:The results suggest three significant benefits and one drawback. The benefits relate to being in the client role; support alongside clinical work and a model of apprenticeship. The drawback is a concern with confidentiality. This concern can hinder the working through of both positive and negative transferences for fear of the impact on the training and future career of the trainee.Discussion:The disadvantage stems from the perennial power imbalance in the therapeutic dyad. This is exacerbated for trainees who may have to experience short–term turbulence for long–term functioning and stability as a practitioner.Recommendations:Further research is proposed regarding training analysts, and how the power imbalance of the therapeutic dyad can affect their work with candidates. Additionally, the benefits of personal therapy, which can deepen clinical work, are recommended for all those working in mental health.
How did I get here? A narrative exploration of arriving at talking therapy in a neuro-rehabilitation setting, co-written by a young adult patient and her therapist
Authors: Walling Jess , Molden Helen 
Published: January 2023

AimsThis narrative case study explores some of the themes and process behind the referral process in a neuro-rehabilitation multidisciplinary team (MDT) outpatient setting. It aims to give a central focus to the patient experience, in this case, Jess, one of the co-authors, who at 19, experienced a life-changing spinal injury causing paralysis and pain in January 2017 while she was in her first year at university. Jess is doing well with her recovery, back at work part-time, and started back at university in September 2019.MethodologyThe data was gathered through two interviews held to reflect specifically on what life was like in the run up to coming to talking therapy services as an outpatient and the impact of that first session. The interviews were facilitated by, Helen the other co-author, a counselling psychologist and integrative psychotherapist, and the participants were Jess, and her referring physiotherapist and occupational therapist. The data was then analysed thematically by Jess and Helen.Findings & DiscussionFive themes were identified: 1) The point when ….I knew that I needed a bit of extra help, even though I didn’t really want to… 2) How this ‘different kind of conversation’ might fit in with the rest of rehabilitation, 3) Could this be the right time ‘to open the box …?’ 4) The moment when it felt like talking therapy might be OK and 5) How starting talking therapy began to change things. Jess’s experience and reflections provide a client-centred view as to the added value psychotherapy can bring within a physical healthcare MDT setting. The findings also support existing evidence that it is less the therapeutic approach or modality that is paramount, but the fit of the therapeutic relationship that counts (Norcross, 2002; Cook et al., 2017). The authors offer this piece of work for wider discussion within the context of practice-based research, promoting the voice of the client experience within talking therapy discourse. It also fits with the wider objectives of embedding co-production with the BPS Experts by Experience initiative. The authors present a summary with reflections and learning points in the conclusion.
Professional psychologists’ education in Russia
Authors: Karandashev Victor N. 
Published: January 2023

This paper describes the current education of professional psychologists in Russia. In the university system there are three initial types of education leading to a specialist degree, a bachelor’s degree, or a master of psychology degree. The most common type is the five year education leading to the specialist degree. Specialist education is mostly generic but specialisms (majors) are available in 16 different fields of psychology. Students also study general humanities and socio-economic disciplines, mathematics and general science, general professional disciplines, and other specialisms.Education in the system of pedagogical universities and other higher pedagogical institutions leads to the award of specialist degrees in educational psychology.It is possible to continue professional psychological education in Russia through postgraduate study leading to the degree of Kandidat of Psychological Sciences (equivalent to a PhD degree). The highest qualification in professional psychology is the degree of Doctor of Psychological Sciences.There are two main programmes for students who have completed their initial studies in disciplines other than psychology, and there are many further additional qualification and re-qualification programmes for professional psychologists.Psychology teaching in Russia has three different types of curricula depending on whether the goal of psychological education is to provide a training in professional psychology, a training for professionals in other disciplines or training for school teachers. This paper focuses on the psychological education of professional psychologists.
Using lecture notes on the internet as learning support materials for lectures: Student and staff perspectives on note-taking
Authors: Sutton Pamela 
Published: January 2023

AbstractResearch shows that students are aware of the importance of taking notes in lectures, and lecturers are aware of their responsibility to aid this process by presenting clearly structured lectures and providing learning support materials. With advances in technology, these materials are being increasingly provided via the internet. The present study aimed to assess, through questionnaire and interviews, staff and student perceptions of the effectiveness of both handouts, and lecture notes on the internet, in terms of students’ notetaking during lectures and their learning in general. The study showed that the majority of students made use of the internet facility. They were aware of effective styles of note-taking and used the learning support materials in an effective way by supplementing these with additional information provided during their lectures. The lecturers were similarly keen to provide students with the opportunity to do this. The students were, however, keen to be given as much information as possible.
Starter for 10 or playing at psychology?
Authors: Ravenscroft Lesley 
Published: January 2023

AbstractAccording to Lusted (1986:3) pedagogy is ‘…the transformation of consciousness that takes place in three agencies - the teacher, the learner and the knowledge they together produce’. Surely, that is what we, as educators, are aiming for? Raymie McKerrow (1989, p. 91) states that critical rhetoric serves to ‘de-mystify and connect’ individuals with knowledge through a subjective and engaged discourse. Vivan Burr (1998, p.4) suggests that it is through interaction we construct knowledge. It is in this spirit that I offer the idea of sharing activities that have engaged students with psychology and the psychological way of thinking, either as ‘starters’ or extension activities. Diverse student populations, classroom limitations and institutional constraints notwithstanding, I believe we have much to present to each other and we may find ideas for activities that suit our pedagogies and allow for the co-construction of knowledge with students through experience.
Transitions and the development of expertise
Authors: Hallam Susan 
Published: January 2023

The 29th Vernon–Wall Lecture presented at the Annual Meeting of the Education Section of the British Psychological Society, Preston, November 2009.This paper explores the relationships between the development of expertise and transitions. It sets out what we know about the development of expertise, changes in the brain as expertise develops, and how transitions between different learning contexts and the challenges that they present may impact on developing expertise. It sets out a series of propositions concerning the way that transitions may impact on expertise, the evidence supporting the propositions, and the educational implications.
Teaching psychological research methods through a pragmatic and programmatic approach
Authors: Rosenkranz Patrick , Fielden Amy , Tzemou Effy 
Published: January 2023

Research methods teaching in psychology is pivotal in preparing students for the transition from student as learner to independent practitioner. We took an action research approach to re–design, implement and evaluate a module guiding students through a programmatic and pragmatic research cycle. These revisions allow students to experience how diverse psychological methods can be united within a programme of research, whilst working as collaborators. In three sequential studies, researching the same topic, the module integrates qualitative methods with psychometric scale development and finally, hypothesis testing.The evaluation highlighted that students developed a diverse range of transferable skills, but experienced uncertainty associated with the research process and anxiety attributed to the less definitive guidance provided by staff. Interestingly, the reflection prompted by the evaluation methods facilitated student appreciation of this process and its value in preparing them for their final year project.
Helping students to climb the mountain: A study to inform the development of a resource to improve the learning of statistics in psychology
Authors: Davies Emma L. , Morys-Carter Wakefield L. , Paltoglou Aspasia E. 
Published: January 2023

Students often struggle with learning about statistics, which encompass a large proportion of a psychology degree. This pilot study explored how first– and final–year students reflected on their experiences of being taught this topic, in order to identify needs that could be addressed in a project to improve their learning.First–year students reported that they initially found their module challenging but that it became easier towards the end.Third–year students recognised the importance of the topic but were not confident in their abilities. Most students reported anxiety about statistics. Although students were positive about practical classes, many felt that they could not easily remember the materials. The findings suggested three areas of focus to improve student learning. Firstly, diverse needs and levels of ability should be catered for. Secondly, students need help to go beyond surface learning and button clicking. Finally, low levels of engagement should be addressed.This work has informed a project to develop an online resource to address the above identified needs to enhance teaching of this important topic.
International community–based service learning: Two comparative case studies of benefits and tensions
Authors: Akhurst Jacqueline 
Published: January 2023

The drives to internationalise the UK curriculum and psychology students’ desires to work in communities are brought together in this paper. International community–based learning (ICBL) links with many psychology students’ motivations to make contributions to others; with the potential to enhance students’ learning and cultural sensitivities. The recently–developed literature on international service learning highlights multiple benefits for students (and sometimes community hosts), as well as the potential tensions that need to be negotiated. With the intentions of creating global citizens interested in social justice, community–based engagement can sometimes reinforce preconceived notions. In addition, benefits to the host communities may only be short–term or questionable, with less research on community partners’ perspectives than on those of the students.This paper describes work with UK psychology students who undertook CBL in four different international settings (2008–2015); illustrating the complexities of setting up, facilitating and supporting students’ CBL. It will then focus on two African settings (South Africa and Tanzania), with data drawn from group discussions with students, post-experience reflections, observations be the accompanying tutor and feedback from community partners. The findings show the richness of students’ learning through CBL in both settings, including deeper insight into applications of psychological theory, the skills they enhanced and the emotional impacts of the work. Students reported changed perspectives, including greater awareness of social issues that impacted on their attitudes. The findings are explored and compared, using tools from Activity Theory, to illustrate points of confluence and tensions in such initiatives, when students, community partners and academic staff members interact. The discussion will reflect on what might guide the integration and optimising of ICBL to benefit both students and community partners.
The social experience of volunteering for young adult volunteers: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Authors: Johnstone David , Swingler Maxine , Reid Kate 
Published: January 2023

Volunteering is known to benefit not only recipients of services but also the volunteers themselves. Such benefits are especially important in volunteering young adults, who are undergoing a period of rapid transition and psychosocial development. Whilst the impact of volunteering is reasonably well studied in student groups, there is relatively little research on young adult volunteers outside the ‘student as volunteer’ context, despite the fact that this group may present different motivations towards, and benefits from, volunteering. We conducted semi-structured interviews to explore the lived experience of young volunteers. Using the experiential qualitative approach of interpretive phenomenological analysis, prominent themes relating to the social experience of volunteering were explored. These were selected as the topic of this article and are explored under three subthemes: Social belonging; Social motivation to volunteer; Social effects of volunteering on wellbeing and development. Interpretations of the participant’s verbatim are offered and discussed in relation to identity fusion theory and positive youth development.This study was supported through a Carnegie Undergraduate Student Summer Scholarship (2016).
How to improve the sales and marketing of your coaching services
Authors: McCrae Bryan 
Published: January 2023

Application of a bit of scientific rigour together with some consumer psychology into the black art of Sales and Marketing makes a significant difference to results. This paper is a summary of what you can do to sell and market your coaching psychology services, whether Occupational, Counselling, Sports or any other coaching field, to best effect and on a limited budget.It describes structured practical steps that will lead you to re-evaluate your approach to finding and attracting potential clients, quickly discovering whether your coaching services might be of use to them, turning them into satisfied paying clients and ensuring that you are getting the best return from your investment of precious time, money and resources in your sales and marketing activities.
The misunderstanding and misinterpretation of key aspects of Ken Wilber’s work in Hartelius and Ferrer’s (2013) assessment
Authors: Abramson John 
Published: January 2023

It is well known that Ken Wilber has consistently claimed for well over a decade that critics of his work often misunderstand his views. This paper suggests there is some substance in Wilber’s complaint in the context of the recent publication of Hartelius and Ferrer’s ‘Transpersonal Philosophy: The Participatory Turn’ in Chapter 10 of ‘The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology’.Hartelius and Ferrer acknowledge Wilber’s grievance, and make explicit attempts to avoid such misunderstandings. Nevertheless, this paper identifies a number of key areas in which it is argued that Hartelius and Ferrer are providing an inaccurate and misleading account of some aspects of Wilber’s work. For example, Wilber’s definition of Integral Post-Metaphysics does not explicitly appear in Hartelius and Ferrer’s paper and their assessment of this therefore has an inadequate foundation. Wilber has flatly rejected criticism that his work involves a perennialist version of a single nondual ultimate reality, or that it retains an experiential division between subject and object. Some substantive criticism by Wilber, a decade ago, of Ferrer’s participatory turn that is germane to Hartelius and Ferrer’s paper, has been apparently overlooked. And the misunderstanding suggested in this paper of Wilber’s nondual ultimate reality is traced back, in part, to Ferrer’s misunderstanding of Wilber and T.R.V. Murti’s Absolute.Hartelius and Ferrer argue that there have been just two major philosophical paradigms in transpersonal psychology since its inception: ‘Wilber’s perennialism’ and ‘Ferrer’s participatory’ Both paradigms stress the importance of co-creative participation, and creative interaction between the two might therefore be expected to lead to advances in the field of transpersonal philosophy. But such advances will be obstructed as long as either of the respective proponents misunderstands each other’s work.
The Study on Kaolin/corn Stalk Composite Adsorbent Materials Prepared by H3PO4 Activation Method
Authors: Liu Yanxia 
Published: January 2023

Using single factor method and orthogonal experiment,the study takes Kaolin and corn straw as raw materials and H3PO4 as activator and dips them in different activator concentration,different kaolin and corn straw mass ratio as well as different impregnation ratio under different conditions, and then carbonize them in low temperature by electric furnace, muff calcining to prepare kaolin/corn straw composite adsorption material.The adsorption capacity for methylene blue solution was characterized by T6 visible spectrophotometer,and automatic specific surface area and porosity analyzer was used to characterize the composite adsorption material under the optimal experimental conditions. The results show that the optimal experimental conditions are: Under the conditions of 25% Concentration of H3PO4 , 1:4 mass ratio of kaolin to corn stalk and 2.5:1 impregnation ratio, the adsorption value of methylene blue on the composite adsorbent is 1.116mg/g, the specific surface area is 7.56m2·g-1 and the single specific surface area is 6.82m2·g-1. The microporous volume was 1.24×10-8mL·g-1 and the microporous area was 0.57m2·g-1，the results show that the pore structure of the composite adsorbent is not uniform, and there are a lot of micropores and a certain amount of mesopores in the samples.
Research Progress on photocatalytic treatment of uranium waste liquid with ZnO Quantum Dots
Authors: Zhang Bin , Xu Pin , Yin Caixiong , Ye Qigang , Dong Xiangqian , Lu Chunhai 
Published: January 2023

Aiming at the difficult problem of radioactive nuclear waste liquid treatment, this paper summarizes the principle and development of a new photocatalytic technology for removing uranium waste liquid, several preparation methods of ZnO quantum dots and its applications in biomedicine, catalysis and light shielding, and summarizes its research on radioactive uranium waste liquid. In the future, it is expected that ZnO quantum dots with better properties can be modified and put into commercial production for the treatment of radioactive uranium-containing waste liquid.
Screening of dysphagia and bedside rehabilitation nursing in patients with cerebral hemorrhage
Authors: Zhou Jinglian 
Published: January 2023

Objective: To explore the early screening and rehabilitation nursing measures of dysphagia in patients with cerebral hemorrhage. Methods: A total of 443 patients with cerebral hemorrhage who were hospitalized in our hospital from October 2019 to October 2021 were selected as the research objects, and 381 patients with cerebral hemorrhage who were hospitalized in our hospital from September 2017 to September 2019 were selected as the control group. The swallowing function of the patients was evaluated by water swallow test and indirect assessment, and the patients were treated with routine rehabilitation nursing and pharyngeal cold stimulation. The incidence of aspiration pneumonia and clinical effects were compared between the two groups. Results: The incidence of aspiration pneumonia in the two groups: there were 15 cases of aspiration pneumonia in the treatment group (incidence rate 15/443, 3.55%), and 32 cases in the control group (incidence rate 32/381, 9.1%), there were statistical differences between the two groups(P<0.01).The curative effect observation between the treatment group and the control group: after 1 week rehabilitation treatment, the observation group showed marked effect in 34 cases, improved in 215 cases, and ineffective in 194 cases, the effective rate was 56.2%; in the control group, 25 cases were markedly effective, improved in 119 cases, ineffective in 237 cases, and the effective rate was 37.8%., the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p<0.01).Conclusion Patients with cerebral hemorrhage have a higher incidence of dysphagia, and earlier rehabilitation assessment and nursing intervention can significantly reduce the incidence of complications and improve clinical efficacy. Conclusion: Patients with cerebral hemorrhage have a higher incidence of dysphagia, and earlier rehabilitation assessment and nursing intervention can significantly reduce the incidence of complications and improve clinical efficacy.
The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Pelvic Pain in Non-Pregnant Females
Authors: Fatima Noor , Hina Gull E , Imran Ayesha , Khalid Quratulain 
Published: January 2023

Pelvic pain is the most common concern among women who visit the ER, and ultrasonography should be the first imaging method used to evaluate these patients. Objectives: To evaluate how well ultrasonography could diagnose different causes that can lead to pelvic pain in women. Methods: A cross-sectional study was held at Chatha Hospital, Al Amin Diagnostic Center, and Gondal Hospital. It used B mode ultrasonographic capability and in order to avoid artifacts or attenuation, an ultrasonic gel is applied to the transducer. Hospitals were legally authorized to take the information. Inclusion criteria were used to determine patient eligibility. Results: The commonest ultrasonography findings of pelvic pain were an ovarian cyst in 16 out of 97 which were 16.4%, bulky uterus with fibroid in 26 patients (26.8%), endometriosis in 4 patients (4.1%), ovarian enlargement in 3 patients (3.1%), endometriotic cyst in 6 patients (6.2%), RPCOs in 8 patients (8.2%), PCOs in 9 patients (9.3%), hydronephrosis in 4 patients (4.1%), fluid in cul de sac in 7 patients (7.2%), thickened endometrium in 3 patients (3.1%), pelvic inflammatory disease in 5 patients (5.2%), appendicitis in 4 patients (4.1%), and inguinal hernia in 2 patients (2.1%). Conclusions: Ultrasound scanning is a critical modality for detecting pelvic changes in female patients. The most common cause of pelvic in females is uterine fibroid and ovarian cyst. Moreover, pelvic pain occurs most frequently during the reproductive age and less frequently during menopause