• Question: Who is your favourite phycologist?

    Asked by anon-215230 to Laura on 17 Jun 2019.
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      Laura Fisk answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      Hello! I’m not sure who my 100% favourite psychologist is – there are so many awesome ones! It does depend which field of psychology we’re talking, but in terms of clinical psychology and behavour change then we’re talking Marsha Linehan. She’s a behavioural psychologist who created a therapy to help people who were suicidal and engaging in self harm a lot. She worked out what they needed, and helped them get it. She used proper psychology theory to underpin it so that everything she reccomended as part of the therapy was robust and evidence-based. I’ve used the therapy a lot and I think it works really well- it’s complicated, but it’s definitely a good ‘un. Even better, she recently told her story – and she has been a person who has experienced mental health problems. Shes got lots of videos up on YouTube (she’s an older, US lady and she comes across as a bit harsh, but I’ve seen her twice in real life and I think she’s pretty soft, really). Yeah, that’s who’s my favourite – Marsha Linehan! Do you have a favourite psychologst?

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