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Recontextualising psychological interventions in the outdoors: A call for submissions

Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 by Dr Sam Cooley

A call for research submissions to Frontiers in Psychology

Urban walking can be as beneficial as walking in green spaces

Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 by Dr Sam Cooley

A study exploring the impact of green vs. urban spaces during a walking group for mental health service users.

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5,4,3,2,1: A quick, effective and versatile grounding technique

Posted on March 24, 2020February 3, 2021 by Dr Sam Cooley

The 5,4,3,2,1 has been the one grounding technique that comes up as a favourite, time and time again.

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BPS and ACP-UK guidelines for outdoor talking therapy

Posted on March 16, 2020July 22, 2020 by Dr Sam Cooley

Join the debate to contribute to new guidelines for outdoor talking therapy

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‘Into the Wild’: Exploring talking therapy in natural outdoor spaces

Posted on January 24, 2020February 4, 2021 by Dr Sam Cooley

Full slides and notes from my presentation on outdoor talking therapy at the 2020 Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference

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Top 20 mindfulness quotes for everyday life

Posted on March 6, 2019January 24, 2020 by Dr Sam Cooley

My top 20 mindfulness quotes from the popular book, ‘the things you can see only when you slow down’ by Haemin Sunim.

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Photo Gallery: The Museum of Bizarre and Extreme Science

Posted on September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 by Dr Sam Cooley

A collection of photos and pictures related to each of the bizarre experiments featured in my book, ‘The Museum of Bizarre and Extreme Science’.

Positive Psychology World Summit, New York

Posted on July 10, 2018March 18, 2020 by Dr Sam Cooley

In May 2018 I presented my work on strengths profiling at the Positive Psychology World Summit, New York. Read on to see a recording of the full presentation.

Transforming performance profiles into the VIA framework of character strengths: an ideographic and nomothetic combined approach

Posted on December 13, 2017March 18, 2020 by Dr Sam Cooley

Performance profiling is a popular tool for identifying character strengths. This presentation explores how performance profiling can be combined with the VIA framework of character strengths to maximise its potential.

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9 fundamental attitudes of mindfulness

Posted on February 8, 2017April 13, 2020 by Dr Sam Cooley

A selection of short videos by Kabat-Zinn providing a succinct and eloquent description of the nine attitudes of mindfulness. Well worth a watch!

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