Liam Atwal

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Liam Atwal

Liam Atwal

@LiamAtwalPsych

Compassion-Focused Psychotherapist, Psychological Coach, trauma specialist and Mindfulness teacher.

Stroud, England Katılım Kasım 2016
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ExcludedUK Official
ExcludedUK Official@ExcludedUK·
Today marks six years since the UK went into full lockdown. Six years on, most people want to believe the pandemic is long over. For thousands of excluded people, it is not over at all. They are still paying the price every single day. While 90% of the population received Covid support that did not have to be repaid, many excluded taxpayers were forced to survive by taking on Bounce Back Loans, maxing out overdrafts and running up credit card debt just to eat, keep their homes and try to save their businesses. That was not support. That was state-backed abandonment. Six years later, people are still trapped in debt from a national emergency they did not cause. Still losing businesses. Still losing homes. Still living with the mental and financial devastation of being shut out and left behind. They did everything this country asked of them. They worked hard. Paid taxes. Built businesses. Contributed for years. And when the country closed, they were denied meaningful help and told to borrow instead. The lockdown ended. The injustice did not. This is why ExcludedUK, together with the Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG, is still fighting for justice, because this is not a historic wrong that can be quietly forgotten. It is a live scandal that is still destroying lives now. Six years on, the debt remains. The damage remains. The fight remains. 3.8 Million UK taxpayers were excluded from parity of Covid-19 financial support, yet they were told they could not work or open their businesses. That is 10% of the UK workforce…equivalent to the population of Wales! Also, there were only an average of 500,000 job vacancies during the pandemic, (source data from the ONS) , so what were the other 3.3 Million of us supposed to do?!?! Please ask your MP to join our ‘Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG’ by either sending us a DM on here, or emailing excludeduk@hotmail.com All officer positions have been taken, but they are invited to be an ordinary member. They do not even have to attend the meetings as they will be emailed all progress after each meeting. We look forward to hearing from your MP to let us know they would like to be added to the register. DID YOU GET LITTLE OR NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT DURING COVID? Were you excluded from fair and equal Covid-19 financial support? If so, join some of the other 3.8 million UK taxpayers who were, as we campaign for this scandal to be put right.. bit.ly/3UunLTY Dutifully paid in, deliberately left out! Lives & livelihoods ruined! 37+ suicides and hundreds of attempted suicides! Website: excludeduk.org Facebook Group: bit.ly/3UunLTY Sign up to our mailing list: bit.ly/4bdpB0U There are over 20 categories of exclusions including: ·New starters ·New Businesses ·PAYE freelancers ·Newly self-employed ·Those denied furlough ·Directors paid in Dividends ·Directors paid PAYE Annually ·Made redundant before 19 Mar 2020 ·Directors of Companies not in Profit ·Self-employed with +£50k trading profits ·Businesses ineligible for Business Grants ·Those in maternity/parental/adoption leave ·Those earning less than 50% income from self-employment ·Those whose personal circumstances have affected entitlement to support e.g. pensions, bereavement allowance, carer’s allowance, students, armed forces veterans… and more… ExcludedUK are asking for: (1) An apology from government so this injustice is recognised and assurance that it will never happen again. (2) Parity of support (3) Acknowledgement of loss of earnings/profit and consequential loss. #ExcludedUK #Covid19 #Pandemic #BounceBackLoans #CovidDebt #ForgottenMillions #FinancialJustice #Excluded
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@LewisNottmPath @ZoeJardiniere Maybe 3, how many do you think? To raise children well, they need constant love and attention, especially during the first 3 years of their lives. Given that Mum's also need to care for themselves, sleep sometimes, and have breaks from childcare, surely more help is a good thing
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Lewis of Nottingham’s Path
Lewis of Nottingham’s Path@LewisNottmPath·
@ZoeJardiniere How many people does it take to look after one little baby full time? My goodness, have some grit and get on with it. I know Mums that knit, bake, and organise family get togethers all whilst looking after a newborn. Too be fair the mums I’m thinking of are utterly brilliant.
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@LouiseWhitemesh @JonathanShedler Private psychotherapy is definitely open and available to everyone. Yes, it can be expensive but I've also offered sessions for as little as £10 and if someone genuinely couldn't afford that but needed psychotherapy I would consider offering it for £1.
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Louise White
Louise White@LouiseWhitemesh·
@LiamAtwalPsych @JonathanShedler Psychotherapists tend to be absent in NHS settings. Private therapy is not open to everyone due to cost. Hard work & long-term therapy aren't seen as favourable if patients believe they can take a pill and feel better. I'd like a choice of treatment for everyone.
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Jonathan Shedler
Jonathan Shedler@JonathanShedler·
Skilled psychotherapists recognize other skilled psychotherapists. They don’t act like cheerleaders, teachers, coaches, influencers, or gurus. They don’t talk in therapy-speak clichés. They don’t speak in affected “therapist voices,” or make mawkish displays of performative empathy. They don’t claim to have the answers for strangers they’ve never met, and they couldn’t care less about the newest trend or fashionable acronym. They know that much of what’s called “therapy” is not legitimate psychotherapy at all. And they can spot the difference between performative signaling and actual depth in a nanosecond.
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@LouiseWhitemesh @Jon__Stone @JonathanShedler Patient choice sounds great but very few people are aware of all of the different treatment options, let alone able to work out which treatment is likely to be best for themselves. What do you mean by post code lottery? In my experience, services are pretty similar across the UK
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Liam Atwal
Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@LouiseWhitemesh @JonathanShedler By whom are psychotherapists seen as nonentities? Certainly within the NHS, psychotherapists are neglected in favour of psychiatry and CBT but do you think this is a general feeling across society? I'd view hard work for patients and long-winded as positives
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Louise White
Louise White@LouiseWhitemesh·
@JonathanShedler Psychotherapists in the UK are nonentities. They're seen as insufficiently scientific, expensive, hard work for patients & longwinded. Whereas psychiatry is lauded for its scientific rigour, diagnoses & psychotropic drugs, which promise to cure all ills. How can anyone resist?
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@SupplementalAi 2/ Never forgetting what to talk about because AI tells you what to say is nobody's goal in life. You are trying to fix something which isn't actually a problem.
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Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills@SupplementalAi·
3/ 🗂️ Session Agenda (Before Therapy) Throughout the week, users can capture thoughts, patterns, or issues as they come up. Supplemental organizes them into clear talking points and priorities so you know exactly what you want to discuss when you walk in. No more: “I had something important to talk about… but I forgot.”
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Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills@SupplementalAi·
1/ Most people leave therapy with good intentions… “I should journal more.” “I need to set better boundaries.” “I want to bring this up next week.” Then life happens — and by the time the next session rolls around, they’ve forgotten half of what mattered. Supplemental exists to fix that.
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Liam Atwal
Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@SupplementalAi 1/ "I had something important to talk about... but I forgot" is a perfectly good way to start a therapy session. The whole session might end up being about that process of forgetting, it might reveal a deeper reason for why they felt unable to say the important thing
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Liam Atwal
Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@SupplementalAi 2/ what to discuss. These aren't therapy goals. Some therapists might think that these are important things for a patient to work on, but if the therapist is setting the agenda and these 'tasks' are 'therapist-led' then that is not psychotherapy
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@SupplementalAi 1/ As someone else commented, it doesn't seem as though you understand what psychotherapy is. I don't think people leave therapy with these 'good' intentions (who thinks these are good?). None of my patients come into therapy wanting to journal more or be better at remembering
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Spectra
Spectra@lospectra_·
Hey @grok , remove the only self made billionaire from this picture.
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@grok @bhamonecee @TobytheOrca @lospectra_ You identified him as a self-made billionaire but now you say the term is subjective. It seems odd to call him self made when you also claim that family connections likely helped.
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Grok
Grok@grok·
The term "self-made" is subjective and debated. Records show Errol Musk invested ~$28,000 in Zip2's early funding (part of a larger round), which Elon has downplayed. Elon arrived in North America with little money, built Zip2 from scratch, and grew his wealth via subsequent ventures. Family connections likely helped, but his achievements stem from innovation and risk-taking. Views differ across sources.
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@bhamonecee @grok @TobytheOrca @lospectra_ @grok given that Elon's investment was the smallest, would you still describe him as being "self-made"? Or did he only get where he is because of the backing of his Father and others?
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Bradley Hammon
Bradley Hammon@bhamonecee·
@grok @TobytheOrca @lospectra_ Bullshit, he only made his first million because his brother and him started a company invested in by his father and his family's connections. Zip2 was completely because of his family otherwise he would have stayed getting his programming PHD
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SevenSeas
SevenSeas@SevenSeasSoBlue·
@richmondie @_InThisTogether @createstreets @CreateStreet It really is. They'll promise you everything you'd ever want in exchange for your consent, then prevent you from going anywhere. Remember "smart motorways"? Promise & reality were very different. Heaven help you if your car breaks down on a motorway with no hard shoulder.
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InThisTogether
InThisTogether@_InThisTogether·
Suddenly there's a lot of this about isn't there? Let's get something straight. The 15-minute city is a behavioural control smart city using "frontier technology" to surveil and track your movements and digital identity. It is not a plan to return to functioning high streets.
createstreets@createstreets

Would you like to live in a more prosperous place? A neighbourhood where there are more local businesses, where shops do better, where the air is cleaner, where people are healthier, a neighbourhood which people move to not from….

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Marcus@Marcus70672192·
They're selling you "15-minute cities" as walkable urban utopia. Here's what's actually being built: Oxford and Canterbury have divided their cities into zones where residents are BANNED from driving between districts without permits. Fines for crossing. This isn't planning - it's control infrastructure. The pitch: "Everything you need within 15 minutes! Less car dependency! Better for the environment!" The reality: surveillance cameras at every boundary tracking license plates, permits required for movement within your own city, fines for unauthorized travel. When 60% opposed London's ULEZ expansion, they implemented it anyway. Democracy is theater. This is spatial control disguised as environmentalism. Once combined with CBDC (programmable digital currency), Digital ID, and the petrol/diesel ban by 2030, you get a complete control grid. They track your location constantly, restrict where you spend money, prevent you leaving your zone. Car ownership becomes impossible. You're dependent on controlled public transport. Can't organize resistance when people can't travel to meet. Can't support businesses outside your zone. Can't escape surveillance within your zone. This isn't conspiracy theory - Oxford and Canterbury openly announced these plans as part of UN Agenda 2030. The pattern: manufactured crisis (climate emergency) justifies measures that bypass democracy and become permanent. They're building a cage and calling it a neighborhood. Most people will walk into it thinking they're saving the planet. By the time they realize they're trapped, the infrastructure will be complete. The 15-minute city isn't about convenience. It's about making sure you can't leave. Watch which cities implement this next. Watch when they connect it to digital ID and CBDC. The pieces are being assembled in plain sight.
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Daniel in Golders Green
Daniel in Golders Green@DanielGoldersUK·
@LiamAtwalPsych @TweetForTheMany @schneiderhome FYI👇 Salary Context for NHS Diversity Roles: "High-Level Positions: Roles such as "Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion" can be placed in Band 8b, 8d, or higher, which can reach over £75,000–£88,000+ per year, particularly in London or with senior responsibilities."
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James Schneider
James Schneider@schneiderhome·
A successful economy does three things: 1 Raises real wages 2 Improves and expands public services 3 Builds productive and technological capacities for the common good. Britain’s “capitalist market economy” fails on all three.
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@janetbrian4 @MatthewStadlen @Nigel_Farage @GoodwinMJ The UK means a lot to many asylum seekers who have friends or family here, or have come from places where the British have played a huge role on shaping their countries. Does that mean you're happy with asylum seekers and other immigrants thinking of England as home?
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Janet Brian
Janet Brian@janetbrian4·
@MatthewStadlen @Nigel_Farage @GoodwinMJ If you take the time to read the background info Matt has given, you will understand why he thinks of Manchester as home. The town means a lot to him and his family and he is an excellent choice of candidate for Gorton and Denby. 👍
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Nigel Farage MP
Nigel Farage MP@Nigel_Farage·
Our candidate for the Gorton & Denton by-election is @GoodwinMJ. Matt is coming home to Manchester and will fight for every vote. Let’s give him our support.
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Liam Atwal@LiamAtwalPsych·
@ConsciousObjec2 @dr_besty @PeterSweden7 Pretty sure you'll still be able to buy goods and services online... even if you were restricted to a 15min radius from your house (p.s. nobody is saying this)
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Conscious Objector
Conscious Objector@ConsciousObjec2·
@dr_besty @PeterSweden7 No more buying elsewhere for a more competitive price. What's that going to do to everyone's cost of living? That alone should ring alarm bells in everyone's heads even if they profess not to care about being corralled and controlled.
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PeterSweden
PeterSweden@PeterSweden7·
Britain is now giving the green light to 15 minute cities. Oxford city will be divided into six zones. Drivers must apply for a permit that grants a ration of 100 free travel days between the zones. Those exceeding their driving limit will be fined. Tyranny is here. And the idea of a 15 minute city is nothing new. It comes from the Soviet Union where they called it a "micro district". The idea is to contain people into small zones, with those areas containing all essential services. Private car use is discouraged and people are expected to walk or take the bus instead.
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