Maggie 🐅

@vonniecroz Sorry to hear that, wishing you 3speedy recovery ❤

@MetroUK So tragically heartbreaking. RIP young man.

‘He entered the bridge, climbed over the barrier before jumping into the river.' trib.al/EWBMnQU

@CICounselling @stonewalluk It is shame this hasn't been made clear from the start. Better late than never though. It's a scary thing to think exploring could be deemed as conversion which has worried quite a few therapists.

@MkSurrey @stonewalluk Discussing a client’s thoughts and feelings with them regarding their sexual orientation or gender identity is not the same as seeking to change or suppress their sexual orientation or gender identity. Banning conversion therapy doesn’t threaten ethical therapeutic practice.

A ban on conversion therapy does not stop ethical therapeutic practice. Banning conversion therapy IS ethical therapeutic practice. #BanConversionTherapy

@MichaelFulwiler Happy birthday to you 🎂

Today is my birthday 🥳

@lunarcounsell It is an expensive business. My maintenance loans had to cover those added expenses otherwise I couldn't have studied. The upside to being low income!! If you can't get maintenance loans for college it might be worth looking at university??

@jamesldowns I do wish some professionals and services would leave mindfulness training/interventions to the experts fully trained in it. I'm sure it gets misinterpret and condensed in the wrong hands.

I just came across an NHS booklet called "Mindfulness for Chronic Illness" which - I kid you not - has "a mindful cup of tea" as its only example I am a mindfulness teacher, but telling people in chronic pain to have a slow cup of tea via leaflet is NOT a health intervention

@lunarcounsell Student loans?

To the former patients who apologise for getting in touch “you probably don’t remember me” … as clinicians, we absolutely do remember you, still think about you, and you have no idea the boost it gives us to hear the exciting things you go on to do! 🥰

@ScrimshawsFire @AlsJane_therapy @BACP The point is, if a complaint is made an mb cannot force anyone to stop working so it's a pointless framework. Therefore, people can freely work without being a member. I disagree that it means being unethical. Unethical would be working without training and qualifications imv.

@suefreelance @SallyMi83941850 As a former smoker I agree. I could afford my cigs when I wanted them so I could afford my cessation aids! Always refused any prescriptions offered to me. Still a vaper though and much cheaper than smoking.

@SallyMi83941850 I disagree with vaping products being on prescription - cessation of the smoking habit is a personal thing and should be achieved by will power and determination, both of which are freely available.

Where does all the NHS money go? A 💈 Constant wrangling over NHS finances: it’s a bottomless pit - it’s mismanaged - it’s a huge amount - it’s not enough - will never be enough.... Where to start with all of this? Let’s take a look.... 1/15

@zookmann Oh wow. Have never thought of it from that valuable perspective.

@ScrimshawsFire @AlsJane_therapy @BACP I wasn't advocating, I was staying facts. I wouldn't judge anyone either as we do have freedom of choice. Not being a member of an mb does not necessarily mean working unethically.

@ScrimshawsFire @AlsJane_therapy @BACP An MB can't stop you practising privately unfortunately regardless of whether complaints have been made.

@AlsJane_therapy @BACP Is it maybe because you couldn't do the practical hours of client work? Is there no way you could do a top up course that encompasses this? Your course should have made it clear it didn't meet the criteria for you to become a member. So sorry .

@AlsJane_therapy @BACP You don't have to register with any membership body if you're working privately so it might not be as bad as you think. Good luck.

@DrJessTaylor Why can't they? There's absolutely nothing wrong in saying that but I wonder if it really is true for so many women? I often say to my kids I wish I'd done things differently but I certainly wouldn't want to be without them.

I wish there was more honesty in the world about how many women feel trapped by motherhood, marriage, and being an 24/7 slave to men and children, whilst the TV and magazines frame it as some sort of feminine ideal bliss. So many women regret it, but they can’t say a word.

@Treasa_Foley @Therapists_C People always misunderstand my surname when I say it. My mr finds it funny when I automatically spell it straight after saying it. I don't even notice that anymore, it's just habit and it doesn't bother me. It's saves the other any embarrassment of having to ask me.

Millions still believe psychiatric drugs correct a chemical imbalance. You lose all professional credibility when you insinuate this could be true.

@doctor_chuks My understanding is medical=patient, non medical psychological support (therapy/counselling)=client and non medical/non counselling services = service user. I believe the latter came about because people using the services didn't want to be referred to as patients or clients.

For a few years now, there has been a move away from the use of the term 'patient'. However, there is still a significant split. Many clinicians and those using services, that I speak to, feel it is entirely appropriate and should remain.