Year: 2016

Here is why Donald Trump just doesn’t get it. Reading based Psychologist Dr David Purves thinks that Donald Trump misses the point, as does everyone else who dismisses his ‘locker room banter’, as just meaningless talk. Here is why! To talk, we have to possess both language and concepts of expression to be able to…

It’s obvious that the system is not working. When something isn’t working and you can see why it very hard to remain quiet. Especially on World Mental Health Day. The headline: Mental Health in the UK is getting worse. Let’s look at first things first. What is the system to which I refer? It is…

I am Dr David Purves and I run the Berkshire Psychology Services which provides CBT treatments in Reading. I gave an interview at JackFM and it is being broadcast today as it is World Mental Health Day. Please listen to the interview here. Its about half way down the page. In this interview I talked…

Dr David Purves on the BBC Dr David Purves (CBT therapist) was interviewed by Anne Diamond on BBC radio. I recently launched the Panic Pit Stop App. She was very interested in how the app could help people to recover from Panic, Worry and Anxiety. Also in the news is the sad fact that common…

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