Dr Duncan Gillard
duncanjee.bsky.social
Dr Duncan Gillard
@duncanjee.bsky.social
Psychologist; ACT & DNA-V trainer; author of The Science of Children’s Wellbeing & Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Dummies; Co-creator of ConnectPSHE; works at Enable Trust.
National recognition for our work at Enable Inclusion Team these past years supporting young people, families and schools, from the Confederation of Schools Trusts (pgs 22 & 35). cstuk.org.uk/system/files... ❤️👊 #edpsychs
cstuk.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Opening para of chapter six of Beyond Freedom and Dignity. What an opener. Dripping with implications for what it means to be human, what it means to exist within human societies and what it might mean to position oneself so as to be an agent of positive change within human societies.
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Opening para of chapter six of Beyond Freedom and Dignity. What an opener. Dripping with implications for what it means to be human, what it means to exist within human societies and what it might mean to position oneself so as to be an agent of positive change within human societies.
October 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Was great to attend this event. Well done organising it Simon!
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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July 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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🌱New Article! Explore how evolutionary instincts shaped the jealous, controlling God of scripture—and fueled millennia of religious misogyny. By Hector Garcia.

🔗https://www.prosocial.world/posts/primate-bible
Is There A Primate In Your Bible? Where Religion And Evolution Meet
How evolutionary instincts shaped the jealous, controlling God of scripture—and fueled millennia of religious misogyny.
www.prosocial.world
July 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great new meta analysis on the effects of commitment therapy on adolescent anxiety and depression presentation! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39303882/
July 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What a cracking day training #edpsychs and others in Wandsworth London in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) based coaching today! And lovely to connect with so many fabulous practitioners, including @fionacoley.bsky.social (motivational interviewing legend) and many others.
July 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What an honour to have such recognition from our community, alongside such incredibly inspirational people. I feel grateful and humbled. Thank you @myacbs.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“When feeling the pain associated with doing something inconsistent with your values, be kind to yourself. We all fall off the values horse; most of us frequently! But don’t allow that self-kindness to result in behavioural complacency. Rather, use the pain to guide you back to value”.
June 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New RCT study on the impact of the Connect PSHE curriculum on children’s wellbeing. So great to finally get this published. More studies in the pipeline too so watch this space.
May 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Amazing ACT CPD opportunities at silly cheap prices from brilliant trainers with all proceeds going to an excellent cause. Everyone wins!
ACT for £10 - a fabulous learning experience which is recorded. This will raise money to fund conference tickets for students and people on low income. Grab your ticket here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/act410-exp...

@riopsy.bsky.social @thinkpsychol.bsky.social @duncanjee.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Keep opening apps without thinking? ACT says: pause, notice, choose.
Not about control. It’s about clarity. zurl.co/85dP8

#ACBS #ACT #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #MentalHealth
Here's how to retrain your brain to crave movement more than screen time
If you're finding yourself glued to your phone these days, scrolling the news, here's how to change your habits and get moving instead.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Has there ever been a greater master of words than Khalil Gibran. Almost every quote has the power to stop me in my tracks and remember what’s most important ❤️
May 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Don’t agree we should give up on this yet @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social. We developed a universal program (252 lessons over 7 years) called Connect PSHE and in a recent RCT (n = 745) demonstrated statistically sig’ gains on 2 MHW measures, after just 18 lessons. See www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Trans people are safe with me 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
April 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle” (Auggie) www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...
Watch Wonder | Netflix
After being homeschooled all his life, a boy with facial differences attends a traditional school, where he must find friends among his bullies.
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April 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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🍿VIDEO TIME

👀 Learn more about compassion focused approaches for Educational Psychologists in 45s

😍 Interested in adding this approach into your supervision and reflective practice? Book onto our a two day workshop (24-25 Apr 25)

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#Edpsychs
April 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Three articles published on ACT with children and young people in one month. That’s a productive period!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpse...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
April 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our recent publication outlining a ACT and DNAV oriented psychological service for children, families and schools, complete with a casework example and outcome data! Congratulations on leading this paper Dr Owen Cogan! explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpse... #edpsychs
Supporting young people at risk of school exclusion through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and allied models: A new service model and case study example
Recent UK Government figures show that permanent exclusions and suspensions in England are increasing. Children with special educational needs (SEN), especially those with a primary need in the area of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH), are particularly vulnerable in this regard . Given the clear links between school exclusions and a wide range of negative life-outcomes – such as increased vulnerability to criminality and prison sentences – the need to find creative and innovative ways of reducing exclusions and suspensions is a clear and present priority. This paper presents a new, outcomes-based Educational Psychology (EP) service delivery model for children, families and schools, rooted in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and related models derived from the world of Contextual Behavioural Science (CBS). The paper also presents a case study example, including intervention outcomes and processes, to illustrate how this new service delivery model takes a whole-child, contextual, person-centred and evidence-informed approach, to help create the conditions for a young person to thrive and be more fully included within mainstream education.
explore.bps.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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QUESTION?

Are you interested in learning about a supervision model which is based on neuroscience and has been shown to increase perceived resilience?

Check out this BRAND NEW training for Educational Psychologists ⬇️

Details and booking link on the flyer ⬇️⬇️
March 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So proud of, and excited about, this! Connect PSHE is changing children’s lives for the better!
March 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Great to see in the post this morning our article on Relational Frame Theory in educational contexts! #RFT #edpsychs #DNAV #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy
March 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Opening slide for our one day workshop for Head Teachers on ACT for school leaders’ wellbeing last Friday. Wonderful and inspiring leaders in the room and the feedback has been overwhelming! #edpsychs #schools #headteachers #wellbeing
March 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM