I was delighted to be invited to speak at DHI's Concerned Other Conference Reach Out 2020. Despite the challenges of lock down, DHI...

In lectures on Personality Disorder and on Romantic Relationships, people are intrigued by the research finding that women are drawn...

In marriage, conflict is inevitable. Even the happiest couples argue. And research shows they tend to argue about the same topics as...

Think your new romance will be much different from your last one? According to new University of Alberta research, it's not likely. An...

In training and lectures I discuss the idea of homophily. This describes the how we tend to be drawn to others who are similar to us in...

As part of an ongoing series of blog articles, the role of laughter appears once again in an interesting article in the Conversation. It...

Yesterday I was discussing laughter and alliances with substance misuse teams in Dorset. when this research came through on laughter and...

In lectures and training on Motivational Interviewing I stress how the emotional brain does not speak to us but through us. The casual...

Nothing cheers me up as much as a quirky research study on the humble fruit fly. We share approximately 65 per cent of our DNA with...

In lectures on life course development I often discuss the differences between men and women and in particular, in what genders value in...

A recent study of relationships has found interesting predictors of infidelity within married couples. Read the surprising findings here.

Two recent studies caught my eye on body language. In the first study the eye movements of of heterosexual students were tracked whilst...