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Dec 15, 2020

Handling the holidays: Resources on chosen family

While COVID-19 will mean that many people will not be spending this holiday season with their family, for some folks being apart...

May 19, 2020

#MeToo: Being a survivor in psychology

Psygentra Director, Jemma Tosh, talks about her new chapter in the edited collection #MeToo: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Speak about...

May 17, 2020

How silence can show up in abuse

[Content warning - discussion of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse - mention of homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia] When people th...

Apr 27, 2020

Deconstructing 'desistance': GIRES Award for journal commentary about trans youth

Psygentra Founding Director Jemma Tosh has been awarded by the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) for their contribut...

Mar 31, 2020

Feeling triggered: COVID-19 and abuse survivors

There is increasing awareness that the current global pandemic of COVID-19 is likely to result in more occurrences of abuse as people are...

Nov 29, 2018

New book on sexual abuse and consent in medical settings

Dr. Jemma Tosh is no stranger to the topic of sexual abuse or the controversy and conflict that goes with writing about it. Having outlin...

Nov 4, 2018

Psychology and the #metoo movement

While the #metoo movement has received a wide range of coverage in relation to well-known figures from Hollywood to politics, there is a ...

May 10, 2018

5 Places to go for self care in Vancouver, BC

Trauma can impact on us in many different ways - from numbness to hypervigilence. Sometimes the best way to deal with the day-to-day tire...

May 10, 2017

Study with us! Apply for our funded Masters of Research (MRes)

In an exciting new opportunity, Psygentra is collaborating with Leeds Beckett University on a funded Masters of Research that has been de...

Aug 10, 2016

News: Psygentra Director's book shortlisted for BPS award!

The British Psychological Society has shortlisted Dr. Jemma Tosh (Psygentra Director) to be considered for their 2016 academic monograph ...

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