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I’ve got some time for The Queen.

I’m no Monarchist. I’m a paid-up member of Republic and demand my right, under both the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, to elect my leaders. Those same declarations also grant us the freedom of expression to share the many anti-monarchy memes that have been floating around and if you are offended by them, maybe you should stop being such a snowflake.

But all of that aside, it also seems reasonable to celebrate the life of Elizabeth II. The strongest criticism that anybody has been able to muster so far is that she didn’t personally dismantle the monarchy. And to be fair to her, neither did any of us. And no, I don’t think it was any easier for her than it would be for us.

She did provide a lifetime of service to her country. 70 years of service: she worked up until the day she died (having to invite Lizz Truss to form a government would probably push me over the edge, too). She showed true leadership, most recently when sitting alone at the funeral of her husband while the prime minister was partying in Downing Street.

She gave us a glimpse into what leadership could be, one of the contributing factors to her surviving 15 British prime ministers.

And her life was remarkable. She was internationally loved. In fact, given the length of her reign and the exponential growth of the population, it seems likely that she was the most loved human being ever in human history. Part of that comes with the title. But some of that comes with the relentless ambassadorship that she provided.

My new course, Professional Ethics for Helping Professions, launched today. It is designed for therapists, coaches, teachers and other helping professionals who want to know how to keep their clients safe: we’ll cover safeguarding, contracting, professional bodies, insurance, data protection, equality and diversity, and much more.

You can preview the course here or watch the trailer below.

My Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) course is one of my best selling courses and the owner of a coveted bestseller tag. But CBT is not a single therapy: it came out of the work of multiple psychologists including Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Therapy and Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT).

REBT is still highly relevant today: the way it attacks core beliefs, the ABC model and its use of a variety of cognitive, emotional and behavioural strategies are all still key to the success of CBT.

If you would like to learn more, you can preview the course on Udemy or watch the trailer below.

I’m honoured to have a bestseller tag for my Mindfulness Teacher Training course (one of five of my courses that currently holds one) and excited to be launching a new course alongside it: Meditation Teacher Training.

The new course takes a wider view of the subject. We’ll look at meditation in a variety of cultural contexts, as well as scientific applications, before diving into a range of meditation techniques.

If you would like to learn more, you can preview the course on Udemy or watch the trailer below.

Traditional forms of psychotherapy involve talking a lot about problems and take a long time. This is expensive for the client and isn’t much fun because you have to talk about your weakest points. Of course, it may be worth it if you make gains. But there is an alternative.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy says that by focusing on a client’s existing strengths and using those to build solutions, change can be achieved in only a handful of sessions. In my new course, we’ll explore all about SFBT: what it is, how it works and how to use it.

Preview the course on Udemy or watch the trailer below.

Last month, I teamed up with my friends Peter and Tracey to put together a course on interview skills for candidates. We’re now pleased to announce our second course, Conduct Interviews, which trains IT and technical managers on how to interview candidates for tech roles.

Inside the course, we cover:

• Interview styles and techniques
• Technical tests and pairing exercises
• Psychological safety and implicit bias
• Giving feedback
• Do’s and don’ts

If you want to learn more, you can preview the course here.

I recently teamed up with my friends Peter Alkema and Tracey Ashington to launch our new course all around interview skills to candidates applying to technical and IT roles. If you want to sharpen your skills before your next interview, this is the course for you.

Tracey is a career coach with decades of experience in recruitment. Peter is a digital transformation and leadership expert who wrote his PhD thesis on agile methodology.

Inside the course, we cover:

• Pre-interview preparation
• Technical tests and pairing exercises
• Answering questions like a pro
• Psychology of interviewing
• Adapting your skills for online interviews

If you want to find out more, you can preview the course here.

Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes. In this course, we will cover all of the core topics in cognitive psychology including perception, attention, memory, learning, language, decision-making, emotion and much more. We’ll also look at research methods and how neuroscience is allowing us to see inside the brain.

Preview the course on Udemy or watch the trailer below.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness to treat borderline personality disorder, suicidal behaviour and a range of other challenging conditions.

My new course will teach you all about it. Get access to all of my psychology courses via Holbeck College or preview the course on Udemy.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness and acceptance to help people change their lives. My new course introduces all of the key concepts, theory and techniques use in ACT.

You can get access to all of my psychology courses at Holbeck College or preview the course on Udemy. Or watch the video below.