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A local psychologist landed the opportunity of a lifetime supporting international athletes and world record breakers at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games. Gemma Harris, a senior clinical psychologist at Solstice, Bermuda’s biggest private mental health ...

A psychological and psychiatric treatment centre has teamed up with the University of the West Indies to offer internship opportunities to those entering the field of mental health. Solstice, Bermuda’s largest private mental health organisation, said...

Coco Chanel’s famous quote, “I only drink champagne on two occasions; when I am in love and when I am not”, is pretty reflective of how we use alcohol in western society. We drink to celebrate and commiserate, when we are happy or sad, and when we a...

The coronavirus pandemic heightened grief for families who had lost loved ones – whether from Covid-19 or other causes, an expert said yesterday. Gina Spence, a grief recovery specialist, said she would offer a free forum on Sunday to help people cop...

Many years ago, when I was still living in Russia, I saw a stunningly beautiful photograph in a travel magazine. Thousands of large, snow-white lanterns with a brightly burning fire inside were flying in the evening sky towards a huge, full moon. Thi...

The link between art and psychology may not be obvious to the uninitiated, but it was what set Hannah King off on her professional journey into mental health. The ninth-generation Bermudian graduated with a bachelor of arts in art and architecture fr...

Tamala Dickinson thought she was living her best life — and then she discovered mindfulness. A psychological process, it is a way of making people more aware of the present. Reduced anxiety and depression, improved impulse control and increased aware...

The ability for a child’s traumatic emotional experience to be converted into organic disease later in life was discussed at a conference in Bermuda. Vincent Felitti, a co-principal investigator of Landmark US Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, was...

Technology has taken mental health problems to a “new level” among young people, an expert has warned. Cathy Sousa, chairwoman of the Bermuda Counsellors Association, said more should be done to help young people understand the potential dangers of ...

Parliament has approved legislation to update the regulation of psychologists. The Psychological Practitioners Amendment Act 2018 replaces 20-year-old legislation governing the profession. Anyone not registered in Bermuda will now be prohibited from ...

Growing up in the 1950s Joan Friedman did everything with her twin. They wore matching outfits, had alliterative names — Joan and Jane, and were always the life of the party. “Twins were unusual in the 1950s,” the psychotherapist said. “We got a l...

Bermudian educator and researcher Katie Davis has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science. Ms Davis, an assistant professor at the University of Washington Information School, studies the impact of digital media on adole...