This brief highlights a link between everyday physical activity and brain housekeeping processes, offering a timely reminder of how motor activity can intersect with cognitive well-being. For clinicians across disciplines, the finding underscores how even minimal muscle engagement may support neural clearance mechanisms, which can inform holistic approaches to mental health maintenance and stress-related symptom management. The content invites consideration of movement-based strategies as supplementary, non-pharmacological factors in promoting brain function, without implying clinical prescriptions.

Article Title: Scientists discover a hidden brain “cleaning” effect triggered by movement

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260501052832.htm

#neuroscience
#brainhealth
#movementandmind
#mentalhealthresearch
#cerebrospinalfluid
#neurophysiology
#psychotherapyresearch
#wellbeing
#somaticpractice

Submissions to the EU-UK @sprofficial.bsky.social #conference open until Friday, 03.04.!

2-5 Sept
University of the West of England (Bristol)

I am working on the workshop and panel submissions for the European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC)
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/EPoC

#PsychotherapyResearch

Abstracts for the EU-UK Meeting* of the Society for #PsychotherapyResearch needed to be written, a good opportunity to visit MANA.
#EarlyCoffee #DunDeCofaidh #Cofaidh

Opens all week 8.00am
#FlatWhite £3.90
#Espresso £3.00

*Submissions still open until March 3rd, #conference topic "Putting Psychotherapy Practice at the Heart of Research: Amplifying the Clients’ Voices"
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/uk-eu-spr2026
#PatientCentered

#DundeeCoffee #Coffee #Dundee

The article reports that psilocybin shifts brain activity from a resting state to a dynamically engaged pattern, with changes in brain waves and network connectivity that correlate with the intensity of the psychedelic experience, and suggests baseline brain activity may help predict response.

This work highlights how rapid brain dynamics relate to subjective experiences and points toward personalized approaches in psychedelic-assisted therapies, making it of particular relevance to psychology seekers of mechanisms behind altered states and treatment outcomes.

Article Title: Psilocybin unlocks a specific biological signature in the brain linked to profound mystical states

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/psilocybin-unlocks-a-specific-biological-signature-in-the-brain-linked-to-profound-mystical-states/

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#psychedelicneuro #brainwaves #EEG #defaultmodenetwork #psychotherapyresearch

Submissions to the 7th UK-EU SPR conference are open until
🔥📆 Friday 27th February
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/uk-eu-spr2026

The conference theme is
Putting #Psychotherapy Practice at the Heart of Research: Amplifying the Clients' Voices

Last time I tried to reach Bristol, a certain volcano made it impossible. 🌋 #Iceland
Maybe there is a chance this year? 😅

#PsychotherapyResearch #PatientCentered #ClientCentered

Looking forward to today's meeting of the SPR's European Psychotherapy Consortium

Danilo Moggia and I will present on linking measures of psychological distress and cross-cultural analyses.

A brief overview of thoughts and resources can be found in this presentation from last year:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382172059_Analytical_routines_to_align_instrument_scores

And more about the consortium here:
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPR-EU-Consortium

#Itembank #Psychometrics #PsychotherapyResearch #GlobalMentalHealth

A review of adverse events in psychotherapy #RCT -s:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10503307.2023.2286992#d1e405

In 81 RCTs (since 2007; 126 psychotherapy vs 61 control conditions) harmful effects were reported in 60% of the studies.

Based on these data, one can expect adverse events to affect 1/10 (serious adverse events 1/21) patients.

#PsychotherapyResearch

Finished delivering my virtual course on quality assurance for psychotherapeutic interventions at the European Center for Psychotherapy and #PsychotherapyResearch in #Trier

I felt a bit odd when I needed to admit in the opening round that it was raining in #Dundee.

Funnily enough, Trier & #Dundee have similar precipitation profiles 😅

#Scotland

The Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award going to Clara Paz was excellent news at #SPRKrakow2025, very well-deserved! 👏
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/udla-investiga_internacional-despiertatupasiaejn-udlainvestiga-activity-7343749055069519874-4mAM/

#GlobalMentalHealth #PsychotherapyResearch

The presentation by @kopf-beck.bsky.social provides makes connections between the results of the OPTIMA trial
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10880804/
(schema therapy in psychiatric care program showed #noninferiority compared to CBT)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2024/9191823

and comparative work on clinical interviews, questionnaires, and ecological momentary assessment outcomes within the trial
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2024/9191823

#SPRKrakow2025 #EMA #RCT #PsychotherapyResearch