Graham Fawcett led our Psychosocial team and is one of Thrive’s Co-founders. Here, he reflects on his retirement journey and shares the crucial, often overlooked, challenge of letting go of a professional identity and finding a new way to be.
What is perfectionism and why does it thrive in humanitarian work? Does it tent to help or hinder performance? And what can be done about it? Here our Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead BEN PORTER explores these questions.
ELIAS OMER is a Psychotherapist & Facilitator from Ethiopia who has spent much of his career supporting people and communities impacted by conflict. Here he shares some of his well-earned insights.
We’ve seen a rise in both burnout and moral injury among clients lately. Here two of our experts unpack these buzzwords to help clients understand and respond to these challenges.
Is a workplace without human disagreement really what we want? Psychotherapist and Mediator CHRIS WAKE explores.
As World Mental Health Day approaches, explore options both for individuals and organisations to thrive in the midst of uncertainty.
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To mark the launch of our new elearning courses on Thriving In Times Of Crisis and Supporting Staff In High Risk, Insecure Environments our team shares insights on…
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Chief Medical Officer // DR. MATT EDWARDS We all struggle with it sometimes. If poor sleep is a challenge for you…
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Anger, like all human emotions, has both constructive and destructive potential. Here our Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead BEN PORTER shares some…
Do news and social media sometimes cause you to feel overwhelmed and fearful? If so, ANASTASIA THOMAS from our psychosocial team would like you to know two things. Firstly, you’re not alone. Secondly. there’s lots you can do about it.
We’ve launched a new service to assess, diagnose and provide a treatment plan for people who may have ‘Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder’. Here’s our Chief Clinical Officer MATT EDWARDS on the what, why, and how.
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day on 10 October is right up our street: mental health at work. To mark the day, we asked our…
Chief Executive Officer // LEANNE MAREGA Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER It can be hard to know how best to support a team during times of…
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Psychosocial work has plenty of jargon. Here’s an explainer of some of the important ones we use to describe our work…
April is Stress Awareness Month. Here, six of our team share a short reflection on the subject, based on encounters with clients around the world. From working with…
When a civil war began in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, local staff with the international NGO ZOA continued to provide support to those who needed it. But they were…
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER Senior Psychologist DIANA CHEPKOSGEI Are you ‘trauma-informed’? We asked BEN PORTER and DIANA CHEPKOSGEI from our psychosocial team to explain why…
Counsellor & Facilitator TEDDY CHAKEE Psychotherapist & Facilitator // ELIAS OMER TEDDY CHAKEE and ELIAS OMER from our psychosocial team have in recent months been providing mental health…
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER When you first access counselling with us, you’ll be offered a choice as to who you‘d like to work with. But…
Psychosocial Practitioner // ANASTASIA THOMAS Thrive’s ANASTASIA THOMAS is a member of our psychosocial team from Kyiv, Ukraine. A year on from the start of the war, this…
Senior Psychologist & Staff Care Specialist // DIANA CHEPKOSGEI If you’re putting pressure on yourself or others to complete as many work tasks as possible before the Christmas…
Psychosocial & Wellbeing Lead // BEN PORTER It’s not always easy to talk about, but the benefits are many. Here Psychosocial and Wellbeing Lead BEN PORTER shares ideas…
Consultant Psychologist // GRAHAM FAWCETT Why do some memories of distant events seem like ages ago and others seem like yesterday? Consultant Clinical Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT explores… In…
At the start of the pandemic, the NGO Medair asked us to help them develop an online method for recruiting staff to work in places of conflict. This led our Psychosocial Director GRAHAM FAWCETT and Medair’s Staff Wellbeing Advisor DANIELA KRISOVA on a journey. Here they share the story.
In August millions of people will go to the polls in Kenya’s national elections. It’s a season that often evokes past traumas and stokes political divisions. In the…
It’s Mental Health Week in the UK and in this blog Thrive’s GRAHAM FAWCETT reflects on a topic he often encounters in counselling with humanitarian and aid workers:…
Working in conservation and climate change is hard. As more of our clients ask us to support them in this area, we want to better understand their needs. And so we recently invited a small group of them to tell us about the obstacles to their wellbeing. Here’s some of what they told us.
What causes stress in aid and development work? And what can be done about it? Thrive’s LOTTIE SHIPP has been digging deep into our data to look for…
The work of DR. GEMMA HOULDEY is close to our heart. She’s a Wellbeing Advisor and Researcher whose new book The Vulnerable Humanitarian is about ending burnout culture…
Civil conflict in a country can cause tension, fear and loss. Psychologist DIANA CHEPKOSGEI shares a number of ways you can cope during the ongoing political crisis in…
Many of you who read this blog dedicate much of your life to reducing inequality, and so we asked our Psychosocial experts BEN PORTER and LIZ PYCROFT to…
When members of a team feel able to speak up, to raise a concern, or to disagree with others, they work harder, perform better and are more creative….
Thrive Coach NANCI HOGAN explores how the pandemic has slowly eroded our vitality, and how coaching can help us develop the insights, skills and actions to reverse this…
NANCI HOGAN is both a Coach and Director of Thought Leadership here at Thrive. She reflects on a growing trend of people considering a career change, and shares some…
We recently launched a new service to help organisations take better care of their staff, by training team members to look out for the mental wellbeing of their…
For fifteen years, Thrive Counsellor and Trainer TEDDY CHAKEE has supported people across East Africa who have been impacted by conflict trauma, often working with a translator. Here…
‘Psychological Safety’ is being talked about in many organisations at the moment. Director of Learning ERIN LLOYD ROTICH explains what it is, why it’s important, and how you…
Our Thought Leadership Director NANCI HOGAN on the search for answers to the big questions some of us are asking ourselves at the moment. There are many aspects…
In the first of a new series of blogs on ‘Transdiagnostics’, our Director of Psychosocial Services GRAHAM FAWCETT casts a critical eye over the ‘medicalisation of misery’, and…
Rain can have both a physical and emotional impact on a humanitarian worker. As a team, it is important to know what this impact looks like and how…
If you have been on international assignment, adjusting to life back home is not easy, especially if you had a meaningful experience. Counsellor JOANNE ELSWORTH demystifies reverse culture…
Travel Health Specialist TED LANKESTER gives some profound insight on what Non-Communicable diseases are and recommends simple ways of staying healthy. This summer I spent a few days…
Psychotherapist and Coach MARTYN WATSON explains the crucial differences between a Coach and a Counsellor, and how you can choose the right person and the right approach to…
Psychotherapist BEN PORTER highlights some of the opportunities and pitfalls of peer support in the development and humanitarian sector. I have been part of very effective peer support…
Have you walked into a team and almost immediately felt stressed, calm, happy, anxious and wondered why? Psychologist GRAHAM FAWCETT explores Psychological mirroring and the effects it has in…
What can a spider’s web teach us about thriving in the face of adversity? Experienced humanitarian, resilience trainer, and friend of Thrive JOHN FAWCETT reflects on why coping…
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