Dr Hugh WillbournDec 24, 20205 min#17 Remedies for 2021The Problem The misadventure of 2020 has been so huge it is difficult to grasp and impossible to summarise. When we look back on the prem...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 16, 20205 min#16 Let’s make the next lockdown usefulThe UK Government has stated that on the 2nd of December it will lift lockdown restrictions. Maybe it will. However experience suggests...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 12, 20203 min#15 Botox for BorisA friend messaged me a couple of days ago: "It's good news about the vaccine, isn't it!" Others are better qualified than me to explore...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 2, 20204 min#14 The World quits TherapyWorld: I quit. Pause. Me: Fair enough. Long pause. M: So … I guess that you have something to tell me. W: Why? M: Well… you didn’t have c...
Dr Hugh WillbournOct 24, 20208 min#13 The World Therapy Session 2Me: Hello. Pause. Me: You look distressed. World: I feel terrible. Pause. Me: Hmmm. What sort of terrible? World: Same, same but worse. ...
Dr Hugh WillbournOct 12, 20206 min#12 What if the World needs Therapy?As a psychotherapist I ask myself, “What would I do if the world came to see me now?” Firstly, I think I'd say, “Well done. It takes c...
Dr Hugh WillbournSep 13, 20205 min#11 The Omnibus PartyThe Lockdown Sceptics website recently asked its readers to propose a name for a new political party which would act in the interests of ...
Dr Hugh WillbournAug 3, 20204 min#10 A realistic fearA new Director was being shown around a lunatic asylum. A patient standing in the corner of the ward, clapped his hands twice, regularly,...
Dr Hugh WillbournJul 21, 202013 min#9 A little knowledge is a dangerous thingPROLOGUE I have just spent nearly two weeks working on an accessible, useful piece of philosophy about the fundamental origins of our cur...
Dr Hugh WillbournJun 25, 20209 minCC7 & LSS4 What role is hypnosis playing in these strange times?I was interviewed on the podcast, “Escape from Lockdown” the other day and told a story about putting someone into an hypnotic trance. I...
Dr Hugh WillbournJun 19, 20204 minCC6 Podcast ramble and Catch-up Last week Alex McCarron very kindly invited me to chat with him on his excellent podcast, “Escape from Lockdown.” Click here to liste...
Dr Hugh WillbournJun 4, 20208 minCC5 & LSS3 Why did we make these mistakes? As the UK moves into semi-un-lockdown and ongoing economic collapse it’s a good moment to ask, “Why did that happen?” In CC2 I explored L...
Dr Hugh WillbournMay 14, 202014 minCC4 & LSS2 We can do better than 'Follow the Science'[I was hoping to keep the two strands of this blog separate but the global response to Sars-CoV-2 is a perfect example of how we are undo...
Dr Hugh WillbournMay 6, 20204 minCC3 Who will replace Neil Ferguson?The resignation of Neil Ferguson opens a vacancy on the SAGE committee and a chance to modify our response to Sars-CoV-2. Our death toll...
Dr Hugh WillbournMay 5, 20204 minCC2 Covid, Brexit and Flying Saucers…In 1954 Leon Festinger, one of the most respected social psychologists of the 20th Century, joined a cult whose members believed that ear...
Dr Hugh WillbournApr 27, 20202 minCC1 When you've finished clapping ...If the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service were to announce that the Service had run out of cars, or uniforms, or handcuffs, ...
