More Than Just Clean & Tidy: The True Reality of OCD
By Tom Coyle (Clinical Support Worker) Have you ever heard someone say something like ‘Gosh my desk is so tidy, I’m so OCD!’ or ‘I like to clean my flat once a week – I must have OCD’? Many of us can probably think of someone in our office, classroom family or friendship group who […]
Understanding Grief Through the Lens of Ethnicity as a South Asian Queer Woman
By Simran Dhillon (Clinical Support Worker) Grief is an emotion and experience that is universal, yet also individual to all. Intersectionality as a framework highlights how multiple social identities such as gender, ethnicity, age and class can create unique experiences of oppression and discrimination. In the context of grief, ethnicity and intersectionality play a crucial […]
Rewiring with Compassion: How Positive Neuroplasticity Helps Heal Self Harm and Trauma
By Dylan Thomas (Therapist) As a therapist trained in Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), who works daily with clients navigating trauma and self harm, I often witness how deep shame, fear, and threat-based patterns shape people’s inner worlds. But healing is possible – not just emotionally, but neurologically. Drawing on the science of positive neuroplasticity, and the […]
Emotional Understanding
By Fiona Kinsey (Clinical Support Worker) Since ancient times, poets have used metaphors to evoke emotions in the reader. This enables the expression of abstract ideas by relating them to familiar or everyday objects. Layers of meaning are captured in words that can be open to interpretation depending on the readers life experience. With their […]
Celebration Event Sponsorship Opportunities
Each year, Harmless hosts its Celebration Event – the organisation’s flagship annual fundraiser. This special evening brings together our incredible community of staff, supporters, stakeholders and friends to reflect on the past year, celebrate our achievements, and raise vital funds for our life-saving work. The event takes place at Nottingham’s Village Hotel and includes a […]
Boys Don’t Cry – Rethinking Masculinity and Mental Health
By Tom Coyle (Clinical Support Worker) Did you know that reserach has found that women cry on average around 5.3 times a month, while men cry an average of around 1.3 times per month (Frey et al., 1983; Bylsma et al., 2019)? As a boy growing up in England, it’s all too common to be […]
Fully-Funded Courses in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire – Book Now!
Do you work as a volunteer, or work for an organisation in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw?Are the individuals you work with, or even yourselves impacted by mental health?Do you find yourself wanting to help, but not knowing how? If you’ve answered yes to any of the above, this is the perfect course for you and […]
Wearing My Scars on My Wedding Day
By Chloe Webster-Harris (Researcher) For a long time, I’ve actually been dreading the part of wedding planning that so many people dream about: going dress shopping. Not because I don’t want the dress or the excitement that comes with it, but because I’ve been afraid of being judged. Not for my style or size, but […]
Harmless’ Response to the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2023/24
Yesterday, the NHS released the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) for 23/2024. This provides data on both treated and untreated mental health difficulties within the adult population in England. The report summarises that many mental health presentations are on the rise, including more than a fifth (22.6%) of adults aged 16-64 are reporting a common […]
New Research Paper: Investigating the Lived Experiences and Suicide Behaviours of Neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ People
By Ruairi Blake (Researcher) Harmless is delighted to announce the publication of the Executive Summary from its latest research project. Research at Harmless primarily focuses on two overarching goals. The first is to understand how the services we provide can be improved to better meet our clients’ needs. The second — which was foundational to […]