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Mark was interviewed by Woman&Home on strategies to manage conflict at Christmas amongst family members.

Mark was quoted in a piece on Psychology Today on how relating to AI is infantile in nature as AI cannot truly relate to us in a two-person manner.

Mark was interviewed by the podcast channel Relating to AI to discuss his views on the use of AI in psychotherapy sessions and by patients.

Mark provided comment for The Guardian’s column ‘Ask Annalisa Barbieri’ as an expert contributor on passivity and how the absence of desire leads to depression.

Mark was quoted by Elle Egypt in a feature article on birthday blues and why they are becoming more common.

Sam Jahara was interviewed by Sharp Scratch, a podcast for medical students and new doctors endorsed by the BMJ, on the parallels between medicine and cults and whether medicine is indeed a cult?

Mark was asked to provide comment on behalf of his professional body, the UKCP, on how to cope with difficult feelings over the Christmas period.

Mark was invited back on ‘Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri’ to discuss the topic of moving house. The reasons behind wanting to move can often give us an insight into who we are. The impact on children of moving was also discussed in depth with research showing that children generally do not respond well to house moves, particularly multiple moves.

Mark provided comment for The Guardian’s column ‘Ask Annalisa Barbieri’ as an expert contributor on a reader’s question relating to how friendships change as we move into our adult working years and how to bear the disappointment of friendships moving in different directions.

Mark provided comment in his role as a spokesperson for The UKCP, the professional body for psychotherapy in the UK, on how it is often our idea of how the weather should be in a season that leads us to feel disappointed rather than the weather itself.

Mark was asked to provide comment to Business Insider on the Generation Z phenomenon of ‘Quiet Quitting” friendships and how this can be simply a way of avoiding having difficult conversations with someone with whom a friendship is simply no longer working.

Mark was interviewed by The Independent on the topic of friendships. He was asked to discuss the optimal number of friends, what factors influence this and the paradox of how having too many friends can leave someone feeling depleted and alone.