Psychological Professions Week 2026: A big thank you to all our psychology colleagues

This week (9-13 November 2026), we are joining colleagues across health and care to celebrate Psychological Professions Week 2026, an annual opportunity to recognise the contribution that psychological professionals make to improving people’s lives and outcomes.

At Brainkind, this feels particularly important. Every day, our psychology colleagues help people navigate some of the most significant challenges they may ever face: recovering from the effects of acquired brain injury, adapting to life with a neurological condition, rebuilding confidence and independence, strengthening relationships, and finding new ways to live meaningful and fulfilling lives.

When people think about rehabilitation, they often focus on physical recovery. While this is undoubtedly important, successful rehabilitation is also about identity, emotional wellbeing, cognitive recovery, relationships, resilience, adjustment, hope and quality of life. Psychology helps us understand and address these areas.

I would therefore like to recognise the contribution of all our psychological professionals across Brainkind, including our assistant psychologists, qualified psychologists, counselling psychologists, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, counsellors and wider colleagues who bring psychological thinking and psychologically informed approaches into their work every day.

They undertake specialist assessments to understand the cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects of brain injury and neurological conditions. They support people to develop strategies for managing difficulties with memory, attention, communication, emotional regulation and adjustment. They help families understand the impact of injury and adapt to changes that can affect relationships and daily life. They work alongside multidisciplinary teams to create personalised rehabilitation programmes that place the individual at the centre of care.

Psychology is equally important in helping people live well in the longer term. Whether supporting an individual in one of our complex care services or our Linkworker services, promoting Positive Behaviour Support approaches, or helping teams deliver psychologically informed care, our psychological professionals make a profound difference to outcomes and quality of life.

Later in the week we will be sharing an interview with one of Brainkind’s therapy assistants, highlighting the outstanding work of psychology colleagues across Brainkind, showcasing the way they contribute to rehabilitation, recovery, independence and wellbeing. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about the role of psychology in our services and I encourage you join me in recognising the expertise, dedication and compassion of these valued colleagues.

On behalf of Brainkind, thank you to all our assistant psychologists, psychologists, neuropsychologists, counsellors and wider psychological professionals. Your work changes lives every day and helps ensure that the people we support are empowered not only to recover, but to thrive.

Pieter du Toit
Director of Clinical Services