Newsletter: An Affiniti for Psychology
Nuance in a world of noise
Our Substack is where clinical psychology meets real life — written and presented by the Affiniti+ team.
We publish long-form articles and series on the psychology of everyday life, alongside our Podnotes. No top tips. No quick fixes. Just thoughtful writing that treats you like an intelligent adult.
Recent published series
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Your mind is not broken. It is doing exactly what it evolved to do — in a world it was not designed for. Six articles on the psychology of how we actually think, feel and behave: the negativity bias, rumination, avoidance, self-criticism, ambivalence and the patterns of the past that keep arriving uninvited into the present.
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Agency is not a mindset. It is a capacity shaped by the conditions you were born into, the resources available to you and the systems you have to navigate. This series examines what agency actually is, what erodes it and — within real structural limits — what remains possible.
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What draws someone to clinical psychology, what the training demands of them and what the work does to a person over the course of a career. Six articles tracing the journey from aspiring applicant to qualified practitioner — written for anyone who has ever sat across from a psychologist and wondered what brought them to that chair.
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Workshops
Our workshops cover a broad range of topics. Some examples include:
→ Reframe Your Mind: CBT for intrusive thoughts and negative-thinking patterns
→ Digital Minds: Mental health in the age of algorithms
→ Thrive with ADHD: Career strategies for adults with a new diagnosis
→ Boyhood to Manhood: Defining healthy masculinity
We share the same techniques we use with clients, adapted for different challenges and life stages.
Whether you’re seeking standalone support, preparing for therapy or maintaining progress after therapy, these workshops give you professional-grade tools.
Podnotes
Our first Podnotes series is So You Want To Be A Psychologist — and it does exactly what it says.
Five episodes. No glossy prospectus version. Just honest, practical guidance on the realities of a career in clinical psychology — from A-levels to qualified — from people who have lived it themselves. This is the information university tutors don’t share.
Dr Anindita Sarkar, Affiniti+ founder and consultant clinical psychologist is interviewed by Zara Tandy, our assistant psychologist — who has navigated this path herself.
Watch on Substack and YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.
Affiniti+ component study
Video accordion concepts
Three working treatments for a five-item podcast accordion. Each uses an adjustable desktop video-to-text ratio and stacks the video above the text on mobile.
Concept A
Traditional accordion
Closest to the native Squarespace accordion, with restrained headings, simple dividers, and conventional expanded panels.
Episode 1 Trailer
Introduce the episode, guest, or central discussion here. The video and text proportions can be changed without editing each panel.
Episode 2 Trailer
Use this panel for a concise synopsis, the guest’s perspective, featured themes, or relevant supporting information.
Episode 3 Trailer
The text column takes the remaining horizontal space and grows naturally when additional copy is required.
Episode 4 Trailer
The video keeps its selected aspect ratio while the panel height adapts to the episode description.
Episode 5 Trailer
Conclude the five-part sequence with the final trailer, summary, takeaway, or call to action.
Concept B
Editorial accordion
Adds a small episode identifier above each title for a stronger podcast-series and editorial presentation.
Episode 1 Trailer
Introduce the episode, guest, or central discussion here. The video and text proportions can be changed without editing each panel.
Episode 2 Trailer
Use this panel for a concise synopsis, the guest’s perspective, featured themes, or relevant supporting information.
Episode 3 Trailer
The text column takes the remaining horizontal space and grows naturally when additional copy is required.
Episode 4 Trailer
The video keeps its selected aspect ratio while the panel height adapts to the episode description.
Episode 5 Trailer
Conclude the five-part sequence with the final trailer, summary, takeaway, or call to action.
Concept C
Numbered rail accordion
Uses a fixed episode-number rail to make the five-part sequence more prominent.
Episode 1 Trailer
Introduce the episode, guest, or central discussion here. The video and text proportions can be changed without editing each panel.
Episode 2 Trailer
Use this panel for a concise synopsis, the guest’s perspective, featured themes, or relevant supporting information.
Episode 3 Trailer
The text column takes the remaining horizontal space and grows naturally when additional copy is required.
Episode 4 Trailer
The video keeps its selected aspect ratio while the panel height adapts to the episode description.
Episode 5 Trailer
Conclude the five-part sequence with the final trailer, summary, takeaway, or call to action.