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Psychological Awareness is Key to the Practice of Law
Recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Turcan Connell to host our ground-breaking What’s Psychology Got To Do With It? training day. It was a truly exciting event for me, as it marked a significant step in expanding the reach of my agency, The Carvalho...
Modern Law Award for ‘Marketing and Communications Strategy of the Year’.
Does posting on Linked In about your messy life constitute a marketing strategy? I think so! This is why I entered TCC (The Carvalho Consultancy) in the Modern Law Award for 'Marketing and Communications Strategy of the Year'. Because I think that people appreciate...
Time to Talk Day 2025: The Power of Conversation for Mental Health in the Legal Profession
At TCC, we often talk about the importance of mental well-being in high-pressure environments like law. So, with Time to Talk Day approaching on 6th February 2025, it feels like the perfect opportunity to reflect on how crucial talking is for mental health and why,...
Grief and Divorce: Losing More Than Just a Marriage
Reflections on Loss When someone goes through a divorce, they often experience grief, but it’s not just the end of a marriage. It's far more than that. For many, the loss is layered—so deep and complex that they may not even realise how many aspects of their life are...
Carvalho Consultancy has been shortlisted for two awards at the LexisNexis UK Legal Awards 2025!
Yes, it’s time to get “delighted” again… I’m absolutely thrilled to share that The Carvalho Consultancy has been shortlisted for two awards at the LexisNexis UK Legal Awards 2025! Our amazing team is in the running for the Legal Supplier Innovation Award for our...
Nobody said it was easy
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard…” No, Chris Martin of Coldplay wasn’t singing about having kids in this line from their song ‘The Scientist’… but he may as well have been. Not another post moaning about how hard it is to have kids, I...
Therapists shouldn’t talk about themselves
Therapists shouldn’t talk about themselves. Yesterday was a tricky one. The second anniversary of my dad’s death. And for a variety of reasons it got me thinking about self-disclosure. It’s a weird, unconventional thing for a therapist to do. It can interfere with the...
Katie McKenna joins The Carvalho Consultancy (TCC)
The multi-award winning Carvalho Consultancy is thrilled to welcome Katie McKenna to their team bringing its expertise in therapy, coaching, and training to Scotland. TCC understands the high-pressure environment of legal practice and the unique challenges faced by...
The Final Countdown to the Family Law Awards 2024!
This Wednesday, the Family Law Awards 2024 will take place, and I couldn’t be more excited (and maybe just a little nervous!) to be shortlisted for Family Law Champion of the Year. It’s such an honour to be recognised alongside some incredible colleagues in the family...
Psychology Of Family Law Training To Barristers In Manchester
Annmarie Carvalho recently delivered another engaging session on the psychology of family law to barristers at Deans Court Chambers in Manchester. With nearly 50 attendees on a Saturday, the event was a testament to the growing interest in this type of training within...
What’s Psychology Got to Do with It? Seminar for Family Lawyers
I'm thrilled to be heading to Edinburgh on January 21st, 2025, to host an interactive seminar for family lawyers at Turcan Connell's office. The session, titled "What’s Psychology Got to Do with It?", runs from 10am to 4pm and promises to be a thought-provoking and...
Men: please talk to us!!
Men: please talk to us!! One of the things I’m most proud of is that at TCC (The Carvalho Consultancy) we have almost as many male clients as female. Because addressing male mental health is an emergency (and not just because November is Men’s Mental Health Month)....
The Circle of Life: Reflections on Remembrance Sunday
As a child, I often found myself switching off when my dad started "going on" about Remembrance Sunday. It was that classic youthful rebellion—rejecting anything to do with history, duty, or sacrifice, and of course, anything my parents told me to care about. We...
The Politics of Therapy, A Reflection
This morning, many people woke up grappling with disappointment and fear about the US election results. As a therapist, I often get a unique window into the lives of people navigating such moments—different worlds, different viewpoints, all wrestling with the...
How to Give the Impression You Know What You’re Doing as a Lawyer
When I was a solicitor, I used to believe that carrying around a counsel’s notebook was the quickest way to look busy and important. It became my trusty companion, giving off the impression of being in control and on top of things. Now, as a corporate trainer, my...
A two-track future? AI, tech and the psychologically-informed employment lawyer
Annmarie Carvalho and Will Dawson, TCC AI is here and the work of a lawyer is changing every day. AI is becoming more widely used for research purposes, and it’s easy to envisage a time when draft witness statements could be produced spontaneously. And how soon will...
An Inspiring Day: Speaking Engagements and Celebrations in Law and Wellbeing
**An Inspiring Day of Speaking, Celebrating, and Connecting** What an incredible day it was! I had the pleasure of speaking at the *Mad World Festival* on psychological safety, sharing the stage with the brilliant Paul Davison, Jude Cragg, and Sharon Blackman OBE, on...
The Lawyer’s Therapist – Annmarie Carvalho
Navigating the complexities of the legal world often comes with its own emotional toll, but what if there was a way to transform legal insights into emotional clarity? In her latest piece for CityAM, Annmarie Carvalho delves deep into this unique intersection,...
Trainees: they’ll be OK, as long as the pigs don’t eat them first…
Trainees: they’ll be OK, as long as the pigs don’t eat them first… What on earth?? Well, a few months ago, I was in Versailles speaking at a legal conference. And one of the (French) delegates introduced me to the above wonderful phrase. We were talking about our...
Why Lawyers Should Be Trained in Psychotherapeutic Skills – A Personal Perspective
What are your biggest fears? One of mine is make-up/perfume ladies in department stores* (*Stick with me on this - all will become clear) They either come at you with their fragrances … Or I feel they’re silently judging my make up free face as I sprint past them in...