The goal of Project Soothe is to invite the public to help us create a bank of soothing images that we can use in future research and psychotherapy.
In research and psychological therapy, we know that the ability to soothe ourselves at times of distress helps us stay well. However, little is known about how people soothe themselves in everyday life. Our goal is to learn more about the everyday experience of self-soothe. We hope to achieve this by inviting you to send us images that make you feel soothed. We will then post some of these images
21/07/2022
Tell us the music you find soothing!
We are recruiting adults to take part in a research study. We aim to find out more about music that people find soothing to support mental health and wellbeing.
Taking part will involve completing a very brief online survey (~5-10 minutes) and there’s a chance you can win a £25 Amazon voucher!
Click this link for more information and to take part: https://redcap.link/soothing.music
01/04/2022
Share your thoughts for a £10 voucher!
We are creating a new soothing app to support mental wellness in teens. We are looking for 12 - 17 years olds to shape the design and features of the app.
This will involve a 30-40 minute interview with our app developer Pooja on Zoom. You will be given a £10 voucher for your time. DM if interested or email Pooja to book: [email protected]
Swipe and share to show your support for teen mental wellness!
26/01/2022
We love this depiction of the 3 evolutionary systems that underpin Gilbert’s theory of compassion by
Balance between these 3 systems is important to retain mental wellness. Project Soothe is examining if the soothe system can be stimulated using photographs. This will help bring this system back into balance and improve mental well-being 🙌🙌
12/01/2022
We are extremely excited to announce that we launched our new website http://projectsoothe.com at the end of 2021. There are now more opportunities to take part in Project Soothe! Check it out and let us know what you think 🥳
13/10/2021
We are currently recruiting 13-17 year olds for our online study entitled "Investigating the effect of nature-related sounds and images on the mood of adolescents". We hope to understand ways we can improve the wellbeing of adolescents. Please pass on to your young people 😊
We have gone through some changes... But never fear, we are still very much the same project! We have settled into our new home at the University of Reading and will be continuing the great work that was done whilst at the University of Edinburgh 🥳
We also want to welcome Keren MacLennan - our new Postdoctoral Research Assistant working on the project! Keren will be keeping you up to date on all our research and outreach activities via our socials!
03/11/2020
17/10/2020
Milton Minds - Animals This video was created by Milton Minds: a team of Young Citizen Scientists based in Scotland. The video combines Project Soothe images with soothing music es...
Watch the video alongside our soundcloud audio:https://soundcloud.com/projectsoothe/project_soothe
Happy soothing
22/09/2020
We've just published an updated version of our Pioneers in Practice User Guide. Come and read how organisations are using our images to benefit their service users. http://www.projectsoothe.com/pioneers-in-practice/4594437655
28/08/2019
Today's soothing image is no. 367 in the gallery. Plants and flowers are one of our top five soothing image themes.
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27/08/2019
Another recent submission to the gallery. Have you taken a soothing image that you'd like to share? Details are available on our website: http://www.projectsoothe.com/
