Aaron Balick, PhD. is a psychotherapist, speaker, consultant, and author of "The Psychodynamics of Social Networking". This book brought him international recognition as an authority on the psychology of social media and technology. Drawing on more than twenty years of clinical and academic experience, Aaron is a leading voice in the public understanding of psychology and how it can be directly applied to benefit individuals, businesses, and society.
Aaron is committed to popularising ideas from psychology in ways that are engaging, entertaining, and accessible to audiences worldwide. He is a mental health writer with appearances in various media, including contributions to Wired Magazine, Newsweek, BBC Online, and The Guardian. He was a regular voice as the longest-serving “agony uncle” on BBC Radio 1's phone-in show and has offered his expertise across various radio and television productions.
Aaron actively participates in academic research as an honorary senior lecturer at the Department for Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. He runs a private psychotherapy practice in London and a worldwide psychological business and organisational consultancy. Aaron’s most recent book, 'The Little Book of Calm," provides the definitive guide to taming your anxieties, facing your fears, and living free.
Aaron Balick literally wrote the book on the psychology of social media - in fact the first book to apply psychodynamic thinking to this important phenomena. Navigating the world of social media and other technologies, from smartphones to AI, can be a challenge. From online dating to business communication technologies, we all need to better understand the nature of our reliance on technology and the consequences it has on our lives. Aaron draws on his deep understanding of the psychology of technology to enable us to make better choices about how we engage with it personally, as well as how businesses can integrate technology more humanely within the workplace.
Drawing on research and practices from emotional intelligence, mindfulness, positive psychology, psychoanalysis, and clinical psychology, Aaron Balick offers direct insights and practices into how leaders, managers, and teams can better work together in creating psychologically safe, emotionally intelligent, flourishingly productive, and creative workplaces.
Incorporating the importance of individual differences and knowing that there is no "one size fits all" approach to human flourishing, Aaron Balick has developed an inclusive psychological model that accepts the complexity within us all. Before we can lead others, we must learn to lead and trust ourselves. We can do this by identifying our own conflicting needs and developing an "internal leader" to guide us in the direction that best suits us and those around us.
