{"id":654,"date":"2026-05-06T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/?p=654"},"modified":"2026-10-31T15:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:56:33","slug":"can-we-truly-disconnect-discussing-digital-detox-research-with-cpcab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"Can we truly disconnect? Discussing digital detox research with CPCAB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can stepping away from our smartphones help us understand our relationship with technology?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I joined Ray Van der Poel and Liz Nicholl at CPCAB to discuss the findings of my master\u2019s dissertation on digital detoxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of my research, I spent 30 days replacing my smartphone with a basic Nokia. In this conversation, we explore that experience and its relationship to attention, sleep, relationships and wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also consider what our dependence on technology might mean from a counselling perspective, and how we can make more thoughtful choices about the place of digital devices in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the conversation below. You can also read my dissertation using the PDF link beneath the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can We Truly Disconnect? Exploring Digital Detox, Tech Dependence, and Mental Health\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3BU88gI7Plg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dc967e41-94a0-4902-9897-1e3f06893977\" href=\"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dissertation-final-version-.pdf\">Read my dissertation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dissertation-final-version-.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dc967e41-94a0-4902-9897-1e3f06893977\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I join Ray Van der Poel and Liz Nicholl at CPCAB to discuss my master\u2019s dissertation on digital detoxes, reflecting on attention, relationships and wellbeing. Includes the video and a link to the dissertation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxdaldamuller.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}