Currently reading “The Debt of Privilege” by Krueger & Aarseth. A timely piece!
Thrilled to see our work on “nationalism & the far right” listed alongside it in the Journal of Psychosocial Studies ‘Most Read’ collection.
free access until end of Feb:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Most...
When I wrote Culture as the Bad Object, I was in a troubled place feeling confronted by my own racist feelings (spectacular hypocrisy!). Turns out it’s my most ‘popular’ so far it was the most downloaded of the Journal last year. My existential agony paid off…
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cards written and sealed, was ready to post them until partner reminded me about stamps. Spent a moment looking for the 'Send' button on the envelope... 😱 so clearly out of practice!
For those on the east coast, I’m doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!
For those on the east coast, I’m doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!
Even to this day, I'm still glad to have a first degree in medical sociology - as a psychotherapist there isn't a day I don't read sociology into the mental health conditions.
What I say to clients struggling with people-pleasing:
Your kindness is not a free pass. You wouldn't work for free, so why are you letting people take advantage of your emotional labour?
#PennyDrop
Just saw a decision to a manuscript as a reviewer. I feel for the author. I’m not an especially generous reviewer, but it’s troubling to see peer review turn into a platform for personal opinion rather than a constructive evaluation of the work itself…
R.I.P, Ronald Britton. Very few people speak the truth quite like you did!
So much going on that every conversation lately touches on some forms of existential dread or anxiety. Giving yourself the permission to unplug isn’t indifference. It's self-empathy. We can't pour from an empty cup, and we can't help others if we're drowning ourselves.
Happy to endorse Graham’s new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairn’s model of endopsychic structure and offers a fresh take on it - out 11 Sep!
Karnacbooks.com
@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social
Happy to endorse Graham’s new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairn’s model of endopsychic structure and offers a fresh take on it - out 11 Sep!
Karnacbooks.com
@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social
Great editorial opening on the latest special issue! As a contributor, good to see different takes on the topic! Read David & Liz’s piece first - then read Barry and me (same issue) to further complicate and expand the thinking on #nationalism!
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
“The Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Right” is now out. We show how banal nationalism creates the conditions for the rise of far-right populism, which exploits social alienation & economic hardship to blame outsiders for national decline
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
“The Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Right” is now out. We show how banal nationalism creates the conditions for the rise of far-right populism, which exploits social alienation & economic hardship to blame outsiders for national decline
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Pleased to be part of the #ASEN2025
Thank you everyone who joined us yesterday - we enjoyed sharing the space, the energy, and at times anxiety and helplessness with you all! ⭐️ A record-breaking 350 people registered, showing just how eager ppl were to discuss the rise of authoritarianism affecting us all around the world.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊
As a shrink, I see the #DisabilityBenefits cuts hit like a tsunami: suicidal ideation up, hope drowned. £5.5bn saved on paper, but the human cost? Unaccountable. This proposed policy is stoppable - please write to your MP today. #WelfareNotWarfare
Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
Sign up: forms.office.com/e/JxUcQ3z7eR
Fri 11th April 2025, 10am – 1:30pm
Free, open to all! 🤗
"Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship... key psychoanalytic concepts need to be reviewed when working with autistic patients."
Read this free article from our publication The British Journal of Psychotherapy:
bit.ly/4kDuBB5
#NCW25 #neurodiversity
Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
Sign up: forms.office.com/e/JxUcQ3z7eR
Fri 11th April 2025, 10am – 1:30pm
Free, open to all! 🤗
Someone created this on Youtube - such a cute effort to put a lantern in the background ☺️
youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
[CfP] Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity
Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) 9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX
Deadline: 10 February 2025
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
[CfP] Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity
Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) 9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX
Deadline: 10 February 2025
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerr’s evocative & reflective article, ‘Culture as the Bad Object’ @ our 3rd session. It’s available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social