Decolonise This XII: The Psychology of Respect
Respect is an odd phenomenon. Many of us experience the lack of respect afforded to us, no matter how hard we have worked, our achievements, our gender, race or sense of otherness. This months blog explores respect, those who dictate it, and where it should actually come from.
#Mockingbird Redux II: Working with Political and Psychological Polarities
This second anniversary blog for the book #Mockingbird considers where we are now, the political and therefore psychological polarities which plague us and society, and how we might approach working with these.
#Mockingbird Redux: Intersections of Privilege and Otherness Revisited 5 Years On
Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy is 5 Years Old this week. To mark the anniversary of #Mockingbird, i wanted to offer a personal thank you to all who have read, bought, and critiqued my work in a blog holding echoes of 2021 exploring of just how things were when this book came out, how things have been, and where i sense things are going.
Observing Omelas: Racial scapegoating in the age of supremacy
This month we look at racial scapegoating as a facet of life in a world of supremacy, through the lens of a wonderful short story by Ursula le Guin.