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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.

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.

In a critique of the political polarities which are the left and the right, this months blog speaks to how populism is actually based upon its own kind of identity politics.

This months blog looks at how important and powerful an apology can be for racialised communities, and hence why it is held onto by those who dominate.

With the book ‘A Phenomenology of Racism in Counselling and Psychotherapy’ coming out this month, I want to visit an aspect of race/racism which is not often enough discussed; that of being unfairly seen as, or unjustly labelled as, intimidating.

In a fascist world, the other is supposed to be ashamed of its very existence. This month’s blog explores this concept, looking at the role shame plays in moulding all of us from an early age.

With the rise and embedding of fascism across the world, this month’s blog speaks of the fear so many of us experience, and the role of hope.

This months blog begins a series explores some of the more subtle aspects of fascism, whilst looking at how we might resist its rise across the world. This month, we consider Historical Erasure.

In conjunction with the latest book, it is worth considering the many diverse ways we are colonised. One of the more obvious, yet subtle, ways is with food. This month’s brief blog asks us to all consider this relationship to food.

Well. It’s here. Fascism is alive and well in the Global North. And we have welcomed it into our world again. This month’s blog asks us to face up to our own responsibilities for its rise, and questions what we might do to counter it.

These are dark times culturally.
I feel as it would be an avoidance to not acknowledge this. Times which might feel distressing to many, including myself.
So, this month’s blog asks the question; is there hope? And if so, where is it?

trump will be president again. Yet the repercussions for persons of difference will not just be felt in the USA, but also across the world. Using a black existential focus, this blog is therefore a message for all the artists. It is a call to arms!