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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.

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.