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Different bodies: The problem of normativity in body psychotherapy
Get PDFThis paper primarily addresses the people of effectively mainstream embodiment who make up the bulk of the body psychotherapy profession. It suggests that we need to explore and deconstruct this subject position and to think about how it may set up oppressive assumptions about our task and how we carry it out, as well as about who is capable of becoming a practitioner. Drawing in particular on disability theory, I aim to bring into question notions of “normal,” ideal or optimal embodiment and to argue for a focus instead on the real, imperfect, damaged and unique bodies which we encounter in our practice
Controversial Discussion on “Israel/Palestine: Roadblocks to Negotiation” by Paul Solomon
Get PDFThis paper offers a controversial discussion between Paul Solomon and Sheri Oz on the former's article, titled “Israel/Palestine: Roadblocks to Negotiation”. The authors examine the political, social and psychological factors preventing peace between Palestinians and Israelis, and discuss how psychoanalytic and group analytic thinking can help us understand the persistence of the Israel-Palestine conflict and conceive new ways to resolve it. After a brief introduction by the editor of this Section, which places the discussion in context and outlines its main themes and the authors' standpoints, Oz acknowledges her own personal biases and focuses on what she describes as “data” and “facts” in criticising the references, foundations, assertions and proposals of Solomon's article. Solomon replies by emphasising Oz's rightwing political stance, and the way it influences how she frames, interprets and considers facts. The disagreement between Oz and Solomon reveals contradictions between the right-wing and the left-wing Israeli accounts of the Israel-Palestine conflict, between the focus on “facts” and the emphasis on frames, representations and narratives, and between pessimism and optimism regarding the role of society and the utility of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in achieving peace
David versus Goliath: Justice for the people of Ihumātao
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It's hip to be square! The myths of Jordan Peterson
Get PDFJordan Peterson is a psychologist at the University of Toronto, who is widely regarded as the most important public intellectual alive today. His second book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which is a runaway best-seller, is a rather uneven combination of things—part polemic, part self-help book, and part memoir. This paper examines the roots and ramifications of Peterson's one-sided critique of contemporary trends in academia and the culture at large
Pebbles in palms: Counter-practices against despair
Get PDFWith ongoing news of hardship and suffering in the United Kingdom and throughout the world, and in the context of austerity, shrinking public services and increasing social inequalities, it is sometimes difficult not to fall into despair, to feel hopeless or ineffectual. In this paper we consider counter-practices to such despair and hopelessness that we hope will be helpful to all clinicians