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Psychotherapy and politics international: A personal and professional introduction
Get PDFThis article introduces a new Associate Editor. The author's heritage, international life experience and career reflect the influence of diversity and relational connection in a world that continues to struggle with the politics and psychology of alienation
Reflection or action: And never the twain shall meet
Get PDFThis talk, one in a series of seminars in the “Political Mind”, was given at the Institute of Psychoanalysis, London, June 2015
The body politic: A Jungian perspective
Get PDFThis article looks deeply into Jung's writings that illuminate fundamental realities of political life. These realities are evident in the body politic of today's twenty-first-century world. In particular, Jung's detailed description of the archetype Wotan (the “ancient god of storm and frenzy”) and his likening of Hitler (whom he experienced in person) to Wotan are presciently relevant to understanding prominent political figures in present-day global politics and the mass movements they incite. Jung's writings in fact challenge us to think specifically about the human dispositions, reactive tendencies, and affective motivations that generate and propel our troubled twenty-first-century international politics and its ongoing wars. These dispositions, tendencies, and motivations, in turn, point us toward understandings of human nature that bring to light its archetypal character, which includes its liability to hysteria, one form of which consists in the “talent” for believing one's own lies. Jung also names, but does not elaborate, a therapy that addresses hysteria, presumably turning individuals away from ignorance and disconnection and toward wholeness
Against empathy: The case for rational compassion by Paul Bloom. London, UK: Penguin, 2016
Get PDFAgainst empathy: The case for rational compassion by Paul Bloom. London, UK: Penguin, 201
Some guidelines for surfing the edge of chaos, while riding dangerously close to the black hole of trauma
Get PDFThe political scene in the USA has changed dramatically with the election of Donald Trump, and antidemocratic forces appear to be gaining momentum in other countries as well. Using a post-traumatic lens to view these political forces, the author summarizes social psychology research on authoritarianism, terror management theory, and obedience studies to illustrate some of the challenges that lie ahead for citizens who want to restore Enlightenment values to their rightful position and, in doing so, defeat the antidemocratic, authoritarian and antiscientific forces that are on the rise. Then, drawing upon the growing knowledge base about the power of organizational culture and the change process, the author emphasizes the importance for any group aiming at progressive ideals to embrace a shared knowledge base, a set of shared values, a shared language and an array of shared tools for practical application in a group
The politics of research—Or why you can't trust anything you read, including this article!
Get PDFIn this post truth world, it would be comforting to know that science and scientific research can provide unbiased factual evidence either to refute or to validate claims made by the media. However, this article highlights how “research” is consistently both deliberately and accidentally biased from hypothesis right through construction to data analysis and reporting of that data. It goes on to show how, in the world of psychotherapeutic research, the risks are even greater, but highlights why this does not mean we should abandon research altogether
Shocking revelation! There are women survivors of sexual violence training as person-centred psychotherapists
Get PDFThis article introduces a new Associate Editor and her interest in researching the experiences of women survivors of sexual violence in UK person-centred psychotherapy training
Thinking like water – Voices of heart politics
Get PDFBased on the author's personal involvement and material from interviews with other people attending, this article offer a personal reflection on the history of Heart Politics, a New Zealand social change gathering, since its inception in 1989, and includes reference to wider influences on the gathering. Although the gathering itself is not designed to be a personal development or therapy group, the article presents an opportunity to consider how long-running intentional groups can have a transformative effect on committed attenders
On Style
Get PDFThis article is the result of a process and a dialogue between the two authors regarding matters of style, especially with regard to peer-reviewed publications in this and other journals which aspire to achieving and maintaining certain academic and publishing standards. The article comprises an initial submission from the first author; email correspondence between the authors which includes some feedback from an anonymous reviewer; a short piece on style by the first author; and a final dialogue between the two authors. The article encompasses discussions about the politics of style; the implications of the expectations and, indeed, requirements of both academia and publishing; and the position of journals such as Psychotherapy and Politics International in holding and promoting a position of diversity and pluralism in the face of neoliberal pressure to conform – or be dammed
Contribution of worldwork methodology for violence prevention and community recovery after mass violence: An example from Rwanda
Get PDFIn this article we propose that after violent conflict, and alongside tribunals and truth commissions, facilitated community dialogue is needed as part of a central strategy in transitional justice. Such facilitated dialogue supports community engagement in the task of recovery and prevention of mass violence and genocide. Facilitation is also needed wherever there are blocks to cooperation among international, government and non-governmental organizations in the field. We illustrate the methodology of “worldwork”, that is, Arnold Mindell's Process Oriented Psychology as applied to working with small and large groups, organizations and communities, and facilitating conflict resolution. Its methods make it possible to work in polarized communities and with volatile issues. We describe the initial stages of our work with survivors and perpetrators in Rwanda, and also draw upon our long-term post-conflict work in the Balkans. We highlight that the need to bear witness to collective trauma and to search for accountability links psychological, spiritual, social, and political awareness