Currently reading βThe Debt of Privilegeβ by Krueger & Aarseth. A timely piece!
Thrilled to see our work on βnationalism & the far rightβ listed alongside it in the Journal of Psychosocial Studies βMost Readβ collection.
free access until end of Feb:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Most...
03.02.2026 18:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Culture as the bad object - Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society
This paper creatively extends Fairbairnβs theory to investigate the impact of the UKβs hostile environment policy on marginalised communities at the intersection of culture, politics and society. The ...
When I wrote Culture as the Bad Object, I was in a troubled place feeling confronted by my own racist feelings (spectacular hypocrisy!). Turns out itβs my most βpopularβ so far it was the most downloaded of the Journal last year. My existential agony paid offβ¦
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
27.12.2025 15:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cards written and sealed, was ready to post them until partner reminded me about stamps. Spent a moment looking for the 'Send' button on the envelope... π± so clearly out of practice!
14.12.2025 20:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
For those on the east coast, Iβm doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!
29.11.2025 11:28 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
For those on the east coast, Iβm doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!
29.11.2025 11:28 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Even to this day, I'm still glad to have a first degree in medical sociology - as a psychotherapist there isn't a day I don't read sociology into the mental health conditions.
10.10.2025 16:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What I say to clients struggling with people-pleasing:
Your kindness is not a free pass. You wouldn't work for free, so why are you letting people take advantage of your emotional labour?
#PennyDrop
11.09.2025 17:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Just saw a decision to a manuscript as a reviewer. I feel for the author. Iβm not an especially generous reviewer, but itβs troubling to see peer review turn into a platform for personal opinion rather than a constructive evaluation of the work itselfβ¦
09.09.2025 16:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
R.I.P, Ronald Britton. Very few people speak the truth quite like you did!
05.09.2025 16:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So much going on that every conversation lately touches on some forms of existential dread or anxiety. Giving yourself the permission to unplug isnβt indifference. It's self-empathy. We can't pour from an empty cup, and we can't help others if we're drowning ourselves.
05.09.2025 16:09 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy to endorse Grahamβs new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairnβs model of endopsychic structure and offers a fresh take on it - out 11 Sep!
Karnacbooks.com
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03.09.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy to endorse Grahamβs new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairnβs model of endopsychic structure and offers a fresh take on it - out 11 Sep!
Karnacbooks.com
@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social
03.09.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Great editorial opening on the latest special issue! As a contributor, good to see different takes on the topic! Read David & Lizβs piece first - then read Barry and me (same issue) to further complicate and expand the thinking on #nationalism!
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
20.05.2025 20:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βThe Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Rightβ is now out. We show how banal nationalism creates the conditions for the rise of far-right populism, which exploits social alienation & economic hardship to blame outsiders for national decline
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
05.05.2025 19:20 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
βThe Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Rightβ is now out. We show how banal nationalism creates the conditions for the rise of far-right populism, which exploits social alienation & economic hardship to blame outsiders for national decline
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
05.05.2025 19:20 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Pleased to be part of the #ASEN2025
23.04.2025 14:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Thank you everyone who joined us yesterday - we enjoyed sharing the space, the energy, and at times anxiety and helplessness with you all! βοΈ A record-breaking 350 people registered, showing just how eager ppl were to discuss the rise of authoritarianism affecting us all around the world.
12.04.2025 09:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! π
10.04.2025 19:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
As a shrink, I see the #DisabilityBenefits cuts hit like a tsunami: suicidal ideation up, hope drowned. Β£5.5bn saved on paper, but the human cost? Unaccountable. This proposed policy is stoppable - please write to your MP today. #WelfareNotWarfare
07.04.2025 12:08 β π 121 π 42 π¬ 9 π 2
24.03.2025 16:06 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
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Fri 11th April 2025, 10am β 1:30pm
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19.03.2025 15:13 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Sitting with invisible difference: Psychoanalytics and autism
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship. Much of the complication has arisen from patients with autism being misunderstood by those who have used a psychoanalytic ...
"Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship... key psychoanalytic concepts need to be reviewed when working with autistic patients."
Read this free article from our publication The British Journal of Psychotherapy:
bit.ly/4kDuBB5
#NCW25 #neurodiversity
20.03.2025 14:13 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2
Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
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19.03.2025 15:13 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by BN Counseling
Culture as the bad object by Nini Kerr
Someone created this on Youtube - such a cute effort to put a lantern in the background βΊοΈ
youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...
19.03.2025 15:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βIf you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.β
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
22.02.2025 04:50 β π 54983 π 16069 π¬ 559 π 418
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerrβs evocative & reflective article, βCulture as the Bad Objectβ @ our 3rd session. Itβs available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social
17.01.2025 15:47 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Open Education and Wikimedian In Residence services at The University of Edinburgh.
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Psychoanalyst by day, writer in the morning, and music fan otherwise
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master student in clinical psychology @ uni cologne β’ she/her β’ interested in psychodynamic psychotherapy research & psychoanalytic sociology (social conflict, authoritarianism)
PhD candidate in Counselling Studies @ University of Edinburgh
Psychotherapist (MBACP Accred.) & Group Therapist
Decolonising therapeutic narratives through liberation-oriented practice and research
Lecturer in Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University. He/him
All about working relationally, learning, listening, & coaching. Exploring how working collaboratively & leadership can develop in practice. What does it mean and what does it take to be alongside?
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Social sciences journal publishing new research on #identities, #race, #ethnicity & #culture since 1994. Published by Taylor & Francis. https://linktr.ee/identitiesjournal
Political theorist @lsepoltheory.bsky.social. Author of Citizen Marx. www.brunoleipold.com
Professor Political Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Editor-in-chief Global Political Economy journal @gpejournal.bsky.social
Opinions my own
Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
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Academic psychiatrist at UCSF and author of the Psych Unseen blog at Psychology Today and the book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True (Oxford University Press, 2025) drjoepierre.com
Interdisciplinary project funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social investigating how colonialism has shaped migration governance around the world. Team includes @mcslaven.bsky.social, @evansmithhist.bsky.social, and others who aren't here yet
Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
Political Geography Prof @NCL_Geography. Passionate about: surf, feminism, anti-colonial environmental migrant justice. Deputy Director @NCLsocsciences
Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE.
History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA
Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine
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Author of 'Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket' now a property standards officer for an infamous Borough Council.
Class - Culture - Environment
https://linktr.ee/DuncanStone
π¨π¦ Historian of capitalism, pollution, Marseille, farming, land use, plastics, climate, and economic growth; misanthrope; hockey player; expert baker; amateur gardener; works at St Anne's College at Oxford; lives in York (the old one).
Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
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