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Book Review: The Foster Child by Jenny Blackhurst
This book is about human nature and the assumptions and prepositions that we all make, both in our day to day actions and beliefs in life. T
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Becoming Someone: my journey through psychology, therapy and fiction
When I first encountered Carl Rogers’ seminal work as an undergraduate, I didn’t fully understand what “becoming a person” meant. If counsel
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A (fictional) therapist as friend or family member: help or hindrance?
In fiction, the role of confidante is a useful device for articulating the protagonist’s deepest hopes and fears. A fictionalised therapy wo
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Famous Therapists in Fiction
In this article we’ll also meet a fictionalised version of his daughter Anna Freud and his colleague and collaborator Josef Breuer, as well
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Why do fictional therapists get it wrong?
While there is a degree of overlap in the business of psychotherapy and fiction, their overall goals don’t completely align. In therapy, ten
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