In episode #138 of The Radical Therapist Podcast, Chris sits down with long-time narrative therapist Gene Combs for a conversation on the past, present, and future of narrative therapy. Gene shares hi...

Who is Victor Turner? Victor Turner (1920-1983) was a pioneering British cultural anthropologist whose innovative theories of symbols, ritual, and performance transformed the study of human society an...

How allegations of sexual abuse exposed cracks in the foundation of Young Chicago Authors, Free Write Arts & Literacy, and the city’s spoken word community

What happens when we confront the complex aftermath of violence from domestic abuse, incest or sexual assault? We address this question with Dr. Judith Herman, a notable figure in the field of trauma ...

Feminist writers have long argued that there is an intrinsic relationship between patriarchy, rape and colonialism. The seizure of land by force is comparable to the seizure of a woman's body—and hist...

Jaakko Seikkula joins us on the MIA podcast to discuss how Open Dialogue came to be, the research that shows its positive outcomes, how psychiatry has failed to learn from Open Dialogue practice and m...

"While it is deeply mistaken to suggest that pessimism is the same as fatalism, the concern behind this is nevertheless a valid one."

Writers are often advised to write as if we are dying. Awake to our mortality, the theory goes, we will write with urgency and acuity about what matters. We will write honestly, vulnerably, bravely…

原來這就是被書拯救的感覺，我那時想著。 雖然不是第一次讀書讀得淚流不止，但可能是我人...

“We need a different strategy—one that doesn’t just burn, but smolders, spreads, takes root. One that knows endurance is its own kind of rebellion.  Soft Rebellion is the mycelial strategy of…

如果創傷真的是一種社會問題（它確實是），那麼復原就不可能只是個人私事。創傷的傷口並不僅限於犯行者的暴力與剝削所導致的那些；旁觀者──所有參與共謀、寧願不知有虐待發生、或者責備受害者的人──他們的作為或不作為，導致的傷口往往更深得多。

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PDF | Charges of scientism in mainstream psychology are on the rise among theoretical psychologists, yet not much attention has been paid to the diverse... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

Published in European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling (Vol. 10, No. 4, 2008)

A new history of antidepressants challenges the evidence supporting their use.

Released from prison in 2020 after being jailed for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, he became increasingly desperate to leave – before seizing his opportunity As he trekked up the lush mountain range on China’s border with Laos, Lu Yuyu felt…

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Aminatta Forna examines the ways in which we conflate every difficult experience with trauma, such that suffering and trauma have become interchangeable.

Societies venerate their storytellers almost as much as the stories. We talk about the wonders that stories can create, the ways they can change the world for the better.

Clinical psychologist Jaakko Seikkula, along with Markku Sutela, created the Open Dialogue approach to acute crises in Finland.

母亲节刚刚过去，让我们趁此机会一起畅想一种非父权、反霸权的母系社群的可能性。