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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sharing a preview of my chapter for the upcoming “Between Amnesia and Recollection: Environmental, Creative, and Clinical Pathways to Memory” edited by Louis Rothschild, Salman Akhtar, and Michael O'Loughlin. In excellent company, including Ionas Sapountzis, Marilyn Charles, and many others!

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is from 2018, but just re-read it while working on something else. Thanks again, Dolly, for everything. Working Nine to Five: What a Way to Make an Academic Living? dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/d02c3ed...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Delighted to share our new paper on Psychosocial Thematic Analysis. We argue that heavy silences, pauses, defensive pivots, and the unsaid are equally powerful expressions - the dynamics are the data. Open-access: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #Qualitative #Psychosocial

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sharing latest methodology: Psychosocial Thematic Analysis (PTA). Interview transcripts aren't just scripts; they are emotional landscapes. We shift the focus from literal text to the dynamics of the encounter. The dynamics are the data. open-access bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Had the joy of presenting our latest work at the Kyoto Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy! 👹 So cool to see our names in Japanese. ニニ・カー＆ウィリアム・カー恵まれない若者達と国家の魅力：英国における若者の過激化に関する心理社会学的分析

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

[Open Access] The work revisits #Fairbairn’s “object-seeking” via his life; offers a psychosocial critique of the tyranny embedded in everyday relations and institutions. It points toward radical marginality as a vital site for independent thinking and resistance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

The paper revisits Fairbairn’s concept of “object-seeking”, situating it within the complex, often fraught relational dynamics between self and other in everyday life. Adopting a psychosocial lens,...

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The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Currently reading “The Debt of Privilege” by Krueger & Aarseth. A timely piece! Thrilled to see our work on “nationalism & the far right” listed alongside it in the Journal of Psychosocial Studies ‘Most Read’ collection. free access until end of Feb: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Most...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

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 it’s my most ‘popular’ so far it was the most downloaded of the Journal last year. My existential agony paid off… link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Culture as the bad object - Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society

This paper creatively extends Fairbairn’s theory to investigate the impact of the UK’s hostile environment policy on marginalised communities at the intersection of culture, politics and society. The ...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

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... 😱 so clearly out of practice!

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

For those on the east coast, I’m doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

For those on the east coast, I’m doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Just saw a decision to a manuscript as a reviewer. I feel for the author. I’m not an especially generous reviewer, but it’s troubling to see peer review turn into a platform for personal opinion rather than a constructive evaluation of the work itself…

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

R.I.P, Ronald Britton. Very few people speak the truth quite like you did!

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

So much going on that every conversation lately touches on some forms of existential dread or anxiety. Giving yourself the permission to unplug isn’t indifference. It's self-empathy. We can't pour from an empty cup, and we can't help others if we're drowning ourselves.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Happy to endorse Graham’s new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairn’s 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

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Great editorial opening on the latest special issue! As a contributor, good to see different takes on the topic! Read David & Liz’s piece first - then read Barry and me (same issue) to further complicate and expand the thinking on #nationalism! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

“The Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Right” 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...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Thank you everyone who joined us yesterday - we enjoyed sharing the space, the energy, and at times anxiety and helplessness with you all! ⭐️ A record-breaking 350 people registered, showing just how eager ppl were to discuss the rise of authoritarianism affecting us all around the world.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

As a shrink, I see the #DisabilityBenefits cuts hit like a tsunami: suicidal ideation up, hope drowned. £5.5bn saved on paper, but the human cost? Unaccountable. This proposed policy is stoppable - please write to your MP today. #WelfareNotWarfare

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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 Sign up: forms.office.com/e/JxUcQ3z7eR Fri 11th April 2025, 10am – 1:30pm Free, open to all! 🤗

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British Psychotherapy Foundation @psychotherapy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"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

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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 ...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Someone created this on Youtube - such a cute effort to put a lantern in the background ☺️ youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...

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Culture as the bad object by Nini Kerr

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“If 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.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

[CfP] Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) 9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX Deadline: 10 February 2025 www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerr’s evocative & reflective article, ‘Culture as the Bad Object’ @ our 3rd session. It’s available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social

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Dr. Nick Literski @drnickliterski.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Blessed Solstice to All! Welcome back the Light!

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

There’s a part of us that seeks to be ‘right’ rather than finding peace within ourselves. Choosing peace over self-righteousness is a radical act - one that requires humility and the courage to recognise that relationships and differences often hold greater value than proving a point

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The unconscious is not a private realm but a space shaped by social inscriptions.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Culture as the Bad Object (2024) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Nathan Rice @nyctherapist.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Phillips to Avgi: "What do you hate about psychoanalysis?" A rare kind of playful jousting and intellectual flirting between two thoughtful psychoanalysts by @redclinic.bsky.social. Each person always expanding the conversation in new directions. Highly recommend. youtu.be/9RdcWbyP9qM?...

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Adam Phillips and Avgi Saketopoulou: In Conversation

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Happy to be completing the pilot project, Decolonising Counselling & Psychotherapy: Reflections from Psychosocial Perspectives Huge thanks to all who joined us in reimagining counselling & psychotherapy as a relational act toward social justice Read our reflections: blogs.ed.ac.uk/teaching-mat...

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Decolonising counselling and psychotherapy: Reflections from psychosocial perspectives – Teaching Matters

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

“The act of listening is an act of justice” - Jessica Benjamin Truly listening to another person is a political act, as it affirms their humanity and agency, especially for those whose experiences have been oppressed or disenfranchised

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Choose to be with those who restores the you power in you, not those who drains it away from you. These are people who help you feel whole, affirmed, and recognised - the reparative good objects who hold all of you together, rather than breaking you apart #psychoanalytic

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

It’s very hard to love oneself, to truly offer yourself the respite of kindness, in this day and age when we’ve become so consumed by the race to achieve and perform. But it’s okay to press pause, even if just for today Reminder from the Scottish Highlands

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Such a shame the word ‘dialogue’ has become such a management tool!

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