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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

"UKCP research found that 21 out of 30 practitioners removed from registers between 2023–25 were still working in mental healthcare in some capacity" Nothing further to argue I would have thought... www.psychotherapy.org.uk/news/ukcp-ce...

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UKCP CEO calls for stronger public protection in counselling and psychotherapy

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I like the way you recognise that there is a PhD out there that is yours ('my PhD')...that is half the challenge completed.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

One bite and I am bored with a scone especially if it has fruit in it. So for me it has to be read more books, egg custard tarts, and the Oxford comma.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A therapist doing that (which can be a criminal offence) is unlikely to disclose it however supportive their supervision might be - they often choose their victim because they are perceived as easily persuaded to keep secrets as well. 2/

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Thank you this is great with important insights in this discussion. I think I have a different view though about the role of supervision when a therapist preys on a client for sex or what can be referred to as engaging in an 'inappropriate' relationship. 1/

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Erin Stevens @aclientfirst.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New podcast episode! With thanks to @josephineh.bsky.social for the conversation. I hope it is useful to therapists, supervisors and clients who might be concerned or curious about Harm in Therapy. click here to listen: player.captivate.fm/episode/7b61...

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Navigating Harm in Therapy: Insights from Erin Stevens

Quickly and easily listen to Good Enough Counsellors for free!

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Being discarded by a therapist with little or no notice is sh*t and the ultimate disparagement - if it goes something like "your problems and how you act them out in the therapy (express them) have left me no choice but to discard you" then that is sh*t plus an added large dollop of gaslighting...

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I think traditionally the lens most often used to make these decisions is 'how does this impact rigour' - in social work and related research though, there may be other more useful lenses to look through such as the values and ethics of self or other disclosure.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our conference @JUSWAC is underway with Professor Anna Gupta on Social Activism and the ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I am so sorry your therapist has done this to you. It is called victim blaming and in my view is sadly quite common in psychological therapies. It was a sexual crime, breach of trust, and in itself retraumatizing - your therapist should have helped you to recover from it.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I'm only familiar with the data on sexual boundary violations by mental health professionals. Some is quite old - 1994 self report study in the UK showed in a sample of 580 psychologists, 12% (men) & 7% (women) admitted to sexual contact with at least one client.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Great Webinar. In terms of how many people have been harmed - it is impossible to know - although it would be great if we did. But perhaps we should ask why do we need that data? Is it because we don't want to believe it happens from survivor stories? I mean we know that it is more than one...

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ADASS @adass.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Dr Janet Melville-Wiseman, a Professor of Social Work, challenges the negative perceptions about older people and shares her insights on the valuable contribution they can make to society. Read her blog: www.adass.org.uk/reflections-on-the-contribution-of-our-ageing-population-to-society/

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Still time to book for our annual conference. Our second key note lecture is on "A trauma-informed approach to researching trauma" by Professor Helen Beckett. #seeyouthere Book here:https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/events/listing/juswac

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Announcing the first of our great keynote lectures at JUSWAC2025. We are delighted that Professor Anna Gupta will deliver a lecture 'Social Work and Social Activism – “The fierce urgency of now”'. Submit your abstracts and book your place now:https://www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listing/juswac

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The Grenadines are beautiful - Basil's Bar is not to be missed! Hope you enjoy it.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Still time to submit your abstract for our JUSWA Social Work Education and Research Conference hosted by the University of Central Lancashire. Deadline for abstracts 10th March. Information about our keynotes and plenary sessions to follow shortly #seeyouthere www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listi...

uclan.ac.uk

Joint Universities Social Work Association Conference (JUSWAC)

Joint Universities Social Work Association (JUSWA) are delighted to host this year's conference at our Preston Campus. This covers the full social work field.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Submit your abstracts and join us at our great social work education and research conference this year. t.co/BRlkQpqXEM #seeyouthere

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https://www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listing/juswac

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I have one of those duvet with arms coats but I am definitely not going anywhere near cold water swimming with it...

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Pleased you are feeling more rested...My agenda/menu today has been - hot tea, toast, hot chocolate, more toast, hot blackcurrant, jaffa cakes (for the vitamin C obviously!) It is so cold down here on the North Kent Coast I am officially in the opening sequence of Great Expectations.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I am sorry to hear you have had some negative responses - I thought it was helpful. Can I ask what MB stands for?

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Self Help Insensitive Twaddle also has an acronym...

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Gosh - that sounds really alarming and frightening

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I may not be right but whatever the theoretical orientation of a therapist, if they do not hear, or ensure their client feels heard, then that client will likely feel unsafe and 'uncontained' if they have experienced early trauma. That might look like but be different to 'dysregulation'.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Also, 'team work' between a therapist and a client should not be a threat to a good therapist - being informed and clear about how you want them to best understand you should be seen as a positive and an aid to their knowledge and expertise...

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I am so sorry, this sounds like a really challenging experience for you. I think the term 'trauma informed' is not enough for a therapist to be able to work effectively and supportively with complex trauma and its perhaps long term and wide ranging impact. 1/

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I could send you a pdf - are you able to let me have an email address via a direct message?

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The best texts were those written by survivors, some of whom were also therapists/professionals - some useful resources and insights here in case you have not seen it: therapyabuse.org/papers.htm 4/

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TELL: Therapy Exploitation Link Line

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

...to the demeaning descriptions of victims as being 'serial victims' or having the Freudian inspired 'sitting duck syndrome' or 'repetition compulsion' in some of the more psychologically based literature 3/

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Examples were the soft focus romanticised portrayal of sex between the psychiatrist and patient/brother of a patient she was providing therapy to in the Prince of Tides (I never could watch Barbara Streisand after that)...

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My PhD 'Pathologies or Apologies? - A case study of an incident of professional sexual abuse in the mental health system' is quite old now (2008) but as part of it I reviewed how sexual abuse in psychotherapy (and related fields) was portrayed in both the media and (research) literature. 1/

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Anonymisation (however careful) is never the same as confidentiality. If I know you are writing about me in social media, if I recognise me and have not consented, you have breached my confidentiality and are probably breaching the DPA.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I would probably take it 'just in case'...Happy Thanksgiving!

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Oh no - I now feel really hungry - does the kale not cancel out any detriment from the cheddar?

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I was never in foster care as a child but the person in the care setting who helped me to survive that time more than anyone made a heartfelt and genuine emotional connection with me. We were both sad when I had to move on but that was important as well. This is not rocket science...

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Being 'too emotional' in relation to children whose lives have not been the greatest so far is an oxymoron if ever there was one. Being too rigid and unfeeling would be much more harmful.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Many congratulations. Do let us know how it goes.

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Jennifer Joy Freyd @jjfreyd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Election results have you thinking of giving up? @anneapplebaum on a recent Ezra Klein Show: "The worst . . . consequence of this kind of government . . . is that people become apathetic. . ." There are joyful and constructive alternatives to apathy. www.institutionalcourage.org/the-call-to-...

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The Call to Courage | Center for Institutional Courage

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I would need my favourite comfort jumper, a jig saw puzzle for when Agatha had completely baffled me, Charbonnel and Walker hot chocolate, and a Dundee cake.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Yes, deeply moving - useful as well for those working with adults who still carry the trauma of their childhood - or for those adults themselves.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Oh that is really interesting - I will be interested to read it when it is published. I recall as a practitioner undertaking social supervision home visits to men discharged from the special hospitals after committing the most dreadful crimes. Not easy work. Good luck with the writing.

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Prof Janet Melville-Wiseman #CEP @profwiseman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Sounds good - what are you writing just now?

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