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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The twisted logic of aristocracy, conservatism and the industrial military complex that continues to reign in the rurals. Our dirty little ideological secret. This week’s blog www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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Dirty Little Ideological Secrets — Surviving Work
When I tell people I live in the Cotswolds people now ask me if I know the pub where the staff refused to serve JD Vance or how Liam Gallagher lives here without a driving licence. You could not hav...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The first submission to the MuchBetter.Help Library is a series of podcasts Stories of UberTherapy, available free to listen www.muchbetter.help @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social @nuhw.org
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Is a MuchBetter.Help possible? Stories of UberTherapy Podcast launch - follow here www.muchbetter.help Watch youtu.be/snMm5qA8_MA @nuhw.org @dairinstitute.bsky.social @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social
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Stories of UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels and James Farrar
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What would RealTherapy™ look like and how do we get there? Join the debate 11 Sept 18.30 BST/ 10.30 PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @brisunipress.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Episode 5 Therapeutic Tinder with Jumanah Younis (Psychotherapist) & Julia MacIntosh (Centre for Mad Culture UK), writers and activists on how to talk about money, love and care in a way that doesn’t cause self-harm Join the debate 11 Sept 18.30 BST/ 10.30 PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Do you have to marry a rich man to be a therapist in the era of #UberTherapy? Join the debate 11 Sept 18.30 BST/ 10.30 PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @nuhw.org
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Are the talking therapies now just a system of psychic pilates? “the public model of talking therapies was already starting to expose itself. That we could already sense the Sabor a Mierda of the enshittification of public services.” app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @brisunipress.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This book will change your life. It records the real impact of what happens when we give up on welfare. It will show you how to care about what happens next in the UK. Just read it. www.plutobooks.com/product/no-m... @plutopress.bsky.social @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Episode 3 Psychic Pilates with China Mills #DeathsbyWelfare Emily Yue @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social & @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social Podcast Launch 11 Sept 18.30 BST/10.30 PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @nuhw.org
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Is digital therapy RemotelyHelpful™? Join the debate 11 Sept 18.30 BST/ 10.30 PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In Episode 2 UberTherapy Alex Hanna & Emily M. Bender authors of The AI Con on the hype around AI 11 Sept 6.30pm BST/ 10.30am PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @alexhanna.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @nuhw.org @emilymbender.bsky.social
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Stories of UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels and James Farrar
You are invited to attend Stories of UberTherapy on the 11 September 6.30-7.30pm to launch a podcast series with therapists, social justice activists, trade unionists and progressive tech campaigners
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hi Sigmund™ your AI Analyst wants to know what’s on your mind. Join us here app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @brisunipress.bsky.social @nuhw.org
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Stories of UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels and James Farrar
You are invited to attend Stories of UberTherapy on the 11 September 6.30-7.30pm to launch a podcast series with therapists, social justice activists, trade unionists and progressive tech campaigners
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Episode 1 Angerland #ToddEssig & #AmyLevy @APsA Committee on AI how to use our psychoanalytic minds to understand #AI Podcast launch 11 Sept 6.30pm BST/10.30am PDT app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @onlinevents.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @nuhw.org
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Stories of #UberTherapy podcast launch 11 Sept 18.30-19.30 BST / 10.30 PDT Tickets app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-85... @onlinevents.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social
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Stories of UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels and James Farrar
You are invited to attend Stories of UberTherapy on the 11 September 6.30-7.30pm to launch a podcast series with therapists, social justice activists, trade unionists and progressive tech campaigners
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Is a MuchBetter.Help possible? 11 September 6.30-7.30pm BST here www.muchbetter.help @alexhanna.bsky.social @juliamacintosh.bsky.social @onlinevents.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @nuhw.org
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Stories of UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels and James Farrar
You are invited to attend Stories of UberTherapy on the 11 September 6.30-7.30pm to launch a podcast series with therapists, social justice activists, trade unionists and progressive tech campaigners
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Up until I found Cotton’s research, I had assumed this was a result of me somehow doing private practice ‘wrong’." Phenomenal review of #UberTherapy @jyounistherapy in @radicalphilosophy.bsky.social Read the full review open access here lnkd.in/em87ZnUj
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is GabSpace. Is a MuchBetter.Help possible? #SaveTheDate 11 September 6.30-7.30pm BST If you are an UberTherapist and want to take part in our work join us here www.survivingwork.org/contact *GabSpace courtesy of Austin Hughes @TAPmagazine @unhappinesspod.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thank you to #AndrewSamuels & #LindaMichaels for doing my one and only actual book launch for #UberTherapy during a heatwave. This is us staring virtual reality in the face youtu.be/RqYhzTRx1bw @brisunipress.bsky.social @onlinevents.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
To listen to the @newbooks_psychoanalysis interview about #GuillotineLogic and #ProfessionalCannibalism in #UberTherapy lnkd.in/ewvdwDRk and lnkd.in/eAMs9cex @brisunipress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’m just going to say it, I’m not remotely humbled. Just as I was about to put a match to my Linkedin profile a US therapist describes my book #UberThearpy as ‘exquisitely dangerous’ and I have the entirely unique experience of being seen on @linkedin.com www.uber-therapy.org
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The US case of #Aetna #Alma is the roadmap towards #UberTherapy in the UK platforms offered for free today becomes the gateway to #dynamicpay & #automation. www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo... @workerinfox.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk @uniteucu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @adcunion.bsky.social
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AngloAmerican Anxiety — Surviving Work
Last month in the US we saw the snapshot of what private practice in therapy will look like in the UK within the next five years. Alma, one of the largest clinical practice management platforms in...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hi Sigmund™, my AI analyst and pharmaceutical personal shopper. Join us Friday 26 June 6.30-8pm BST to talk about #UberTherapy app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-11... youtu.be/JILZQqFhnR4?...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Is there a future for #therapy without #dynamicpay or #wagetheft? If you ask #Uber drivers the answer might not make you happy. Listen to @workerinfox.bsky.social The Great Uberisation dynamicpay.org campaign youtu.be/mlsExaRXMhM #UberTherapy
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Should it worry you if your therapist uses a foodbank? Friday 26 June 6.30-8pm #UberTherapy & the politics of platform therapy Tickets app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-11... @brisunipress.bsky.social @feministtherapynet.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
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It's Time to Talk About UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels, and Andrew Samuels
This event opens up a discussion about the ‘uberization’ of therapeutic practice, the business models behind it and the emerging political fault lines for therapists. Using as its starting point Eliza
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What do #UberDrivers & #UberTherapists have in common? The Great Uberisation #dynamicpay #platformwork #Convention193 youtu.be/6Uy0GwJBzCM?... @workerinfox.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk @tuc.org.uk @uniteucu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @adcunion.bsky.social @pcunion.bsky.social
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The Great Uberisation The Algorithmic Takeover of Work
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Should it matter to you if your therapist uses a foodbank? The Great #Uberisation is happening for all of us - whether its App drivers or #UberTherapists Listen to full podcast with @workerinfox.bsky.social @MartinSmith @survivingwork.bsky.social lnkd.in/eRmG_jri #ILC2026 #C193
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Join the DynamicPay.org collective claim against #Uber here. The Great Uberisation is happening for all of us - whether its App drivers or #UberTherapists Listen to full podcast here www.facebook.com/watch/live/?... @workerinfox.bsky.social @FnvPlatformwerk @PsiANofficial @adcunion.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
UberTherapists don’t yet work under #dynamicpay but the AI architecture of #UberTherapy is already here. As we argue that people prefer #Headspace or #Claude to actual people the driverless cars of #UberTherapy are coming www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo... @workerinfox.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Great Uberisation @workerinfox.bsky.social campaign against #Uber @jamesfarrar.bsky.social @martinsmith.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social www.facebook.com/WorkerInfoX/... If you take a #Uber this weekend speak to your driver about joining @tuc.org.uk @pcunion.bsky.social @PsiANofficial
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5 comments | Algorithmic management is no longer just a gig economy issue. It is becoming the new blueprint for work. From ride-hailing to healthcare, corporations are using opaque algorithms to calculate pay, monitor performance, and strip away worker protections. Worker Info Exchange is hosting a live-streamed discussion on how algorithmic management is reshaping our working lives, the psychological toll of digital exploitation, and how workers can organise to take their power back. This event connects the broader threat of "Uberisation" directly to the immediate fight for fair, transparent wages through the Dynamic Pay Claim against Uber, and asks what drivers can learn from other sectors and industries in terms of taking back their power, organising, and taking collective action against the increasing 'Uberisation' of the work. Featured Speakers: Elizabeth Cotton: Associate Professor of Responsible Business at the University of Leicester, Founder of Surviving Work, and author of UberTherapy: the New Business of Mental Health. Martin Smith: Creator and Director of Organising for Change. With more than 30 years of experience in the trade union and labour movement, Martin brings deep expertise in building trade union power and organising mobilising workers. | Worker Info Exchange
Algorithmic management is no longer just a gig economy issue. It is becoming the new blueprint for work. From ride-hailing to healthcare, corporations are using opaque algorithms to calculate pay,...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If you're taking an #Uber today give your driver this link or QR code to sign up to the dynamicpay.org campaign to win transparency & better pay for drivers. We're talking about #Uber today, tomorrow lawyers & #UberTherapists @tuc.org.uk @workerinfox.bsky.social @adcunion.bsky.social
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The Centre for Mad Culture UK is running a one day conference with the University of Glasgow on Monday 15 June around the themes of madness, health and creativity. It will be a great day and the launch of the Centre - you can register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/figments-m...
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Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity
A one-day conference exploring the relationship between creativity and madness.
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
As if by magic after all that extraction of client data #Tee, the #AIChatbot from Talkspace. If you think it looks 'interesting' remember the history of digital therapy platforms by asking @PsiANorg what happens when you ask is this therapy? talkspace.com/tee?utm_sour...
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Tee by Talkspace | An AI Mental Health Companion
Learn about Tee by Talkspace, an AI mental health companion. Explore private, accessible help built by mental health experts.
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Remembering #DavidArmstrong who was a beautiful mind. youtu.be/uc7oC3bCZxs Social Defences Against Anxiety www.karnacbooks.com/product/soci... @tavinstitute.org @taviandport.bsky.social @Karnac
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Surviving work Michael Rustin and David Armstrong HD
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
From those delicious kids at @TheAmericanPsychoanalyst beautiful minds @LindaMichaels on Practice Management Companies @ElizabethLunbeck on teaching psychoanalysis and me slightly letting the tone down on algorithmic defences against shit & shame americanpsychoanalyst.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Introducing TAP 60.1
New print issue is hitting doorsteps soon
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#UberTherapy: The Narratives & Politics of Digital Therapy Friday 5 June 7-8.30pm www.tickettailor.com/events/there... @TheRelationalSchool opens up a discussion about UberTherapy with Elizabeth Cotton, @JumanahYounis and @ClaudiaCarterCoussins
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Select tickets – UBER THERAPY - the narratives and the politics of digital therapy.
UBER THERAPY - the narratives and the politics of digital therapy., Fri 5 Jun 2026 -
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It's time to talk about #UberTherapy 26 June 6.30-8pm Andrew Samuels, Linda Michaels & Elizabeth Cotton will discuss the new book UberTherapy: The New Business of Mental Health & the politics of digital therapy. Tickets here app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-11... @brisunipress.bsky.social
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It's Time to Talk About UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels, and Andrew Samuels
This event opens up a discussion about the ‘uberization’ of therapeutic practice, the business models behind it and the emerging political fault lines for therapists. Using as its starting point Eliza
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It's time to talk about #UberTherapy 26 June 18.30 BST in conversation with @andrewsamuels @LindaMichaels & @ElizabethCotton about the narratives and the politics of digital therapy. Tickets app.onlinevents.co.uk/events/oe-11... @brisunipress.bsky.social @onlinevents.bsky.social
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It's Time to Talk About UberTherapy - Elizabeth Cotton, Linda Michaels, and Andrew Samuels
This event opens up a discussion about the ‘uberization’ of therapeutic practice, the business models behind it and the emerging political fault lines for therapists. Using as its starting point Eliza
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Liz Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Humbled to be given the chance to represent the members of @pcunion.bsky.social as #GeneralSecretary. Thank you @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @bfawu.bsky.social & Elizabeth Cotton @survivingwork.bsky.social for endorsement! AGM 🔗 lnkd.in/eGXhZWEY Join PCU 🔗 lnkd.in/ekNvSFDJ #JoinaUnion ❤️
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Calling all #psychotherapists and #Counsellors we need you. We need you to join @pcunion.bsky.social AGM 16 May to vote in our next General Secretary @lizmartinpcu.bsky.social JOIN HERE pcunion.org.uk/join-pcu-live/
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It doesn’t take much in the debates about living wages in the caring professions to end up sounding like Marie Antoinette. This week’s blog Professional Cannibalism www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Urm, HELLO you interesting bunch of people reimaging care. 15 May event from Accounting and Accountability Research Group (AARG) Queen Mary University of London. Me and @ChristopherLand banging on about how to stop dancing for daddy. Join www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...
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Select tickets – Reimagining Care: Accounting, Political Economy, and the Financialization of Life – Queen Mary University of London (room Francis Bancroft Building - 2.40))
Reimagining Care: Accounting, Political Economy, and the Financialization of Life – Queen Mary University of London (room Francis Bancroft Building - 2.40)), Fri 15 May 2026 - Care economies have alwa...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The architecture of the therapy industry is founded on a system of professional cannibalism where bad therapy is blamed on bad therapists an aristocratic logic distracting us from the reality that we are set up for failure as we eat our own. www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If you’re a therapist in private practice it will have started to dawn on you that you’re competing within an uberized model of therapy. The competition is not the seven people in your local area who are also in private practice its hourly rates and wage theft. www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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The Catchup — Surviving Work
‍Tucked away in that dark space called responsible business, there has been an important challenge to UberTherapy in a complaint made by the BBC against Health Assured, the dominant employee (and stud...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Fight for the Soul of Psychotherapy: An Interview with Linda Michaels - Mad In America The Fight for the Soul of Psychotherapy: An Interview with Linda Michaels www.madinamerica.com/2026/04/the-...
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The Fight for the Soul of Psychotherapy: An Interview with Linda Michaels
Michaels makes the case that the most important ingredients of therapy are often the very ones sidelined by short-term, manualized, and highly marketable models of care.
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Stories of UberTherapy Hosted by @TheRelationalSchool on Friday 5 June 7-8.30pm this online event opens up a discussion about the ‘uberization’ of therapeutic practice with Elizabeth Cotton author of UberTherapy, @JumanahYounis & @ClaudiaCoussins here www.tickettailor.com/events/there...
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Select tickets – UBER THERAPY - the narratives and the politics of digital therapy.
UBER THERAPY - the narratives and the politics of digital therapy., Fri 5 Jun 2026 -
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Try Gabby, TAP’s AI therapybot Read about #UberTherapy from @survivingwork.bsky.social and #PracticeManagementCompanies from @Psianoffice open.substack.com/pub/american... @brisunipress.bsky.social
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Try Gabby, TAP’s AI therapybot
No countertransference. No problem.
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Submission to the Commission for the Future of Counselling & Psychotherapy. To tackle #UberTherapy learn from the key players @WorkerInfoX @workerinfox @johnpringdns @PsiANorg @NUHW www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo... @ncpscounselling @BACP @UKCP_Updates @ACC @BritPsyCouncil
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Commission for the Future of Counselling & Psychotherapy — Surviving Work
‍In October 2025 the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) established an independently chaired Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy . The commission is exa...
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survivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Hello GabSpace, can you tell me what's on my mind? www.instagram.com/reel/DVgZakm... From those cool kids @TheAmericanPsychoanalyst And that not so cool kid @ubertherapies talking about algorithmic defences against thinking. @brisunipress.bsky.social
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 11/02/2026
Join our #EmploymentRightsBill 2 campaign rally with @unionfreedom.bsky.social in #London on 21 March Speakers: 🔊 Matt Wrack @nasuwt-official.bsky.social 🔊Cad Jones @ieruk.bsky.social 🔊 @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @bfawu.bsky.social Sponsored by @thompsons.law RSVP bit.ly/ERB2Rally #StrikeMap
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Campaign for Trade Union Freedom @unionfreedom.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
CTUF co-chair Tony Burke previews our Trade Union Rights rally on 21 March calling for Employment Rights #2 Bill - yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af... - register here bit.ly/ERC2Rally
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Unions demand second employment rights bill
Workers’ groups say new labour reforms leave major gaps, as campaigners plan a rally in London calling for stronger legal protections
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