it's time to end the myth of emotional self-sufficiency
Published in Common Ground Magazine, February 2016.
"There’s something much more dangerous out there than the next big flu. It’s a virus, and it will shorten your life. But it’s not a tiny microbe; it’s a meme. It’s the prevailing myth of emotional self-sufficiency... " Read more
"There’s something much more dangerous out there than the next big flu. It’s a virus, and it will shorten your life. But it’s not a tiny microbe; it’s a meme. It’s the prevailing myth of emotional self-sufficiency... " Read more
worked out: on the chronic and pervasive trauma of corporate life
Published in New Therapist, Issue 70, November/December 2010.
"Many therapists have never worked in a corporation, but many of our clients grapple daily with the difficult demands of corporate life. Having spent seventeen years working in industry, I decided to write an article for therapists, explaining some of the issues at stake as I see them..." Read more
"Many therapists have never worked in a corporation, but many of our clients grapple daily with the difficult demands of corporate life. Having spent seventeen years working in industry, I decided to write an article for therapists, explaining some of the issues at stake as I see them..." Read more
lonely hearts club: has internet porn kidnapped the man you love?
“Sometimes, when we’re making love, I feel like I don’t exist for him,” she says. “There’s no connection between us. I feel lonely. And afterwards I feel empty....” Read more
surviving chronic fatigue
"As a chronic fatigue survivor myself, I understand what it's like to be so indescribably tired that you cannot remember what it felt like to be you. Only someone who has actually had it can know what it feels like to be that tired. As though someone took out your batteries. As though your very bones are tired. People used to say, "Maybe you just need to rest"... "Read more
the ethnopsychology blog
The Ethnopsychology Blog reflects my deep interest in the different ways the various cultures and subcultures in this world conceive of the world and our lives within it. Having been born in Asia, I hold a UK passport, lived for most of my adult life in France, and now live in the US as a resident alien. Issues of cultural identity and displacement are very close to 'home' for me, as they are for many of my clients.
the world of wetiko: an investigation
Published in Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, vol 18, no 2, 2022.
"This paper explores the Algonquin concept of wetiko, or windigo—a ruthless cannibal spirit--to explain the state of America today. Native American scholars such as Jack Forbes and Basil Johnston suggest wetikos really exist, and that their insatiable hunger and psychopathic lack of regard for others is at the root of globalization, neo-liberal economics, the destruction of the environment, and the widescale oppression of the world’s people..." Read more
"This paper explores the Algonquin concept of wetiko, or windigo—a ruthless cannibal spirit--to explain the state of America today. Native American scholars such as Jack Forbes and Basil Johnston suggest wetikos really exist, and that their insatiable hunger and psychopathic lack of regard for others is at the root of globalization, neo-liberal economics, the destruction of the environment, and the widescale oppression of the world’s people..." Read more
Why Bother? On Whether Individual Eco-Actions Count
Published in Ecopsychology Journal, vol 13, issue 4, 2021.
"This article considers the possibility that certain types of individual ecological actions have a place within the range of possible responses to the climate crisis and related issues of biodiversity loss, deforestation, desertification, mass extinction, pollution, and so on." Read more
"This article considers the possibility that certain types of individual ecological actions have a place within the range of possible responses to the climate crisis and related issues of biodiversity loss, deforestation, desertification, mass extinction, pollution, and so on." Read more
the western ego faced with climate chaos
Published in the Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies, vol 15, no 1, 2020.
"The chaos caused by the global climate crisis is in the news in many forms and has also entered the consulting room: clients are increasingly naming their fear, despair, rage, and experience of impotence in the face of the unknown." Read more
"The chaos caused by the global climate crisis is in the news in many forms and has also entered the consulting room: clients are increasingly naming their fear, despair, rage, and experience of impotence in the face of the unknown." Read more
finding the feet: treating immigration trauma in children
Published in fort/da, 23(1), 2017.
"Ana was a quiet, shy, six-year-old Mexican-American girl who spoke rarely in class. She was referred to me for counseling at school. We spent our first three sessions making bead bracelets together and speaking very little. I focused mainly on being friendly and present. Ana completed bracelets for herself and asked if she could make more for her sisters and cousins. I agreed and asked her to draw her family..." Read more
"Ana was a quiet, shy, six-year-old Mexican-American girl who spoke rarely in class. She was referred to me for counseling at school. We spent our first three sessions making bead bracelets together and speaking very little. I focused mainly on being friendly and present. Ana completed bracelets for herself and asked if she could make more for her sisters and cousins. I agreed and asked her to draw her family..." Read more
freeing the id: Deconstructing the Colonial Basis to Freud’s Ego/Id/Superego
Published in The Journal of Radical Psychology, Spring 2005.
"When I first read Freud’s metaphorical mapping of the psyche into regions called id, ego and superego, it made me uneasy. There seemed to be something sadly flawed about his apparent conception of the instinctual realm as profoundly base, dangerous and untrustworthy..." Read more
"When I first read Freud’s metaphorical mapping of the psyche into regions called id, ego and superego, it made me uneasy. There seemed to be something sadly flawed about his apparent conception of the instinctual realm as profoundly base, dangerous and untrustworthy..." Read more