‘The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has apologised for dropping an article about Jewish trauma resulting from Hamas’s assault on Israel on 7 October from its magazine over “a concern around sensitivities”. Guardian Newspaper 2024 Antisemitism, the assumption of inferiority based on race, has recently (and yet again) joined a wide range of other forms … [Read more…]
As we progress through some of the most significant Jewish holidays I am again drawn to the topic of the ‘hidden minority’. Jews of varying degrees of observance or orthodoxy are now increasingly seeking both individual and couples therapy – with both Jewish and non-Jewish therapists. For the first time, COSRT asked me to facilitate … [Read more…]
Pocock captures my thoughts on clinical work when he said “therapists have, I believe, a primary duty of care not to be analytic or systemic or narrative but to be helpful” (Pocock, 2006, p.355). I understand both psychoanalytic and systemic ideas as both important when thinking about experiences of engaging power and difference at the … [Read more…]