Finished watching Baby Reindeer. Really brilliant and so moving. It has the finger on the very pulse of the various issues it touches on.

We are celebrating 40 years of the British Journal of Psychotherapy, and have planned a conference on the 8th June - Considerations on Continuity and Disruption in the profession of psychotherapy - details and bookings to attend online in link: britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/events/583/a-c…

Ripley on Netflix is pretty stunning. Tense, moody, beautifully filmed and constructed. And Andrew Scott is just brilliant.

Just finished listening to this excellent episode of Annalisa Barbieri podcast where she and Stephen Blumenthal unpack what shame is and it’s inhibiting effects in a clear and thoughtful way. Worth a listen!

Good god. What a brilliant, powerful and deeply emotional movie. 💔

I have a chapter, ‘Homophobia & the Psychic Life of LGBTQ People’, in the new ‘Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies’, edited by Stephen Frosh ⁦Marita Vyrgioti⁩ & juliewalsh. #psychoanalysis #psychosocial #homophobia link.springer.com/referenceworke…

I’m preparing a lecture on unconscious communications. Any examples of good parapraxes/ “Freudian slips”?

Our book on #psychodynamic #psychotherapy covers: theory, research, analytic frame, assessment, formulation, unconscious communications, defences, mentalising, transference & countertransference, brief work, challenges, diversity, technology & social media routledge.com/A-Clinical-Gui…

‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival | Sigmund Freud | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…

Our new book ~ Sexual Minorities & Mental Health ~ has 17 chapters examining the high prevalence of poor mental health & psychological distress in sexual minorities in the UK. Looking at various social issues and interventions. #sexuality #LGBT #mentalhealth