So, Darian Leader, Psychoanalyst and writer, founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, and staunch anti-regulationist (links to the Maresfield report opposing the regulation of Psychotherapy in the UK – the CFAR were a key contributor to this, and Zarathustra has written here and here about the problems with unregulated therapies), has written an […]
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Tag Archives: Psychotherapy
Who you can and can’t trust when hiring a psychotherapist
2 March 2013 
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Many people find it helpful to talk to a psychotherapist. However, NHS provision of talking therapies can be patchy, and has been hit by the cuts. For that reason some people have found themselves paying out of their own pocket to see a therapist. But how do you know that you’ll find a good one? […]
Read moreUKCP fails to sanction therapist despite admitting destroying notes
11 June 2012 1 Comment
A couple of weeks ago I published the apparent mishandling of a Fitness to Practice inquiry by the UK Council for Psychotherapy. The UKCP took over three years to find proven seven allegations against John Smalley, a Jungian analyst from the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists. These allegations related to smoking during therapy, making derogatory […]
Read moreWorking With Borderline Personality Disorder – Dr Joseph Burgo
12 April 2012 128 Comments
Eh up folks! Here’s a post that I hope you find as interesting as I did, from Dr Joseph Burgo, the therapist behind After Psychotherapy. Most of us in the world of mentalness will have heard of the controversial and (unfairly) much-maligned diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. In this post, Dr Burgo explores his experiences […]
Read moreThis Week in Mentalists – The Let’s Celebrate Madosphere Positivity Edition
7 April 2012 8 Comments
Afternoon all! Pandora here. Sorry for the lack of TWIM last week; someone was lined up for it, but must’ve forgotten (it’s easily done!), and as for TNIM, unfortunately (as usual) no one volunteered their services for it In relation to this and other issues, there has been some discussion regarding the direction of TWIM […]
Read moreThis Week In Mentalists – Purple Monkey Dishwasher Edition
26 February 2012 6 Comments
Hello, sanabituranima here again with this week’s TWIM (late again, sorry, the person originally scheduled to do it isn’t well enough.) This edition of TWIM contains eating disorder, suicide and abuse triggers as well as the murder of innocent Purple Monkey Dishwashers.
Read moreThis World Mental Health Day in Mentalists
10 October 2011 6 Comments
It’s that time of year again: 10th October, the day the World Health Organisation perennially tries to raise awareness of mental ill health and challenge the related stigma. So, have they in any way succeeded? And what has the Madosphere been saying about today?
Read moreThis Week in Mentalists – The Rhinestone Cowgirl Edition
3 September 2011 9 Comments
LittleFeet from Chaos and Control here. Last night I went to a Dolly Parton concert and it was great! Today I have decided to lavish and encrust this edition of TWIM with rhinestones and a pink cowgirl hat. Yeehaw!
Read moreThis Week In Mentalists – The Wedding Hangover Edition
10 July 2011 5 Comments
This week’s TWIM is brought to you by Moon Tree from Seeking Myself. Hello! I apologise that this is a day later than usual because I was at a wedding yesterday. In fact, I seem to have been going to a lot of weddings lately; the one last week was teetotal, so this week I drank […]
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