PsyChOLOGICAL THERAPY
VIDEO
More than one can live
(2021) paper by Jessica Benjamin (begins 13 minutes into video.) Reconceiving harm and reparation in the intersubjective world. CLICK HERE
Intersubjectivity
(2021) short video by Jessica Benjamin. Discusses the therapeutic value of the customer changing the therapist and the therapist changing the customer. Wonderfully clear. CLICK HERE
Group
(2020) Drama series detailing a process of group therapy partially on Zoom. Fly on the wall style. CLICK HERE
The difference between therapy groups and support groups
(2020) by psychologist Dr Nate Page. An overview which places therapeutic groups in context. CLICK HERE
How Dolly Parton led me to an epihany
(2020) by Jad Abumrad. On finding the third, as a journalist. My newest, favourite Ted Talk. Wonderful. CLICK HERE
Why you should try therapy yesterday
(2019) Ted talk by Dr Emily Anhalt. A personal perspective on the upsides of therapy. Accessible and emotional. CLICK HERE
Enactment and the theory of the third
(2016) by Jessica Benjamin. Thoughtful talk about how we might move on from our traumatic experiences with the help of another person. CLICK HERE
Only one can live
(2022) video talk by Jessica Benjamin. Describes transforming the reactivity of survivalism. The therapeutic basis for successful ruptures and repair in therapy. CLICK HERE
(2020) by Adam Phillips. The psychology of money in therapy and elsewhere. 'Money buys the conditions for a possible cure but not the cure itself..more money does not buy you more cure.' A psycho dynamic perspective. CLICK HERE
AUDIO
In therapy
(2016) Psychotherapist Susie Orbach explores the private relationship between therapist and patient. One patient at a time A great introduction to therapy. CLICK HERE
(2002) by Babara Myers, BBC World service. Audio description of what therapy can be. The first of four programmes which include the history of therapy, training to become a psychotherapist and trauma work in therapy. A good enough introduction. CLICK HERE
(2020) radio play by Derek Owusu. Cautionary tale of unclear boundaries in a helping relationship.
A life scientific
(2020) with Prof Richard Bentall. Gentle and thoughtful discussion of how psychological approaches can help people experiencing psychotic experiences. CLICK HERE
WRITTEN
The surprising way we come unstuck in therapy
(2020) by Andrew Perry. Blog looking at how we might come unstuck in psychological therapy by remaining in reciprocal roles. CLICK HERE
Can you experience therapy through reading an article?
(2020) by Andrew Perry. The aim of this article to reward the reader with a useful experience. To do so, it attempts to create a similar process to that of therapy, recreating as many of the factors as possible. CLICK HERE
Group
(2020) book by Christie Tate. 'How one therapist and a group of strangers saved my life.' Suggests "you don't need a cure you need a witness.' Free review. CLICK HERE
Existentialism
(2021) by Charles Guignon 'The self as an ‘existing individual’, understood as an agent involved in a specific social and historical world. One of their chief aims is to understand how the individual can achieve the richest and most fulfilling life in the modern world.' CLICK HERE
An introduction to object relations
(2008) by Lavinia Gomez. A wonderful reader on our need for relationships. A great start to understanding the human process. Free reviews. CLICK HERE
(2001) by Irving Yalom. A practical description of what can happen in therapy. Download it for free.
Beyond the doer and the done to
(2017) by Jessica Benjamin. The best description I have found of how the therapist and client can create a therapeutic experience together. Free reviews. CLICK HERE
(2000) by Michael Khan. Excellent overview of why insight might not be enough and how the relationship is the therapy. Free review. CLICK HERE
What happens when you have an affair with your therapist?
(2020) Observer article detailing the harm associated with breaching professional boundaries in this way. CLICK HERE
Like subjects, love objects
(1995) book by Jessica Benjamin. Asks 'what difference does it make when I consider the other to be not merely an object of my mind but a subject in his or her own right, equivalent to my own.' Free review. CLICK HERE
A relational perspective on enactments, boundary violations and self disclosure
(2020) article by Paul Renn. Wonderful description of loving and being loved within professional boundaries. A gift. CLICK HERE
