WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Truth is linked in a circular relation with systems of power which produce and sustain it. Michel Foucault What the [...]
PRAISE FOR PATIENCE: A lost virtue
I have been thinking about how a year of the COVID pandemic has forced people to make changes or maybe [...]
FOSTERING ‘HARDINESS’ IN CHALLENGING TIMES?
Dr. Denise E. Hall I found this article I wrote in 2012 and I thought it would be very timely [...]
WILLFUL BLINDNESS
The subject of my book is the psychological health of professional helpers’ workplaces. The material used for this blog is [...]
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SPEAK OUT: BUT HAS ANYTHING REALLY CHANGED?
I have been working for 30+ years in the social services and counselling field and sadly nothing really changes when [...]
WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW FOR SURE?
“No one rushes quicker to judgment than those who warn against rushing to judgment.” Marina Hyde The Guardian April 7, [...]
THE LOST ART OF CRITICAL THINKING
'Beyond our ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field I will meet you there. When the [...]