The Politics of Well-being and Ecstasy
Author Archive: Editorial
The Developing Practitioner
Written by Michael Helge Ronnestad and Thomas Skovholt, this book is subtitled “Growth and Stagnation of Therapists and Counsellors” … not least because its scope includes a valuing of the mental and emotional health of practitioners. The publishers say that…
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The Foundations of Primary Care: Daring to Be Different
Social Empathy: The Art of Understanding Others
Explaining My Depression to My Mother
Sabrina Benaim’s poem “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” begins like this: “Explaining my depression to my mother: A conversation Mom, my depression is a shapeshifter One day it’s as small as a firefly in the palm of a bear…
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Clarifying the concepts, epistemology and lexicon of person-centeredness
The full title of this editorial in the European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare is “Clarifying the concepts, epistemology and lexicon of person-centeredness: an essential pre-requisite for the effective operationalization of PCH within modern healthcare systems” Written by Andrew Miles and…
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The “Green Care Approach” – An Antidote to the Disconnected Human Crisis
Lalita Powell is the founder of Lakota Fields (a not-for-profit holistic horse sanctuary offering equine-assisted personal development and learning opportunities). She writes: “Even though pharmaceutical intervention and talking therapies are still the most popular form of intervention offered by the NHS in…
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We All Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The publishers say: “ We All Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest is an irreverent look at psychiatry through stories that, though funny, often have layers of meaning. Ronald Coleman has moved away from his usual critical and sometimes angry approach to the psychiatric system. In this entertaining…
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What is it like to live without any friends?
Hamish Mackay reports for the BBC : “‘You learn to rely on yourself and only yourself,’ says 26-year-old Hazel Newell, reflecting on a period of her life that left her feeling alone, anxious and unable to connect with those around her. According to new…
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Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing has produced an inquiry report – Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing – Second Edition (July 2017) – that presents the findings of two years of research, evidence-gathering and discussions with patients, health and social care professionals, artists and arts…
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