Description
In 2017 the global #MeToo movement burst through the conspiracy of silence around women's experience of sexual abuse and violence. Since then, other groups have found the courage to declare that they too have experienced sexual abuse and are unafraid and unashamed to let it be known. Now this ground-breaking book provides a space for counsellors and psychotherapists - more often the listeners - to tell their own stories, sometimes for the first time. Each chapter is written by a counsellor, psychotherapist or therapy client and followed up with an exploratory dialogue between writer and peer. Together the contributions form a community of #TherapistsToo voices, brought together in the hope that readers within and beyond the counselling and psychotherapy realm will feel less alone and more connected. This is a book for anyone wanting to understand the ubiquity of sexual violence and sexual abuse. It's about how to respond, support, raise awareness, campaign and be part of creating a culture that says #TimesUp!
About the Author
Deborah A Lee is a senior lecturer in sociology at Nottingham Trent University and a person-centred psychotherapist. Her current research interests include arts-based approaches to psychotherapy case studies, critical psychopathology, psychotherapy training, therapists and creativity, public psychotherapy, and auto/biographical explorations of sexual violence and its aftermath. She was previously a steering group member of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR) and editor of its Transformations journal. She is now associate editor of Psychotherapy and Politics International and a member of the UKCP ethics committee. -- Emma Palmer is a BACP-accredited counsellor, relational body psychotherapist, supervisor and ecopsychologist, and a Buddhist since 1995. She was previously a steering group member of Psychotherapist and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR) and editor of its Transformations journal. She has worked extensively in education, including teaching postgraduate international development studies at Bristol University, working with NGOs in Africa, offering ecopsychology public talks and workshops and leading retreats. She has published several books under her former name, Kamalamani, on topics including meditation, childlessness and somatic psychotherapy
Book Information
ISBN 9781910919538
Author Deborah A. Lee
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint PCCS Books
Publisher PCCS Books
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 14mm
About the Author
Deborah A Lee is a senior lecturer in sociology at Nottingham Trent University and a person-centred psychotherapist. Her current research interests include arts-based approaches to psychotherapy case studies, critical psychopathology, psychotherapy training, therapists and creativity, public psychotherapy, and auto/biographical explorations of sexual violence and its aftermath. She was previously a steering group member of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR) and editor of its Transformations journal. She is now associate editor of Psychotherapy and Politics International and a member of the UKCP ethics committee. -- Emma Palmer is a BACP-accredited counsellor, relational body psychotherapist, supervisor and ecopsychologist, and a Buddhist since 1995. She was previously a steering group member of Psychotherapist and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR) and editor of its Transformations journal. She has worked extensively in education, including teaching postgraduate international development studies at Bristol University, working with NGOs in Africa, offering ecopsychology public talks and workshops and leading retreats. She has published several books under her former name, Kamalamani, on topics including meditation, childlessness and somatic psychotherapy
Book Information
ISBN 9781910919538
Author Deborah A. Lee
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint PCCS Books
Publisher PCCS Books
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 14mm
