An extract from David Kalisch’s review of Naomi Klein’s 2014 Book ‘This Changes Everything‘ Once every few years, Naomi Klein comes out with a new blockbuster that changes the terms of the debate about current issues of pressing concern. This new title is no different: not only does Klein revivify the climate change debate with …
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Stephen Joseph discusses the psychology of post-traumatic growth The field of psychological trauma is changing as researchers recognise that adversity does not always lead to a damaged and dysfunctional life. Post-traumatic growth refers to how adversity can be a springboard to higher levels of psychological well-being. This article provides an overview of theory, practice …
Ahead of his Time: Carl Rogers on ‘Professionalism’, 1973 Richard House ‘Leonard Piper’ IPN group, London Published in IPNOSIS: an Independent Journal for Practitioners, 6 (Summer), 2002; reprinted in R. House (2010) In, Against and Beyond Therapy, PCCS Books, pp. 202–7 Perhaps the safety, the prestige, the vestments of traditionalism that can be earned …
Why a Zen monk of dubious repute persists in calling himself thus by Manu Bazzano Because I inherited this love of living-and-dying. Because I never took the bourgeois vows of purity, property & patriotism but the bodhisattva vows of complicity with living-and-dying. Because I see a Buddha in everyone. Because the Dharma is paradox. Because …
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The Spring 2015 issue of Self & Society has the following featured articles: Special Theme Symposium: Mindfulness and Beyond Before and after mindfulness — Manu Bazzano Confessions of a mind-wandering MBSR student: remembering social amnesia — Ronald E. Purser Painting eyeballs on chaos: on Zen and birth trauma — Dorinda Talbot A popular misconception — David Brazier …
