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therapy culture
An emotional striptease
spiked,
17 May 2007
Ignore those publishers who claim ‘misery memoirs’ are popular because they tell life-affirming stories of survival. In truth, these books are a voyeur’s wet dream
A Roman Circus for faux celebrity
Sunday Telegraph,
24 September 2006
The casual manner with which elected public figures defer to unelected celebrities indicates that they possess a feeble sense of their own authority.
Why the politics of happiness makes me mad
spiked,
23 May 2006
If you’re unhappy with state-sponsored happiness programmes, clap your hands.
Politicians, economists, teachers… why are they so desperate to make us happy?
The Sunday Telgraph,
7 May 2006
What the happiness lobbyists are actually saying is that we should be content with what's on offer
Courtroom therapy makes a mockery of justice
spiked,
24 April 2006
UK courts will soon give the family of murder victims their say in court - that is bad news for all concerned
Hollow words: ‘Holistic’
The First Post,
16 March 2006
Meaning disappears into a holistic hole
The Age of Unreason
Spectator,
18 November 2005
Celebrities, healers and new age gurus transmit the message that normal human beings cannot do it on their own
The blame game
BBC News,
6 September 2005
Who is responsible for natural disasters? God, nature, governments...
Our unhealthy obsession with sickness
spiked,
23 March 2005
Why is being ill now embraced as a positive part of the human experience?
Reflections on the medicalisation of social experience
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Vol 32, No 3A reply to Phillip Hodson
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