Articles
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Image above Shiraz Bayjoo Image illustrating ‘Democracy’ 2017. Digitised collage, acrylic ink on paper with archival lithograph Courtesy of the artist. The Making of Meaning
Published in Engage magazine, this article uses emotional learning cards to explore questions such as 'What is “the self” and how is it formed?
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Informed Outcomes: Self-rating measures and their use in psychodynamic therapy with adolescents
Therapists are choosing (or being required by their services) to incorporate written assessment procedures such as self-rating questionnaires into their practice. Based on an A Space and University of Essex study, the relative merits and disadvantages of using such protocols in work with adolescents are considered.
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Lu Chunsheng’s photograph entitled I want to be gentleman No. 3, 2000 How do we live well with others?
How do we live well with others? is a searching question underpinning the work of philosophers, psychotherapists, and cultural theorists such Professor Stuart Hall who was influential in early campaigns for social and racial justice and a central figure in the founding of Iniva, becoming its first Chair.
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Campbell X ‘Stud Life’ 2013 What do relationships mean to you?
Our identity and relationship patterns are influenced by the messages we pick up from those around us. Whether we're aware of it or not, our family's notions of what is permissible - or the opposite - will be conveyed to us from early childhood onwards.
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Insecure by Shiraz Bayjoo Reflecting on the A-Z of Emotions
We all have feelings that we try to avoid experiencing or just ‘bottle up’. Being able to register and name all our emotions, reflect on them, and respond appropriately helps us to foster and sustain meaningful, mutually supportive relationships.
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Uncover, discover, create
Exploring identity, difference and diversity is always relevant, compelling, and emotionally resonant. Each of us must work out who we really are, which usually includes challenging some of our skewed self-perceptions as well as re-thinking our place in the world.
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Peregrinations (2008) by Aya Haidar Reflections on Identity
Featuring themes from the Emotional Learning Cards Who are you? Where are you going?