"Psychotherapy takes place within a social context of modern life. if modern life is rubbish, how can we hold hope in psychotherapy? We need to look to the past to understand the present and prepare for tomorrow."
"In both books, I explore these themes of young adulthood in the wider context of contemporary society, just as I do in the therapy room. I consider things like post-Brexit Britain, the legacy of Covid and the pandemic lockdowns, war in Europe and the Middle East, the cost-of-living crisis, the climate crisis, the housing crisis and the concept of permacrisis, a portmanteau of permanent and crisis which seems to succinctly sum up modern life in a nutshell."
"The themes I explore in both books include education and exam anxiety, social media and internet dating, peer and family relationships, privilege, race, religion, sex, drugs, gender, separation, loss, compliance and choice. In both books, I explore these themes of young adulthood in the wider context of contemporary society, just as I do in the therapy room."
Psychotherapy happens within the social context of modern life. Contemporary pressures shape the themes young adults bring into therapy, including education and exam anxiety, social media and internet dating, peer and family relationships, privilege, race, religion, sex, drugs, gender, separation, loss, compliance, and choice. Broader societal conditions such as post-Brexit realities, the legacy of Covid and lockdowns, war in Europe and the Middle East, the cost-of-living crisis, the climate crisis, and the housing crisis contribute to a sense of ongoing instability often described as permacrisis. When modern life feels harmful, maintaining hope in psychotherapy requires looking to the past to understand the present and prepare for tomorrow.
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