Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility locates therapy in social, political, ecological and economic contexts. Tweets by PCSR SM team.
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Israel must release Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri and end all threats to deport him from his home city Jerusalem. We demand @JusticeForSalah and all those facing persecution by Israel’s apartheid regime. #JusticeForSalah
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"Every child matters" says @NSPCC, yet it is silent on JCB's crimes against Palestinian kids. Read @AmnestyUK's 'JCB Off Track' for full story. #HowSafe2022 #DitchJCB
@PippaGough @PeterWanless @DavidHamilton @ProfTanya @andychariots @tomtoumazis @5h34nn4
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New PCSR youtube channel with videos from PCSR May 2021 Conference
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This is the edited recording in a hopefully accessible way of the launch of the campaign, supported by the PCU uaccess2ct.co.uk/video2/
"We’re reminded in the murder of Sarah Everard & now #SabinaNessa, that safety is not a right afforded to all, it is a privilege.
These aren’t isolated incidents & violence do not occur in a vacuum."
I share the rage & grief at the murder of #SabinaNessa, a daughter, a teacher & only 28 - killed in a public place and found after so many hours.
Every year presents a horrific catalogue of violence but no change to the fact that on average 1 woman is killed every 3 days.
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"Wellbeing." What a disastrous misuse of the word.
"Merely offering short-term programmes or classes is not satisfactory for solving long-standing problems of worker wellbeing" @WillJFleming reported to #wesconf2021 earlier this week
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Student Therapists!
Any therapy training course that makes you join a particular professional body is starting off on the wrong foot.
You need to know why you're expected to join one of these bodies.
You SHOULD be told that there is more than one.
In the US most workers don't take holidays. Most aren't entitled to paid maternity leave. If they don't work they lose what little access to health care they might have. The average American can't afford to retire.
And where the US leads the UK follows.
Another way is possible.
In the U.S., we’re told to love work, and to find meaning in it, as if work were a family, or a religion. Jill Lepore chronicles how the unravelling of the labor movement ushered in a new era of work as life.
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Political ideology can lead to shocking outcomes but at least you know what to expect & can vote for something different.
Incompetence is far more dangerous.
The Home Office has admitted that callers to its emergency Afghan aid hotline were redirected to a washing machine repair company.
You couldn’t make it up. This government’s incompetence is ludicrous and dangerous.
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@SurvivingWk has researched this for years, & it isn't limited to the NHS.
Outcome data isn't primarily used to help clients, it's to prove to funders or EAPs that you're worthy of payment. We've known that for years, too.
NHS mental health therapists pressurised to exaggerate success rates, expert claims: ‘Actual human experience was secondary to creating data that would shore up the evidence base for the model to guarantee further investment,’ says one' independent.co.uk/news/healt…
Looking for a new focus on social responsibility?
This could be for you.
#Counselling #Psychotherapy #SocialJustice #TherapistsConnect
PCSR are looking for #therapists with a passion for #socialresponsibility
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Back in Oct19 there was some doubt about the BACP's response to the hypothetical arrest of a member at a @ExtinctionR protest.
@The_HCPC brought a case against a clinical psychologist, examined written submissions and found no case to answer.
Read on . . .
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Is your Council looking for support for refugees?
Feelings of despair & impotence are very natural when watching the Afghanistan disaster unfold: this may be one way of focussing some of that distress, and widening awareness of other refugee groups too.
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A reminder that UK Covid deaths are still way ahead of the entirety of Europe and India.
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TONIGHT!
Be part of discussing IAPT waiting lists; SCoPEd; the quality and quantity of state/voluntary sector therapy; the collapse of CAMHS; schools and college counselling; deskilling and low-wage/no-wage economy of therapy ...
Important campaign for universal access to actual therapy.
Whether you're a student or a very experienced practitioner, your voice is very welcome. If you can't come, please RT widely.