How Capitalism Turns Inequality into Self-Blame
Hardship is not only material, it is also interpreted. How capitalism teaches people to read inequality as personal failure.
Reading Between the Diagnoses: A Social Worker’s Guide to Psychiatry’s Past and Present
A social worker's guide to psychiatry's past and present, and what that history means for diagnosis in clinical practice today.
Bringing Structure to the Therapeutic Unknown
The moment after a client leaves and you are not sure what just happened. Why I wrote a set of practical clinical guides.
Working Effectively with People Living with, and affected by, HIV
A long read for practitioners on working effectively with people living with, and affected by, HIV. Written with Jordan Arseneault.
Employees Are Rejecting DEI Theatre and Demanding True Equity
Every organizational decision is political. Why employees are rejecting performative DEI and what they are asking for instead.
What’s your organization’s DEI endgame?
A potluck is nice, but it's not a measure of equity. Twelve questions for embedding equity into how an organization actually runs.
Object Relations Theory and Therapy for the Disillusioned Nationalist
Using object relations theory to understand urgency, anger and disillusionment with nation and politics in therapy.
The holiday greeting your company won’t ever send
A satirical end-of-year letter from a CEO who finally says what most companies won't.
On being a politicized practitioner
Should politics come into the therapy room? How a political lens shapes clinical listening, assessment and intervention, with case examples.
Cultural Safety & Countertransference: Working in Communities You Belong To
When you work in a community you belong to, sameness shapes the transference. Five vignettes and supervision questions for therapists.