20% promotional discount on The Oedipus Complex when you order through Routledge #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #freud #oedipus

It’s published! Copies of my new book have arrived! 😁 There’s a promotional discount of 20% until 30 Sept when you buy from Routledge website- using code 25AFLY2 #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #oedipus

My film essay on All of Us Strangers has been published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. It’s published open access #psychoanalysis #lgbtq #homophobia #AllofUsStrangers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our paper has been published in the latest issue of Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Gay men’s experiences of holding hands in public. It is published open access, so free to read and download. #psychoanalysis, #LGBTQ, #homophobia link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My Guardian column this week, a man writes in about the soul-sucking aspect of dating apps. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Coming out in September… #psychoanalysis

Waiting to see Richard II at The Bridge Theatre

Excellent piece in The Guardian by my colleague, Juliet Rosenfeld

I have a paper accepted for publication in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis @theijp.bsky.social - an essay on the film ‘All of Us Strangers’. It’s available online first & is open access (freely available) #psychoanalysis #homophobia #AllofUsStrangers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Manuscript finished and ready to submit to publisher! To be published as part of the Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis book series. Out later this year.

We have a new paper published in Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Gay men’s experiences of holding hands in public: Psychosocial dilemmas and the discourse of homophobia. It’s published Open Access, so free to read ⬇️ #psychoanalysis #homophobia #lgbt link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Frosty morning

Having fun at the Anthony McCall installation at the Tate

Having fun at the Anthony McCall installation at the Tate

Walking home on a gothic-like snowy night after having gone to watch the movie Nosferatu 🧛‍♀️

If you wanted to read a book that gives a sense of what happens in #psychoanalytic #psychotherapy, these 3 books are excellent: 1. The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz. A beautifully written series of short accounts of deep emotional conflicts that are explored in the consulting room

Excellent piece in NY Times by Orna Guralnik “Interest in difference is a place of potential growth and repair”

I’m finishing writing a book on the Oedipus Complex, a Contemporary Introduction. Thinking of interesting cultural examples from films, art etc of Oedipal dynamics. And suggestions, #psychoanalytic #psychodynamic colleagues? #psychoanalysis

Our book ~ Sexual Minorities and Mental Health: Current Perspectives and New Directions ~ edited by @joannasemlyen.bsky.social and I, has 17 great chapters exploring different aspects related to #LGBT #mentalhealth

Very excited to be launching a new location in the North of England (Newcastle). We’ll be running a new Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training and a Foundation Course from September 2025. www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/education/le... #newcastle #psychotherapy

Our book on #psychodynamic #psychotherapy covers: theory, research, analytic frame, assessment & formulation, unconscious communications, defences, mentalising, transference & countertransference, brief work, challenges, diversity, technology & social media: www.routledge.com/A-Clinical-G...

“Before expressing any kind of affection in public I had to ring the bell of permission … it was not something spontaneous” (José). Our research project explored #LGBTQ couples’ experiences of #homophobia and holding hands with their partners in public: lgbtq-holdinghands.com