There is also an accompanying blog post summarising some of our conversation: josephinehughes.com/how-to-recog...

New podcast episode! With thanks to @josephineh.bsky.social for the conversation. I hope it is useful to therapists, supervisors and clients who might be concerned or curious about Harm in Therapy. click here to listen: player.captivate.fm/episode/7b61...

Being discarded by a therapist with little or no notice is sh*t and the ultimate disparagement - if it goes something like "your problems and how you act them out in the therapy (express them) have left me no choice but to discard you" then that is sh*t plus an added large dollop of gaslighting...

Our conference @JUSWAC is underway with Professor Anna Gupta on Social Activism and the ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’

Dr Janet Melville-Wiseman, a Professor of Social Work, challenges the negative perceptions about older people and shares her insights on the valuable contribution they can make to society. Read her blog: www.adass.org.uk/reflections-on-the-contribution-of-our-ageing-population-to-society/

Still time to book for our annual conference. Our second key note lecture is on "A trauma-informed approach to researching trauma" by Professor Helen Beckett. #seeyouthere Book here:https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/events/listing/juswac

Announcing the first of our great keynote lectures at JUSWAC2025. We are delighted that Professor Anna Gupta will deliver a lecture 'Social Work and Social Activism – “The fierce urgency of now”'. Submit your abstracts and book your place now:https://www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listing/juswac

Still time to submit your abstract for our JUSWA Social Work Education and Research Conference hosted by the University of Central Lancashire. Deadline for abstracts 10th March. Information about our keynotes and plenary sessions to follow shortly #seeyouthere www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listi...

Submit your abstracts and join us at our great social work education and research conference this year. t.co/BRlkQpqXEM #seeyouthere

Our annual national and international social work education and research conference website is now live. Hope to see many of you there 25th-27th June 2025. www.uclan.ac.uk/events/listi...

Election results have you thinking of giving up? @anneapplebaum on a recent Ezra Klein Show: "The worst . . . consequence of this kind of government . . . is that people become apathetic. . ." There are joyful and constructive alternatives to apathy. www.institutionalcourage.org/the-call-to-...