Welcome to this latest issue of JCPCP. One of the most disturbing perspectives in recent decades has been watching the baby boomers eat everything and belch in the face of everyone else - all driven by establishment policy of course. What this means for psy is in part articulated by papers such as the one by Isibor in this issue of JCPCP which looks at some of the barriers to social mobility occuring in clinical psychology. More of this please. Also, the paper by Freeman which acknowledges a rise in reactionary politics in the UK and political disinterest amongst psy professionals. The extent of the problem perhaps embodied by McGloin's paper in that a decades old reprint calling for basic psy reform still reads like cutting edge thinking.

Many self proclaimed critical psy baby boomers no doubt voted for more neoliberalism in 2019 here in the UK. The extent of this political betrayal we will never know, but we can know about a stunning lack of reform within psy over the past decades. One fact that should be remembered is that younger people in the UK tended not to vote for neoliberalism. It's astonishing what cheap houses, accessible careers and final salary pensions did to the minds of a generation. Power corrupts as they say. More information can be found here.

Introducing the latest issue of JCPCP. We have a paper exploring the disconnect between how psychiatry is actually practiced versus how it should be practiced according to the World Health Organisation. Spoiler: they are not the same. John Herbert also provides a moving account of his story and treatment at the hands of psy experts. A must read given the disconnect between how the public thinks the system works (and how professionals pretend it does), versus how it actually does in the real world.Contents found here.

Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. Are we all in some kind of cult? This issue looks briefly at cults with a paper exploring the idea of cults and psy. There is also a piece which seeks to shed some light on identity politics and the role it has played undermining system reform. Finally, Joanne hunt presents a paper on the potential of solidarity for those in medically oppressed positions. Please view the contents here.

Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. The 'Tommy Gun' issue is what it suggests. In other words, a look at some of the disagreements, misunderstandings, ignorance, self-interest and corruption that shapes much of the world of psy - but not including Richard Long's paper which offers an enlightened glimpse into the very accessible and nourishing world around us. See you out there amongst the weeds, flowers, mushrooms and trees! The full contents can be viewed here.

Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. This issue contains an in depth analysis of continued human rights violations perpetrated by modern psychiatry. We also have a paper on the post office scandal where computers and their rich bourgeois owners destroyed the lives of hundreds of innocent working people. One of the many lessons from this being the importance of reforming psy teaching practices. Needless to say, I wont be holding my breath. The full contents can be viewed here.

Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. This issue is a collection of papers that discusses the role of class and how it impacts psychotherapy. In an age where the establishment desperately tries to shutdown and discredit discussion about this subject and anything relating to it, the authors presented here help to shed some light on this most censored of areas. Some things never change, but at least we are not doing a special issue on identity politics! The full contents can be viewed here.

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This issue includes a paper on racism, imperialism and anger in applied psychotherapy with refugees. There is also a complex reflective piece on a musical theme and its associated feeling. Craig Newnes has also written a classic paper on therapy in the age of austerity which will make you laugh out loud as well as cry into your oat latte. The full contents can be viewed here.

This issue includes papers on ADHD, living with disability and the community making that stems from playing music. Sandy Burbach also writes about the importance of groups and dispensing with the expert when trying to genuinely help others. The full contents can be viewed here.

This book is a collection of poems about mental health in collaboration with the artwork of Dutch artist Marcel Herms. Priced at £13, it is available at egalitarianpublishing.com/books/psychobabbleandsnakeoil