When hope becomes a product: The aspiration economy in psychology training


Abstract

This paper examines how constrained psychology training pathways produce a market of commercial services, arguing that commodified hope reflects structural scarcity and neoliberal responsibilisation rather than individual deficit.


Citation

Isibor, M. (2026). When hope becomes a product: The aspiration economy in psychology training, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 26 (1), pp. 50-54.



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