Tag: education
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Juno Loves Legs, Karl Geary. A Psychological Portrait of Juno
Please note this article contains spoiler for Juno Loves Legs. Juno Loves Legs is a beautiful and devastating novel with so much heart. It tells the tale of Juno, an incredibly resilient and strong young girl growing up in 1980’s Dublin. It’s a love story of friendship between Juno and Legs. Two outsiders, who fight…
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Caledonian Road, Andrew O’Hagan. A Psychological Portrait of Campbell Flynn
Please note: This article contains spoilers for Caledonian Road. Caledonian Road is the latest novel from Booker Prize nominated author Andrew O’Hagan. It is a book of epic proportions, with a host of principal characters who are all part of a complex and interconnected web. Campbell Flynn is at the centre of the novel and…
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Fictional Formulations and The Paperback Psychologist
A reflection on reading, Compassion Focused Therapy, and taking psychological formulations out of the therapy room and into understanding literary characters A Guest blog post written for balancedminds.com I’m very proud to have been able to contribute to the Compassion Focused Therapy blog for Balanced Minds. It was a chance to step back and reflect…
The Paperback Psychologist 