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‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M. (2017, October). ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, Rutgers University Continuing Education Conference Center, New Jersey

This paper discusses constructions of psychotherapy in the lyrics of popular songs and identifies relevant discourses that are invoked or crafted. Despite a plethora of academic and clinical descriptions of psychotherapy, less research attention has... Read More about ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics.

‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics (2017)
Journal Article
Hadjiosif, M., & Coyle, A. (2017). ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 19(4), 357-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642537.2017.1386223

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite a plethora of academic and clinical descriptions of psychotherapy, less research attention has been focused on the ways in which psychotherapy is talked about and represented in... Read More about ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics.

How critical are we? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Walker, C., Hadjiosif, M., & Desai, M. (2017, September). How critical are we?. Paper presented at 3rd Community Psychology Festival, Bristol, UK

Community psychology: A bridge for psychotherapy and social justice (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M. (2017, January). Community psychology: A bridge for psychotherapy and social justice. Presented at CONFER - Working with the unseen, London, UK

Community psychology is a recently re-invigorated branch of applied psychology that challenges psychology’s heretofore claims to political neutrality. Community psychologists work in diverse settings and are sensitised by a social justice agenda that... Read More about Community psychology: A bridge for psychotherapy and social justice.