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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · 5d

Even to this day, I'm still glad to have a first degree in medical sociology - as a psychotherapist there isn't a day I don't read sociology into the mental health conditions.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Sep 11

What I say to clients struggling with people-pleasing:

Your kindness is not a free pass. You wouldn't work for free, so why are you letting people take advantage of your emotional labour?

#PennyDrop

Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just saw a decision to a manuscript as a reviewer. I feel for the author. I’m not an especially generous reviewer, but it’s troubling to see peer review turn into a platform for personal opinion rather than a constructive evaluation of the work itself…

Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Sep 5

R.I.P, Ronald Britton. Very few people speak the truth quite like you did!

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Sep 5

So much going on that every conversation lately touches on some forms of existential dread or anxiety. Giving yourself the permission to unplug isn’t indifference. It's self-empathy. We can't pour from an empty cup, and we can't help others if we're drowning ourselves.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy to endorse Graham’s new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairn’s model of endopsychic structure and offers a fresh take on it - out 11 Sep!
Karnacbooks.com

@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy to endorse Graham’s new book as a fellow Fairbairnian thinker. It explores Fairbairn’s model of endopsychic structure and offers a fresh take on it - out 11 Sep!
Karnacbooks.com

@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · May 20

Great editorial opening on the latest special issue! As a contributor, good to see different takes on the topic! Read David & Liz’s piece first - then read Barry and me (same issue) to further complicate and expand the thinking on #nationalism!

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · May 5

“The Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Right” is now out. We show how banal nationalism creates the conditions for the rise of far-right populism, which exploits social alienation & economic hardship to blame outsiders for national decline
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · May 5

“The Role of Nationalism in the Appeal of the Far Right” is now out. We show how banal nationalism creates the conditions for the rise of far-right populism, which exploits social alienation & economic hardship to blame outsiders for national decline
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Apr 23

Pleased to be part of the #ASEN2025

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Apr 12

Thank you everyone who joined us yesterday - we enjoyed sharing the space, the energy, and at times anxiety and helplessness with you all! ⭐️ A record-breaking 350 people registered, showing just how eager ppl were to discuss the rise of authoritarianism affecting us all around the world.

Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Apr 10

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊

Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Mar 24

Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Apr 10

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊

Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Apr 7

As a shrink, I see the #DisabilityBenefits cuts hit like a tsunami: suicidal ideation up, hope drowned. £5.5bn saved on paper, but the human cost? Unaccountable. This proposed policy is stoppable - please write to your MP today. #WelfareNotWarfare

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Mar 19

Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
Sign up: forms.office.com/e/JxUcQ3z7eR
Fri 11th April 2025, 10am – 1:30pm
Free, open to all! 🤗

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British Psychotherapy Foundation @psychotherapy.bsky.social · Mar 20

"Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship... key psychoanalytic concepts need to be reviewed when working with autistic patients."

Read this free article from our publication The British Journal of Psychotherapy:

bit.ly/4kDuBB5

#NCW25 #neurodiversity

Sitting with invisible difference: Psychoanalytics and autism

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship. Much of the complication has arisen from patients with autism being misunderstood by those who have used a psychoanalytic ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Mar 19

Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
Sign up: forms.office.com/e/JxUcQ3z7eR
Fri 11th April 2025, 10am – 1:30pm
Free, open to all! 🤗

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Mar 19

Someone created this on Youtube - such a cute effort to put a lantern in the background ☺️

youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...

Culture as the bad object by Nini Kerr

YouTube video by BN Counseling

youtube.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Feb 22

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Jan 23

[CfP] Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity

Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) 9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX

Deadline: 10 February 2025

www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...

Conference 2025

Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS)9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX Conference enquirie…

www.psychosocial-studies-association.org

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Dr Nini Kerr @ninikerr.bsky.social · Jan 23

[CfP] Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity

Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) 9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX

Deadline: 10 February 2025

www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...

Conference 2025

Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS)9-10 June 2025, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London TW1 4SX Conference enquirie…

www.psychosocial-studies-association.org

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jan 17

The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerr’s evocative & reflective article, ‘Culture as the Bad Object’ @ our 3rd session. It’s available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social

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Dr. Nick Literski @drnickliterski.bsky.social · Dec 21

Blessed Solstice to All! Welcome back the Light!

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