This article analyzes the structural contradictions in the professional lives of social workers
and counselors (“psychotherapists”) that give rise to a set of rationalizing discourses that …

This dissertation uses the Marxist perspective to explore the intersection between
psychotherapy and social class and to examine the dilemma of being a clinical psychologist …

The documentation amassed in these provisionalassessments of the changing terms
andconditions of psychiatric work amounts to areconfiguring of the moral economy of care …

This chapter draws on insights formulated at the intersection of two modes of inquiry,
analysis, and practice, to parse out the constraints of practising critical social work in the …

The rise of neoliberalism has influenced both policy and practice. With an emphasis on the
economic market, performance, and efficiency, practitioners must re-examine their role and …

Although the field of clinical social work has historically distinguished itself among the
helping professions by its attentiveness to the ecological systems within which client …

The chapter explores articulations and practices of politics in the therapeutic field. In
dialogue with debates on the turmoil of political governance and the post-political condition …

Refusal of services has long been treated as prima facie evidence of a disordered mind; this
paper inquires instead into the tainted nature of the offer. I first sketch the conflicted nature of …

This article examines neuroleptics in relation to the histories of biopsychiatry and
neoliberalism in the United States. Drawing from Foucault's concept of biopower, I contend …

Psychotherapists in mental health institutions as a professional group are part of the medical
system, and from this perspective, as representing an occupation that serves the public …