September Newsletter Welcome to the latest PCCS Books newsletter. We are pleased to be sharing news of our forthcoming books and events. Also, as we get closer to the start of the academic study year we are offering students an extra 10% off all our books at PCCS Books throughout September and October. And finally, we hope you enjoy reading an extract from the excellent and recently published Psychogeography and Psychotherapy: connecting pathways. Publishing soon Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis edited by Jo Watson How and why does psychiatric diagnosis hold so much power in mental health? What harm can a diagnosis do? What are the alternatives, and how can the diagnostic, medical model of mental healthcare be challenged? These are the urgent questions that the many contributors to this book address. It is an essential read for all those who look beyond the labels. The book is based on the ‘A Disorder for Everyone!’ events launched by Jo Watson in 2016 to explore and explode the culture of psychiatric diagnosis in mental health. Publishing – 3rd September. Pre-order here The book will be launched in Birmingham later this month – see below for details Questioning Psychology: beyond theory and control by Brian E Levitt What gets in the way of our understanding other people? So asks psychologist Brian Levitt in this challenging and deeply reflective book. Levitt writes with honesty and humility about the profession in which he has worked for 25 years and the people he has worked with. He questions the assumptions that prevent us from seeing people more fully for who they are; the belief systems that underpin all that we do; the devices and methods psychologists routinely use; the influence of the systems within which they work, and the impacts of power and fear. He speaks to newly qualified and more seasoned practitioners alike with his call to look beyond theory and control and see the full complexity of the people who face them in their work. Publishing – 3rd October. Pre-order here As the new academic term starts we are offering students 10% off all online purchases (including free p & p) at PCCS Books. This is in addition to our already discounted online prices. The offer will be live throughout September and October, to redeem use the code textbooks2019 at check-out. Forthcoming Events On September 20th we will be marking the launch of Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis edited by Jo Watson with a special event in Birmingham. Come and join us and hear from the contributors including Dr Lucy Johnstone, Dr Jacqui Dillon, Pete Sanders, Prof Emmy Van Deuzen, Dr Akima Thomas OBE and Prof John Reed. More information and tickets can be found here Extract – Psychogeography and Psychotherapy Read an extract from the recent publication Psychogeography and Psychotherapy: connecting pathways edited by Chris Rose. ‘Identity is tied to place. The environment is not the backdrop; it is woven through our identity.’ So writes Chris Rose in her introduction to this insightful collection on the mutually enriching relationship between psychogeography and psychotherapy. Continue reading the introduction here |