Steve Perkins

Owen Jones Gets Triggered...?

Two hours on Triggernometry, a great many facts, and a curious inability to change one’s mind.

9 hrs ago • Steve Perkins

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Not Yours to Give...

Psychotherapy, Institutional Trust and the Moral Cost of Other People's Good Intentions

Oct 10 • Steve Perkins

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September 2026

The DeGale conundrum...

Being a lifelong boxing fan, it caught my eye that James DeGale is fighting tonight.

Sep 26 • Steve Perkins

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Critical Social Justice Has Reached the Therapy Room...

A shorter argument about BACP’s new Ethical Framework and anti-oppressive practice

Sep 21 • Steve Perkins

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August 2026

BACP’s 2026 Ethical Framework and “Anti-Oppressive Practice”

The BACP has written a worldview into its rulebook.

Aug 31 • Steve Perkins

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The Natural Constituency...(4.8.26)

Being a therapist is strange work at the best of times, and over the last year I've been thinking about my practice, how I work, and what I believe…

Aug 4 • Steve Perkins

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June 2026

The Unwatched Years - Social Media and Childhood...(18.6.26)

And so… the government is going to ban under-16s from the main social media platforms.

Jun 18 • Steve Perkins

June update...(9.6.26)

I wanted to post a bit of a midyear update here.

Jun 9 • Steve Perkins

The Right Not to Be Interpreted...(2.6.26)

On therapeutic restraint, and why some experiences need company before they need meaning.

Jun 2 • Steve Perkins

May 2026

The Starmer Problem...(18.5.26)

A confession: I find Keir Starmer genuinely irritating.

May 18 • Steve Perkins

The Interpretive Ratchet...(16.5.26)

How closed systems turn every challenge into proof

May 16 • Steve Perkins

The Further Away You Are, the More Certain You Get...(3.5.26)

Distance & Certainty...

May 3 • Steve Perkins