Delighted to share our new paper on Psychosocial Thematic Analysis. We argue that heavy silences, pauses, defensive pivots, and the unsaid are equally powerful expressions - the dynamics are the data. Open-access: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #Qualitative #Psychosocial

Sharing latest methodology: Psychosocial Thematic Analysis (PTA). Interview transcripts aren't just scripts; they are emotional landscapes. We shift the focus from literal text to the dynamics of the encounter. The dynamics are the data. open-access bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Delighted to share our new paper on Psychosocial Thematic Analysis. We argue that heavy silences, pauses, defensive pivots, and the unsaid are equally powerful expressions - the dynamics are the data. Open-access: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #Qualitative #Psychosocial

[Open Access] The work revisits #Fairbairn’s “object-seeking” via his life; offers a psychosocial critique of the tyranny embedded in everyday relations and institutions. It points toward radical marginality as a vital site for independent thinking and resistance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

The paper revisits Fairbairn’s concept of “object-seeking”, situating it within the complex, often fraught relational dynamics between self and other in everyday life. Adopting a psychosocial lens,...

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Had the joy of presenting our latest work at the Kyoto Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy! 👹 So cool to see our names in Japanese. ニニ・カー＆ウィリアム・カー 恵まれない若者達と国家の魅力：英国における若者の過激化に関する心理社会学的分析

[Open Access] The work revisits #Fairbairn’s “object-seeking” via his life; offers a psychosocial critique of the tyranny embedded in everyday relations and institutions. It points toward radical marginality as a vital site for independent thinking and resistance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

The paper revisits Fairbairn’s concept of “object-seeking”, situating it within the complex, often fraught relational dynamics between self and other in everyday life. Adopting a psychosocial lens,...

tandfonline.com

[Open Access] The work revisits #Fairbairn’s “object-seeking” via his life; offers a psychosocial critique of the tyranny embedded in everyday relations and institutions. It points toward radical marginality as a vital site for independent thinking and resistance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

The paper revisits Fairbairn’s concept of “object-seeking”, situating it within the complex, often fraught relational dynamics between self and other in everyday life. Adopting a psychosocial lens,...

tandfonline.com

[Open Access] The work revisits #Fairbairn’s “object-seeking” via his life; offers a psychosocial critique of the tyranny embedded in everyday relations and institutions. It points toward radical marginality as a vital site for independent thinking and resistance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The tyranny of relationality: Psychosocial implications of Ronald Fairbairn’s “object-seeking”

The paper revisits Fairbairn’s concept of “object-seeking”, situating it within the complex, often fraught relational dynamics between self and other in everyday life. Adopting a psychosocial lens,...

tandfonline.com

Currently reading “The Debt of Privilege” by Krueger & Aarseth. A timely piece! Thrilled to see our work on “nationalism & the far right” listed alongside it in the Journal of Psychosocial Studies ‘Most Read’ collection. free access until end of Feb: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Most...

When I wrote Culture as the Bad Object, I was in a troubled place feeling confronted by my own racist feelings (spectacular hypocrisy!). Turns out it’s my most ‘popular’ so far it was the most downloaded of the Journal last year. My existential agony paid off… link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Culture as the bad object - Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society

This paper creatively extends Fairbairn’s theory to investigate the impact of the UK’s hostile environment policy on marginalised communities at the intersection of culture, politics and society. The ...

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Cards written and sealed, was ready to post them until partner reminded me about stamps. Spent a moment looking for the 'Send' button on the envelope... 😱 so clearly out of practice!

For those on the east coast, I’m doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!

For those on the east coast, I’m doing this gig on my latest work with CMPS next weekend - come join us if you can!

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.

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

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…

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

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.

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

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

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...

“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...

“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...

Pleased to be part of the #ASEN2025

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 · last yr.

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊

Dr Nini Kerr@ninikerr.bsky.social · last yr.

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