The Activist Practitioner Magazine

The Activist Practitioner

The Activist Practitioner is a magazine dedicated to sharing ideas, practices and stories about psychology and social justice concerns.

  1. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 15: Suggestions for Inclusive Language in Clinical Practice

    Our editorial team came together for a discussion about how clinical language can advance sanist ideas and to consider some more humanising alternative terms. Some people will prefer some terms and some people will prefer others. These are our suggestions. In the future we would like to create a living glossary that reflects how the meaning of these terms changes over time as they are used for different purposes.

    6 min

  2. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 14: Sanism and the Mental State Exam

    Does the way mental health professionals talk about, diagnose, document and refer people with mental distress do justice to their humanity and their personal recovery, or do they perpetuate sanism? A conversation between Holly Vine and Ruth Wells

    24 min

  3. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 13: Embrace

    'Embrace' is a poem written by Emma O'Donnell following a session with her therapist. In it, she re-lives her "adventurous, wonderful, carefree childhood."

    5 min

  4. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 12: Ideas that Changed Me

    Content warning: Suicide, sexual violence, abortion Fi Peel takes us on a profound journey through extreme mental distress and suicidality, against the backdrop and stress of bushfires, coronavirus, a housing crisis and the "invisible pandemic" of sanism. This is about the power of music and theatre, and the strength of Fi Peel.

    19 min

  5. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 11: Regrowth After Wildfire; Journeys of a Wounded Healer

    Content warning: Suicide This episode is a poem written by Damian Rayner. It explores the traumatic loss of his brother to suicide and the ways it has shaped both his personal growth and his work as a clinical psychologist.

    10 min

  6. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 10: Gaslighting - Getting out of your head

    "Gaslighting is a common tactic against those with invisible disabilities, as well as differing abilities, and understanding it has been critical to understanding myself." Jennifer Fehr describes practices of gaslighting and toxic messaging, including self-gaslighting, and the ways in which gaslighting isn't always intentional on the part of the gaslighters.

    10 min

  7. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 9: Lock and Key

    "Obsession is a nasty dance with trusting oneself."  "I've had courage to walk into places of the mind." A powerful and moving story by Karen Millstein detailing her lived experience of mental distress and psychiatric treatment.

    17 min

  8. 01/22/2021

    Sanism Episode 8: Finding Our Centre

    This episode is a conversation between Karen Millstein and editor Ruah Grace. Karen talks about her practice as a Peer Specialist in mental health, and her own personal experiences of "big feelings", often referred to as psychosis.

    20 min
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