Dean Whittington: 3 books
Bath of Steel
The Erasure and Regeneration of Marginalised Psychologies
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2012
Attachment Theory, the Self Medication Hypothesis and Individual Psychology are brought together to revitalize marginalized men. Bath of Steel shows how therapy validates trauma through building a purpose by finding a meaning to live. This is the psychological escape ladder from chronic depression....
Psychologically Informed Environments
Therapeutic Regeneration
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Psychologically Informed Environments outlines the problems inherent in working with marginal populations, (such as the homeless). The analysis considers the issue of masculinities, and how these are erased within current academic discourses. The key issue is around how emotional recovery is generated...
The Perpetual Treadmill
Encased Within the Bureaucratic Machinery of Homelessness, Mental Health, Criminal Justice and Substance Use Services Trying to Find an Exit Point.
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The Perpetual Treadmill is a care pathway devised to ensnare the poor within a never ending treatment system for their own good, after they have been labelled with their designated malaise. Once caught within it, similar to Kafkas Trial and Castle, they are wedged within its corridors where they are...