Dr Nini Kerr
@ninikerr.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Counselling & Psychotherapy, University of Edinburgh; #psychoanalysis and social justice; critical #reflexivity; #decolonial; 🐶 mum
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/ninifangdr
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/ninifangdr
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…
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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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December 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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!
December 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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!
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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!
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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!
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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.
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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
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
September 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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
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…
September 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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!
September 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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.
September 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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.
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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
Karnacbooks.com
@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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
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
Karnacbooks.com
@ppscnyc.bsky.social @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social @theijp.bsky.social @ipaonline.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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
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!
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May 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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“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
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May 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“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...
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...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“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...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊
April 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊
April 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 😊
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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
April 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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
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Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
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March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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"Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship... key psychoanalytic concepts need to be reviewed when working with autistic patients."
Read this free article from our publication The British Journal of Psychotherapy:
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#NCW25 #neurodiversity
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Sitting with invisible difference: Psychoanalytics and autism
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship. Much of the complication has arisen from patients with autism being misunderstood by those who have used a psychoanalytic ...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and autism have had a complicated relationship... key psychoanalytic concepts need to be reviewed when working with autistic patients."
Read this free article from our publication The British Journal of Psychotherapy:
bit.ly/4kDuBB5
#NCW25 #neurodiversity
Read this free article from our publication The British Journal of Psychotherapy:
bit.ly/4kDuBB5
#NCW25 #neurodiversity
Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
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March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Join us for a morning of insightful discussions on Rising Authoritarianism and Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy with leading thinkers #SusieOrbach #BarryRichards @wkerr.bsky.social
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Someone created this on Youtube - such a cute effort to put a lantern in the background ☺️
youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...
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Culture as the bad object by Nini Kerr
YouTube video by BN Counseling
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March 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Someone created this on Youtube - such a cute effort to put a lantern in the background ☺️
youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...
youtube.com/watch?v=oA5G...