Alice Child
@alicechild.bsky.social
Psychodynamic Psychotherapist | Background in Criminal Justice and Prisons | interested in Ethics and Harm in therapy, Relationships, Trauma, Victimisation, CSA and ACEs | She/her
A glorious morning for a quick spin out!
April 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A glorious morning for a quick spin out!
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🎂 Happy 129th Birthday to Donald Winnicott, born on this day in 1896!
April 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🎂 Happy 129th Birthday to Donald Winnicott, born on this day in 1896!
A beautiful reflection on the value of long term therapy. How we get society to hear it I don’t know…
I work at a place where therapy is thought of as managing patient behavior, find ways to have them “feel better,” (I really don’t know what that means, and everything (understandably to a certain extent) is thought of based on money, on cost, on efficiency.
March 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A beautiful reflection on the value of long term therapy. How we get society to hear it I don’t know…
After quite the hiatus from Bluesky, here’s another podcast recommendation. I loved the immediacy, accessibility and apparent potency which psychoanalytic ideas had in these (ostensibly non-psychoanalytic) groups. What power they held for these parents and children! open.spotify.com/episode/5MqM...
Childhood Memories: Their Impact on Mothers and Their 0–3-year-old Children with Ilene Lefcourt (New York)
Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
After quite the hiatus from Bluesky, here’s another podcast recommendation. I loved the immediacy, accessibility and apparent potency which psychoanalytic ideas had in these (ostensibly non-psychoanalytic) groups. What power they held for these parents and children! open.spotify.com/episode/5MqM...
I’ve booked onto a fantastic-looking workshop next week covering Harm in Therapy with @aclientfirst.bsky.social - so, so refreshing to receive full and thoughtful information prior to the event about accessibility and setting out precisely how the event will run. Thank you Erin for your care.
January 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’ve booked onto a fantastic-looking workshop next week covering Harm in Therapy with @aclientfirst.bsky.social - so, so refreshing to receive full and thoughtful information prior to the event about accessibility and setting out precisely how the event will run. Thank you Erin for your care.
Reposted by Alice Child
Ignore the 'blue monday' BS, and choose Bluebird Monday instead...
Read Anna Wells' full feature on her record breaking winter round, from our print magazine & now online for free, and with bonus video.
Password: BluebirdMonday
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/inspiration-...
Read Anna Wells' full feature on her record breaking winter round, from our print magazine & now online for free, and with bonus video.
Password: BluebirdMonday
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/inspiration-...
What I learned about being a woman outdoors during my Winter Munro Round
Anna Wells was the first woman to complete a Winter Munro Round. So, what did it teach her about being a woman outdoors?
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Ignore the 'blue monday' BS, and choose Bluebird Monday instead...
Read Anna Wells' full feature on her record breaking winter round, from our print magazine & now online for free, and with bonus video.
Password: BluebirdMonday
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/inspiration-...
Read Anna Wells' full feature on her record breaking winter round, from our print magazine & now online for free, and with bonus video.
Password: BluebirdMonday
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/inspiration-...
Not me carefully reading the prospectuses for various analytic trainings when I really don’t have the money or time to commit to even preparing for entry to one…. 🙃
January 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Not me carefully reading the prospectuses for various analytic trainings when I really don’t have the money or time to commit to even preparing for entry to one…. 🙃
Today’s musings whilst on our daily walk - I should try roller skiing. I have spent the last few hours researching where this would be possible… I blame this weeks’ BBC Scotland #OutOfDoors episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Out of Doors - Nordic Skiing, Mountain Rescue and A Weather Eye - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today’s musings whilst on our daily walk - I should try roller skiing. I have spent the last few hours researching where this would be possible… I blame this weeks’ BBC Scotland #OutOfDoors episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Alice Child
Petition to ban driven grouse shooting gaining momentum. A debate might just galvanise Labour govt to do something positive for wildlife, climate change and flood-prone communities. Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Petition to ban driven grouse shooting gaining momentum. A debate might just galvanise Labour govt to do something positive for wildlife, climate change and flood-prone communities. Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
What’s a girl to do when the 2025 diary she ordered last year (admittedly on Boxing Day) has been ‘delayed in transit’ and won’t arrive until the middle of this month? Beginning of January ruined 😵💫
January 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What’s a girl to do when the 2025 diary she ordered last year (admittedly on Boxing Day) has been ‘delayed in transit’ and won’t arrive until the middle of this month? Beginning of January ruined 😵💫
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Finally, some blue skies and biting winds to blow the festive cobwebs away.
January 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Finally, some blue skies and biting winds to blow the festive cobwebs away.
More wonderful Winnicott. Such an enlivening contrast to the now (undeniably realistic, important and necessary) much more widespread awareness of the negatives and challenges of motherhood.
January 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
More wonderful Winnicott. Such an enlivening contrast to the now (undeniably realistic, important and necessary) much more widespread awareness of the negatives and challenges of motherhood.
Ah Winnicott. So reassuring and *sensible*. Why this isn’t taught in antenatal classes I’ll never know.
December 30, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Ah Winnicott. So reassuring and *sensible*. Why this isn’t taught in antenatal classes I’ll never know.
What a glorious, generous piece. Gives me hope of becoming a writer. The microscopic examination of language - of course - what else would one expect of an analyst? - made me realise I’ll never read anything in the same way again.
December 28, 2024 at 10:29 PM
What a glorious, generous piece. Gives me hope of becoming a writer. The microscopic examination of language - of course - what else would one expect of an analyst? - made me realise I’ll never read anything in the same way again.
Another dog walk, another podcast. I loved this. Dr Sedlak seemed so warm and wise. I particularly enjoyed his distinction between the analyst’s ego ideal and superego, and his recommendation that analysts give themselves a break in the face of not understanding.
open.spotify.com/episode/3hW7...
open.spotify.com/episode/3hW7...
Vic Sedlak, "The Psychoanalyst's Superegos, Ego Ideals and Blind Spots: The Emotional Development of the Clinician" (Routledge, 2019)
open.spotify.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Another dog walk, another podcast. I loved this. Dr Sedlak seemed so warm and wise. I particularly enjoyed his distinction between the analyst’s ego ideal and superego, and his recommendation that analysts give themselves a break in the face of not understanding.
open.spotify.com/episode/3hW7...
open.spotify.com/episode/3hW7...
Christmas spoils! Very excited to re-discover this at my own pace after using it selectively during my training. No McWilliams or Coltart under the tree for me though, so I’ll be scouring the January sales…
December 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Christmas spoils! Very excited to re-discover this at my own pace after using it selectively during my training. No McWilliams or Coltart under the tree for me though, so I’ll be scouring the January sales…
Just catching up with this year’s Reith lectures: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I love Dr Gwen Adshead’s deeply human stance towards people in prison and hospital - so, so important for meaningful, real therapy and very inspiring.
I love Dr Gwen Adshead’s deeply human stance towards people in prison and hospital - so, so important for meaningful, real therapy and very inspiring.
The Reith Lectures - Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence - Is Violence Normal? - BBC Sounds
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead asks if violence is normal.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Just catching up with this year’s Reith lectures: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I love Dr Gwen Adshead’s deeply human stance towards people in prison and hospital - so, so important for meaningful, real therapy and very inspiring.
I love Dr Gwen Adshead’s deeply human stance towards people in prison and hospital - so, so important for meaningful, real therapy and very inspiring.
Such a good write up of Grendon - a shame the value of it isn’t seen more widely or that its underpinning principles aren’t applied across the estate. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Life inside a therapeutic prison: ‘Look, we’ve done some terrible things ...’
At pioneering HMP Grendon, a range of psychology professionals aim to ‘re-child’ some of Britain’s most serious offenders in relatively relaxed conditions. Does the treatment work?
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Such a good write up of Grendon - a shame the value of it isn’t seen more widely or that its underpinning principles aren’t applied across the estate. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
I so enjoyed listening to this conversation on my dog walk today. It was refreshing to think more deeply about Winnicott and his contribution, as I think he’s often overlooked for being too ‘informal’ to be a ‘proper’ analyst: open.spotify.com/episode/38cW...
Why Winnicott? Joel Whitebook, PhD (New York) interviews Jan Abrams, PhD (London)
Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:15 PM
I so enjoyed listening to this conversation on my dog walk today. It was refreshing to think more deeply about Winnicott and his contribution, as I think he’s often overlooked for being too ‘informal’ to be a ‘proper’ analyst: open.spotify.com/episode/38cW...