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Jonathan Totman
@jonathantotman.bsky.social
Poet and Clinical Psychologist. Collections "Night Shift" and "The Sessions" both published by Pindrop Press.

Blogs on poetry, therapy and mental health:
https://www.jonathantotman.co.uk/
The "rise" of autism - and why we should embrace it.

New article published in BACP journal University and College Counselling.

www.jonathantotman.co.uk/post/the-ris...

#autism #neurodiversity #therapistsconnect
The "rise" of autism - and why we should embrace it
I'm pleased to share a new article recently published in the BACP journal, University and College Counselling. Please click below to access the PDF. This article first appeared in the September 2025 i...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Dear Friends

As we are a month away from Publication Day, a reminder about the Official Online Book Launch Event for 'Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy' on Saturday 29th of March. Really look forward to seeing you there.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Thanks to @davebonta.bsky.social for generously collating this great selection of poetry blogs - v nice to be included.
January 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Hello friends and poets. I’m
Joining Bluesky on a high - with a poem selected by @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social for their Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to the judges.
We're thrilled to unveil the Winners' Collection for Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Huge congratulations to the winners and a heartfelt thank you to all participants! 🎉 Explore the collection here:
Wordview 2022 Winners' Collection
The Wordview 2022 collection showcases our winning 2022 poets and their work that captures this extraordinary year for future reflection.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Happy/anxious memories of launching this book a year ago today with the brilliant @fionalarkin.bsky.social. Warm thanks to everyone who has bought a copy 🙏🏻

More info about the book here for anyone who may be interested: www.pindroppress.com/books/The%20...

#TherapistsConnect #Poetry
December 10, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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Recently I’ve been spending time with these tender, moving, sometimes heartbreakingly funny, accomplished poems by @pimlottkathy.bsky.social from her Emma Press collection ‘After the Rites and the Sandwiches’, which deal with the sudden death of her husband of many years. #poets #newpoem #poetry
November 23, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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Today - 20th November - is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remembering the 350 transpeople whose murders were recorded this year. With love and sadness.
November 20, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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It's that time of year! Sign up to receive a poem a day by email throughout advent, with poems by some fantastic contemporary poets. Sign-ups are by donation, with all money going to Medicins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders (@MSF_uk).
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November 15, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Wow, very lovely to see the poetry community on here ballooning! 👋🏻
November 16, 2024 at 8:03 AM
I find I'm mainly posting wildlife pictures these days...
October 6, 2024 at 3:11 PM
This morning's visitor
September 13, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Good morning from a very friendly squirrel
September 12, 2024 at 9:10 AM
I'm really looking forward to giving the guest reading at this Arvon residential writing retreat on Landscape and the Body with Clare Best and Pascale Petit @pascalepetit.bsky.social. Still time to snap up a place - it will be a wonderful week!

www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Residential Writing Week: Poetry
The wild is within us as well as out there, around us. Join award-winning tutors Clare Best and Pascale Petit to write about landscape and the body and how they might connect. Both have written extens...
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September 1, 2024 at 9:31 AM
New blog post (first published in Lapidus Magazine): On Therapist Self-Disclosure

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On Therapist Self-Disclosure
Article first published in Lapidus Magazine Issue 4A self-disclosure: I’m not sure how to start this article. I’ve been procrastinating, badly. I’m writing now on the floor of my six-year-old’s bedroo...
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August 24, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Sharing this resource from Community Trauma Conference UK - a list of mental health organisations and services for People of Colour, Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Muslim Communities affected by the racist riots, rhetoric and violence in the UK. www.communitytraumaconf.com/news/list-of...
Community Trauma Conference UK - List of mental health organisations and services
www.communitytraumaconf.com
August 15, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Goodbye X, hello Bluesky. Nice to be here. 👋🏻
August 15, 2024 at 5:42 AM
All welcome - email pindroplaunch2023@outlook.com to register. 🙏🏻🤍
December 3, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Hello folks, nice to be here. Happy to share details of my new collection, The Sessions, and upcoming Zoom launch with @fionalarkin.bsky.social on 10 December - all welcome! Email pindroplaunch2023@outlook.com to register. www.jonathantotman.co.uk/post/new-book
New Book!
The blog has been a bit quiet for a while, in part because I've been putting the finishing touches to my new collection. I'm delighted to announce that The Sessions has now been published! You can rea...
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November 25, 2023 at 10:40 AM