Since the early days of psychoanalysis, the profession of psychotherapy has struggled to keep to its founding principles (humanity,...

In case you missed it, you can now watch the video of my talk “The Psychology of your Online Self” which took place in 2015 at the...

When I published The Psychodynamics of Social Networking: connected-up instantaneous culture and the self in 2014 I understood well that technology and social media change rapidly. For this reason I “future proofed” the book by attending to the process of social media, rather than the content. In other words instead of examining particular social networks themselves (though I do give ample time to Facebook and Twitter), I looked at the psychological dynamics that under

This article was first published on The Huffington Post UK on October 26, 2017 Two clearly unbalanced leaders are sabre rattling over...

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to have a nice long conversation about my book The Psychodynamics of Social Networking:...

Trump’s success is not a matter of political acumen, rather it’s a matter of the disordered chaos coming out of his mouth that happens to meet the psychological needs of his base.

New York, NY USA – July 16, 2016: Donald Trump speaks during introduction Governor Mike Pence as running for vice president at Hilton...

You might not think that Freud could shed some light on this, but give him a chance. In his book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life he...

Soon you’ll be calling me Mr. Brexit First Brexit. Then Trump. Were they related? Were “dark forces” working to manipulate the population...

“There was something vampiric about devouring a person’s whole life in an 80-minute podcast interview, then moving on to someone else.” ...