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Depth Psychology in the Digital Age


The Psychology of Trump’s Tweets
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...


Better Than You Know Yourself: influence, fake news, algorithms, and your online self
Soon you’ll be calling me Mr. Brexit First Brexit. Then Trump. Were they related? Were “dark forces” working to manipulate the population...


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


When Status Anxiety is No Longer Just in Your Head: a review of Black Mirror’s Nosedive
Many will be familiar with Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror series which aims to reach just slightly into the future – it could be the day...


Leaning Out: How the “Will to Share” is Changing Us
Time reports the the number of deaths by selfie are rising due to the risks individuals are taking in order to capture them. Incidences...


Psychotherapy Online: The Not So Final Analysis
A Psychotherapy for Today: research, development, and practice in the digital age The Psychology of Online Space: where is it? Online...


Checking your smartphone again? It’s an object of emotional supply
Some research is has shown that heavy smartphone users will experience higher anxiety their phones were removed for up to an hour, while...


Has AirBnB Lost its soul? The breaking dream of the sharing economy
It’s global, but it takes a village The Internet may be global, but for a while it seemed that we could make it a village too. Alongside...


The Spectre of Memory: Psychoanalysing Bond
That Proustian Moment If you think I’m pushing things by finding Proust in Bond, here is my evidence. The most famous passage in Proust’s...


Internet Privacy is About More than Security: it’s about psychology too
Internet privacy probably isn’t quite the topic of concern that it probably ought to be. It strikes me that if people were really able to...
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