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The Touch of Madness – David Dobbs

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://psmag.com/magazine/the-touch-of-madness-mental-health-schizophrenia Click on the link above for this wonderful (lengthy – and well worth the time investment) piece. Nev’s perspective aligns with how we see ‘madness’ at this service. Thank you, David – and Nev. Also thanks to Jason Hine, … Continue reading →

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‘All Together Now’ George Monbiot

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.monbiot.com/2017/02/09/all-together-now/ Click on the above link to visit George Monbiot’s own site for this article about how we might begin to restore community. Like George, we believe the antidote to our manifold ills as societies lies in connection, relationship and … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Transgender People: National Center for Transgender Equality

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

We have therapists at this service with experience working with transgender people* – and in this culture that work inevitably tends to include experiences of bigotry, discrimination, othering, intrusive behaviour, false assumptions and generalisations…the list goes on. Their clients’ … Continue reading →

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Attorney General Lynch & the ‘bathroom law’

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Seems a good day to post this. For those not following the story, North Carolina’s infamous ‘Bathroom law’ – amongst other things – requires transgender people to use toilets consistent with their birth gender, not their gender identity. Loretta Lynch’s powerful … Continue reading →

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Alice Goffman: How we’re priming some kids for college — and others for prison

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

U.S. focused, and the phenomenon is a more extreme one there – but nonetheless, many of the points Alice makes apply here too, increasingly. In the UK, we imprison around 150 of our citizens for each 100,000, the vast majority … Continue reading →

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Things not to say to a trans person – Free Speech – BBC Three

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Funny, human, obvious (with empathy), profound, touching, relational. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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Love has no labels – Ad Council

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Click on the link for this short film from the Ad Council, which makes its point rather effectively. The Ad Council comment runs:- ‘While the vast majority of Americans consider themselves unprejudiced, many of us unintentionally make snap judgments about … Continue reading →

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