Elizabeth Nugent
Clinical Psychology and The Red Shoes: Vocation or a Dance of Death?
Growing up I loved watching old films. One story that grabbed me and never really let me go, was the 1948 movie ‘The Red Shoes’. The...
Becoming Ethical
This is a blog sharing some of my thoughts and reflections on my life as a clinical psychologist in the UK who has an interest in Jungian psychology and group psychoanalysis.
Some of this may well also resonate with people beyond my professional group.
Thoughts, associations and reflections are always welcome, so please do leave comments.
If you are interested in joining one of the reflective spaces I offer you can find out more at www.libbynugent.co.uk
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Oct 4
- 12 min
Wind Above, Lake Below. Reflections on group process, whistleblowers and scapegoats.
The wind blows over the lake and stirs the surface of the water. Thus visible effects of the invisible parts of our environment manifest...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Sep 15
- 8 min
The Tortoise and the Hare: When we won't know, what we don't know.
I have been training to become a group analyst for what feels like forever, and I still have a way to go. I am someone who likes...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Jul 19
- 9 min
Reflections on The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
A longstanding favourite story in our house is ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr. For many people this is a wonderful story with...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Jun 30
- 13 min
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Can we talk about paying for things and what happens when we don't?
"When, lo! as they reached the mountain-side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed; And the Piper advanced...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Jun 9
- 13 min
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. The Death Mother Archetype and the NHS.
What do we do when there is nothing left to offer? That is the dilemma many health care professionals face when going about navigating...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- May 19
- 11 min
Reflecting on 'The Emperor's New Clothes' - The Cost of Silence to Belong.
I have recently been engaged in several emotionally heated discussions concerning the complexities of the use of gender affirmative...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Apr 17
- 9 min
Reflections on Changing My Mind and the Shadows of Certainty.
Have you ever completely changed your mind about something? Like waking up from a dream and experiencing yourself as changed or shifted...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Apr 3
- 13 min
The Princess and the Pea: Activist, Analyst, Shadow.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Feb 15
- 9 min
Reflections on Lego
Last Christmas I found myself in the rather engrossing task of building a Lego technic race plane. The task was set for children 7+...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Feb 15
- 7 min
Protecting Your Voice. Lessons From the Little Mermaid and other fairytales.
With so much going on in the world there can be a temptation to remain silent and keep our heads down. Listening is of course an...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Dec 14, 2021
- 8 min
Joining Up the Dots
Once upon a time a little girl wanted to become a clinical psychologist. She had some great ideas about what was wrong with the world...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
To The NHS Worker who called me.
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Nov 15 2021 09:46AM You messaged me asking to talk and I agreed to zoom. We met online and you told...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
Mirror, Mirror
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Oct 1 2021 02:49PM “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?” “Thou, O Queen, art...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 11 min
Spinning Straw into Gold: A Fairytale Analysis of Clinical Psychology Culture
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Aug 12 2021 01:26PM Recently, I have been thinking a great deal about the tale of Rumpelstiltskin. It...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Ugly Sisters' Feet
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published May 25 2021 02:29PM In Cinderella there is an important symbol of feet (and shoes). It is...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 10 min
Wanting to Belong, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Reflections on Becoming a Clinical Psychologist
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Apr 15 2021 03:34PM "We don't have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 16 min
Envy
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Feb 5 2021 07:45AM "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 12 min
Weariness and the Need for Creativity and Community
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Nov 28 2020 11:59AM Weariness I'm weary, I hear myself say My eyes closing as I walk on my way The...
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Elizabeth Nugent
- Nov 15, 2021
- 10 min
Invitation to Brave Space
By Dr Libby Nugent, First Published Mar 18 2020 11:51AM In these strange times, the distress around the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing...
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