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Becoming Ethical:
This is a blog sharing some of my thoughts and reflections on my life as a clinical psychologist in the UK. I explore the dynamics of group psychology through use stories and myths.
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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Chicken Licken: Reflections on Large Group Processes, Online Spaces and Destructive Group Leaders.
A while ago I moved to live on a smallholding where we have, at different stages, kept chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl. Whilst we had...
Elizabeth Nugent
Mar 30, 202311 min read
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Time to Think: Some Hansel and Gretel Reflections.
I have just finished reading the book 'Time to Think' by Hannah Barnes. It is about the activity of the Gender Identity Development...
Elizabeth Nugent
Mar 13, 202310 min read
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Pinocchio: Reflections on telling lies, group think and the process of growing up.
Geppetto washing Pinocchio (1996) Paula Rego. ‘Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive’. Marmion, Sir Walter...
Elizabeth Nugent
Feb 27, 202310 min read
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'A Man of Double Deed': Reflections on how we need diversity of thought.
During life in Lockdown, I found myself watching a considerable amount of television. One story I enjoyed watching was the compelling UK...
Elizabeth Nugent
Dec 20, 202212 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Oct 21, 202213 min read
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Narcissus and Echo. 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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Oct 4, 202212 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Sep 15, 20228 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Jul 19, 20229 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Jun 30, 202213 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Jun 9, 202213 min read
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Reflecting on 'The Emperor's New Clothes'
I have recently been engaged in several emotionally heated discussions concerning the complexities of the use of gender affirmative...
Elizabeth Nugent
May 19, 202211 min read
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Medusa and Athena. 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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Apr 18, 20229 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Apr 4, 202213 min read
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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+...
Elizabeth Nugent
Feb 15, 20229 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Feb 15, 20227 min read
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The Myth of Psyche and the Myth of Sisyphus: 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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Dec 14, 20218 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Nov 15, 20216 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Nov 15, 20216 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Nov 15, 202111 min read
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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...
Elizabeth Nugent
Nov 15, 20213 min read
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