In the talk below psychotherapist Andrew Samuels critically examines how psychotherapy, and especially analytical psychology, engages with the political world. Drawing on decades of experience, he offers a candid self-assessment of his own work, while also looking at the successes and shortcomings of the wider field of psychotherapy in relation to politics and activism.
Samuels’ central challenge to therapists in his talk is to ‘stop thinking and do something’. (see 41:39).