Joseph Harney
@josephharney.bsky.social
BPS Chartered Psych and MBACP. Private practice in Copenhagen. Pluralistic therapist. Irish. Cultural omnivore.
I embrace pluralism’s ‘critical distance’ - what matters is what proves helpful in client lives.
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I embrace pluralism’s ‘critical distance’ - what matters is what proves helpful in client lives.
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Joseph Harney
@josephharney.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Pluralistic collaborative formulation in online practice: Working around the digital partition
| Pluralistic Practice Journal
The Pluralistic Practice Journal - Empirical research, theoretical work, commentary and practice based publications pertaining to the pluralistic practice approach to counselling and psychotherapy
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I’ve published a reflection on the challenges of adapting therapeutic practice to online environments, with the Pluralistic Practice Journal.
Examines the digital partition and the way that technology mediates what’s possible in dyadic connection.
pluralisticpracticejournal.com/index.php/pp...
Examines the digital partition and the way that technology mediates what’s possible in dyadic connection.
pluralisticpracticejournal.com/index.php/pp...
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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I don't think "mental health conditions are being over-diagnosed" but that "real suffering is being over-medicalised". These are very different things. The former tries to justify cutting support, but the latter does not: it acknowledges real suffering but asks for different (psychosocial) provision
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I don't think "mental health conditions are being over-diagnosed" but that "real suffering is being over-medicalised". These are very different things. The former tries to justify cutting support, but the latter does not: it acknowledges real suffering but asks for different (psychosocial) provision
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People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to AI Chatbots. Despite privacy risks and inaccuracy concerns, people are feeding blood test results, doctor’s notes and surgical reports into ChatGPT and the like. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to AI Chatbots. Despite privacy risks and inaccuracy concerns, people are feeding blood test results, doctor’s notes and surgical reports into ChatGPT and the like. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...
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Beyond irony. It steals from all human creativity to function. It destroys our environment to operate. And using it robs us of our core skills. It's the perfect economic weapon.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Beyond irony. It steals from all human creativity to function. It destroys our environment to operate. And using it robs us of our core skills. It's the perfect economic weapon.
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
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A week is a long time in social media.
Look after your mental health by taking breaks from it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Look after your mental health by taking breaks from it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A week is a long time in social media.
Look after your mental health by taking breaks from it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Look after your mental health by taking breaks from it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
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Orangutan youngsters reach the broad diet they need to survive only if they culturally learn what to eat & where to find it
-> This is the first clear evidence for cultural dependency of any kind in apes <-
More info, and link to the paper in this thread by Elliot [the master-modeller behind this]
-> This is the first clear evidence for cultural dependency of any kind in apes <-
More info, and link to the paper in this thread by Elliot [the master-modeller behind this]
Our New Paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour: 🚨 Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials! 🦧 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... See 🧵
Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials - Nature Human Behaviour
Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for orangutans to acquire varied diets.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Orangutan youngsters reach the broad diet they need to survive only if they culturally learn what to eat & where to find it
-> This is the first clear evidence for cultural dependency of any kind in apes <-
More info, and link to the paper in this thread by Elliot [the master-modeller behind this]
-> This is the first clear evidence for cultural dependency of any kind in apes <-
More info, and link to the paper in this thread by Elliot [the master-modeller behind this]
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The use of patient testimonials for marketing on health websites is a major pseudoscientific red flag and is unethical.
And for good reason:
And for good reason:
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The use of patient testimonials for marketing on health websites is a major pseudoscientific red flag and is unethical.
And for good reason:
And for good reason:
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November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
To Be Happier, Try One Tiny Act of Joy Each Day
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
www.scientificamerican.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
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New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
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Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy
amzn.eu/d/gMTaboL
The Psychology of Supremacy amzn.eu/d/ho9aQr3
Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy
amzn.eu/d/gryYFcq
A Phenomenology of Racism in Counselling and Psychotherapy amzn.eu/d/9yZ5eUL
amzn.eu/d/gMTaboL
The Psychology of Supremacy amzn.eu/d/ho9aQr3
Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy
amzn.eu/d/gryYFcq
A Phenomenology of Racism in Counselling and Psychotherapy amzn.eu/d/9yZ5eUL
October 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy
amzn.eu/d/gMTaboL
The Psychology of Supremacy amzn.eu/d/ho9aQr3
Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy
amzn.eu/d/gryYFcq
A Phenomenology of Racism in Counselling and Psychotherapy amzn.eu/d/9yZ5eUL
amzn.eu/d/gMTaboL
The Psychology of Supremacy amzn.eu/d/ho9aQr3
Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy
amzn.eu/d/gryYFcq
A Phenomenology of Racism in Counselling and Psychotherapy amzn.eu/d/9yZ5eUL
God damn it this is such a loss… D’Angelo is indeed the ultimate essence of soul, the purest of the pure… love to infinity 🙌🙌🙌
It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of soul that he embodied.
Remembering D’Angelo and the Eternal Rhythm of Neo-Soul | Black Girl Nerds
It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of the man
blackgirlnerds.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
God damn it this is such a loss… D’Angelo is indeed the ultimate essence of soul, the purest of the pure… love to infinity 🙌🙌🙌
Beautiful people ❤️
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Beautiful people ❤️
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'Groupthink' - a zombie idea in social and organizational psychology, from @bpsofficial.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social
(Yes there are drives to uncritical conformity in some groups, but that's because of particular group norms not some quality of being a group)
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
(Yes there are drives to uncritical conformity in some groups, but that's because of particular group norms not some quality of being a group)
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Groupthink – a monument to truthiness? | BPS
Ramon J. Aldag re-examines a familiar concept.
www.bps.org.uk
September 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
'Groupthink' - a zombie idea in social and organizational psychology, from @bpsofficial.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social
(Yes there are drives to uncritical conformity in some groups, but that's because of particular group norms not some quality of being a group)
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
(Yes there are drives to uncritical conformity in some groups, but that's because of particular group norms not some quality of being a group)
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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“The long-term therapeutic relationship is a casualty of today’s healthcare.”
“The quality of the [therapeutic] relationship…profoundly influences the quality of the information the therapist uses to make the diagnosis.”
“Good chemistry [of therapeutic alliance] is literally good chemistry.”
“The quality of the [therapeutic] relationship…profoundly influences the quality of the information the therapist uses to make the diagnosis.”
“Good chemistry [of therapeutic alliance] is literally good chemistry.”
September 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“The long-term therapeutic relationship is a casualty of today’s healthcare.”
“The quality of the [therapeutic] relationship…profoundly influences the quality of the information the therapist uses to make the diagnosis.”
“Good chemistry [of therapeutic alliance] is literally good chemistry.”
“The quality of the [therapeutic] relationship…profoundly influences the quality of the information the therapist uses to make the diagnosis.”
“Good chemistry [of therapeutic alliance] is literally good chemistry.”
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Ironically, it appears that AI chatbots hallucinate for the same reason that students feel compelled to use them:
They were socialized in a high-stakes testing culture that rewards guessing and maybe getting it right over admitting when there's something you just don't know.
They were socialized in a high-stakes testing culture that rewards guessing and maybe getting it right over admitting when there's something you just don't know.
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Ironically, it appears that AI chatbots hallucinate for the same reason that students feel compelled to use them:
They were socialized in a high-stakes testing culture that rewards guessing and maybe getting it right over admitting when there's something you just don't know.
They were socialized in a high-stakes testing culture that rewards guessing and maybe getting it right over admitting when there's something you just don't know.
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Some people live as though they are already dead.
There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
- #ThichNhatHanh
There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
- #ThichNhatHanh
August 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Some people live as though they are already dead.
There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
- #ThichNhatHanh
There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
- #ThichNhatHanh
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#LeonardCohen narrated the #BardoThodol aka #TibetanBookoftheDead.
That’s it. That’s the post.
youtu.be/mg8ikDKL_zs?...
That’s it. That’s the post.
youtu.be/mg8ikDKL_zs?...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (1994) - Narrated by Leonard Cohen
YouTube video by Raw Wealth
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August 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
#LeonardCohen narrated the #BardoThodol aka #TibetanBookoftheDead.
That’s it. That’s the post.
youtu.be/mg8ikDKL_zs?...
That’s it. That’s the post.
youtu.be/mg8ikDKL_zs?...
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@justus4all4one.bsky.social
Elon Musk's grok is literally praising Hitler, attacking people with Jewish names and calling for a Holocaust and you out here tone policing Black people for calling these people Nazis. This is why white liberals fail. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Elon Musk's grok is literally praising Hitler, attacking people with Jewish names and calling for a Holocaust and you out here tone policing Black people for calling these people Nazis. This is why white liberals fail. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust
The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.
www.theatlantic.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
@justus4all4one.bsky.social
Elon Musk's grok is literally praising Hitler, attacking people with Jewish names and calling for a Holocaust and you out here tone policing Black people for calling these people Nazis. This is why white liberals fail. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Elon Musk's grok is literally praising Hitler, attacking people with Jewish names and calling for a Holocaust and you out here tone policing Black people for calling these people Nazis. This is why white liberals fail. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.
Floridians are taking pictures of themselves next to the sign for their new death camp
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
July 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.