Specialisation From an Existential Perspective: The value of liminality and existing-between-worlds
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https://doi.org/10.65828/przjtp68Keywords:
Specialism, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+, queer, liminality, being(s)-between- worlds, existing-between-worldAbstract
This paper considers how some forms of specialisation in psychology and psychotherapy can transform people into deviations from imaginal norms and problematise these people's existence. I propose that we embrace liberatory approaches to specialism and the ways in which our liminality of being(s)-between-worlds or existing-between-worlds can disrupt imaginal norms.
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