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In a relatively informal style, Angie Voela interviews Andrew Samuels. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss Samuels' perceptions of the relationship between academic life and political activism, and between political activism and psychotherapy and analysis. There is a clinical focus on the management of political material in the therapy session. Samuels explains why he is so concerned that the role of the individual in progressive politics should be emphasised. Spiritual dimensions of socio-political engagements – referred to as 'resacralisation' – also receive attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In November 2018, the British Journal of Psychotherapy published an Open Letter on the topic of Jung and 'Africans'. The Open Letter (not a petition) was signed by 35 Jungian clinicians and academics from diverse and international backgrounds. The signatories take responsibility for attending to the many difficulties arising from Jung's writings on 'race'. Rather than proceeding to castigate Jung, the signatories delineate actions which might be taken with regard to the 'decolonialisation' of Jungian psychology. The Open Letter is reprinted here in full. Notes explaining the context and providing examples of Jung's attitudes are provided by the author, one of the signatories to the Open Letter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]