Unpsychology issue 2 published soon…

The second print edition of Unpsychology will be out in June/early July

It’s been a while coming, but the second edition of Unpsychology Magazine is going to press in the next couple of weeks.

You can pre-order issue 2 for £4 plus postage and packing from HERE (it will be on sale at £5 after the end of June). Issue 1 is also still available at a reduced price of £4 (plus p and p).

The main idea behind Unpsychology — which was launched in Autumn 2014 — was to give voice to alternative viewpoints, experiences and practices around psychology and therapy. We called it “a new journal of post-civilised neurodiversity and wild mind”, and we hoped to publish stories and ideas that make ‘soul’.

Unpsychology is linked to the growing Soul Makers network — and will be available at Soul Makers 2015 — the exciting weekend residential course and summer school taking place this August (you can book this event HERE).

Unpsychology Issue 2 contains some amazing writing and ideas. It’s centred around three main pieces — Roselle Angwin’s meandering and lovely ecological meditation: On overthrowing ourselves; a suite of four poems by acclaimed eco-poet, Helen Moore (including Doll Heads, published here), and Robyn Woolston’s heartrending photo-essay — Time loops — a reflection on the death of her mother. We’re really fortunate to have work by these three experienced and talented artist/practitioners!

Alongside these are poems by Toby Chown and Steve Thorp; a short piece remembering James Hillman by Toby Chown; a new essay by writer and eco-socialist, Jack Paris: The howl of a reluctant hipster, and a dark and lovely piece entitled In praise of ruins by C.A. Hawksmoor.

Robyn’s black and white photographs illustrate the magazine as a whole, to give a stark coherence to the journal — and we hope that, as with the first edition, that readers will find plenty to stimulate, interest and inspire them.

And we’re still inviting submissions for the online edition, as well as thinking ahead to Issue 3! Fiction and personal stories of neurodiversity, mental health and alternative psychologies will be particularly welcome for the next edition — so get writing!