#MeToo - counsellors and psychotherapists speak about sexual violence and abuse

Deborah A Lee is a senior lecturer in sociology at Nottingham Trent University and a person-centred psychotherapist. Her current research interests include arts-based approaches to psychotherapy case studies, critical psychopathology, psychotherapy training, therapists and creativity, public psychotherapy, and auto/biographical explorations of sexual violence and its aftermath. She was previously a steering group member of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR) and editor of its Transformations journal. She is now associate editor of Psychotherapy and Politics International and a member of the UKCP ethics committee. -- Emma Palmer is a BACP-accredited counsellor, relational body psychotherapist, supervisor and ecopsychologist, and a Buddhist since 1995. She was previously a steering group member of Psychotherapist and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR) and editor of its Transformations journal. She has worked extensively in education, including teaching postgraduate international development studies at Bristol University, working with NGOs in Africa, offering ecopsychology public talks and workshops and leading retreats. She has published several books under her former name, Kamalamani, on topics including meditation, childlessness and somatic psychotherapy

• Foreword - Kim Etherington, Preface, Introduction, 1. Retribution - Seb Randall, with Celia Urbach, 2. 'Survivors are everywhere': our #MeToo, #WeToo journey - Kaur, with Deborah A Lee, 3. Lighthouses, rocky shores and safe harbours - Concetta Perot, with Clarinda Cuppage, 4. How we talk to girls about 'sex' - Taylor Broughton, with Sarah J Wilson, 5. Sexual abuse and surviving with(in) psychology - Jemma Tosh, with Fionnuala Dempsey, 6. Therapists' lived experience in counselling and psychotherapy training - Liz Smith and SaraTeresa Mollis, 7. Survivors of sexual violence training as psychotherapists in the UK - Deborah A Lee, with Peggy, Sam and Phoenix, 8. #MeToo on the internet - Tara Shennan, with Haley Clifford, 9. Reconnection through dance movement psychotherapy - Amanda Light, with Tina Johnson, 10. Shattering the sounds of silence - Reena Shah, with Clarinda Cuppage, 11. While I was sleeping - Andrew Pari, with Katy Woodger, 12. '#WeToo': groupwork as an act of solidarity and resistance - Leah Salter, with Emily Jacob, 13. Pushing, pulling and parts coming together - Joy Farrimond, with Emma Palmer, 14. Dirty secrets, ecocide and the specialness of the world all around - Emma Palmer, with Charleen Agostini, Poem - #MeToo by Clare Shaw