Michael Bacon

Associate Professor in Political Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London

Michael Bacon is associate professor in political theory at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written two books about pragmatism, and is writing one on Ralph Waldo Emerson and another on psychoanalysis.

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Illustration of a child sitting with their head down and knees up, next to a toy box with a teddy bear sticking out. An adult’s legs, dressed in a red skirt and brown shoes, are visible seated nearby on the right.

essayPsychiatry and psychotherapy

The therapist who hated me

Going to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years was bad enough. Reading what she wrote about me was worse

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