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Relational work with distressing voices mirroring experiences of discrimination and marginalisation: Three illustrative cases of an extended form of AVATAR therapy (AV‐EXT)

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background For voice‐hearers from minoritised communities, voices may reflect interpersonal and societal discrimination, including experiences of feeling silenced or ‘voiceless’. AVATAR therapy is a relational approach involving facilitated dialogues between a voice‐hearer and a digital embodiment of their main distressing voice (the avatar ...
Thomas Ward, Hannah Ball, Alice Montague, Nikos Xanidis, Chanelle Myrie, Isobel Murcutt, Edward Oshodi, Clementine Edwards, Amy Hardy, Moya Clancy, Jeffrey McDonnell, Mar Rus‐Calafell, Hamish McLeod, Philippa Garety, Thomas Craig   +14 more
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“An ox sitting on One's chest”: Experiences and understandings of common mental health conditions of Turkish‐speaking immigrants with lived experience in the UK

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Exploring how Turkish‐speaking immigrants understand and express common mental health conditions is crucial, as discrepancies in this area have real‐life consequences for treatment. Some key concepts to examine within this are the long‐standing belief that Turkish‐speaking immigrants somatise emotional difficulties and cannot ...
Ayse Akan, Gill Green, Frances Blumenfeld, Danny Taggart, Susan McPherson   +4 more
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The Intersectional Dynamics of Skill Underutilization: A Case Study of College‐Educated Iranian Migrant Women in California

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There are paradoxical and sociological questions surrounding migrants of certain ethno‐national backgrounds—particularly women—whose high levels of education do not consistently translate into employment commensurate with their skills, resulting in what is commonly termed “brain waste.” This study critically examines the role of employer ...
Homa Sadri
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Affective regimes and ontological security: When empathy threatens the state

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract The ontological security of states may be threatened by the politics of empathy. Empathy—as a contested affective‐political field—has a capacity to both consolidate and unravel dominant understandings of identity, security, political subjectivity, and self‐other relations.
Naomi Head
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Subaltern Strategies and Agency: How South Asian American Youth Rework the Model Minority Stereotype

Anthropology &Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how South Asian American youth, as epistemically marginalized or “subaltern” actors, navigate racialized school experiences. It focuses on how South Asian American boys employ the model minority stereotype through finessing, a strategy of agency that counters exclusionary labels like perpetual foreigner and nerd while ...
Joan J. Hong
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Adolescent Daily Critical Action During the 2024 US Election

Journal of Social Issues, Volume 82, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The 2024 US election was stressful. Taking critical actions (i.e., behaviors that address social or economic inequality) may reduce or exacerbate election stress and negative emotions. This daily diary study, spanning 20 consecutive days throughout the 2024 election, takes an exploratory and descriptive approach to understand adolescents ...
Jacqueline Cerda‐Smith, Sholeh Najafian, Shevaun D. Neupert, Kelly Lynn S. Mulvey   +3 more
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Gendering Islamophobia to better understand immigration laws

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2019
This paper examines two recent developments in immigration law in Western liberal democracies: security exclusions and forced marriage provisions.
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Voices from the minority: Understanding the acculturative experiences of British Shia Muslims

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 99, Issue 3, Page 912-930, September 2026.
Abstract Objectives The aim of this research was to understand the acculturative experiences of British Shia Muslims, with hopes for practitioners to better understand how to support this population. Design Qualitative methodology was used, utilising semi‐structured interviews. Braun and Clarke's (Thematic analysis: A practical guide, Sage Publications
Mahdiyah Datoo, Sanaa Kadir
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Islamic religiosity, Islamophobia and gendered harms

Ethnicities
This paper challenges normative assumptions in mainstream Western political and media discourse as well as some academia, which presumes a causative relationship between Islamic religiosity and gendered familial harms. Focusing on the two examples most frequently invoked in such discourse – ‘female genital mutilation’ and ‘forced ...
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Perceived barriers and pathways to religious inclusion: UK Muslim clients' perspectives on faith in therapy

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 99, Issue 3, Page 1157-1175, September 2026.
Abstract Objectives This study explored how Muslim clients experience the minimisation or exclusion of religion in therapy and identified their recommendations for making therapeutic practice more inclusive of faith. Design A qualitative design using reflexive thematic analysis was employed to examine participants' lived experiences and meaning‐making ...
Rumena Islam
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