PSYCHOANALYTIC ECHOES: KRISTEVA’S ABJECTION IN THE NARRATIVE OF BELOVED
Kristeva’s description of motherhood as a "demented jouissance," the pleasure of the pain, reveals the ambivalence of love and hate relationship as the child attempts for individuality by detaching from her mother and a woman within herself. It is an…
THERAPEUTIC BOUNDARIES: BALANCING ETHICS AND MULTIPLE CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
This paper discusses boundaries and multiple relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Boundary- crossing is a departure from commonly accepted practices that could potentially benefit clients; a boundary violation is a serious breach that results in harm to clients and is…
EXPLORING PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE CONSUMPTION AND ITS INFLUENCES AMONG MOTORCYCLE RIDERS IN EKITI STATE
This study investigated the patterns, sources, and factors influencing the consumption of psychoactive substances among commercial motorcyclists in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Using a descriptive survey design, the study sampled 600 registered motorcyclists selected through a multistage sampling procedure across eight…