Publications

A Grammar of Power in Psychotherapy

BookIn this book, author Malin Fors offers an intersectional grammar to unmask the hidden dynamics of societal power that inevitably enter the therapy room.

The Dynamics of Power and Privilege in Psychotherapy

The Dynamics of Power and Privilege in Psychotherapy

DVDIn this clinical demonstration DVD - issues of power and privilege are discussed through the lens of a patient session.

Other publications

Knive, T. J.; Østmo, S.T. & Fors, M. (2023). Implementering av DBT i en rural kontekst, Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening, 60, 492-500. doi: 10.52734/TUQM5106

Fors, M. Potato Ethics: What Rural Communities Can Teach Us about Healthcare. Bioethical Inquiry 20, 265–277 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10242-x

Fors, M. (2021). Power Issues in Psychotherapy: Reflections on psychoanalytic theory and clinical cases. Original article-based dissertation for the degree of Doctor Philosophiae. Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Social, Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway. 

Fors, M. (2021). Power dynamics in the clinical situation: A confluence of perspectives. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 242-269. DOI: 10.1080/00107530.2021.1935191

Fors, M. (2019). The reparative therapy of Kohut and Miller. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/24720038.2019.1642893 

Fors, M. (2019). The implosion of the moral third: moral omnipotence in the era of horror about Donald Trump. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 20, 11-16, DOI: 10.1080/15240657.2019.1559510

Fors, M. (2018). Geographical narcissism in psychotherapy. Countermapping urban assumptions about power, space and time. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 446-453. DOI: 10.1037/pap0000179

Drescher, J., & Fors, M. (2018). A dialogue on cultural and minority issues in PDM-2 through the case of Frank. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 35, 357-362. DOI: 10.1037/pap0000199

Fors, M. (2017). Hejdå HBTQ+-kompetens. Vila i frid. Hoppas du aldrig mer behövs. In T. Lundberg, A. Malmquist & M. Wurm (Eds.) HBTQ+: Psykologiska perspektiv och bemötande. Natur och kultur: Stockholm, Sweden. Order here.

Fors, M., & McWilliams, N. (2016). Collaborative reading of medical records in psychotherapy: A feminist psychoanalytic proposal about narrative and empowerment. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 33(1), 35-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pap0000019