BLUEBEARD, CURIOSITY AND DIGITAL SATURATION

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West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy

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BLUEBEARD, CURIOSITY AND DIGITAL SATURATION
Speaker: Leigh Money

I am interested in exploring how our relationship to ‘what can be known’ is changing with access to online search, AI, social media and other digital tools. In particular, how these resources curtail our ability, willingness, or desire to stay with the ‘not-yet-known’ or keep an open, curious attitude. While this has implications for us all collectively, it also has a particular impact on the practice of psychotherapy.
As a ‘cautionary tale’ for the curious, Bluebeard offers multiple readings that enrich our understanding of these contemporary developments. Just as the young bride is given the keys to every room in Bluebeard’s castle, our phones may act as keys to all sorts of rooms, rooms that contain both treasures and horrors.

Leigh Money is a member of The Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP) London. She has a particular interest in digital technology; specifically, the ways in which it is re-shaping human communication and connection. She was awarded both the Michael Fordham prize (2024) and the Gradiva Award (2024) for her paper ‘Labels and the Self: Identity Labels as Scaffold’, an exploration of the way that identity labels can be used both creatively and defensively.

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