Out of work, into therapy (Image: Diverse Images/UIG/Getty)
A banner draped from a London job centre window declares: “Back to work therapy is no therapy at all.” It’s a protest against government plans to integrate employment and mental health support for benefit claimants. This includes putting 350 psychological therapists into centres and pushing online therapy to the jobless.
Unemployment is being redefined as a psychological disorder at a time when the UK government has pledged to cut the welfare bill by £12 billion. In the UK and other rich nations such as Australia and the US, welfare claimants are increasingly…
