Exploring precarity and wellbeing through embodied eco-psychotherapies and posthuman subjectivity

Light, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7252-538X, 2025. Exploring precarity and wellbeing through embodied eco-psychotherapies and posthuman subjectivity. Subjectivity. ISSN 1755-6341

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Abstract

This article presents the case for a rethinking of wellbeing in precarious times. Covid-19 made visible ways in which precarity has become central to daily living and to existence itself. From employment to the environment – and multiple forms of life in between – insecurity takes its toll on health and wellbeing. However, a collective sense of precarity’s effects can be overlooked due to the predominantly individualising nature of wellbeing discourses. Common interventions do little to challenge the individualised narratives, yet there is a deficit of research into alternative, more relational approaches. This research draws from qualitative interviews with twelve embodiment/eco-psychotherapy practitioners to contextualise wellbeing within a precarity assemblage. The empirical data is theorised through a critical posthuman lens, and the concept of posthuman subjectivity is applied. Reading this concept through the alternative practitioners’ insights stipulates for a relational reframing of wellbeing suitable for the subjectivities emerging through contemporary precarity.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Subjectivity
Creators:	Light, A.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	13 January 2025
ISSN:	1755-6341
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1057/s41286-024-00202-0 DOI 2340991 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2025 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	16 Jan 2025 09:49
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2025 09:49
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52857

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