Jeanine Connor

Jeanine Connor MBACP, MSc, MEd, BSc (Hons) is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice with 25+ years’ therapeutic experience. She regularly delivers presentations and facilitates workshops, sharing her passion, knowledge and experience in a way that is creative, friendly and fun. Jeanine is the author of over 270 publications including five books, most notably, You’re Not My F*cking Mother and other things Gen Z say in therapy and Stop F*cking Nodding and other things 16 year olds say in therapy. Her writing, which combines clinical experience with observations from modern life, is accessible and often humorous. She has written scores of articles, columns, blogs, reviews and resources and is the editor of hundreds more. Jeanine is the Editor of BACP Children, Young People & Families journal and Reviews Editor for BACP Therapy Today.

In 'You’re Not My F*cking Mother' and other things Gen Z say in therapy (PCCS Books, 2024) Jeanine Connor turns her focus to this generation in another series of vivid portraits of what goes on behind the doors of her therapy room. These therapeutic snapshots bring to life the theories pioneered by Freud and his descendants and make compulsive reading for all those concerned with the human psyche and the struggles of young adults in the Western world today. They illustrate how mothers show up in (almost) everybody’s psychotherapy, and how they, their and our own heritages and baggage shape us all.

'Stop F*cking Nodding and other things 16 year olds say in therapy' (PCCS Books, 2022) is for anyone who knows, loves, is baffled by, or wants to help someone who is, has been, or is going to be sixteen. It is a book of vivid short stories which explore sex, gender, body image, self-esteem, self-injury, loneliness, loss and despair with frank dialogue, informed analytic understanding, laugh-out-loud humour and mercurial charm.

Reflective Practice in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2020) models a thoughtful approach to understanding children and young people. It considers fantasy and lies, sex and identity, labelling, play, endings and loss, and is of interest to anyone who cares about young people’s mental health, including parents and carers.

Anatomy and Physiology for Therapists (Pearson, 2006) is a beautifully illustrated and easily accessible textbook for any practitioner who wants to learn about the structure and function of the human body.