Being a graduate from 3 years of studying psych and with an active experience of mental illness, I can say that no amount of studying theory and doing therapy+ taking meds for years helped me realize the root of my problems and my worth as a human. more than Marxist analysis. I live to be a part of the revolution, and as long as psychotherapy reinforces the client to believe in themselves and to accept the realities of it is what it is, it will never achieve its job of liberating the person. There is a need for psychology to gain a Marxist perspective, more so from modern day leftists in the mental health field.
As somebody who didn’t do all of the hard work that you did, can you give me a starting place with Marxism and how it applies to psychology? I’m interested but I don’t know where to start.
Vygotsky could be helpful: https://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/
There’s been loads written about him. Just be careful as he’s often very liberalised.
Edit: there’s also MIM Theory Volume 9. Scroll down, here, for a PDF: https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/
This is made to be hard work because its so internalized in us that its just the way it is, that the system makes it as hard as possible for the people to be class conscious. I appreciate it, but I’m still learning. And so are you. As long as we are actively questioning the reality around us, nobody is more or less equal
I think this should be bookmarked by now, but marxists archive has a section on marxist psychology in general, and there is another section on education, which is also relevant, hope it helps comrade.
https://www.marxists.org/subject/psychology/index.htm