Madeleine Whelan

Madeleine Whelan

Madeleine Whelan is a family barrister at The 36 Group, specialising in all areas of children law, with a particular emphasis on matters involving har...

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Demeanour and Denial (or Don’t Mention the Data)

Demeanour and Denial (or Don’t Mention the Data)

In his groundbreaking 1925 work, Die Verneinung, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud postulated the existence of the psychological defence mechanism ‘denial’, whereby facts too painful to process or accept are rejected. Examples of its applications abound. It provided the starting point for Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death – in which he

Demeanour and Denial (or Don’t Mention the Data)

Demeanour and Denial (or Don’t Mention the Data)

In his groundbreaking 1925 work, Die Verneinung, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud postulated the existence of the psychological defence mechanism ‘denial’, whereby facts too painful to process or accept are rejected. Examples of its applications abound. It provided the starting point for Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death – in which he

Madeleine Whelan

Madeleine Whelan is a family barrister at The 36 Group, specialising in all areas of children law, with a particular emphasis on matters involving harm to children. Maddie has broad experience in public, private, international and non-traditional children cases, which includes acting in cases involving fact-findings of sexual abuse or

Madeleine Whelan

Madeleine Whelan is a family barrister at The 36 Group, specialising in all areas of children law, with a particular emphasis on matters involving harm to children. Maddie has broad experience in public, private, international and non-traditional children cases, which includes acting in cases involving fact-findings of sexual abuse or