Recognising Radicalisation Toward Extremism
If you’ve been a professional helper for a while, you have probably sensed that the fields we work in (counselling/psychotherapy, psychology, social work, etc.) have changed in recent years. As the world we live in becomes increasingly polarised, so too do the beliefs and values of people drawn to radicalisation toward extremism; for many of those radicalised, the process has occurred chiefly online. Studies suggest that about 50% of the UK’s young people who become radicalised are brainwashed by extremist material on the internet; the number of people radicalised in Britain has doubled in the last five years (Educate.against.hate, 2017). »
