Marty Cooper

Previous literature has identified panic buying as often being a response to environmental stressors. In early 2020, we saw an increase in panic buying as a response to a real and/or perceived lack of resources due to COVID-19. Although panic buying has a long history, there is a lack of literature to provide a psychological understanding of the phenomenon. During the early days of COVID-19 clients presented with fear and uncertainty. These negative emotions were, in part, a response to a real shortage of basic supplies. However, the panic response led to behaviors that, for some individuals, resulted in atypical buying patterns. From a therapeutic perspective, one can consider behavioral and psychodynamic explanations and interventions, and how this impacts the associated behaviors. This article will focus on psychodynamic understandings of panic buying as a response to events that result in negative emotions. By providing a psychodynamic understanding of panic buying, authors hope to contribute to the therapy of clients presenting with related behaviors and their associated negative affect.

Anti-Indian bias can influence clients seeking psychotherapy. It is further complicated when this bias is experienced from a parental figure. It can lead to an internalised anti-Indian bias that may affect the individual for many years. It may be further complicated by having one or more intersecting minority identities. This article will review psychotherapeutic case-study with a self-identified gayclient, who experiences anti-Indian bias within his family of origin. The article will present an integrated relational framework that can be utilised to assist clients with similar difficulties.