Assembling therapeutics : cultures, politics and materiality / [edited by] Suvi Salmenniemi, Johanna Nurmi, Inna Perheentupa and Harley Bergroth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From culture to assemblages: an introduction / Suvi Salmenniemi, Harley Bergroth, Johanna Nurmi & Inna Perheentupa -- Assembling mindful bodies: mindfulness as a universal "laboratory of practice" / Steven Stanley & Ilmari Kortelainen -- Affective assemblages: atmospheres and therapeutic knowledge production in/through the researcher-body / Marjo Kolehmainen -- Therapeutic and therapeia within Orthodox Christianity / Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir -- Saving the post-Soviet soul: religion as therapy in the narratives of Russian-speaking migrant women / Julia Lerner -- Coaching for the nation: a new "moral and ethical assemblage" for Israel's last republican generation / Ariel Yankellevic -- The datafication of therapeutic life management: assembling the self in control society / Harley Bergroth & Ilpo Hel©♭n -- The lure of self-disclosure: app-assisted quantification of mood as therapeutic companionship / Felix Freigang -- No negative vibes: organisational fun as a practice of social control / Virve Peteri -- "Living on a razor blade": work and alienation in the narratives of therapeutic engagements / Suvi Salmenniemi, Johanna Nurmi & Joni Jaakola -- Feminists performing the collective trauma in contemporary Russia / Inna Perheentupa -- Uncanny experiences as therapeutic events / Kia Andell, Harley Bergroth & Marja-Liisa Honkasalo -- Afterword: life of psy / Elaine Swan.