South Dialogues: Class as proximity to harm

Exploring perspectives of class as proximity to harm and what mental health professionals might need to know to better support people.

South Dialogues is an event series hosted by South of Therapy in which topics relating to justice, anti-oppressive and decolonial practice, and mental health are explored. During these events, Lucia will be in conversation with different practitioners invited to share their knowledge and perspectives. After the first half, the space will be open for all participants to interact, ask questions, offer reflections, in an open forum.

[South Dialogues are free for South of Therapy Community Members, who will also get unlimited access to all event recordings: joins us here]

For our third South Dialogues we will be in conversation with Nell Ash, psychotherapist and writer who explores working-class experiences in the mental health field. We will be exploring perspectives of class as proximity to harm as well as its intersections with other forms of oppression. We will also be discussing what mental health professionals might need to know to better support people. Join us for a rich dialogue!

This event can be helpful for both, mental health profesionnals and helpers working with migrants, and for anyone wanting a space for reflection and exploration of their own experiences.

[Ticket holders will have access to the live AND to the recording for two weeks after the event, if they can’t attend on the day]

About the Speakers:

Nell Ash is a psychotherapist, writer and founder of Class Therapy. Her work explores the relationship between class, mental health, care, humour and power, with a particular focus on bringing working-class lives into therapeutic practice. Alongside her private practice, she writes about the social, cultural and relational forces that shape our lives, braiding together psychology, sociology, philosophy, lived experience and collective care. Her first book will be published next year.

Lucia Sarmiento Verano (she/her) is a humanistic psychotherapist in private practice online. With a background in Sociology and Political Science, she has worked as an anti-racism trainer and consultant with mental health organisations. She has experience delivering training and facilitating reflective discussions around topics of anti-racism and decolonial thinking in mental health. Lucia is now undertaking research on the topics of coloniality and resistance as a Ph.D. student at the Birkbeck University of London.