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SUMMARY:Webinar: What Therapists Need to Know About Power
DESCRIPTION:*Free for Community of Practice members* \n\n\n\n[if you are a community member please use your code to book your free ticket\, or join us to claim it along with more benefits] \n\n\n\nQuestion of power dynamics and how they affect people are often more prevalent in philosophical scholarship than in therapeutic thinking. However\, lack of knowledge and disavowal of power’s impact on mental health and on relationships are a key problem in our profession. It may mean we miss important aspects of a client’s experience\, or\, at worst\, it can cause harm within the therapeutic relationship. \n\n\n\nThis introductory session is an attempt to translate what philosophy tells us about power in our lives in a way that is directly applicable to therapeutic work. For this\, we will cover: \n\n\n\n\nthe social theories on structural and personal power\n\n\n\nthe impact of power on mental health and the formation of the self\n\n\n\nhow to work with it in therapy settings\n\n\n\n\nThis is an introductory webinar that will be followed by a more in-depth workshop for those interested in reflecting on this topic. It will last 1 hour\, including a 45 min presentation and space for questions or reflections. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is aimed at mental health professionals and everyone interested in the links between social inequalities\, power and mental health. \n\n\n\n(This live event will be recorded. The fee includes access to the recording for 2 weeks after the event\, and a handout with references that will be shared via email after the presentation.)About the speaker:\n\n\n\nLucia Sarmiento Verano is a humanistic psychotherapist in private practice in Oxford and 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 anti-oppression and resistance as a Ph.D. student at the Birkbeck University of London. \n\n\n\nWhat people have said about Lucia’s training events: \n\n\n\n” I would recommend\, it is an accessible way to gain valuable insight on topics that are essential for counsellors (but sadly not included within most training)” (Addam) \n\n\n\n” Useful intro to a topic/way of thinking. Approachable and concise.” (EB) \n\n\n\n” Appreciation for the sensitivity brought to social/cultural/historical power in the real world and how this is present in clinical interactions.” (Kartika)
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/webinar-what-therapists-need-to-know-about-power/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Talk
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SUMMARY:Community Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:The South of Therapy Community of Practice comes together every few months to discuss readings and other resources provided in the monthly newsletter. \n\n\n\nWe will be diving into a topic relating to justice\, liberation\, anti-oppressive practice and coloniality. We’ll do so with members of our closed group\, a supporting and gently challending environment to learn and unlearn together.More information on our community here.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/community-reading-group/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251208T180000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Power in Therapy
DESCRIPTION:This reflective workshop is a continuation to the webinar titled ‘What Therapists Need to Know About Power’. Building on the definitions and questions presented during the webinar\, we will gather as a small group to reflect on how power dynamics have impacted both our lives and our work. \n\n\n\nAfter a brief check-in\, the facilitated discussion will be structured as follows: \n\n\n\n\nexamining my relationship with Power in life and work\n\n\n\ndiscussion around a case study – reflections on therapeutic relationships\n\n\n\nhow do we keep questioning power dynamics in the profession & how do we support clients develop resistance strategies in their lives?\n\n\n\n\nSome reflective prompts as well as case studies will be provided to start the discussions\, but the space will remain open to what participants bring and to how the discussion unfolds. \n\n\n\nTo make this space as generative as possible\, all participants need to have seen the webinar presentation previous to their attendance. The webinar took place on October 13th. For those who haven’t attended\, I ask that they purchase the add-on ‘webinar recording’ with their ticket. They will be sent the link to the recording so they can be up to date with the information required for the discussion. \n\n\n\nThe session will last 2 hours with a short break in the middle. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is aimed at mental health professionals\, helpers and everyone interested in the links between social inequalities\, power and mental health. \n\n\n\n(This is a live event that will be most beneficial for participants who engage with the material and discussions. It will not be recorded\, and a certificate of attendance will be provided.) \n\n\n\nTicketing options:\n\n\n\nDifferent prices have been offered to cater to varying financial situations. Please choose the ticket that corresponds to your current circumstances. \n\n\n\nA small number of tickets have been reserved for trainees\, people in financial hardship\, or people living and working in the Global South. Please contact me directly using the link in my profile (you can also find it below) to let me know you need access to these tickets and I will be happy to arrange it. \n\n\n\n(Sadly I am having to add: if you are asking for access to these tickets\, please treat me with the same respect you expect from others. Also\, due to the political situation I will not respond to anonymous messages. Thank you.) \n\n\n\nAbout the facilitator/speaker:\n\n\n\nLucia Sarmiento Verano is a humanistic psychotherapist in private practice in Oxford and 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 anti-oppression and resistance as a Ph.D. student at the Birkbeck University of London.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/workshop-power-in-therapy/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training/Workshop
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SUMMARY:Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The South of Therapy Community of Practice comes together regularly to check-in\, discuss topics of justice and liberation\, and to overall offer each other gentle challenge and support in this journey. \n\n\n\nThis is a closed and confidential group for community members. We are practitioners who are on a journey to learn/unlearn\, and develop our own anti-oppressive praxis\, in life and work. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the community and how to join.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/community-meeting/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260120T133000
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SUMMARY:South Dialogues: On Migrant Subjectivities & Multiplicity
DESCRIPTION:Concessions Available \n\n\n\nA conversation on migration\, navigating a multiplicity of identities and selves from an anti-oppressive perspective. \n\n\n\nSouth 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] \n\n\n\nFor our very first South Dialogues we will be in conversation with Maria Laguna\, exploring topics of migration\, the negotiation of multiple identities and selves\, including double consciousness\, issues of power dynamics and complicity (including identification with the oppressor). Join us for a rich dialogue! \n\n\n\nThis event can be helpful for both\, mental health profesionnals and helpers working with migrants\, and for migrants or members of the diaspora wanting a space for reflection and exploration of their own experiences. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers:\n\n\n\nMaría Verónica Laguna is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist\, educator\, and clinical supervisor based in Uruguay. Her interdisciplinary work bridges continents and communities\, informed by over a decade of clinical and social work experience in New York City\, where she served in transitional housing programs\, outpatient clinics\, and private practice. María lectures internationally on Social Work\, Critical Psychology\, migration\, and intersectionality. She is the founder of The Bicultural Collective\, an initiative supporting bicultural individuals and the clinicians who serve them\, and she leads Psychoanalysis and Social Justice\, a collaborative database curating events and resources at the intersection of clinical practice and activism. María is the author of two forthcoming chapters: \n\n\n\n\n“Exploring Immigrants’ Self-States from an Intersectionality Lens: Finding Liberation in the ‘In-Between’” (Nomos Verlag)\n\n\n\n“Critical Psychology and Ferenczi’s Approach to Psychoanalysis: Two Dialects of the Same Language” (in press) (INM Editora)\n\n\n\n\nLucia Sarmiento Verano 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.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/south-dialogues-on-migrant-subjectivities-multiplicity/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260209T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260209T190000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: neurodivergence\, an anti-oppressive perspective
DESCRIPTION:Understanding our experiences within a social and historical context. \n\n\n\nWith a focus on autism and ADHD\, we will reflect on how an anti-oppressive perspective on Neurodivergence can help us understand our experiences within a social and historical context. \n\n\n\nConversations about Neurodivergence and mental health are on the rise and there is an increased understanding of neurodivergent people’s experiences and our needs. Most of these spaces are focused on finding language and validation for our experience\, and on educating practitioners about practical ways to support us. \n\n\n\nThis event will have a slightly different focus: we will examine what recent changes in our social context have to do with increased pathologisation of neurodivergence. From this\, we will explore how these changes foster external and internal ableism\, creating long-term distress. \n\n\n\nThe space will be held with awareness of the interconnectedness of all oppressive systems and holding collective liberation as a goal. \n\n\n\nThis event is suitable for both mental health practitioners and clients or service users alike. It will be especially helpful for neurodivergent people exploring collective understandings of their challenges and the social context. \n\n\n\n(This live event will be recorded. The fee includes access to the recording for 2 weeks after the event\, and a handout with references that will be shared via email after the presentation.)
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/webinar-neurodivergence-an-anti-oppressive-perspective/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260313T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260313T113000
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SUMMARY:Community Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:The South of Therapy Community of Practice comes together every few months to discuss readings and other resources provided in the monthly newsletter. \n\n\n\nWe will be diving into a topic relating to justice\, liberation\, anti-oppressive practice and coloniality. We’ll do so with members of our closed group\, a supporting and gently challending environment to learn and unlearn together.More information on our community here.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/community-reading-group-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T113000
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UID:4928-1779442200-1779449400@southoftherapy.com
SUMMARY:Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The South of Therapy Community of Practice comes together regularly to check-in\, discuss topics of justice and liberation\, and to overall offer each other gentle challenge and support in this journey. \n\n\n\nThis is a closed and confidential group for community members. We are practitioners who are on a journey to learn/unlearn\, and develop our own anti-oppressive praxis\, in life and work. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the community and how to join.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/community-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260601T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260601T163000
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SUMMARY:South Dialogues: Intersections of Disability\, Race and Class
DESCRIPTION:Concessions Available \n\n\n\nSouth 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] \n\n\n\nFor our second South Dialogues we will be in conversation with Sage Stephanou\, abolitionist facilitator\, educator\, supervisor\, and ex-art psychotherapist. We will be discussing the intersections of disability\, race and class and their impact on a person’s life. This will include potential mental health and well-being experiences to consider and access (or lack of access) to support within our current system. The conversation will also touch on alternatives to care and support we can ask for/offer as members of different communities. Join us for a rich dialogue! \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\n[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] \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers:\n\n\n\nSage Stephanou (they/them) is an abolitionist facilitator\, educator\, supervisor\, and ex-art psychotherapist. Their work is dedicated to redefining healing outside of colonial therapy practices or state intervention by developing robust mutual aid and community care practices. Learn more about Sage and their work: https://www.theradicalqueertherapist.com/ \n\n\n\nLucia Sarmiento Verano 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.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/south-dialogues-intersections-of-disability-race-and-class/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260717T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260717T113000
DTSTAMP:20260405T074248
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SUMMARY:Community Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:The South of Therapy Community of Practice comes together every few months to discuss readings and other resources provided in the monthly newsletter. \n\n\n\nWe will be diving into a topic relating to justice\, liberation\, anti-oppressive practice and coloniality. We’ll do so with members of our closed group\, a supporting and gently challending environment to learn and unlearn together.More information on our community here.
URL:https://southoftherapy.com/event/community-reading-group-3/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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