Philosophical Perspectives in Therapy: Re-Enchanting Practice – A Webinar Series by Dr Steven Segal – Second Webinar – Therapy as a Practice of Freedom: bell hooks and the Politics of Healing – Tuesday 10th March 2026 – 10 am to 12 pm UK time on ZOOM
Philosophical Perspectives in Therapy – Re-Enchanting Practice
Therapy as a Practice of Freedom: bell hooks and the Politics of Healing
Theme:
Linking personal healing to social transformation.
Focus:
Bell hooks’ vision of therapy as a liberatory practice that confronts internalized oppression.
Content Overview:
Understanding how patriarchy, capitalism, and racism shape psychic wounds.
Naming experience as the first act of freedom.
Love, belonging, and community as conditions for healing.
Therapy as a political and spiritual act of reclaiming humanity.
Learning Outcome:
Therapists learn to situate individual suffering within wider social systems and to support clients in reclaiming agency, voice, and connection.
Dr Steven Segal is a psychotherapist and academic consultant. He has a PhD in Philosophy of Education which allows him to bring a depth and breadth of philosophy into his practices. He has published two books, edited two books and has written over 30 peer reviewed articles in a diverse range of disciplines including leadership, education, philosophy, psychotherapy and research. He was an associate professor at Macquarie University where he spent twenty-two years joyfully engaging MBA students in the delights of philosophy and psychotherapy.
A Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants.
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