Misc CPD

“Looking to read more fiction? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks. As well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening, participants will receive a CPD certificate […]

“Looking to read more fiction? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks. As well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening, participants will receive a CPD certificate […]

“Looking to read more fiction? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks. As well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening, participants will receive a CPD certificate […]

Philosophical Perspectives in Therapy - Re-Enchanting Practice Romanticism and the Re-Enchantment of Therapy Theme: Rediscovering emotion, imagination, and meaning in the therapeutic encounter. Focus: Romanticism’s revolt against rationalism and its enduring influence on humanistic and expressive therapies. Content Overview: The Romantic turn from reason to emotion, intuition, and subjectivity. Storytelling, metaphor, and imagination as pathways […]

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 […]

Philosophical Perspectives in Therapy - Re-Enchanting Practice Hegel and the Dizziness of Dialectics in Psychotherapy Theme: The movement of transformation through tension and contradiction. Focus: Applying Hegel’s dialectical understanding to the therapeutic process. Content Overview: The dialectic as movement between opposing forces — knowing and not-knowing, insight and denial. Israelstam’s notion of dialectical attunement in […]

Philosophical Perspectives in Therapy - Re-Enchanting Practice Hannah Arendt, the Banality of Evil and Mental Health Theme: From calculative thinking to reflective, ethical presence. Focus: Arendt’s notions of estrangement and the “banality of evil” as moods revealing the need for thoughtfulness in therapy. Content Overview: Arendt’s own experience of exile and estrangement as existential disruption. […]

Philosophical Perspectives in Therapy - Re-Enchanting Practice Postmodern Playfulness: Philosophical Reflection and Therapy   Theme: Embracing uncertainty and the art of serious play. Focus: Postmodern reflexivity as a playful mode of engaging with meaning without clinging to certainty. Content Overview: Postmodern uncertainty as openness rather than loss. The therapeutic importance of irony, humour, and play. […]