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SUMMARY:To Hell With Psychedelics with Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and Adam Knowles - Tues 30th of July 2024 @ 7 - 9 pm BST - Zoom
DESCRIPTION:What an event of psychotherapists talking about philosophy\, hell and psychedelics looks like\, according to AI. Watermelons cannot be guaranteed. \nTo Hell With Psychedelics\nTalking metaphysics with Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and Adam Knowles. \nHow do you know you are not in hell\, right now? What even is “hell”? As in\, what type of thing is “hell”: an actual place\, a state of mind\, a metaphor? That depends\, our speakers suggest\, on your metaphysics. This upcoming talk aims to illuminate\, expand and question your sense of what exists\, where you are\, and how you know. Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes will outline a menu of metaphysical delights\, while Adam Knowles will discuss psychedelics and psychotherapy with reference to his current ayahuasca research. \nIt’s nearly 70 years since Huxley wrote\, “To fall in Hell or soar Angelic\, you’ll need a pinch of psychedelic”\, and psychedelics will be central to this discussion. Psychedelics\, previously understood as “psychotomimetics”\, include magic mushrooms (psilocybin)\, the South American ayahuasca brew\, Mexican peyote (mescaline) cactus “buttons”\, and modern pharmaceuticals like MDMA\, LSD and Ketamine. A common experience with such psychedelics is metaphysical questioning or “ontological shock”. \nA surging “psychedelic renaissance” shows itself everywhere from Netflix (”Midnight Gospel”\, “Fantastic Fungi”\, “My Octopus Teacher”) to Waterstones (Michael Pollan’s “How to Change Your Mind”). Use of psychedelics is expanding worldwide\, scientific research is trying to keep up\, and more people come bemused and confused into therapists’ consulting rooms. \nAdam is an ayahuasca researcher and existential psychotherapist. Peter is a philosopher of mind and psychedelic academic. In dialogue\, with each other and with you\, the invitation is to think creatively about your relationship with reality\, consider what else may be\, and what affect that might have on your client work. \n“Psychedelics break the skin on the pool of the self… A psychedelic trip should not mean but be… We are more verbs than nouns\, a process more than an operation.” \n– Ten Trips – a psychedelic adventure by Andy Mitchell. \n  \n \n \nDr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes\nDr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead\, Spinoza\, Nietzsche\, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism\, pantheism\, mental causation\, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind\, Medicine\, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference\, Breaking Convention\, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. \nPeter is the author of Noumenautics (2015)\, Modes of Sentience (2021)\, co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022)\, the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness‘\, and he is inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero\, Karnak. \nhttps://x.com/PeterSjostedtH \nhttps://www.philosopher.eu/ \n\nAdam Knowles\nAdam Knowles is researching experiences of ayahuasca with qualitative methods for a PhD at Birkbeck\, University of London\, alongside collaborators from King’s College London\, the Ayahuasca Foundation (Peru) and Onaya. Adam is an existential psychotherapist in private practice and a lecturer in psychotherapy & counselling at Regent’s University London. Adam’s ayahuasca research won the prize for Social Sciences at Breaking Convention 2019 and he has presented at conferences including the SEA\, at psychedelic societies in the UK and Estonia\, and on YouTube. In response to the recent BACP ban on therapists describing their work as “psychedelic” (as in “psychedelic integration”)\, Adam submitted an open letter of critique\, signed by hundreds of therapists and others. \nAdam is a past volunteer at PsyCare (drug harm reduction) and the Chacruna Institute (decolonisation and social justice)\, and a current member of both the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy (IPT) and the International Psychedelic Action Network (IPAN). \nhttps://x.com/therapymind \nhttps://www.adamknowles.co.uk/ \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/to-hell-with-psychedelics-with-dr-peter-sjostedt-hughes-and-adam-knowles-tues-0th-of-july-2024-7-9-pm-bst-zoom
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SUMMARY:Inner Velocities and Sustainable Transitions - Devang Vaidya - 25th of July 2024 @ 5 pm - 7 pm BST - Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Inner Velocities and Sustainable Transitions \n \nDevang Vaidya \nThis seminar on therapeutic transformation draws upon two unconventional sources. One is a short but critical flight protocol that the pilot and co-pilot of any aircraft are required to follow in moments immediately prior to take-off. The other is a related dream I’ve frequently had of being on a plane that’s heading out on a runway. What can we learn about existential change by juxtaposing a standard aeronautical procedure with the uncanny synchronicity of one person’s dream? Let’s see. \nI propose that existential transitions occur in a condition of intensity. They require a minimum velocity that also must not be exceeded. The take-off protocol shows the importance of respecting the physical limits of tolerance determined by a dynamic interplay of complex environmental factors. The dream portrays a condition of failure that is potentially meaningful beyond the psyche of the individual dreamer. Together\, they show possible ways of mapping ‘lines of flight’ in moments that are ripe for profound and enduring change. \nThe seminar explores idiosyncratic dimensions of reflexivity as a kind of ethical competence that can be crucial in moments of affective turbulence and existential uncertainty. I will restrain my proposal with a caveat that this level of existence-oriented work is fraught with anxiety and doubt. Yet\, it is an ideal that can prove fruitful to remain well-oriented to\, without attaining absolute mastery over it. \nDo join us if you’ve the inclination and the time. Kierkegaard promises to come along with some salutary edification\, bringing an unusual accomplice in tow\, Gilles Deleuze\, with some light refreshments. \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/inner-velocities-and-sustainable-transitions-devang-vaidya-25th-of-july-2024-5-pm-7-pm-bst-zoom
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 9th book: "Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler – 28th of June – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – Kensington High Street
DESCRIPTION:“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.\n\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n9th book – “Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler. \n “The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers.”\n                                                                                                                                       – Arthur Koestler\n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n\n\nPlace of event:\n375 Kensington High Street\, Management Suite\, Wolfe House\, W14 8QA \nDate:  28th of June 2024\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm GMT \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n\n 
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing-kierkegaard-seminar-series-therapeutic-work-in-intimate-relationships-seminar-1-devang-vaidya-9th-of-may-2024-5-pm-7-pm-gmt-zoom
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SUMMARY:Conversations 001 - '_community_' . Friday 21st June 6 -7 pm UK Time. Zoom.
DESCRIPTION:Online Conversation Group For SEA Members\n\nThere is a lot to celebrate\, being a part of such an interesting society of therapists where we get the chance to share and open up ideas together. Yet our focus on philosophers\, concepts and the _mind_ nevertheless engaging and sophisticated\, can sometimes make our interactions seem formal and academic.\n\nWith the hope of increasing the sense of community for members who\nwish to get closer\, in this zoom meeting we aim to focus on the _heart_ aspect and break some of these barriers by opening a talking space for members\, to explore themes\, ideas and experiences relating to our work and lives as therapists and to being part of the SEA.\n\nEach meeting will have a starting theme\, but would be open to what emerges in the group.  Aiming to engage with what we feel and what’s personally important to each of us.\n\nThe group will be facilitated by two members\, Sally O’Sullivan and Oded Reitten. The meeting will be limited to 8 members\, tickets required.\n\n\n\nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n\n 
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/conversations-001-_community_-friday-21st-june-6-7-pm-uk-time-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:EXISTENTIALISM AND AGEISM. Stella Duffy 5th June 2024 7-9pm UK time on Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Existentialism and Ageism \nStella Duffy \nAt sixty-five one is not merely twenty years older than one was at forty-five. One has exchanged an indefinite future – and one has a tendency to look upon it as infinite – for a finite future. (de Beauvoir\, The Coming of Age\, 1970/1996\, p. 378) \nAgeism is rife in our culture\, arguably it has always been so\, Shakespeare’s seventh age of man – “sans teeth\, sans eyes\, sans taste\, sans everything” – hardly speaks of a well-rounded and fully lived old age. In the 21st century\, ageing often carries an imperative to remain forever young and fit\, lest we become a burden on the health system\, our loved ones\, and future generations. \nWhat age is old? Unless we are aiming to be 110\, can 55 really be ‘midlife’? And if naming ourselves as ‘old’ at 60 or 70 is uncomfortable\, what does that say about our internalised ageism? \nThis event will consider the value of taking an existential approach to ageing and ageism in our work with clients and in daily life. \nBring your youthful vigour\, your aged wisdom\, and everything in between\, for an engaging and experiential conversation about what the numbers really mean. \n \nStella Duffy has recently completed a doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy and her research is in the embodied experience of postmenopause. Alongside her psychotherapy practice\, she is the award-winning writer of seventeen novels\, over seventy short stories and fifteen plays\, and worked in theatre for over thirty-five years as an actor\, director\, and improvisor. The co-founder and\, for eight years\, the co-director of Fun Palaces working with communities and inclusion across the UK\, Stella has been active in equalities and diversity work in the arts and LGBTQ+ communities for many decades. She is also a yoga teacher\, leading regular workshops in yoga for writing.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/existentialism-and-ageism-stella-duffy-5th-june-2024-7-9pm-on-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Purity of heart is to will one thing - Kierkegaard Seminar Series - Therapeutic work in intimate relationships - Seminar 2: Repentance as love’s excellence: The aesthetics and ethics of ‘making good’ - Devang Vaidya - 9th of May 2024  @ 5 pm - 7 pm UK time - Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Purity of heart is to will one thing\n\nKierkegaard Seminar Series \nTherapeutic work in intimate relationships \nDevang Vaidya\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDevang Vaidya is a person-centred existential therapist\, supervisor\, and lecturer based in London. His research interests include elaborating Roger’s theory in the context of Kierkegaard’s existential philosophy\, psychoanalysis\, the arts\, and contemporary critical thought. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nThe purity of heart is to will one thing\, writes Kierkegaard in one of his staggeringly beautiful upbuilding discourses. This one thing to will is simply\, the good. But what is good? Since antiquity\, thinkers have debated on the nature of good. This has lead to unrestrained commitment to all kinds of belief systems – philosophical concepts\, moral theories\, religious doctrines\, societal norms\, psychological formulas\, and scientific research. Many of us in the present age settle on a confusion of such ideas that are quite often too abstract to put into practice consistently\, especially when it comes to relating to our intimate others. \nFor this series of seminars I will propose that it is not necessary to define the concept of good. Rather we can approach it is acts – or as Kierkegaard calls them ‘works of love’. Good then means good acts. Kierkegaard’s interest in the subject of the good is religious and rooted in the Biblical commandment: ‘love thy neighbour as thy self’. How are we to mediate between the dialectical paradox of self-love and Other-love? What does neighbour mean in the context of our intimate relations? Who is a neighbour? If we are to love our neighbours as ourselves\, does this not circle back to our loving ourselves as though we are our own neighbours? \nMost of all\, how should we contend with the tragic dimension of existence that continually shows that we often do not do\, cannot do\, or simply will not do\, what we ought to do. Willing the good\, loving oneself and others: this is a tall order and most of us humans will face spectacular defeats along the way of striving for this unattainable ideal. And yet\, I will argue\, there is hope\, radical hope\, what Kierkegaard refers to as the ‘expectancy of faith’\, yes\, even for us moderns who have signed up to the idea that God is dead. \nIn a series of short seminars I will explore some of these themes based on actual examples from real life case-studies. \nSeminar 2: Repentance as love’s excellence: The aesthetics and ethics of ‘making good’ \nAt a recent Kierkegaard workshop on one of his upbuilding discourse titled “The purity of heart is to will one thing”\, which means to will the good\, one participant quipped: “No shit\, Sherlock! Now tell us\, what the hell do you mean by good?” \nIn today’s seminar I will propose a Kierkegaardian answer. Good is not some philosophical concept of good. It is simply underpinning oneself with the resolute will to make good. The will to make good\, I will argue\, is rooted in the human capacity for remorse. Remorse is based in affect. Remorse is also relational. Responding to remorse in us runs parallel to responding with remorse to others. Remorse can lead to a transformed will that can propel us to acts of repentance\, acts of making good\, as works of proper self-love and Other-love. \nI will conclude on an ironic note that ultimately none of us are really up to this task to perfection since we humans often do not do\, will not do\, or even cannot do\, what we ought to do. We might however maintain the ‘humble courage’ to remain striving without deceiving ourselves into believing in our own absolute power of ethical sovereignty. \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing-kierkegaard-seminar-series-therapeutic-work-in-intimate-relationships-seminar-2-repentance-as-loves-excellence-the-aesthetics-and-ethics-of
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 8th book: ‘The Fat Lady Sings” by Jacqueline Roy – 12th of April – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – Kensington High Street
DESCRIPTION:“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.\n\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n8th book – ‘The Fat Lady Sings” by Jacqueline Roy. \n“He views it as a black thing\, a savage thing\, I see it in his eye. All the time they just keep on provoking us. Then when we strike back\, it proves all the prejudice they carry in their hearts”. \n– Jacqueline Roy\n\n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n\n\nPlace of event:\n \n375 Kensington High Street\, Management Suite\, Wolfe House\, W14 8QA \nDate:  12th April 2024\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm GMT \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-8th-book-the-fat-lady-sings-by-jacqueline-roy-12th-of-april-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-kensing
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240411T190000
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SUMMARY:Purity of heart is to will one thing - Kierkegaard Seminar Series - Seminar 1: Sexuality beyond consensual seduction: The erotic abyss & the abysmal erotic - Devang Vaidya - 11th of April 2024 @ 5 pm - 7 pm GMT - Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Purity of heart is to will one thing\n\nKierkegaard Seminar Series \nTherapeutic work in intimate relationships \nDevang Vaidya \n\n\n\nDevang Vaidya is a person-centred existential therapist\, supervisor\, and lecturer based in London. His research interests include elaborating Roger’s theory in the context of Kierkegaard’s existential philosophy\, psychoanalysis\, the arts\, and contemporary critical thought.\n\n\n\n\nThe purity of heart is to will one thing\, writes Kierkegaard in one of his staggeringly beautiful upbuilding discourses. This one thing to will is simply\, the good. But what is good? Since antiquity\, thinkers have debated on the nature of good. This has lead to unrestrained commitment to all kinds of belief systems – philosophical concepts\, moral theories\, religious doctrines\, societal norms\, psychological formulas\, and scientific research. Many of us in the present age settle on a confusion of such ideas that are quite often too abstract to put into practice consistently\, especially when it comes to relating to our intimate others. \nFor this series of seminars I will propose that it is not necessary to define the concept of good. Rather we can approach it is acts – or as Kierkegaard calls them ‘works of love’. Good then means good acts. Kierkegaard’s interest in the subject of the good is religious and rooted in the Biblical commandment: ‘love thy neighbour as thy self’. How are we to mediate between the dialectical paradox of self-love and Other-love? What does neighbour mean in the context of our intimate relations? Who is a neighbour? If we are to love our neighbours as ourselves\, does this not circle back to our loving ourselves as though we are our own neighbours? \nMost of all\, how should we contend with the tragic dimension of existence that continually shows that we often do not do\, cannot do\, or simply will not do\, what we ought to do. Willing the good\, loving oneself and others: this is a tall order and most of us humans will face spectacular defeats along the way of striving for this unattainable ideal. And yet\, I will argue\, there is hope\, radical hope\, what Kierkegaard refers to as the ‘expectancy of faith’\, yes\, even for us moderns who have signed up to the idea that God is dead. \nIn a series of short seminars I will explore some of these themes based on actual examples from real life case-studies. \n  \nSeminar 1: Sexuality beyond consensual seduction: The erotic abyss & the abysmal erotic\n \nDrawing upon one of the most disturbing and yet strangely lyrical pieces in existential literature I will first introduce Johannes\, Kierkegaard’s notorious diarist and seducer. A self-styled eroticist\,  Johannes seems genuinely convinced that his seduction of the young woman\, Cordelia\, is for her own good. Could Johannes\, who seduced one\, or even Don Giovanni\, who seduced many\, be the most problematic cases of sexual excess? What role does consent play in their tales? \nThe publication of Avgi Saketopoulou’s recent book “Sexuality beyond consent” raises in its wake a related worry. It is one of potentially disparaging the concern for the ethics of safe sexual boundaries\, viewing them only as repressive or oppressive instruments of socio-cultural orthodoxies. Unfortunately\, this risks undermining the psychoanalyst-author’s own genuine concern for freeing her clients from sedimented trauma-based self-identities. \nAs a restraining corrective\, I will offer a Kierkegaardian critique of ‘sexuality beyond consent’ by pointing to the hazards of its misrepresentation as valorising ‘sex without consent’. My aim in this critique will be to preserve the worth of Saketopoulou’s insightful proposals by defending them against possible mis-readings that implicitly or explicitly denigrate respect and care as two primary conditions of love that are vital for a sustainable and thriving erotic life. \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing-kierkegaard-seminar-series-therapeutic-work-in-intimate-relationships-seminar-1-devang-vaidya-11th-of-april-2024-5-pm-7-pm-gmt-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 7th book: 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov – 1st of March – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – Kensington High Street
DESCRIPTION:“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.\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n7th book – ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov \nThis book was chosen to provide an opportunity to openly discuss the very challenging issues of paedophilia\, rape and sexual grooming.  The organisers feel that as existential practitioners or trainees we  have the ability to be confronted and handle a conversation about controversial and unpleasant material with wisdom\, humility and respect.  \n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n \nPlace of event: \n375 Kensington High Street\, Management Suite\, Wolfe House\, W14 8QA \nDate: 1st of March 2024\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm GMT \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-7th-book-lolita-by-vladimir-nabokov-1st-of-march-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-kensington-high-street
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240226T210000
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SUMMARY:"Beyond Real: AI and Virtual Reality in Modern Psychotherapy." -  David Boyle  -  Monday February 26th 7-9pm GMT on Zoom
DESCRIPTION:David Boyle offers an intriguing exploration into the evolving landscape of psychotherapy\, enhanced by cutting-edge technologies. Building on his keynote at the SEA Conference\, David ventures beyond the traditional confines of real human therapists and real therapy rooms to illuminate the groundbreaking role of AI therapists and Virtual Reality (VR) environments in therapeutic practices. \nDavid will revisit the core insights from his SEA Conference keynote to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and psychotherapy. He’ll delve into how these technologies can aid therapists in understanding and assisting their clients more effectively. David will also address AI’s ethical considerations and limitations in therapeutic settings\, emphasizing the importance of human judgment and empathy in the process. \nHe’ll also introduce the transformative impact of VR in therapy. He’ll delve into how VR is not just a tech gimmick but a powerful tool in treating phobias\, PTSD\, and more. \nThe presentation aims to give therapists a deeper understanding of VR and AI’s capabilities and limitations\, encouraging them to consider how AI can be integrated into their practice to enhance the therapeutic experience beyond the constraints of the real world. David’s talk invites psychotherapists to engage with new technologies not as a replacement for the human touch in therapy but as complementary tools that can enrich their practice and client outcomes. \n  \n  \n \nDavid has 20+ years of experience using technology to in the creative industries. His work has changed the culture and economics of the world’s most prestigious entertainment and luxury brands\, including EMI Music\, HarperCollins Publishers\, BBC\, MasterClass and Harrods. David runs Audience Strategies\, an agency that helps brands use a deep understanding of their audiences to drive growth. \nDavid co-wrote the PROMPT series of books on how people can practically use language models in their work. He has worked with marketers\, CEOs\, strategists\, market researchers\, innovation experts\, psychotherapists\, screenwriters\, songwriters\, creative writers\, and many more people. And he has trained many of the largest companies in the world on this. \nThis event will take place online. A Zoom link will be mailed to participants the day before the event. Ticket sales close on the 24th of February. A Certificate of Attendance will be sent to all participants. \nMembers get 25% off at checkout.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/beyond-real-ai-and-virtual-reality-in-modern-psychotherapy-david-boyle-monday-february-26th-7-9pm-gmt-on-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
ORGANIZER;CN="Paola Pomponi":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240119T210000
DTSTAMP:20231208T175440Z
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 6th book: 'Samarkand' by Amin Maalouf – 19th of January – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – Kensington High Street
DESCRIPTION:“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.\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n\n6th book – ‘Samarkand’ by Amin Maalouf  \nVividly re-creating the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam\, Amin Maalouf spans continents and centuries with breathtaking vision: the dusky exoticism of 11th-century Persia\, with its poetesses and assassins; the same country’s struggles nine hundred years later\, seen through the eyes of an American academic obsessed with finding the original manuscript; and the fated maiden voyage of the Titanic\, whose tragedy led to the Rubaiyaat’s final resting place.\n\n\n“When faced with a chaotic and convoluted situation\, one always thinks that it will take centuries to sort it out. Suddenly a man appears and as if by magic\, the tree we thought was doomed takes on new life and starts bearing leaves and fruits and giving shade.”\n– Amin Maalouf\n\n\n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n\n\n\n  \nPlace of event:  \n375 Kensington High Street\, Management Suite\, Wolfe House\, W14 8QA \nDate: 19th January 2024\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm GMT \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-6th-book-samarkand-by-amin-maalouf-19th-of-january-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-kensington-high-street
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T160000
DTSTAMP:20231009T133214Z
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SUMMARY:Boundaries and Frontiers - Karen Weixel-Dixon - 29th of November @ 2 pm - 4 pm GMT ON ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Boundaries and Frontiers\nFrontiers are areas of wilderness and the unknown that are delineated by boundaries. \nIf we are too boundaried\, we may miss the messy or creative possibilities that are excluded; if\nwe are not boundaried enough\, we may invite chaos\, or non-therapeutic anxieties. \nThis will be an opportunity to consider and discuss the purpose of boundaries\, both\nprofessional and personal\, that may support\, or hinder\, our therapeutic projects. We may\nentertain notions of how and when our boundaries are immutable\, and in what circumstances\nthey may be negotiable. \nLimits and boundaries are aspects of all human engagements: it can be useful to consider the\neffectiveness of making boundaries explicit\, and to what extent they are adaptable in any\nhuman connection. \nPlease join us for a lively exchange of ideas and information. \nKaren Weixel-Dixon \nCounselling\, Psychotherapy\, Supervision\, Mediation\, Training \nM.A.\, Adv. Dip.\, Accredited Mediator CMC\, CBT cert.\, UKCP Reg.\, EAP Cert. Reg. \nKaren conducts private practice with individuals\, couples\, and families\, and groups. She was visiting faculty for twenty-three years at Regents University London. \nShe has authored two books\, Interpersonal Conflict (Routledge\, 2016)\, and Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy (Routledge\, 2020)\, and co-authored Existential Therapy (Routledge\, 2015)\, with Susan Lacovou. \nKaren works existentially and phenomenologically\, and has a particular interest in how people engage with time. \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/boundaries-and-frontiers-karen-weixel-dixon-29th-of-november-2-pm-4-pm-gmt-on-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T210000
DTSTAMP:20231123T185834Z
CREATED:20231024T113546Z
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 5th book: 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky – 24th of November – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – Kensington High Street
DESCRIPTION:“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.\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n\n5th book – ‘Crime and Punishment’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky \n“Raskolnikov\, a destitute and desperate former student\, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator\, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck.”\n \n“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” \nFyodor Dostoevsky\n\n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n  \nPlace of event:  \n375 Kensington High Street\, Management Suite\, Wolfe House\, W14 8QA \nDate: 24th November 2023\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm GMT \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/26999
LOCATION:W14 8QA\, 375 Kensington High Street\, London\, W14 8QA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231112T170000
DTSTAMP:20231029T141152Z
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SUMMARY:2023 SEA Annual Conference – "Back to Basics; Into the Future"
DESCRIPTION:35th Annual SEA Conference – “Back to Basics; Into the Future” \nTimetable for the weekend will include presentations and workshops by:Yaqui Andrés Martinez ~ Todd DuBose ~ Emmy van Deurzen ~ Claire Arnold-Baker ~ Ernesto Spinelli ~ Paulius Skruibis to mention but a few… \n  \nThis year’s conference theme invites us to re-examine the core of existential psychotherapy – its philosophical foundations\, therapeutic approaches\, and lived experience with clients. By reflecting on our past and present\, we can gain clarity and perspective to carry our practice confidently into the future\, we will explore: \n– What are the essential tenets that define existential psychotherapy? How do we remain grounded in these foundations while allowing space for growth? \n– How has our understanding of concepts like freedom\, responsibility\, meaning\, isolation\, death anxiety\, and authenticity evolved over time? Which interpretations still hold true and which may need re-thinking? \n– How do we honor the diversity of identities and experiences in our field and clientele? How can we make space for more voices to be heard? \n– What cultural assumptions underpin our theories and methods? How can we adapt to meet changing societal needs while staying true to existential principles? \n– What emerging ideas\, technologies\, therapies\, problems or populations should existential psychotherapists engage with? How do we thoughtfully expand our scope? \n– What is the role of existential psychotherapy in the future? How can we as a community meet humanity’s needs in a changing world? \nThis year’s conference is a chance to reconnect with our roots\, share wisdom\, and envision how existential psychotherapy can continue to enlighten and heal. We will challenge each other\, open up new perspectives\, and come away invigorated by the passion and care this community embodies. We look forward to powerful conversations as we find our way forward together.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/2023-sea-annual-conference-back-to-basics-into-the-future
LOCATION:NVCO: Society Building\, 8 All Saints Street\, London\, London\, N1 9RL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD,SEA Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="Teresa Cannon":MAILTO:theSEAconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T160000
DTSTAMP:20231009T133318Z
CREATED:20231004T133531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T133318Z
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SUMMARY:Money Money Money - Karen Weixel-Dixon - 26th of October @ 2 pm - 4 pm GMT ON ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Money Money Money\nMoney is one of the most common concerns expressed in supervision with practitioners. \nSome of the questions posed are “How do I explain what I am being paid for?”; and “How do\nI justify the fees that I propose when clients miss sessions?” \nThis will be an opportunity to consider and discuss in what ways money is problematic\npersonally\, professionally\, and philosophically. We will consider how we construct\nprofessional policies around money\, and how these policies affect our work\, our clients\, and\nour self-worth. \nPlease join us for a lively exchange of ideas and information. \n  \nKaren Weixel-Dixon \nCounselling\, Psychotherapy\, Supervision\, Mediation\, Training \nM.A.\, Adv. Dip.\, Accredited Mediator CMC\, CBT cert.\, UKCP Reg.\, EAP Cert. Reg. \nKaren conducts private practice with individuals\, couples\, and families\, and groups. She was visiting faculty for twenty-three years at Regents University London. \nShe has authored two books\, Interpersonal Conflict (Routledge\, 2016)\, and Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy (Routledge\, 2020)\, and co-authored Existential Therapy (Routledge\, 2015)\, with Susan Lacovou. \nKaren works existentially and phenomenologically\, and has a particular interest in how people engage with time. \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/money-money-money-karen-weixel-dixon-26th-of-october-2-pm-4-pm-gmt-on-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231013T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231013T210000
DTSTAMP:20230918T173157Z
CREATED:20230918T122524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230918T173157Z
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 4th book: “The Mezzanine' by Nicholson Baker – 13th of October – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – The Battersea PowerStation Development
DESCRIPTION:“Looking to read more fiction in 2023? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. Over the next year\, the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks at the Riverview Room in the newly re-opened Battersea Power Station development.\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n4th book – The Mezzanine. Although most of the action of The Mezzanine occurs on the escalator of an office building\, where its narrator is returning to work after buying shoelaces\, this startlingly inventive and witty novel takes us farther than most fiction written today. It lends to milk cartons the associative richness of Marcel Proust’s madeleines. It names the eight most significant advances in a human life —beginning with shoe-tying. It asks whether the hot air blowers in bathrooms really are more sanitary than towels. And it casts a dazzling light on our relations with the objects and people we usually take for granted.\n\n\n“That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.”\n – Nicholson Baker \n\n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n  \nPlace of event: Riverview Room at Scott House\, 23 Circus Road West\, Battersea Power Station\, London\, SW11 8EH\nDate:13th October 2023\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm GMT \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-4th-book-the-mezzanine-by-nicholson-baker-13th-of-october-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-the-battersea-po
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230729T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230729T140000
DTSTAMP:20230712T194801Z
CREATED:20230712T194801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230712T194801Z
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SUMMARY:Phenomenological-existential therapy with children and young people - Branca Sá Pires - 29th of July @ 11 am - 1 pm BST - On ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Phenomenological-existential therapy with children and young people \nWith Branca Sá Pires \n  \nThis talk will explore existential therapy with children and young people\, as viewed from the phenomenological-existential branch of existential therapy. Drawing on experience and reflection\, the talk will look at phenomenological and existential elements of therapy with younger clients (including working with freedom\, choice\, and limitations)\, and the value of this therapeutic option for young people today. \n \n  \n  \nBranca is originally from Portugal. She is a clinical psychologist and existential therapist\, as well as a research student at the University of Roehampton. Areas of particular interest are freedom and choice in therapy\, existential therapy with children and young people\, community and social transformation\, and research. \n  \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/phenomenological-existential-therapy-with-children-and-young-people-branca-sa-pires-29th-of-july-11-am-1-pm-bst-on-zoom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230713T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230713T160000
DTSTAMP:20230623T185104Z
CREATED:20230623T145258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230623T185104Z
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SUMMARY:Death and Life: suicide\, and a reason to live - Karen Weixel-Dixon - 13th of July @ 2 pm - 4 pm GMT ON ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Death and Life: suicide\, and a reason to live\nThere is not love of life without despair of life… Albert Camus.\n  \nIn this webinar\, we will consider the moral\, ethical\, practical\, personal and professional\naspects of suicide and suicidal intentions. \nWe can discuss what problems suicide might seem to solve\, as well as what problems might\nbe provoked by the act or intention. \nParticipants are asked to consider their own stance about this issue\, both as practitioners\, and\nas fellow human beings\, and for themselves and others. Any personal experiences are\nwelcome material for the discussion\, and it is hoped those in attendance will treat such\nofferings with respect and generosity. \nJoin us! \n  \nKaren Weixel-Dixon \nCounselling\, Psychotherapy\, Supervision\, Mediation\, Training \nM.A.\, Adv. Dip.\, Accredited Mediator CMC\, CBT cert.\, UKCP Reg.\, EAP Cert. Reg. \nShe conducts private practice with individuals\, couples\, and families\, and groups. She was visiting faculty for twenty-three years at Regents University London. \nKaren has authored two books\, Interpersonal Conflict (Routledge\, 2016)\, and Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy (Routledge\, 2020)\, and co-authored Existential Therapy (Routledge\, 2015)\, with Susan Lacovou. \nKaren works existentially and phenomenologically\, and has a particular interest in how people engage with time. \n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/death-and-life-suicide-and-a-reason-to-live-karen-weixel-dixon-13th-of-july-2-pm-4-pm-gmt
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230609T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230609T210000
DTSTAMP:20230601T144313Z
CREATED:20230504T140956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T144313Z
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 3rd book - 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy – 9th of June – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – The Battersea PowerStation Development
DESCRIPTION:“Looking to read more fiction in 2023? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. Over the next year\, the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks at the Riverview Room in the newly re-opened Battersea Power Station development.\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n3rd book – The Road by Cormac McCarthy is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains\, but in which the father and his son\, “each the other’s world entire\,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision\, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness\, desperate tenacity\, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.”\n“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.”\n– Cormac McCarthy\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\nPlace of event: Riverview Room at Scott House\, 23 Circus Road West\, Battersea Power Station\, London\, SW11 8EH\nDate: 9th of June 2023\nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-3rd-book-the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy-9th-of-june-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-the-battersea-powerstation-deve
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230428T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230428T210000
DTSTAMP:20230315T154907Z
CREATED:20230315T154718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T154907Z
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SUMMARY:‘the reader’s club’ with Irene Stoppoloni. 2nd book - “Our Man in Havana” by Graham Green – 28th of April – 7 pm to 9 pm GMT – The Battersea PowerStation Development
DESCRIPTION:“Looking to read more fiction in 2023? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. Over the next year\, the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks at the Riverview Room in the newly re-opened Battersea Power Station development.\n\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n\n\n2nd book – “Our Man in Havana” by Graham Green – “A espionage thriller\, a penetrating character study\, and a political satire. It tells of MI6’s man in Havana\, Wormold\, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job\, he files bogus reports based on Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true.”\n \n “There are many countries in our blood\, aren’t there\, but only one person. Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”\n– Graham Green\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n\n\n\n\n\nPlace of event: Riverview Room at Scott House\, 23 Circus Road West\, Battersea Power Station\, London\, SW11 8EH \n\n\nDate: 28th of April 2023 \nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm  \n\n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-2nd-book-our-man-in-havana-by-graham-green-28th-of-april-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-the-batte
LOCATION:The Batersea PowerStation\, Scott House\, 21 Circus Road West\, London\, SW11 8EH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:'the reader's club' with Irene Stoppoloni. 1st book: “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt - 10th of March - 7 pm to 9 pm GMT - The Battersea PowerStation Development
DESCRIPTION:“Looking to read more fiction in 2023? Looking to meet some fellow colleagues for an evening of interesting discussions and conviviality? Then look no further. Over the next year\, the reader’s club will meet every 6 weeks  to discuss thought-provoking books over some food and drinks at the Riverview Room in the newly re-opened Battersea Power Station development.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs well as meeting new people and enjoying a sociable evening\, participants will receive a CPD certificate after each meeting.  We will meet on Fridays at 7pm (aiming to end at 9pm) – look out for the dates on the SEA website. Come to as many meetings as you want!”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1st book – “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt – “Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor\, a group of clever\, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”\n\n– Donna Tartt\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\nIrene is a Regent’s University graduate and works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice. In 2021\, she ran the Therapists Book Club which met monthly over zoom for a year. The idea of the reader’s club  stemmed from a desire to create a space for therapists to meet socially with other\ncolleagues and start a conversation over a good book.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \nPlace of event: Riverview Room at Scott House\, 23 Circus Road West\, Battersea Power Station\, London\, SW11 8EH \n\n\nDate: 10th of March 2023 \nTime: 7 pm to 9 pm  \n\n  \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please\, don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-readers-club-with-irene-stoppoloni-1st-book-the-secret-history-by-donna-tartt-10th-of-march-7-pm-to-9-pm-gmt-the-battersea-powerstation-development
LOCATION:The Batersea PowerStation\, Scott House\, 21 Circus Road West\, London\, SW11 8EH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH:  Dialogue on the place of creativity in existential therapy
DESCRIPTION:  \nDialogue no 5 in the series “SEA Existential Dialogues” \nIn now available on Amazon \n  \nDIALOGUE ON THE PLACE OF CREATIVITY \nIN EXISTENTIAL THERAPY\n  \nBy Gianfranco Buffardi & Yaqui Andrés Martinez Robles \nTranslated from the original Italian/Spanish version by Danilo Serra \nForeword by Ernesto Spinelli. \n  \n“This isn’t an enterprise concerned with talking about existential therapy and creativity. It is\, instead\, and much more importantly\, a co-operative immersion into a receptive atmosphere where the living\, breathing\, moment-by-moment\, creative flow awakens both the authors and the readers of this fascinating text to their existence and all its ordinary and extraordinary possibilities.”  \n(Ernesto Spinelli – Foreword to Dialogue on the place of creativity in Existential Therapy) \n  \n \nProfessor Gianfranco Buffardi\, MD\, PhD is a psychiatrist\, practicing existential therapist and professor of psychotherapy in various institutions\, including I.S.U.E (Istituto di Scienze Umani ed Esistenziali). He holds degrees in medicine\, psychology\, philosophy and holds a PhD in bioethics. Gianfranco is the former Director of a Mental Health Unit in Caserta\, Italy. In his works he was engaged many times in national and international research programmes.  He is Invited Professor at Università Europe and A.P.R.A.\, in Rome. He was temporary Professor in psychiatric\, psychological and philosophical disciplines at other Italian Universities. Gianfranco is the founder and president of the Istituto di Scienze Umane ed Esistenziali (Institute of Human and Existential Sciences) in Naples\, Italy since 1988. The I.S.U.E and its president hold many cultural events every year. His most important books are: Manuale di Counselling Esistenziale (with F. Brancaleone\, SEAM\, Rome\,1999); Helping: the helping professions from existential anthropology to philosophical counselling (with F. Brancaleone & G. Traversa\, La Melagrana\, Caserta\, 2008); Bioetica quotidiana in psichiatria (Franco Angeli 2009) and Il divano è meglio di Freud (Franco Angeli 2015). His papers have been published in a number of professional and international journals\, including the Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology; Journal of Existential Analysis; Dasein; Il Giornale Italiano di Psichiatria and Journal of Humanistic Psychology (in press). Starting this year\, he will be scientific director of the Nuova Scuola di Psicoterapia Esistenziale (SPEs) \n  \n Dr. Yaqui Andrés Martínez-Robles is an existential-phenomenological therapist. He is the founder of the CIR-EX: Circle of Studies in Existential Therapy (Círculo de Estudios en Terapia Existencial) in Mexico and Colombia\, where he teaches and trains existential therapists from different countries of Latin America since 2002. CIR-EX offers a three-year study program for a master’s degree in Existential-Phenomenological Therapy. \nHe is a clinical psychologist with a masters degree and PhD in psychotherapy. He has been trained in Gestalt therapy\, Group therapy\, Narrative therapy\, and Music therapy. He is a certified practitioner in Holotropic breathwork by the Grof Transpersonal Association. Currently he is doing the certification as a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist at the IPI (Integrative Psychiatry Institute). He is honorary president of the ALPE (Latin American Association for Existential Psychotherapy). He has authored six books on topics about Existential thought and therapy\, one of them is translated into English: Existential Therapy: Relational theory and practice for a post-Cartesian world. (2015). He teaches Existential-phenomenological perspective internationally. \n\nMeet the authors:\nFriday 24th February 7pm-9pm (GMT)  on Zoom\nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker\, please don’t hesitate to contact our event’s organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n 
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/book-launch-dialogue-on-the-place-of-creativity-in-existential-therapy
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
ORGANIZER;CN="Paola Pomponi":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology for Existential Therapists - Workshop 3 - Chris Goto-Jones - Thursday 9th of February @ 7 pm - 9 pm
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology for Existential Therapists\nPresented by Dr. Chris Goto-Jones\n\nWhat will the talk/presentation be about? and why is this topic particularly\nmeaningful/interesting to you? \nMost therapists today are aware of the so-called ‘mindfulness movement\,’ yet some are left\ndissatisfied by the instrumental and protocol-driven nature of the therapies associated with it.\nExistential therapists in particular ask different questions and demand different answers from\nBuddhist Psychology than these simple protocols provide. In this series of three workshops\,\nwe will explore some of the ways in which Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology can be brought\ninto conversation with Existential therapy in particular. Beginning with a relatively high-level\noverview of the existential aspects of Buddhist philosophy\, the sessions will move on to\nconsider how this particular approach to existentialism might be valuable and helpful in\nframing/reframing therapeutic interactions and in alleviating suffering. The sessions will draw\non a mixture of texts from the Buddhist tradition as well as some case histories that illustrate\nsome of the principles in action. \nWhy is this topic important for those who are practicing or interested in existential\nanalysis? and how can these ideas change existential analysis for the better? \nWhile we often think of Continental Europe as the locus of existentialism\, many of the\nconcerns associated with that philosophical movement are also present in other traditions\naround the world. In fact\, twentieth century Buddhist philosophers have often looked to the\nexistentialists as natural conversation partners\, seeing some form of kinship. At the same\ntime\, many philosophers and therapists recognise in the 2\,500-year tradition of Buddhist\ntheory and practice an astonishingly rich and deep reservoir of insight into the truth of human\nsuffering and its amelioration. Bringing these traditions into conversation can only enrich the\npractice of existential analysis\, as well as contribute to eroding the Euro-centricity of some\ntherapeutic assumptions and approaches. \nWho is the talk for and what do you hope attendees will come away with? \nThe workshops are designed for anyone with an interest in existential analysis and therapy\, t\nwhatever level or form of engagement. By the end of the series\, participants might expect to\nhave a basic understanding of the contours of Buddhist philosophy & psychology\, and\nespecially those areas that most closely touch into existential themes. In addition\,\nparticipants should gain a basic understanding of some practices that Buddhist traditions\nadvocate as ways to identify suffering and cause it to cease. Participants can and should\nexpect these workshops to be secular in content and practical in intent. \n \n  \nEducated in Cambridge\, Keiō (Tokyo)\, and Oxford universities\, Chris is Professor in Philosophy at the University of Victoria\, where he teaches topics in Continental and Asian philosophy (especially Buddhism and Daoism). He is also honorary Professor in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Outside the university\, Chris is a therapist in private practice\, working largely in existential and narrative modes\, often integrating ideas and practices from Buddhist philosophy into his work. Holding advanced certifications in MBSR and MBCT\, he has also received Buddhist training in a number of traditions\, including Zen and Vipassana. For the last few years he has been teaching the award-winning MOOC\, ‘De-Mystifying Mindfulness\,’ for Leiden University on Coursera and Furturelearn\, which has served approx. 250\,000 people. \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/buddhist-philosophy-psychology-for-existential-therapists-presented-workshop-3-chris-goto-jones-thursday-9th-of-february-7-pm-9-pm
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology for Existential Therapists - Workshop 2 - Dr. Chris Goto-Jones - Thursday 26th of January @ 7 pm - 9 pm
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology for Existential Therapists\nPresented by Dr. Chris Goto-Jones\n\nWhat will the talk/presentation be about? and why is this topic particularly\nmeaningful/interesting to you? \nMost therapists today are aware of the so-called ‘mindfulness movement\,’ yet some are left\ndissatisfied by the instrumental and protocol-driven nature of the therapies associated with it.\nExistential therapists in particular ask different questions and demand different answers from\nBuddhist Psychology than these simple protocols provide. In this series of three workshops\,\nwe will explore some of the ways in which Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology can be brought\ninto conversation with Existential therapy in particular. Beginning with a relatively high-level\noverview of the existential aspects of Buddhist philosophy\, the sessions will move on to\nconsider how this particular approach to existentialism might be valuable and helpful in\nframing/reframing therapeutic interactions and in alleviating suffering. The sessions will draw\non a mixture of texts from the Buddhist tradition as well as some case histories that illustrate\nsome of the principles in action. \nWhy is this topic important for those who are practicing or interested in existential\nanalysis? and how can these ideas change existential analysis for the better? \nWhile we often think of Continental Europe as the locus of existentialism\, many of the\nconcerns associated with that philosophical movement are also present in other traditions\naround the world. In fact\, twentieth century Buddhist philosophers have often looked to the\nexistentialists as natural conversation partners\, seeing some form of kinship. At the same\ntime\, many philosophers and therapists recognise in the 2\,500-year tradition of Buddhist\ntheory and practice an astonishingly rich and deep reservoir of insight into the truth of human\nsuffering and its amelioration. Bringing these traditions into conversation can only enrich the\npractice of existential analysis\, as well as contribute to eroding the Euro-centricity of some\ntherapeutic assumptions and approaches. \nWho is the talk for and what do you hope attendees will come away with? \nThe workshops are designed for anyone with an interest in existential analysis and therapy\, t\nwhatever level or form of engagement. By the end of the series\, participants might expect to\nhave a basic understanding of the contours of Buddhist philosophy & psychology\, and\nespecially those areas that most closely touch into existential themes. In addition\,\nparticipants should gain a basic understanding of some practices that Buddhist traditions\nadvocate as ways to identify suffering and cause it to cease. Participants can and should\nexpect these workshops to be secular in content and practical in intent. \n \n  \nEducated in Cambridge\, Keiō (Tokyo)\, and Oxford universities\, Chris is Professor in Philosophy at the University of Victoria\, where he teaches topics in Continental and Asian philosophy (especially Buddhism and Daoism). He is also honorary Professor in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Outside the university\, Chris is a therapist in private practice\, working largely in existential and narrative modes\, often integrating ideas and practices from Buddhist philosophy into his work. Holding advanced certifications in MBSR and MBCT\, he has also received Buddhist training in a number of traditions\, including Zen and Vipassana. For the last few years he has been teaching the award-winning MOOC\, ‘De-Mystifying Mindfulness\,’ for Leiden University on Coursera and Furturelearn\, which has served approx. 250\,000 people. \n  \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/buddhist-philosophy-psychology-for-existential-therapists-presented-workshop-2-dr-chris-goto-jones-thursday-26th-of-january-7-pm-9-pm
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology for Existential Therapists - Workshop 1 - Dr. Chris Goto-Jones - Thursday 12th of January @ 7 pm - 9 pm GMT
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology for Existential Therapists\nPresented by Dr. Chris Goto-Jones\n\nWhat will the talk/presentation be about? and why is this topic particularly\nmeaningful/interesting to you? \nMost therapists today are aware of the so-called ‘mindfulness movement\,’ yet some are left\ndissatisfied by the instrumental and protocol-driven nature of the therapies associated with it.\nExistential therapists in particular ask different questions and demand different answers from\nBuddhist Psychology than these simple protocols provide. In this series of three workshops\,\nwe will explore some of the ways in which Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology can be brought\ninto conversation with Existential therapy in particular. Beginning with a relatively high-level\noverview of the existential aspects of Buddhist philosophy\, the sessions will move on to\nconsider how this particular approach to existentialism might be valuable and helpful in\nframing/reframing therapeutic interactions and in alleviating suffering. The sessions will draw\non a mixture of texts from the Buddhist tradition as well as some case histories that illustrate\nsome of the principles in action. \nWhy is this topic important for those who are practicing or interested in existential\nanalysis? and how can these ideas change existential analysis for the better? \nWhile we often think of Continental Europe as the locus of existentialism\, many of the\nconcerns associated with that philosophical movement are also present in other traditions\naround the world. In fact\, twentieth century Buddhist philosophers have often looked to the\nexistentialists as natural conversation partners\, seeing some form of kinship. At the same\ntime\, many philosophers and therapists recognise in the 2\,500-year tradition of Buddhist\ntheory and practice an astonishingly rich and deep reservoir of insight into the truth of human\nsuffering and its amelioration. Bringing these traditions into conversation can only enrich the\npractice of existential analysis\, as well as contribute to eroding the Euro-centricity of some\ntherapeutic assumptions and approaches. \nWho is the talk for and what do you hope attendees will come away with? \nThe workshops are designed for anyone with an interest in existential analysis and therapy\, t\nwhatever level or form of engagement. By the end of the series\, participants might expect to\nhave a basic understanding of the contours of Buddhist philosophy & psychology\, and\nespecially those areas that most closely touch into existential themes. In addition\,\nparticipants should gain a basic understanding of some practices that Buddhist traditions\nadvocate as ways to identify suffering and cause it to cease. Participants can and should\nexpect these workshops to be secular in content and practical in intent. \n \nEducated in Cambridge\, Keiō (Tokyo)\, and Oxford universities\, Chris is Professor in Philosophy at the University of Victoria\, where he teaches topics in Continental and Asian philosophy (especially Buddhism and Daoism). He is also honorary Professor in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Outside the university\, Chris is a therapist in private practice\, working largely in existential and narrative modes\, often integrating ideas and practices from Buddhist philosophy into his work. Holding advanced certifications in MBSR and MBCT\, he has also received Buddhist training in a number of traditions\, including Zen and Vipassana. For the last few years he has been teaching the award-winning MOOC\, ‘De-Mystifying Mindfulness\,’ for Leiden University on Coursera and Furturelearn\, which has served approx. 250\,000 people. \n  \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/buddhist-philosophy-psychology-for-existential-therapists-workshop-1-dr-chris-goto-jones-thursday-12th-of-january-7-pm-9-pm-gmt
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Existential Approaches to Interpersonal Trauma - Dr Marc Boaz - Oct 1 2022 @ 11 am - 1 pm BST
DESCRIPTION:Existential Approaches to Interpersonal Trauma \nPresented by Dr Marc Boaz \n  \nThe seminar will provide an introduction to different existential approaches to understanding\ninterpersonal trauma. Interpersonal trauma includes experiences of; childhood abuse and neglect\,\ndomestic and partner abuse\, rape and sexual violence\, and inhumane\, degrading and torturous\ntreatment. Marc will give and overview of perspectives from existential-phenomenological\,\nphenomenological-contextual\, existential-humanistic\, social phenomenological\, logotherapeutic\, and\nexistential analytic writers and practitioners. He will also outline his own approach of modal\nexistentialism\, and explore how this could be used to understand trauma-related phenomena. Finally\,\nMarc will discuss how these approaches can be applied in practice to support people to make sense of\nthe trauma they have experienced. \nAdversity and trauma-informed practices are increasingly becoming central to mental health service\nprovision\, and practice in psychology and psychotherapy. Existentialism has tended to subsume ideas\nabout trauma into broader ideas about human suffering and crisis\, and many existential practitioners\nhave had to rely on the ideas and approaches from other orientations and modalities to understand and\nwork with trauma. This seminar offers an initial introduction to the existential contributions to\nunderstanding trauma\, and offers some suggestions about how to work existentially with people who\nhave experienced interpersonal trauma. \nThis seminar is for counsellors\, psychotherapists\, psychologists and psychiatrists who have and\ninterest\, or have a background\, in working with people who experienced interpersonal trauma. It is\nalso suitable for professionals working in wider mental health or allied health professions.\nAttendees are encouraged to purchase a copy of the book in advance of the event\, and will have time\nto ask questions or provide their own reflections during the seminar. The book can be ordered through\nthe publishers website: https://www.routledge.com/An-Existential-Approach-to-Interpersonal-\nTrauma-Modes-of-Existing-and-Confrontations/Boaz/p/book/9781032020600 \, through an online\nbookstore\, or from your local book shop. \nDr Marc Boaz is an existential psychotherapist\, member of SEA\, and the author of the recent book\n(2022) ‘An Existential Approach to Interpersonal Trauma’. Marc is a visiting Professor in Public\nMental Health\, and a member of\, and policy advisor to\, the UK Trauma Council (UKTC) hosted by\nthe Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/existential-approaches-to-interpersonal-trauma-dr-marc-boaz-oct-1-2022-11-am-1-pm-bst
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Existential Analysis Writing Award – Kierkegaardian Contributions to Existential Therapy - 31 August 2022
DESCRIPTION:Existential Analysis Writing Award – Kierkegaardian Contributions to Existential Therapy \n31 August 2022 \nPhenomenology\, as a discipline\, is concerned with returning to the ways that things are given in experience getting “back to the ‘things themselves.”1 \n“Existential phenomenology seeks to get at the meaning of lived experience through the careful and systematic analysis of lived experience itself.”2 \n“Existential phenomenology describes subjective human experience as it reflects people’s values\, purposes\, ideals\, intentions\, emotions\, and relationships. It concerns itself with the experiences and actions of the individual\, rather than conformity or behaviour.”3 \nExistential therapy is recognized as a phenomenological practice. Yet\, not every activity claiming to be phenomenological is necessarily therapeutic. For existential therapists to be phenomenological\, and for phenomenologists to be therapeutic\, they must remain grounded in their own as well as their clients’ affective self-understanding. \nThis is in contrast with the ‘neutral observer’ stance of the positivist researcher who first abstracts the lived experience out of the existential context of a person\, and then breaks down the abstracted experience into the so called objective categories.  This gives rise to a Kierkegaardian worry that psychology and philosophy can be scientific and scholarly but lacking in transformative potency. 4 \nFrom a Kierkegaardian perspective\, existential therapists are faced with a number of questions\, for example: \n\nHow does the existential therapist reconcile the phenomenological principle of getting ‘back to the things themselves’ with the therapeutic task in Kierkegaardian terms of helping a person to stand alone as a work of love?\nHow can Kierkegaard’s ‘single individual’ attain ethical sensibility and maintain ethical obligations to others from the perspective of existential therapy?\nUnder what conditions can any ‘careful and systematic analysis’ in existential phenomenology be regarded as having genuine therapeutic worth?\n\nThis writing initiative responds to the prevailing positivist bias in psychotherapy that excludes phenomenological narratives which do not conform to the methods and categories of evidence-based research and psychopathology. \nThe submissions will ground and clarify under-represented phenomenological dimensions of experience in Kierkegaardian terms that are relevant to existential therapy. Examples of these are accounts that have ecological\, political\, somatic\, psychological\, feminist\, and religious dimensions. \nSubmission and Award \nThe closing date for submissions will be August 31st 2022. Enquiries and submissions should be sent by email attachment to the Editors\, Existential Analysis\, c/o Richard Swann to submissions.ea@gmail.com \nIn addition to these guidelines\, please also refer to the ‘Information for Contributors’ webpage on https://existentialanalysis.org.uk/publications/information-for-contributors/ \nUp to ten selected entries will each receive an award of £200. The selected entries will be announced at the SEA Annual Conference in November and the articles published in a special issue of Existential Analysis in the Spring of 2023. \nSubmissions will be evaluated for granting awards on the basis of the following core criteria: a) proper appropriation of Kierkegaardian concepts b) relevance to existential therapy c) critique of the positivistic bias d) argumentative rigour e) standard of writing. \nEntries will be adjudicated by a panel drawn from the Editorial Board and the Peer Review Panel of Existential Analysis. Final decisions will be made by the EA Editors and the Guest Editor. \nDevang Vaidya will be the Guest Editor of this special issue. \nProf Simon du Plock\nDr Martin Adams\nCo-editors Existential Analysis
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/existential-analysis-writing-award-kierkegaardian-contributions-to-existential-therapy-31-august-2022
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:An Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry from the Society of Existential Analysis - 31 July 2022
DESCRIPTION:An Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry from the Society of Existential Analysis \n31 July 2022 \nThe SEA is launching an exciting new publication in November 2022 which aims to help\nintroduce ideas and themes around existentialism to a wide audience\, and we are\nlooking for contributors from all walks of life and from around the world. \nThe Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry from the Society for Existential Analysis is an\nopportunity for anyone who has a story to tell which explores the human condition –\nwhether through prose\, poetry or graphic art – in a fun and creative way. Fiction has\nalways been an essential way for people to think about ideas of existence and meaning\,\nand we want to encourage contributions from people beyond just the worlds of academia\nand psychotherapy. \nPerhaps you or someone you know has a story waiting to be told… and here is that\nopportunity! \nStories can be up to a maximum 15\,000 words\, not previously published and\ncontributors will also be asked to submit a short description of why they think their\ncontribution would work as existential-themed fiction. \n  \nThe deadline for submissions is 31 July 2022. \nFor further information or to submit your work\, please contact the editor\, Dean Andrews\,\nat deanandrewstherapy@gmail.com. \n 
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/an-anthology-of-short-stories-and-poetry-from-the-society-of-existential-analysis-31-july-2022
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Old Ways\, Recent Developments: Topics in Daseinanalysis - Miles Groth - July 27 - 7 pm - 9 pm BST
DESCRIPTION:Old Ways\, Recent Developments: Topics in Daseinanalysis  \nPresented by Miles Groth \n  \n \nWho is Miles Groth? \nMiles Groth\, PhD\, Professor of Psychology (emeritus)\, at Wagner College in New York is the founder of the American Daseinsanalytic Institute. \nRecently\, he has participated in three online conferences in collaboration with Alfred Denker on Heidegger and Daseinsanalysis. \nHe is the author or editor of eighteen books\, fifty-six articles or chapters in books on psychotherapy and Continental philosophy\, and numerous book reviews. \nDr. Groth has presented papers at forty-one conferences in North America\, Europe and Australia. He convened four international conferences at Wagner College on existential analysis and related topics and has been a member of the executive boards of five international professional organizations\, serving on the editorial boards of five peer-reviewed journals. \nHe has been General Editor of three peer-reviewed journals (two of which he founded). \nDr. Groth has been in practice as daseinanalyst since 1985. \n  \nOld Ways\, Recent Developments: Topics in Daseinanalysis \nMiles Groth will present “Old Ways\, Recent Developments: Two Topics in Daseinanalysis”. The presentation coincides with the publication of his paper in the July issue of Existential Analysis: “Therapeutic Eros in Daseinanalysis: amo\, vol ut sis.” \nThe presentation will be in two parts: (1) Medard Boss and Alberto Seguín on the therapeutic eros\, the Dasein-Dasein relation\, and therapeutic liberation\, and (2) the use of the couch in daseinanalysis. \nTherapists often discuss the ontic relationship between therapist and client but little attention is paid to what makes this relationship possible\, namely\, the ontological relation between the existence (Dasein) of each that subtends the ontic relationship. \nDr. Groth will discuss how to understand the structure of the crossing of the “ontic-ontological divide” in therapeutic eros. \nSecond\, one of the hallmarks of daseinanalysis is a legacy of its origins in psychoanalysis: the use of the couch. Although not often mentioned\, this has always been and continues to be part of the practice of daseinanalysis. \nDr. Groth will comment on the reasons for the need for this element of practice especially in the context of recent questions about the efficacy of virtual encounters between therapist and other necessitated by the COVID pandemic. \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/old-ways-recent-developments-topics-in-daseinanalysis-miles-groth-july-27-7-pm-9-pm-bst
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD
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SUMMARY:Experiential-Existential Creative Writing Workgroups - Chris Cleave & Stella Duffy - June 19 & July 3 - 10 am - 2 pm BST
DESCRIPTION:Experiential-Existential Creative Writing Workgroups\nPresented by Chris Cleave & Stella Duffy \n  \nWho are the workgroup facilitators? \nStella Duffy and Chris Cleave are third-year doctoral students at NSPC\, with a combined 60 years of writing practice and an understanding of process as the core of that work. \n  \n \nChris Cleave’s novels celebrate people’s resilience\, humour\, and capacity for healing. He is the author of four award-winners including the New York Times #1 bestseller\, Little Bee. He teaches writing at the Arvon Foundation and mentors privately. His forthcoming novel\, Minotaur\, explores ambiguity and reconciliation in mother-daughter relationships. His doctoral research is in the experiences that people seek in order to heal themselves outside of formal therapy. \n \n  \nStella Duffy is an award-winning writer of 17 novels\, over 70 short stories and 14 plays. She has taught writing for the Arvon Foundation\, Goldsmiths University and Sotheby’s Institute among many others. She worked in devised and physical theatre for many decades and is a yoga teacher\, running monthly yoga for writing workshops. Her doctoral research is in the embodied experience of postmenopause. \n  \n  \nWhy are we offering these twin workgroups? Because you asked for something more! Following Stella and Chris’s enjoyable and well-attended writing workgroup at the last SEA Conference\, we learned that there is an appetite for a stronger dose of this inspiring and welcoming process that invites therapists of all approaches to connect with themselves and with existential themes through phenomenological and creative writing. So here it is: two lively and dynamic 4-hour groups\, separated by a fortnight for personal reflection. \nWho’s it for? It’s for therapists\, researchers\, their friends and anyone else who might be interested – feel free to share this invitation. You don’t need to ‘be existential’ or to have any writing experience. As experienced novelists and writing tutors\, and trainee existential therapists\, we suggest creative approaches and attunements that work with the individuals and the group on the day\, while you bring your life understanding and your (perhaps much more extensive) experience of connecting with clients. \nWhat will I get out of it? New creative connections with yourself and others. The result of holding this atypical space for this unusual crowd is a unique group energy\, in which we’ve discovered that new meanings and possibilities are uncovered for participants. You might take away a new idea for a writing project\, or a deepening of something you’re already working on. Or you might feel interested to try phenomenological therapeutic writing. Or… something else entirely. Groups are unpredictable. People surprise themselves. \nWhat happens in the workgroups? Stella and Chris’ workgroups are all different but they have three unvarying principles: \n\nProcess before product. This isn’t ever about producing a fancy piece of written work – you can do that on your own time. This is about play\, in the freest and deepest sense. Through playful experiment you are invited to notice & channel the existential energies that inform your personal creative process. You won’t be asked to share any writing you produce in our workgroups\, unless you want to share as part of exploring your process.\nExperience before erudition. Scholarship – although such an important pillar of philosophically-reflective practice – isn’t the focus here. In this space we’re about experiencing the existential aspects of our creative practice\, through practical exercises and discussion.\nInclusion before everything. Our workgroups are founded on the observation that connection IS creativity. Every aspect of you that you and the group might include in the creative process is welcome and valued: your religion\, culture\, gender identification\, ethnicity\, and sexuality; your anger\, your humour\, your darkness and your love. We ask that you bring your whole self\, disclose what you feel safe disclosing\, and treat others in the group in a way that helps them be safe.\n\nDo I need to attend both workgroups? These two workgroups are designed as a pair\, so participation in both won’t feel repetitive. You are also welcome to participate only in the first workgroup\, but please don’t participate only in the second. The second workgroup will be specifically structured around the requests of the group as expressed in the first. \n\n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nIf you think you have a new and interesting topic to share with us and would like to be our next speaker please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk.
URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/experiential-existential-creative-writing-workgroups-chris-cleave-stella-duffy-june-19-july-3-2022-10-am-2-pm-bst
CATEGORIES:Misc CPD,SEA Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk
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