SEA Symposium Topic: What is the meaning of the obsessive-compulsive behaviour and how does it influence our way being in the world? Join our Zoom Symposium for a get together to discuss different ideas on topics that are of equal interest and liking. Get yourself a drink, a meal or your favourite snack, sit comfortably […]
Dr Natalie Lancer, PhD (Lond), MA (Oxon), PGCE, MA (Lond), Dip Psych (Open) Existential growth and The Eight Tensions Framework: navigating everyday challenges as students of life. 22nd April, 7pm-9pm on Zoom. In this talk, Natalie shares her Eight Tensions Framework – the set of existential quandaries originally formulated regarding university students, but applicable […]
Symposium: 7th May 7pm-9pm You can blow out a candle, But you can't blow out a fire: An exploration of inner freedom according to Steve Biko. Presenter: Julia Kukard Stephen Bantu Biko was killed by the SA apartheid police is September 1977. As an African existentialist he explored the paradoxes of freedom and responsibility, particularly […]
In ‘The Divided Self’ R.D. Laing describes an ‘ontologically secure’ individual as experiencing her/ his ‘being’ in ‘ordinary circumstances’ as: “..real, alive, whole; as differentiated from the rest of the world… ..that his identity and autonomy are never in question; as a continuum in time; as having inner consistency, substantiality and worth…” (p.41, The Divided […]
Symposium: 4th June 7pm-9pm Topic: Daseinsanalysis: The Renaissance of Medard Boss's Existential Psychotherapy Speaker: Miles Groth, PhD The symposium will begin with a survey of the history of daseinsanalysis, its basic theoretical principles, and all elements of daseinsanalytic practice, including the goal of daseinsanalysis by contrast with that of other existential and medical psychotherapies. The […]
Existential Coaching - A 3-day Training for Existential Therapists and Counsellors TRAINER: YANNICK JACOB The SEA is proud to present a 3 day Existential Coaching Training Programme for existential psychotherapists and counsellors aiming at expanding their professional expertise adding the ability to offer coaching either as an extension of therapy work, or as a separate supporting […]
Existential Group Psychotherapy and Counselling A two-day seminar presented by Karen Weixel-Dixon 23rd - 24th April 2022 10am-6pm UK Time Zoom. Event Description The fundamentals of Existential Groupwork: theory and practice. Karen believes group psychotherapy (and counselling) is an invaluable project and warrants more appreciation than it currently garners. The topic will deepen the […]
WAYWARD ANGEL A talk/performance by Manu Bazzano THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN-PERSON What does it mean to redeem the (individual and collective) past? Do catastrophe and redemption go hand in hand? What does it mean to say yes to the future? In seeking happiness, we often want repetition, grasping the evanescent moment of the […]
Reading Kierkegaard Beyond Scholarliness and Scienticism June 17, 4 pm - 6 pm UK Time on Zoom Seminar III - Therapeutic Love as a Socratic Task Presented by Devang Vaidya Following the stimulating discussions and questions raised at the previous two events, this will be the third and final seminar to encourage and support people […]
Experiential-Existential Creative Writing Workgroups Presented by Chris Cleave & Stella Duffy Who are the workgroup facilitators? Stella 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. Chris Cleave’s novels celebrate people’s resilience, humour, […]