BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Society for Existential Analysis - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Society for Existential Analysis REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20220517T201523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220518T141802Z UID:10000085-1655632800-1655647200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220617T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220617T180000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20220427T164931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220427T172035Z UID:10000084-1655481600-1655488800@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Reading Kierkegaard Beyond Scholarliness and Scienticism: Seminar III - Therapeutic Love as a Socratic Task - Devang Vaidya - June 17th @ 4 pm- 6 pm UK Time ZOOM DESCRIPTION:Reading Kierkegaard Beyond Scholarliness and Scienticism\nJune 17\, 4 pm – 6 pm UK Time on Zoom \nSeminar III – Therapeutic Love as a Socratic Task \nPresented by Devang Vaidya\n \nFollowing the stimulating discussions and questions raised at the previous two events\, this will be the third and final seminar to encourage and support people who are already working on or thinking of submitting a paper for the SEA Writing Award for a special edition of the Existential Analysis journal on Kierkegaardian Contributions to Existential Therapy. \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 2-hours 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/reading-kierkegaard-beyond-scholarliness-and-scienticism-seminar-iii-therapeutic-love-as-a-socratic-task-devang-vaidya-june-17th-4-pm-6-pm-uk-time-zoom CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220426T201850 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220426T201850 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20211209T191654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T201850Z UID:10000077-1651004330-1651004330@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Wayward Angel - Manu Bazzano - TBC DESCRIPTION:WAYWARD ANGEL\nA talk/performance by Manu Bazzano\nTHIS  EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN-PERSON \n \nWhat 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 “not yet” and the unique… \nIn his 9th Thesis of History\, written after his release from the internment camp in France and just before his suicide\, Walter Benjamin wrote: A Klee painting … shows an angel looking … about to move away from something he is contemplating … This is … the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events\, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. … The angel would like to stay\, awaken the dead\, and mend what has been broken. But a storm is blowing … It caught in his wings with such a force that the angel can no longer close them. The storm … drives him into the future to which his back is turned\, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward \nInspired by Walter Benjamin’s 9th Thesis of History\, this talk/performance will address some of these questions through movement\, song\, and speech. Followed by conversation and discussion. \n \nDr Manu Bazzano is an author\, psychotherapist/supervisor\, and a student of Zen and Butoh. \nHis latest book is Re-Visioning Existential Therapy (Ed) (Routledge\, 2020) \nHis forthcoming book\, Subversion and Desire (Routledge)\, will come out in October 2022. \nwww.manubazzano.com \n  \nA 2 hours Certificate of attendance will be sent to participants. \nPlease bring your email confirming your ticket purchase in order to access the theatre. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/wayward-angel-manu-bazzano-5th-may-2022-7-9pm-october-gallery-london CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Paola Pomponi":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220423T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220424T180000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20220218T125349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220416T161204Z UID:10000083-1650708000-1650823200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Existential Group Psychotherapy and Counselling - Karen Weixel-Dixon - A two-day Seminar on the 23rd & 24th April @ 10 am - 6 pm UK Time - ZOOM DESCRIPTION:Existential Group Psychotherapy and Counselling\nA two-day seminar presented by Karen Weixel-Dixon\n23rd – 24th April 2022 10am-6pm UK Time Zoom. \n  \nEvent Description \nThe fundamentals of Existential Groupwork: theory and practice. \nKaren believes group psychotherapy (and counselling) is an invaluable project and warrants more\nappreciation than it currently garners. \nThe topic will deepen the appreciation of the inter-related nature of existence\, and\, likewise\, of\nthe existential therapeutic project. The seminar will hopefully motivate practitioners to\nembrace group therapy alongside traditional formats of individual therapy. \nAdditionally\, the principles presented in the seminar can readily be applied to special interest\ngroups with therapeutic intentions\, as in groups with a focus on parenting\, addiction\, sexuality\,\netc. \nThis topic will hopefully encourage therapists and counsellors to consider the significant and\nparticular benefits of existential group therapy\, and to appreciate how the principles of\nexistential thought and work can be readily adapted to this format. \n  \nTwo Day Intensive Training Programme \nSaturday\, 23 April\, 2022 – 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM \n10:00-10:15 Introductions\n10 :15-10:30 Exercise\n10 :30-10:45 Why group\n10:45-11:15 How theories of groupwork differ\, and how they are similar\n11:15-11:30 break\n11:30-12:00 Aims of group therapy\n12:00-12:15 discussion\n12:15-12:30 Relational Issues\n12:30-1:00 Therapeutic Effects\n1:00-2:00 Lunch\n2:00-2:15 discussion\n2:15-3:00 Conflict\n3:15-3:30 Risks\n3:30-4:00 Focal points and responsibilities\n4:00-4:15 Break\n4:15-4:30 discussion\n4:30-5:15 Phenomenology and Hermeneutics (the ways of dialogue)\n5:15-6:00 Emotions (exercise/demonstration) \nSunday\, 24 April\, 2022 – 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM \n10:00-10:15 Recap and discussion\n10:15-10:45 What are problems and dilemmas\, the nature of change\n10:45-11:45 Forming the group: primary considerations\n11:45-12:00 break\n12:00-12:45 The first\, and subsequent\, session(s)\n12:45-1:00 Ending the group\n1:00-2:00 lunch\n2:00-2:15 discussion\n2:15-3:00 Challenging behaviours and difficult members\n3:00-3:45 Dreamwork (with exercise)\n3:45-4:00 break\n4:00-4:45 Conjoint and combined therapy: pros and cons\n4:45-5:15 ‘How do you know you’ve been heard?’ (exercise/demonstration)\n5:15-6:00 discussion and close \n  \n \n  \n  \nKaren Weixel-Dixon is a Psychotherapist\, Supervisor (UKCP acc.)\, Trainer\, and Accredited Legal Mediator (RUL\, CMC). She is the co-author with Dr.. Susan Iacovou of ‘Existential Therapy\, 100 key points and Techniques’ (2015)\,’ Interpersonal Conflict\, an Existential Psychotherapeutic and Practical Model’ (sole author) (2017)\, and’ Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy’(sole author) (2020)\, all published by Routledge. She has a special interest in how people experience\, and engage with\, time. \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. \n  \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-group-psychotherapy-and-counselling-karen-weixel-dixon-a-two-day-seminar-on-the-23rd-24th-april-10-am-6-pm-uk-time-zoom CATEGORIES:Misc CPD,SEA Training ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210605T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210605T180000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210422T082432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T165957Z UID:10000068-1622887200-1622916000@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Existential Coaching - A 3-day Training for Existential Therapists and Counsellors. June 5th-12th-26th DESCRIPTION:Existential Coaching – A 3-day Training for Existential Therapists and Counsellors\nTRAINER: YANNICK JACOB \n  \nThe 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 facility for their clients. \nThe sessions will be on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the event. \nParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance and/or a Certificate of Completion if the full course is taken. \nPre-requisite: Trained therapists\, counsellors or mental health professionals with basic knowledge of the existential-philosophical landscape and its key themes. \nFoundations:\nday 1 Saturday 5th June 2021 10am-6pm\n(8 hours including lunch break) \n\nAn introduction to coaching – key definitions\, models and approaches to practice\nKey differences between coaching and therapy\nRefresher of key existential themes and how to spot them in the coaching room\nThe existential coaching framework and how it may be applied in practice\nWorking with paradox\, dilemma and anxiety through a coaching lens\nExistential coaching vs. Existentially-informed coaching\nExperiential learning through demonstrations\, fishbowls and practice in triads\n\n  \nAdvanced:\nday 2  Saturday 12th June 2021 10am-6pm \n(8 hours including lunch break)\nday 3  Saturday 26th June 2021 10am-6pm\n(8 hours including lunch break) \n\nThe 4 Worlds Model as a coaching assessment tool\nExistential process models: MOVER and CREATE\nGuidelines for existential coaching practice\nExpectations that clients may bring to existential coaching\nExistential leadership and why existential ideas are relevant to organisations and other formations of people\nPhenomenological inquiry in coaching\nWorking with the here-an-now in coaching\nExistentialism as fertile ground for the integration of coaching and therapy\nExperiential learning through demonstrations\, fishbowls and practice in triads\n\n  \nCost: \n£ 400.00 for full 3 days course (SEA members get 25% off) \nor \n£ 150.00 Foundation – day 1 only  (SEA members get 25% off) \n  \n \nYannick Jacob \nTrainer: Yannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA)\, Positive Psychologist (MSc)\, Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP) and Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He’s the Program Director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching at the School of Positive Transformation\, for which he’s gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches\, and until 2018 he was the Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology and faculty at the University of East London’s popular MAPPCP programme (MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology). Furthermore\, Yannick is part of the teaching faculties at The School of Life\, Animas Centre for Coaching and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision. His love for coaching\, positive existential thought and personal development is contagious and he loves to challenge people to think\, learn & grow\, to explore the BIG questions and to appreciate the whole spectrum of what life has to offer. As a coach Yannick partners with his clients to help them lead and navigate their lives and careers\, to make big decisions and\, ultimately\, find ways to be happy. His long-term vision is to inspire the world to embrace their human condition in all its beautiful and challenging facets and to create a more meaningful human experience. Yannick presents at conferences internationally and his book\, An Introduction to Existential Coaching\, was published by Routledge\, the world’s leading academic publisher. Learn more about Yannick and his work at www.existential.coach and www.RocketSupervision.com. \n  \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/existential-coaching-a-3da-training-for-existential-therapists-and-counsellors CATEGORIES:Misc CPD,SEA Training ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210604T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210604T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210422T082717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T101811Z UID:10000070-1622833200-1622840400@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Symposium 4th June 7pm-9pm DESCRIPTION:Symposium: 4th June 7pm-9pm\n\nTopic: Daseinsanalysis: The Renaissance of Medard Boss’s Existential Psychotherapy\nSpeaker: Miles Groth\, PhD\n\n \n\n\n\nThe symposium will begin with a survey of the history of daseinsanalysis\, its basic theoretical principles\, and\nall elements of daseinsanalytic practice\, including the goal of daseinsanalysis by contrast with that of other existential and medical psychotherapies. The bulk of the time will be devoted to discussion and Q&A by members of symposium. \nLittle was heard about daseinsanalysis in English after the publication of Gion Condrau’s Heidegger’s Impact on Psychotherapy (1998) and Martin Heidegger’s Zollikon Seminars (2001)\, edited by Medard Boss\, until the\nappearance of Alice Holzhey-Kunz’s Daseinsanalysis five years ago. The volume by Holzhey-Kunz\, an analysand and colleague of Medard Boss\, was a signal of heightened interest in a field that has been quietly growing for the gaining momentum for the past twenty years. Since 1984\, the journal Daseinsanalyse has published a yearbook but since the articles in it are mostly in German\, its rich contributions are relatively unknown. During that same period a half-dozen small daseinsanalytic institutes have been active in Austria\, the Czech Republic\, Greece\, Hungary\, Switzerland and Brazil. An American Daseinsanalytic Institute will be constituted later this year\, an event that signals the increasing strength of the movement. In anticipation of that event and the publication by SEA of dialogues between Miles Groth and Tamás Fazekis\, The Renaissance of Daseinsanalysis: What Does Existential Really Mean? Later this year\, it seems appropriate to take a few minutes to look back to the origins of the modification of psychoanalysis by Medard Boss known as psychotherapeutic daseinsanalysis. \nReadings: Miles Groth\, (2020) and After Psychotherapy (2017)\,Medard Boss and the Promise of Psychotherapy: The Beginnings of Daseinsanalysis (2020)\, Gion Cndrau\, Heidegger’s Impact on Psychotherapy (2 nd rev. ed. forthcoming 2022). \n  \nAbout Miles Groth: \nMiles Groth\, PhD\, is a long-time member of SEA and a contributor to its journal. Mentored by Jan van den berg and William J. Richardson\, SJ\, his interest in Daseinsanalysis increased after meeting Medard Boss in 1976 in Zurich. Like Boss\, originally trained as a psychoanalyst\, Professor Groth was strongly influenced by the analytics of existence of Martin Heidegger\, which spawned the psychiatric daseinsanalysis of Ludwig Binswanger\, Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy\, and Boss’s  psychotherapeutic daseinsanalysis. He is the author of many articles on existential analysis and Continental philosophy\, and a number of books including The Voice that Thinks\, Translating Heidegger\, Preparatory Thinking in Heidegger’s Teaching\, and most recently\, Medard Boss and the Promise of Psychotherapy and After Psychotherapy. His dialogues with Todd DuBose\, The Soul of Psychotherapy\, appeared in the SEA monograph series\, which will also offer his dialogues with the daseinsanalyst Tamás Fazekis later this year. He has been in private practice since 1985. His revised second edition of Gion Condrau’s Heidegger’s Impact on Psychotherapy will be published by Free Associations Books in 2022\, as will a volume of interviews with R.D. Laing and Vicenzo Caretti from 1979\, translated from the Italian. He lives in New York. \n  \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nOur Zoom Symposiums take place every month from 7 pm to 9 pm. A host will introduce the topic and present a question for the first 10 to 15 minutes to start the symposium but the discussion belongs to all attendees. \nPlease register your attendance. \n\nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours 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 host please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on \nevents@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-4th-june-7pm-9pm CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210518T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210518T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210415T135131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210415T142438Z UID:10000069-1621364400-1621371600@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:The Politics of Experience: existential anxiety. Hugh Knopf. 18th May 7pm-9pm. DESCRIPTION:In ‘The Divided Self’ R.D. Laing describes an ‘ontologically secure’ individual as experiencing her/ his ‘being’ in ‘ordinary circumstances’ as: \n“..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 Self) \nR.D. Laing describes individuals for whom ‘the ordinary circumstances of life’ “…do not afford a perpetual threat to one’s own existence..” (ibid: p.42) as ontolologically secure. Those who do not have this ‘basic threshold of ontological security’ are at risk of psychosis and what he describes as: ‘engulfment’\, ‘implosion’\, ‘petrification and depersonalisation’ (ibid: see pages 43-61). \nWhile some measure of ‘security’ or ‘identity’ is necessary day to day\, life being contingent and subject to ‘extraordinary circumstances’ none of us\, I suggest\, have the ‘ontologically secure’ life described above. It would almost certainly be terribly dull at the very least! \nFor the R.D. Laing of ‘The Divided Self’ our relatedness to others is an aspect of our being that can be used for therapeutic ends. Drawing further references from Laing\, from J.P. Sartre and from personal and clinical experience (and with playful exercises) the workshop aims to open conversation on relatedness alongside what Laing describes as crucial to the existential therapeutic project\, the tragic paradox of our separation from others. \n  \n \nHugh Knopf. \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 2-hours 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  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-politics-of-experience-existential-anxiety-hugh-knopf-18th-may-7pm-9pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210415T134136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T094052Z UID:10000066-1620414000-1620421200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Symposium 7th May 7pm-9pm DESCRIPTION:Symposium: 7th May 7pm-9pm\n\nYou can blow out a candle\, But you can’t blow out a fire:\nAn exploration of inner freedom according to Steve Biko.\nPresenter: Julia Kukard\n\n \n  \nStephen 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 inner freedom\, and how this could/would affect the liberation of black South Africans. More recently his work has influenced political movements around decolonisation\, Black Lives Matter and Rhodes Must Fall. \nJulia will be exploring Biko’s understanding of inner freedom and its application to existential psychotherapy and coaching. Links will be made to the work of Heidegger\, Sartre\, de Beauvoir\, Jaspers and Fanon as well as more contemporary existential Afrikana philosophers such as Derek Hook\, Achille Mbembe\, Mapogo P. Moore\, Lewis Gordon and others.  Julia will take a practical approach and illustrate the value of Biko’s theories to psychotherapy and coaching by grounding the philosophy in a practical exercise. \n \nJulia Kukard \nJulia is an existential coach working with Aephoria Partners (www.aephoria.co.za) mainly in the corporate sphere in South Africa\, the US and globally. She has recently submitted her doctorate at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC) in which she used the work of Biko to understand the mechanisms of leadership stuckness and release. She was grateful to have been supported in this by a scholarship from the Hans W. Cohn Fund. Julia brings with her almost 30 years of experience in training and development\, including leadership development\, teaching leadership on MBA programmes and coaching. She has a BA Hons MA MBA and hopefully a doctorate by the end of 2021. \n  \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nOur Zoom Symposiums take place every month from 7 pm to 9 pm. A host will introduce the topic and present a question for the first 10 to 15 minutes to start the symposium but the discussion belongs to all attendees. \n  \n\nPlease register your attendance. \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours 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 host please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-7th-may-7pm-9pm CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210422T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210422T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210311T145915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T150454Z UID:10000064-1619118000-1619125200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Natalie Lancer - ‘Existential growth and The Eight Tensions Framework: navigating everyday challenges as students of life’ - 22nd of April at 07:00 pm to 9 pm. DESCRIPTION:Dr Natalie Lancer\, PhD (Lond)\, MA (Oxon)\, PGCE\, MA (Lond)\, Dip Psych (Open)\nExistential growth and The Eight Tensions Framework: navigating everyday challenges as students of life.\n22nd April\, 7pm-9pm on Zoom.\n  \nIn this talk\, Natalie shares her Eight Tensions Framework – the set of existential quandaries originally formulated regarding university students\, but applicable to a much wider range of clients in psychotherapeutic and coaching settings. This can be explained in terms of us all being ‘students of life’\, making deliberate decisions and reflecting on these\, which is her interpretation of the nub of existential philosophy. In her talk\, she will draw on a range of existential philosophers\, including Frankl\, May\, Buber\, Van Deurzen\, Ortega y Gasset\, Buber and Schneider. \nShe will demonstrate how to apply the easy-to-use format of these tensions\, which can be shared in diagrammatic form and\, if desired\, as a set of reflective exercises for the client to complete. She will also propose a reformulated definition of ‘growth’ from an existential perspective. Natalie will explain why this definition is useful to share with clients and how it can be utilised within the Eight Tensions Framework. \n  \n \nNatalie is an existential coach and a member of the Association for Coaching. She is a Master’s and PhD supervisor at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and the University of East London. She is the Secretary of the British Psychological Society’s Special Group in Coaching Psychology. She started her own coaching practice (www.natalielancer.com) in 2010\, specialising in career coaching for young adults\, drawing on her 11 years in various roles within schools\, such as Assistant Head and Director of Higher Education. She co-authored a book on Coaching Techniques – Lancer\, N.\, Clutterbuck\, D. and Megginson\, D. (2016). Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring (2nd edn). Oxford: Routledge. Natalie completed her doctorate in Psychology at Birkbeck College\, University of London. Her doctoral work culminated in formulating The Eight Tensions Framework which is a set of existential quandaries. She now coaches a wide range of students\, from A-level to PhD\, using the Eight Tensions Framework. \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 2-hours 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  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/natalie-lancer-existential-growth-and-the-eight-tensions-framework-navigating-everyday-challenges-as-students-of-life-22nd-of-april-at-7-pm-to-9-pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210305T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210106T141655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T120412Z UID:10000063-1614970800-1614978000@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM - 5th of March @ 7 pm - 9 pm. Topic: What is the meaning of the obsessive-compulsive behaviour and how does it influence our way being in the world? DESCRIPTION:SEA Symposium\nTopic:\nWhat is the meaning of the obsessive-compulsive behaviour and how does it influence our way being in the world?\n \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nOur Zoom Symposiums take place on the first Friday of every month from 7 pm to 9 pm. A host will introduce the topic and present a question for the first 10 to 15 minutes to start the symposium but the discussion belongs to all attendees. \n  \n\nPlease register your attendance. \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours 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 host please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-5th-of-march-7-pm-9-pm-topic-tbd CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210228T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210228T200000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210106T125433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T160231Z UID:10000058-1614528000-1614542400@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Medicating Normal - The Film - 28th of February 2021 @ 4 pm - 8 pm. DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, 28th of February 2021 @ 4 pm – 8 pm \nMedicating Normal -The Film \nHosted by The Society for Existential Analysis\n \nMedicating Normal follows the journeys of a newly married couple\, a female combat veteran\, a waitress and a teenager whose doctors prescribed psychiatric drugs for stress\, depression\, sleeplessness\, focus and trauma. The subjects struggle with serious physical and mental side effects as well as neurological damage which resulted from taking the drugs as prescribed and also from attempting to withdraw.  \nPlease join us for a community screening of Medicating Normal with an interactive discussion afterward. \nSchedule for Sunday\, 28th of February \n4:00 pm GMT: Welcome & Introduction \n4:10 pm GMT: Virtual screening of Medicating Normal (~76-min run time) \n5:25 pm GMT: 15-minute intermission\n \n5:40-7:40 pm GMT: Post-screening Q&A/Community Discussion immediately following the film \nCommunity Discussion: \nThe screening of Medicating Normal will be followed by an exclusive live community discussion/Q&A featuring the following panellists: \n \nLynn Cunningham\, Director/Producer\, Executive Producer\, Medicating Normal \n \nAngela Peacock\, MSW\, U.S. Army veteran\, mental health advocate\, subject of the film \n \nMarwa Azab\, Ph.D.\, is an adjunct professor of psychology and human development at California State University\, Long Beach. She studied psychology for many years and completed a masters in counseling from Toronto\, Canada and her Ph.D. in neuroscience from University of California\, Irvine\, where she taught in the biology department. She has given four TEDx talks\, including; \n“The Logical Vs. The Reflexive Brain: Only One Wins” & “Highly Sensitive? Should you change?” \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \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/medicating-normal-the-film-28th-of-february-2021-4-pm-8-pm CATEGORIES:Film Club,Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210209T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210209T200000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210106T141145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T142522Z UID:10000062-1612893600-1612900800@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Building Bridges Between Coaching and Psychotherapy - YANNICK JACOB - February 9th @ 6 pm to 8 pm. DESCRIPTION:Building Bridges Between Coaching and Psychotherapy\nSpeaker: Yannick Jacob\nMany counsellors\, psychotherapists and analysts are critical towards the coaching profession\, and\n(while arguably less so) vice versa. And while there are important ethical concerns about life coaches\noverstepping lines\, their limited training as well as a number of other issues\, our clients have a lot to\ngain from practitioners engaging in collaborative dialogue about the potential meeting points\,\nparallels and differences in the way that we approach our work. Our aim for this session is to\nilluminate the range of what coaching may be based on various definitions from literature\, the\nspectrum of coaching approaches and an insight into the coaching industry\, and in doing so explore\nhow coaches and therapists may build bridges in the interest of our clients’ wellbeing. In the process\nwe’ll discuss the potential value of integrative approaches to helping-by-talking and briefly introduce\nthe concept of positive existentialism (an integration of Positive Psychology and Existentialism). \nYannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA)\, Positive Psychologist (MSc)\, Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP) and Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He’s the Program Director of the the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching at the School of Positive Transformation\, for which he’s gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches\, and he’s the former Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. \nYannick is part of the teaching faculties at The School of Life\, Animas Centre for Coaching and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision. Yannick’s love for coaching\, positive existential thought and personal development is contagious and he loves to challenge people to think\, learn & grow\, to explore the BIG questions and to appreciate the whole spectrum of what life has to offer. As a coach Yannick partners with his clients to help them lead and navigate their lives and careers\, to make big decisions and\, ultimately\, find ways to be happy. His long-term vision is to inspire the world to embrace their human condition in all its beautiful and challenging facets and to create a more meaningful human experience. \nYannick presents at conferences internationally and his book\, An Introduction to Existential Coaching\, was published by Routledge\, the world’s leading academic publisher. Learn more about Yannick and his work at www.existential.coach and www.RocketSupervision.com. \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. \nSEA members enjoy a 25% discount at checkout. \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/building-bridges-between-coaching-and-psychotherapy-yannick-jacob-february-9th-6-pm-to-8-pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210205T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210106T133201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T142813Z UID:10000061-1612551600-1612558800@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM – 5th of February 2021 @ 7 pm to 9 pm – Free Event. DESCRIPTION:SEA Symposium\nTopic: What is the meaning of the obsessive-compulsive behaviour and how does it influence our way being in the world?\n \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nOur Zoom Symposiums take place on the first Friday of every month from 7 pm to 9 pm. A host will introduce the topic and present a question for the first 10 to 15 minutes to start the symposium but the discussion belongs to all attendees. \n  \n\nPlease register your attendance. \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours 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 host please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-5th-of-february-2021-7-pm-to-9-pm-free-event CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210129T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210129T130000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20210106T131849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T132812Z UID:10000059-1611918000-1611925200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Remaining Existential and Being Human in Covid-19 - VANIA TEO - January 29th @ 11 am - 1 pm. DESCRIPTION:Remaining Existential and Being Human in Covid-19.\nSpeaker: Vania Teo.\n\nWith the new normal brought about by Covid-19\, people are finding it difficult to adapt and many end up with a sense of meaninglessness and despair. This webinar aims to help individuals and professionals in the helping field re-align their purpose and values and create a sense of meaning for themselves and the clients they work with through a systemic framework with the use of concepts from the existential humanistic approach. \nKey Takeaways: How to remain authentically you\, being existential and human in the face of Covid-19 \n\nCultivate a deeper sense of self-awareness by learning to use the power and strength of vulnerability\nBe in touch with your own values and beliefs and see how they align or mis-align with your current personal and work context\nFinding and creating a sense of meaning and how to apply that new found meaning to the new normal in spite of uncertainty\n\n\nVania Teo is an experienced counsellor working in the Social Services for over 8 years in Singapore. She specializes in working with different populations of clients ranging from (Persons with Disabilities) PWDs to persons with mental health conditions to her current work with ex-inmates and their families. \nShe currently leads a team of social workers and counsellors and has spearheaded several successful projects in the course of her work which utilizes her skills of creativity\, innovation and strategic leadership. \nA firm believer in mentoring\, Vania is also a Certified Behavioural Consultant and Career Coach (CBCC) and is an Associate Member of the American Psychological Association (APA).\n\nShe possesses a Bachelors in Counselling\, Welfare and Community Work from Edith Cowan University (Australia) and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychotherapy Studies from Middlesex University offered in conjunction with the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (UK).\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 2-hours 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/remaining-existential-and-being-human-in-covid-19-vania-teo-january-29th-11-am-1-pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210115T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20201231T172859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T124926Z UID:10000056-1610737200-1610744400@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM – 15th of January 2021 @ 7 pm to 9 pm – Free Event. DESCRIPTION:SEA Symposium\nTopic: Anxiety; A First Aid Kit For Anxiety \nHosted by Jane Walmsley\n \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nOur Zoom Symposiums take place on the first Friday of every month from 7 pm to 9 pm. A host will introduce the topic and present a question for the first 10 to 15 minutes to start the symposium but the discussion belongs to all attendees. \n  \n\nPlease register your attendance. \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours 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 host please don’t hesitate to contact our events organiser on events@existentialanalysis.org.uk. \n  \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-15th-of-december-2020-7-pm-to-9-pm-free-event-topic-tbd CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200915T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200915T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200902T173340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200903T122003Z UID:10000050-1600198200-1600205400@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:Echoism and the echositic-narcissistic complex (ENC). Donna Christina Savery. Sep 15th 7:30pm-9:30pm. DESCRIPTION:Echoism and the echositic-narcissistic complex (ENC)\nDonna Christina Savery\n\nSep 15th @ 7:30pm-9:30pm on Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\nDonna Christina Savery is an existential therapist and daseinsanalyst of the Zurich seminar having studied with Alice Holzhey Kunz. She works in private practice in the UK and teaches and supervises internationally. \nFollowing her initial seminar in April this year on Echoism\, in which she introduced the key ideas in her book\, Echoism: The silenced response to narcissism\, Donna returns to present a more detailed exploration into Echoism and in particular the echoistic-narcissistic complex (ENC). \nDrawing upon over ten years of research\, in which she has specialised in working with both Echoistic and Narciasistic clients\, she uses a combination of clinical examples\, existential and psychoanalytic ideas and the daseinsanalytic method to bring a deep understanding to the ways in which narcissists and echoists relate and are drawn to one another. Her research shows that each can play an active role\, however unconsciously\, in drawing out the corresponding character traits in others and indeed in the therapist. She underpins her observations with key theoretical ideas from Sartre on Being and The Look. \nDonna will discuss how she works with trainees and therapists in supervision\, to recognise their own echoistic and narcissistic tendencies and to be aware of how these may present in the work\, and how to work with them in a way that is of benefit to clients who are susceptible to these very challenging issues in themselves and in their relationship dynamics with others. \nThe session will be 2 hours and will include a 30 minute discussion. \nIt is not necessary to have read the book to attend\, but reading chapters 8 and 9 beforehand will certainly enhance the discussion.. Click here to see Donna’s book : ECHOISM \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom.  A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hour CPD Certificate of Attendance will be sent to participants. URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/echoism-and-the-echositic-narcissistic-complex-enc-donna-christina-savery-sep15th-730pm-930pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200731T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200731T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200703T231523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200725T122601Z UID:10000048-1596222000-1596229200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM - 31st of July 2020 @ 7 pm to 9 pm – Free Event. DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 Shall Not Stop Us\n \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nThis is a FREE event \n31st of July 2020 \nSpeaker: Thoraya Alkasab \n\nTitle: THE EXPERIENCE OF TRAUMATIC LOSS AND THE UNCANNINESS IT LEAVES BEHIND.\nQuestion: Can the loss of a loved one bring us closer to living more authentically?\n \nThoraya is a UKCP accredited existential psychotherapist in private practice.\n  \nPlease register your attendance. \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-31st-of-july-2020-7-pm-to-9-pm-free-event-details-to-be-advised CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200728T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200728T200000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200703T054441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200717T085157Z UID:10000047-1595959200-1595966400@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:A Sightless World - Readdressing Sight-Loss with Some Merleau-Ponty Ideas - PAULO RIBEIRO - 28th of July 2020 @ 6 pm to 8 pm. DESCRIPTION:A Sightless World – Readdressing Sight-Loss with Some Merleau-Ponty Ideas\nPaulo Ribeiro \nPaulo is an existential psychotherapist currently working for Headstrong Counselling\, an extremely busy low-cost therapy service in London\, where he sees clients with complex presentations\, mostly personality disorders\, major depression and anxiety and gender identity. Before that\, Paulo worked for the RNIB – Royal National Institute for Blind People and for Hammersmith and Fulham Mind. \nPaulo holds a BA in Social Communication\, a Master’s in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and he is at present finishing an advanced diploma in Existential psychotherapy at Regent’s School of Psychology and Psychotherapy. \nBlindness and psychotherapy have been present in Paulo’s life for a few years. Paulo lost his sight six years ago\, and in the process of his rehabilitation\, and through his therapeutic work\, Paulo discovered that embodiment speaks in many ways in a therapeutic encounter. \nIn this talk\, Paulo will be sharing a bit of his life and the process of his rehabilitation as a sightless psychotherapist and how he found out\, through the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, that our body speaks in many ways where vision\, and visibility\, in  their absence\, open a world of new possibilities to a being-in-the-world. He will emphasise the process of his rehabilitation and re-engagement with the world through some Maurice Merleau-Ponty ideas such as body intentionality and the concepts of concrete and abstract movements. \nPaulo believes that our current situation with the Corona virus\, where the embodied aspect of therapy has transitioned from body encounter to digital encounter\, mirror\, to some extent\, a phenomenon present between client and therapist when technology replaces physicality – i.e. phone sessions\, online sessions. \nAt the RNIB\, Paulo counselled individuals  affected by sight-loss over the phone. He will be sharing his experience during this time. \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/__trashed CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200720T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200720T160000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200630T215050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200703T053208Z UID:10000046-1595242800-1595260800@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:The Irony of Race Relations: An Experiential Seminar on The Contemporary Discourse on Race from an Existential Perspective - DEVANG VAIDYA - 20th of July 2020 @ 11 am to 4 pm DESCRIPTION:The Irony of Race Relations: An Experiential Seminar on The Contemporary Discourse on Race from an Existential Perspective\n \nDevang Vaidya \nDevang Vaidya is a person-centred existential therapist based in London. His research focuses on Kierkegaard studies for tracing the existential foundations of person-centred therapy. Other interests lie at the intersection of therapy with philosophy\, arts\, psychoanalysis\, and critical social theory. \nThinking about race is hard. Talking\, harder. In trying to express a point of view\, one stumbles into saying something controversial. It is ironic when this occurs\, but sometimes the irony is lost and offence is caused. Devang\, therefore\, considered four alternatives for the title of his seminar. Each of these relates to prevailing forms of irony in society that are relevant to race: the irony of equality ethics\, the irony of diversity ethics\, the irony of political discourse\, and the irony of social identity. These are general forms of what he refers to as the category of ‘irony of public life’. By irony he means any state of affairs that verges on contradicting its meaningfulness. \nIn contrast to the ‘irony of public life’\, Devang draws upon contemporary Kierkegaardian scholarship to propose a different category: existential irony. He suggest existential irony as a kind of capability or an act rather than a state of affairs. It is a kind of practice that sits between meditation\, dreaming\, art\, ethics\, and encounter therapy. It aims to generate first-person accounts (in contrast to abstract social critiques) of moments of uncanniness in our life. In these moments\, the borders of our practical context are allowed to fall apart. As our assertions of knowledge begin to dissolve\, our individual and collective complicity is revealed in perpetuating ignorance and alienation in relation to ourselves and each other. \nExistential irony involves cultivating perceptual openness\, building emotional stamina\, and welcoming moments of our own de-centering. It can be one way to catch our selves red-handed\, without condemning or condoning\, in acts of what Sartre might call ‘bad faith’\, Heidegger ‘inauthenticity’\, Nietzsche ‘ressentiment’\, and Kierkegaard ‘spiritlessness’. Encountering this fallibility is not easy. The failure rate is high. But it may eventually lead to a kind of waking up that comes with giving up the pretense of ‘woke posturing’\, virtue-signalling\, and political correctness that we have occasionally witnessed after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. \nRather than stifle or evacuate our vital cathartic impulses\, existential irony can include these to show us possibilities of directly engaging with the struggle for recognition of disenfranchised communities\, and our collective emancipation from the clutches of hyper-capitalism and neoliberalism. \n  \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 4-hours Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants. URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/the-irony-of-race-relations-an-experiential-seminar-and-discussion-on-race-from-an-existential-perspective-devang-vaidya-13th-of-july-2020-11-am-to-4-pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200625T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200625T120000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200601T140813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200614T121812Z UID:10000044-1593079200-1593086400@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:A Phenomenological Reflection Upon the Benefits of Kum Nye Movement within an Embodied Approach to Existential Psychotherapy - JASON UPTON - 25th of June @ 10 am - 12 pm DESCRIPTION:A Phenomenological Reflection Upon the Benefits of Kum Nye Movement within an Embodied Approach to Existential Psychotherapy\n \nJason Upton is a UKCP registered existential psychotherapist and dance movement therapist with many years’ experience in the fields of trauma\, sexual abuse and sexual offending. He currently lectures at Regent’s University and sees clients in private practice. Jason has practised Kum Nye and other Tibetan movement practices for over 17 years. He is also doing a PhD at SOAS which takes a phenomenological perspective on early Tibetan Buddhist practices which involve the body and sense perception. \n  \nI will look at the therapeutic effects of a Tibetan movement practice called Kum Nye. Having experienced the tremendous benefits of Kum Nye during my own recovery from trauma\, I have begun to explore the integration of Kum Nye movement with my client work. During the seminar\, I will give an introduction to Kum Nye and shows videos of some of the movements. I will offer my reflection upon how clinical issues such as trauma and depression may affect one’s embodied way of being-in-the-world through an application of Merleau-Ponty’s concept of the body schema. Drawing upon personal experience and clinical material\, I propose that Kum Nye movement can help overcome sedimented habits in the body schema and allow for a return to an expressive sense of meaning-making in and through the body. I will discuss my experience of how such an embodied approach can be integrated into therapy sessions with clients. \nThe seminar will include an opportunity to experience a few Kum Nye movements\, so I would encourage participants to find an appropriate space where they can stand and move their arms freely. The movements will be simple and combined with slow and fast breathing. Most people should be able to perform them at a level comfortable for their ability. \nThis event will take place on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date. \nA 2-hours Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/a-phenomenological-reflection-upon-the-benefits-of-kum-nye-movement-within-an-embodied-approach-to-existential-psychotherapy-jason-upton-25th-of-jun-10-am-12-pm CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200614T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200614T130000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200601T112256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200605T134353Z UID:10000043-1592132400-1592139600@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:'Covid-19 and the financial impact on my therapy practice' - PAUL SILVER-MYER - 14th of June @ 11 am - 1 pm DESCRIPTION:‘Covid-19 and the financial impact on my therapy practice’\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are two crises going on – a health crisis and a financial one – and whilst it’s an anxious and upsetting time with the primary concern being the health of the nation\, nevertheless many self-employed therapists have found their income has been [severely] affected. This session will look at your rights as a self-employed person\, what financial support is available to you and how your business accounts and relationship with HMRC might be affected. There will be ample time for Questions and Answers and additionally\, if you would prefer to speak privately to Paul about your personal financial affairs then he will be happy to make himself available at the end of the session. \n\n\nPaul Silver-Myer is both an accountant and a UKCP registered existential psychotherapist. Some years back he realised that half of his accountancy practice was about numbers\, but the other half was about the people behind those numbers yet 99% of his accountancy training was only about the former. So he signed up for a foundation course in counselling and the rest\, as they say\, is history. \nIn addition to a small therapy practice he also prepares tax returns for over 100 therapists and therapy organisations\, being in the fortunate position of clearly understanding the nature of being in business as a counsellor or therapist.  \n\n  \nThis event will be held on Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the date.  \nA 2-hours Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to participants URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/covid-19-and-the-financial-impact-on-my-therapy-practice CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200522T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200428T105138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T170851Z UID:10000041-1590174000-1590181200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM May 22nd 7-9pm DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 Shall Not Stop Us.\nSEA Symposiums Are Picking Up Again \n \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nThis is a FREE event. \nMay 22nd @ 7 pm – 9 pm Free \nSpeaker: DEVANG VAIDYA \nTitle: DO THERAPISTS’ EXPERIENCES AS CLIENTS INFLUENCE THEIR PRACTICE? \nIn this symposium we will discuss how our own experiences in therapy as clients may have influenced our decision to become therapists. \nFurther\, our way of practising therapy can be a reflection of what worked  – and did not work – in our own therapy. Our expectations of therapy\, whether they were met or not\, can shape our ethos and style of working with clients. Indeed our entire stance towards therapy can be determined in response to our own therapist’s value system. We don’t often reflect on how much our therapists may have taught us about practising therapy. We are likely to be taking up theoretical\, philosophical\, methodological\, and ethical elements that are resonant – favourably or unfavourably – with our own experiences as clients.   \n  \n \nDevang Vaidya is a person-centred existential psychotherapist based in London. \n  \nThere are limited spaces\, so please register your presence here. \nYou will be sent a ZOOM code or link on the day\, in order to join the meeting. \nIf you are interested in being the next speaker on our Symposium night\, \nplease contact:  events@existentialanalysis.org.uk\n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-may-22nd-7pm-9pm LOCATION:ONLINE EVENT\, zoom.us CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200430T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200430T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200420T161917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T112555Z UID:10000040-1588275000-1588282200@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:ECHOISM. Donna Christina Savery. April 30th 7.30-9.30pm DESCRIPTION:Echoism – an introduction to the theory and practice of working with the partners and children of narcissists\nDonna Christina Savery introduces the key ideas in her book Echoism: The silenced response to narcissism. She draws upon ten years of research specialising in the Echoistic client. The session will be 90 minutes of presenting her key ideas and a 30 minute question and answer discussion. \n  \nIt is not necessary to have read the book but reading the clinical vignettes beforehand will enhance the discussion. Handouts will be emailed before the event. \nClick here to see Donna’s book : ECHOISM \nDonna Christina Savery is an existential therapist and daseinsanalyst of the Zurich seminar having studied with Alice Holzhey Kunz. She works in private practice and teaches and supervises internationally. \n  \nA 2-hour CPD Certificate of Attendance will be sent to participants. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/echoism-donna-christina-savery-april-30th-7-30pm-9-30pm LOCATION:ONLINE EVENT\, zoom.us CATEGORIES:Misc CPD ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200424T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200424T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T225226 CREATED:20200420T123418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200420T124210Z UID:10000039-1587754800-1587762000@community.existentialanalysis.org.uk SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM April 24th 7pm-9pm DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 Shall Not Stop Us.\nSEA Symposiums Are Picking Up Again Online\n \nJoin 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 and simply show up. \nApril 24th @ 7 pm – 9 pm Free \nSpeaker: ALEXANDER MORRISS \nTitle: “Choosing to be enslaved: An exploration of the meaning of addiction and 12-Step recovery via Heidgger\, Levinas… and a few others” \nQuestion: “What is the meaning of addiction and 12-Step recovery\, and how are we as existential therapists to address ourselves to these phenomena?” \nThere are limited spaces\, 9 attendees maximum. Please register your presence here\, download the free ZOOM.US platform. You will be sent a code or link on the day\, in order to join the meeting. \n  \nOur next Zoom Symposium will be held on May 22 @ 7 pm – 9 pm –  Free.    Details to be advised.If you are interested in being the next speaker on our Symposium night\, please contact \n \nAlexander is an existential psychotherapist with a particular interest in addiction\, working with Farah Therapy and Coaching Centre in London. He also works at the Priory Hospital North London\, seeing mainly addicted clients\, and has held positions at the NHS and the Claremont Project in Islington  Alex trained at the Regent’sUniversity London\, gaining both an MA and Advanced Diploma.  In a previous life\, Alexander had a successful career as an accountant in the City of London. \n  URL:https://community.existentialanalysis.org.uk/event/symposium-april-24th-7pm-9pm LOCATION:ONLINE EVENT\, zoom.us CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="Thoraya Alkasab":MAILTO:events@existentialanalysis.org.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR