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Self-care and collective care for therapists (and clients) during C-19

Mar

27

Self-care and collective care for therapists (and clients) during C-19

by Wimbledon Guild Counselling Training

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Sat, 27 March 2021

11:00 – 13:00 GMT

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Online event

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A 2 hour online ZOOM workshop with Meg-John Barker

About this event

About this event:

Please note events are live stream only they are not recorded

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the way that real world social issues markedly impact all of our mental health and capacity to self-care. It has also demonstrated that more marginalised folks are disproportionately affected. Finally it has highlighted many ways in which organisations and communities can develop more collective - or mutual - forms of care and support in order to improve mental health, and to enable individual self-caring behaviours during such times of crisis.

Mainstream approaches to mental health tend to individualise such issues rather than recognising the social context in which they are inevitably located. We need to recognise the role of intersecting marginalisations in mental health struggles, and the ways in which social experiences such as poverty, discrimination, and the experience of trauma are highly related to psychological distress.

We also live in a wider culture which encourages the very kind of shame and self-critical thinking that’s a feature of all the most common mental health problems, and which make it very difficult to engage in self-compassion and self-care. We’re encouraged to feel fear that we might be lacking or failing in some way, and we’re sold products which claim to help us to allay those fears. Social media also encourages us to maintain the illusion of perfection online, leading to endless rounds of self-evaluation and comparison.

In a world where so many of us - and our clients - are struggling with very real social problems, it’s vitally important to acknowledge the cultural context we’re in and to resist individualising our suffering. This workshop explores trauma-informed models of interdependent self-care - or collective care - which we might consider.

Structure

● Introductions and hopes/aims for the session

● Adapting to pandemic and crisis

● Locating our distress culturally, systemically, and relationally

● Considering our needs in relation to self-care, making our plan

● Exploring systems and structures of support, developing our plan

● Take-aways

Outcomes

By the end of the session participants will have:

● Reflected on their own self-care practices in the light of social understandings and current crises

● Explored how their individual distress - and capacity to self-care - is embedded within wider cultures, systems, and dynamics or privilege/oppression

● Developed a self-care plan and a sense of systems and structures of support around this

The trainer:

Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History (with Julia Scheele), How To Understand Your Gender (with Alex Iantaffi), Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To) (with Justin Hancock), Rewriting the Rules, The Psychology of Sex, and The Secrets of Enduring Love (with Jacqui Gabb).

They have also written numerous books, articles, chapters, and reports for scholars and counsellors, drawing on their own research and therapeutic practice. In particular they have focused their academic-activist work on the topics of bisexuality, open non-monogamy, sadomasochism, non-binary gender, and Buddhist mindfulness.

Barker is currently a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University. They co-founded the journal Psychology & Sexuality and the activist-research organisation BiUK, through which they published The Bisexuality Report. They have advised many organisations, therapeutic bodies, and governmental departments on matters relating to gender, sexual, and relationship diversity (GSRD). They are also involved in facilitating many public events on sexuality and relationships, including Sense about Sex and Critical Sexology. They blog and podcast about all these topics on rewriting-the-rules.com and megjohnandjustin.com.

Twitter: @megjohnbarker.

Refund Policy

Regrettably, all online training workshop bookings are non-refundable in the event of cancellation in advance by you or your non-attendance on the day.

To contact Wimbledon Guild counselling training directly email: counsellingtraining@wimbledonguild.co.uk

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These terms of service apply to the provision of counselling training services by Wimbledon Guild (as described on our website at: https://www.wimbledonguild.co.uk/counselling-training, and within specific training event or service descriptions. Customers (also referred to as 'you') can book some events and services directly with us; others require booking via Eventbrite.
In these terms, 'Wimbledon Guild' or 'we' or 'us' refers to Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare, company number 00383330. Our address and contact details are set out in section 8 of these terms.
Before making a booking (whether directly with us or via Eventbrite), please read these terms of service. By booking an event or other training service, you agree to these terms of service.
We expect most of our customers booking our counselling training events and services will be doing so for purposes related to their business or profession. If you are booking for other purposes as a consumer, please let us know (using the contact details below) before making the booking, as there may be variations to the terms which apply.
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Please also see our privacy notice at: https://www.wimbledonguild.co.uk/privacy-policy.
1. Making a booking
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You will be informed prior to booking an event or other service of the specific fees which you must pay for them. Payment must be made in full in advance of the event or service, and, subject to the cancellation and refund provisions at sections 3 and 4 below, the fees are non-refundable.
Where you book the services via Eventbrite, payments may be made as directed on the Eventbrite site. Where you book the services directly with Wimbledon Guild, we will let you know available payment methods.
We may change our fees for our services at any time, so fees previously quoted may have changed at the time you make your booking. Promotional discounts offered by Wimbledon Guild Counselling Training after you have made your booking cannot be claimed or applied retrospectively to that booking.
Please see section 7 below in relation to the discount for trainee counsellors.
Note that event fees have increased 2.5% from April 2020 with the exception of trainee counsellor event fees which have remained at the same rate.
3. Cancellation by you
The following cancellation and refund provisions apply to bookings, except:
• for events and training delivered online, which are non-refundable; or
• to the extent otherwise stated in the description of the relevant event or service.
You may cancel a booking by email (to the email address at section 8 below):
• at least 60 days before the first date of the event or service you have booked, in which case you will be entitled to a 100% refund; or
• between 30 and 60 days before the first date of the event or service you have booked, in which case you will be entitled to a 50% refund.
As an alternative to these refunds, you have the option for us to issue you with a credit note to be used for a future event.
These cancellation and refund (or credit) provisions do not apply to parts of an event such as a seminar within a series, but only to a whole event or complete series.
If you cancel under 30 days before the first date of the event or service, then you will not be entitled to any refund or credit. However, you may give your place at an event to another person if you let us know that person's name at least 24 hours before the event begins.
If you are unable to attend an event due to a tube or rail strike, you will be entitled to a refund of half the event fee provided you email or telephone us (using the contact details at section 8 below) within two days of the event. At times the weather conditions (such as snow) may impact transport to an event; in this circumstance if you cannot attend, you will not be entitled to a refund.
4. Changes or cancellation by us
We may change a speaker at one of our events, or make minor changes to the content of the event or service, without offering a refund. However, if a solo presenter cancels then we will offer you a full refund or transfer your fee to another Wimbledon Guild Counselling Training event.
We may need to cancel an event or service (and will provide you with a refund):
• should our minimum numbers not be reached by the closing time for bookings; or
• in other circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
5. Online delivery of services
Where an event or service is to be provided online, you (or anyone attending the event or service in your place) will need to make your own arrangements to access the internet and the appropriate online communications facility. If you have any problems with this, please let us know, and we will discuss the options with you.
6. Your behaviour
You must behave responsibly and appropriately during the provision of our services, and be respectful of others attending an event (and you must ensure that anyone attending in your place does the same). You may be asked to leave an event if your behaviour is not appropriate.
7. Discounts for trainee counsellors – conditions of booking your discounted ticket this applies only to face to face events and not online CPD or 2 day events
When booking a discounted trainee rate, you will need to bring to your event one of the following:
• your student ID card;
• your BACP student membership card; or
• an email from your institution to confirm enrolment on your course.
If you do not provide such a document at (or prior to) the event, this could prevent you obtaining future trainee discount tickets with Wimbledon Guild Counselling Training.
8. Wimbledon Guild address and Counselling Training contact details
Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare
Address: Guild House, 30-32 Worple Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EF
Email: counsellingtraining@wimbledonguild.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8296 0030

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