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Unless one does a specialist sex therapy training,
one is probably ill prepared for understanding much
about sexuality issues. Even if one did do a
psychosexual training, probably very little was
mentioned about minority sexualities.
This two day workshop provides an introduction to
some of the key issues in working therapeutically
with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients
with psychosexual concerns. The workshop will cover
current models of sexual response, the
classification of sexual difficulties and a brief
review of the literature and then explore some of
the implicit assumptions in these hetero-normative
models.
The workshop is facilitated by Dr Naomi Adams and
Dominic Davies on Saturday 17th (1pm - 7pm) and
Sunday 18th February 2007 (9.30 - 5.30pm) (both days)
Central London. Fee £180 (Directory Members); £200
(Others)
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Last chance to book for this two day
conference happening on 1st & 2nd December in
London. The conference is open to non BPS members
and the conference organisers welcome therapists of
all theoretical and sexual orientations.
There is an extremely interesting programme which
will be of great interest to practitioners of
affrimative psychology. In addition to two keynote
presentations there will be symposia on LGBTQ
psychotherapy, bisexual psychology and sadomasochism
and workshops on researching young people and
person-centred expressive therapy. Conference fee
is £75 for waged
(£50 unwaged)
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Talking Spaces II details the development of the
PACE groupwork programme
for gay and bisexual men over the ten years since
the first Talking Spaces.
The report presents the theoretical approach and
research context which
under-pin the programm; discusses the role of
therapeutic groupwork as a
health promotion method within the gay/bi men’s
health sector; details the
practical lessons learned in the planning and
delivery of the PACE groupwork
programme over the last 10 years; and presents the
results of an in-depth
evaluation of the programme.
The evaluation evidences the effectiveness of
therapeutic groupwork and
considerable success across a number of sexual
health and related mental
health variables, and suggests that the quality and
effectiveness of the
programme has increased over time.
Copies can be ordered free of charge by emailing
groupwork@pace.dircon.co.uk
or calling 020 7700 1323
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GALOP is providing a new service, a ‘dedicated
Sexual abuse caseworker’. GALOP gives assistance to
LGBT victims of hate crime and this new service is
specifically set up to provide advice and advocacy
to lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgendered
people who have experienced sexual abuse in the
Greater London area.
They are able to help report incidents to the police, whether people have suffered recently or at some point in their past. Help with reporting incidents is a free confidential service and, if they wish, people can remain anonymous. They also make appropriate referrals as they do not provide a counselling service. They have small cards and posters explaining the
service with the appropriate number to call. If you
would like to receive some for your organisation,
then email Annie Howell
Sexual Abuse Caseworker: annie.howell@galop.org.uk
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Many of you know the work of Greg Herek at UC Davis
on heterosexism, hate crimes, effects of the US
military ban and a host of other topics too many to
mention. Greg has just started to blog and has
asked me to forward on news of his blog site to
anyone who is interested
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The International Network for Lesbian, Gay, and
Bisexual Concerns and Transgender Issues in
Psychology (INET) The INET hopes to make the
2008 International
Congress of Psychology the first international
psychological meeting with significant amounts of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender programming.
The organizers of the International Congress of
Psychology, which will be held in Berlin July 20-25,
2008, have already accepted proposals from the INET
for three invited programs.
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A day of presentations and workshops that aim to
understand suicidal distress and promote survival in
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
communities. The conference will be of interest to
mental health service providers and commissioners,
community and voluntary organisations, policy
makers, health professionals, community
psychologists, academics, service users and anyone
with an interest in suicide, mental health, suicide
prevention and LGBT perspectives.
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Thanks for your attention and if you have something relevant to other therapists working with sexual minority clients, then please let us know
With best wishes
Dominic Davies
Pink Therapy
email:
info@pinktherapy.com
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