Working with Sexual Feelings in the Consulting Room
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Most therapists will be aware of sexual feelings in their therapeutic
work with clients. Some therapists will see frame this as erotic
transference or counter transference and perhaps not be willing to see
any here and now erotic feelings as belonging to them and the client.
Sexual feelings may emanate only from the client, but most of us will
recognise our own feelings of attraction to some clients from time to
time. Rarely are therapists taught to work with these issues, and
often therapists find it difficult taking such complex feelings to
supervision. It may be particularly difficult to seek consultation on such feelings
if one is a gay male therapist due to societal projections on to gay
men as "hypersexual" and "predatorily seductive."
This workshop will explore sexual attraction and erotic feelings,
whether 'real' or transference based and how one can work with them
ethically and professionally. There is tremendous therapeutic potential
in being able to work creatively with such feelings.
Dominic Davies and Leah Davidson will be co-facilitating a workhop on this topic on Saturday June 9 from 1-7pm in Central London. To download a flyer for this workshop, please click here.
Alternatively, you can find out more from the training section of the website.
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Essentials in Sexual Minority Therapy commences 29 Sept 2007
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 Our popular four-day Essentials in Sexual Minority has already started to recruit for the September start. It's one day a month for four months.
We present updated information on gender and sexual identity, explore models of sexual minority therapy and increasing awareness of the social context of gender and sexual minorities in Day One which is facilitated by Dominic Davies and Catherine Butler. The second day is on Internalised Oppression and is facilitated by Charles Neal. Day Three is on Working with People Coming Out and facilitated by Deirdre Haslam and the final day explores professional and ethical issues involved in sexual minority therapy and resources and is with Dominic and Catherine again.
There is extensive pre and post course reading for some of the days. Places are limited and this is the only time we will run this course this year.
Full details here
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Information Volunteer/Researcher Wanted
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 Following our appeal last month for a volunteer/researcher, we're delighted that Stephan Dias has volunteered to help us update our bibliotherapeutic resources which will help that section of our website become even more useful.
We're looking still for another volunteer to help update our Resources section on the website. We're wanting to expand and develop the website listings). We need someone with accurate typing skills. Much of this work can be done at home in your own time if that suits.
We will cover expenses and lunches when/if you need to work at Pink Therapy HQ.
If you want to improve your own knowledge about the field of sexual minority therapy and to assist the profession by helping us to disseminate this knowledge then please get in touch with Dominic via email: info@pinktherapy.com
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Save Gay's The Word Bookshop
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 You may have heard that Gay's the Word, Britain's only specialist bookshop for LGBT people is under threat and needing to raise £20k in two months. Well, the good news is they are half way there due to tremendous community support. However, they still need to raise a further £10k and so if you are interested in saving this valuable community resource, then please either visit their shop or their website and spend a little.
In addition to having a good LGBT psycholgy section, they have an excellent range of self-help (bibliotherapeutic) resources on relationships, self-esteem and sex as well as useful books on LGBT social context (with some good new British LGBT history books) as well of course as a wide range of fiction.
The campaign has had some good coverage. The Times Online covered it here and this is what the Guardian had to say. Click here for the Gay's the Word website.
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New Irish LGBT Therapists Group 26 May in Dublin
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 The inaugural meeting of a new group for LGBT therapists is set to take place on Saturday 26th May in Dublin.
The purpose of the meeting is to create a space for therapists who identify as being a member of the LGBT community in Ireland , (both Northern Ireland and the Republic) to meet each other and to explore interests that we may have in common such as networking, training together, or peer support.
The meeting will be from 11am to 2pm and the venue will be Outhouse, 105 Capel Street, Dublin 1. Participants are invited to go for something to eat afterwards with whoever is interested in staying on. Anybody who is interested in coming along or finding out more can contact Stephen Vaughan at: svaughan@oceanfree.net or 087 2356377.
Please tell your Irish LGBT colleagues!
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Department of Health Guides for Trans People
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 On Wednesday last week, Dominic Davies attended the Department of Health's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Advisory Group (SOCIAG) consultation day which amongst other things saw the launch of three new publications for trans people.
There are available for download (click on the link for immediate download as PDF files to your PC. They will also be available as printed copies from the Dept of Health.
The SOCIAG group on Trans issues is chaired by Christine Burns from Press for Change. To see more of Press for Change's list of resources (audio, video and print) click here
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London BiFest 19 May 1pm to late
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 BiFest is London's one day festival to celebrate bisexuality, a
chance to meet other bisexuals, chat and dance. This year they're once
again taking over two floors of the Doggetts Coat and Badge pub on
Blackfriars bridge for a packed day.
The afternoon social space features discussions, panels &
workshops, and a free buffet. In the evening there will be
a party, with a fully licensed bar, several DJs and bisexual
speed-dating.
The venue is accessible by lift, and has a fantastic view of London and the Thames. When: Saturday May 19th, 1pm onwards, party from 8pm until late.
Where: Doggett's Coat and Badge 1, Blackfriars Bridge, London, SE1 9UD
Cost: £10, £5 unwaged. For more information/registration click here.
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New LGBT Parenting Support Group starts 11 June
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 This group is open to existing and prospective lgbt parents, male and female. PACE is currently looking in to options for help with childcare, to further support participants with young children.
Duration: 12 weeks (with 2 breaks)
Venue: PACE, 34 Hartham Rd, London, N7 9JL.
Cost: FREE
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Call or email to reserve your place asap as they are limited.
0207 700 1323 (ask for Angie)
familysupport@pace.dircon.co.uk PACE Family Support Project website
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Loving Men V Residential Week
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 Loving Men V is a once-a-year adventure for gay and bisexual men who want to develop more intimacy in friendships and relationships, and is co-facilitated by Tim Foskett (Pink Therapy Clinical Associate) Alfred Hurst and Dennis Carney. All three men have worked for many years together at PACE running their group work programme.
The men spend a week in a supportive and fun-loving community, using a range of activities to build deeper relationships with other men.
There'll be many opportunities to make connections, stretch your comfort zone and gain personally from the respect, care and love of other men.
Activities will include:
· structured time together as a large group
· facilitated small groups
· exercises and activities for getting to know yourself and others better
· opportunities to practice and develop relating skills
· the right to opt out of an activity if it isn't right for you
· space to explore our similarities and differences
· delicious vegetarian food
· indoor and outdoor fire-side chats
· the beautiful grounds and countryside surrounding Laurieston Hall
· sweating in the sauna and swimming in the loch
· free time for rest, chat, fun and laughter (and volleyball too!)
2nd - 9th June 2007 at Laurieston Hall in Scotland. Full details here
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