Pink Therapy News
Keeping YOU in the Frame
May 2008
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Greetings!
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Apologies for sending you another newsletter so soon after the last one. However, I wanted to get back into synch with sending these out at the beginning of the month and there is some significant news to bring you. I've just completed plans for next academic year's training programme and it's looking pretty good!
Apologies again, to those people unable to attend my mentoring group which had to be postponed to the Autumn. I've now rescheduled the group. Click here to download a flyer with more information.
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2008/2009 Training Programme
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There are a number of jewels in next year's programme:
Certificate in Sexual Minority Therapy
This course which will start in October, is the first specialist training of it's kind. It's a post-qualifying course only open to people who already have their Diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy or Clinical or Counselling Psychology. The course is aimed at therapists who want to specialise in working with or who have already developed a practice in working with gender and sexual minority clients, whether this is in a voluntary organisation, a sexual health context or private practice. Full details of our Certificate in Sexual Minority Therapy are online. Click here for a direct link Early applications are advised as places will be strictly limited. We only aiming for a small cohort and have almost filled this course. We're delighted to offer a weekend training in Running Groups for Sexual Minorities: An introduction to group work theory and practice. We are priviledged in Pink Therapy to have two of the UK's most experienced group therapists who have thousands of hours of experience of running groups for gay and bisexual men working as clinical associates and the opportunity is too good not to get them to pass on their considerable expertise to therapists wishing to develop their own use of therapeutic group work. Further details here.We are also relaunching our Essentials in Sexual Minority Therapy as a five day course (having run it four times as a four day course we've wanted to add a little more space to allow for deeper coverage of some key issuses). This has always been an extremely popular course and rated extremely well by participants. For details of the entire training programme - over 25 events click here
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| Understanding Kink and BDSM 10 May 1-7pm
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We still have a couple of places left on this workshop. If you are unfamiliar with or concerned about working with people who are involved in what has come to be known as kinky sex or bondage, domination, sado-maochism (BDSM) then this workshop will help you feel greater familiarity and confidence in working with these issues.
We regularly get approached for therapists who are non-judgemental and kink aware and they are in short supply!
The trainers are Dr Meg Barker and Dr Darren Langdridge - who have recently edited a very helpful book on this subject and for which we've managed to negotiate a special 50% discount. Further details click here
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| Self-Esteem Injury and Social Context 7 June 2008 1-7pm
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This day will look at the roots of homophobia (both internalised and
externalised) from the standpoint of the development of self-esteem -
or lack of it. Sometimes referred to as 'narcissistic wounding', the
reverberations of low self-esteem play out not simply in terms of
individual problems, but are a key determinant of the social politics
of the gay scene. Low self-esteem arises from messages within the
family of origin as well as the wider cultural context. Despite nearly
four decades of gay liberation, and a widening of social opportunity,
young LGBT people still suffer from low self-esteem, and it may take
several generations to work through the effects of this collective
history. The role of counselling and therapy is crucial to this
process. The day will be facilitated by Keith Silvester one of our Clinical Associates, and Director of Programmes at the Psychosynthesis Education and Trust. Further details click here. |
| I'm Too Sexy... Understanding Sexual Compulsivity in Gay & Bisexual Men - 21 June
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 Gay men are sometimes concerned about their sex
lives being out of control. They may present for help with
self-diagnosed "sexual addiction". In this workshop, we will offer some
new ways of thinking about sexual compulsivity and explore whether the
'Addiction model' is appropriate for conceptualising and working with
such issues. The day will be facilitated by Dominic Davies and Tim Foskett (Tim is another of our clinical associates and has been running the group work programme at PACE for many years). Full details click here
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| London Groups with Charles Neal
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Charles Neal, co-editor with Dominic of the best-selling Pink Therapy trilogy of textbooks has been running a gay men's therapy group for the past 17 years! He wrote about this group in Pink Therapy Volume 3. His group will have two spaces from the summer onwards, It's one Saturday a month, 10.30-4pm at Spectrum, Finsbury Park and commitment is to work long term and give at least one term's notice (i.e. four meetings in advance). Interested men should call him to discuss working together on 01424719123 0r 07958940651. Or email: charles@charles-neal.comCharles will also be running a mentoring group for therapists wishing to develop their practice with sexual minority clients on Friday afternoons 1pm - 4.30pm. Dates: 9 Sept 2008, 17 Oct 2008, 9 Jan 2009, 6 March 2009, 8 May 2009 and 5 July 2009 contact him as above or click here for a flyer |
| The Importance of Being Albany: a conference Friday 30 May 2008 |
 A celebration of 50 years working to improve the social conditions necessary for healthy psychosexual development Venue:London School of Economics and Political Science
"The UK's pioneering psychosexual counselling organisation celebrates its 50th anniversary"
The Albany Trust was founded in 1958. Led by Antony Grey, and supported by many leading intellectuals, religious figures, writers and other public figures of the time, Albany supported the work of the Homosexual Law Reform Society in changing the law, and implementing Wolfenden.
The Albany's remit, however, was for a wider public health campaign to change the social climate generally to enable healthier psychosexual development, through public education, research and its most durable core work, personal counselling and psychotherapy.
This one day conference brings together experts, practitioners, researchers and historians to revisit Albany's pioneering work and aims, and to ask whether, in the 21st Century, they are still relevant, urgent and, if so, how they are practically achievable.
The day includes Professor Jeffrey Weeks and Antony Grey in conversation with Ben Summerskill on public opinion and politics, then and now; Professor Mike King and Dr Chess Denman on psychiatric "treatment" of homosexuality; Joanna Ryan and John Fletcher on Wolfenden and psychoanalysis. And a panel discussion with leading practitioners and the Department of Health on today's clinical challenges: Stephen Gee, Dr. Heather George, Bob McDonald, Professor Susie Orbach, Joan Wilkinson and Pink Therapy Clinical Associate: Judy Yellin . The conference also includes an evening reception, which all delegates are invited to. Download a flyer - click here |
Time For 'T' Free seminar - reducing health inequalities for trans people - 12 June
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As part of the Department of Health's national Pacesetters Programme, the Centre for HIV & Sexual Health is hosting a seminar for health and social care commissioners and practitioners in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, to explore ways of reducing health inequalities for trans people. It will offer an opportunity to celebrate good practice, highlight improvement opportunities in service provision, and agree practical steps to implement positive change in organisations. Thursday 12th June 2008, 9.00am-1.30pm Full details and application form (pdf) |
All Things Equal? 19 June 2008
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A one day conference to explore and address lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health inequalities to ensure a more equal provision of service in health and social care This conference is being hosted by the Centre for HIV & Sexual Health and will provide an opportunity for health and social care commissioners, service planners and frontline staff to consider the needs of LGBT communities and how to utilise the evidence and good practice, highlighted in the briefing documents 'Reducing Health Inequalities For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People' published by the Department of Health, in order to deliver the best possible services to these often marginalised communities. Full details and application form (pdf) |
| Bi Recon - 28 August
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 Dr Meg Barker writes: "Some of us are putting on an event called Bi ReCon on Thursday 28th August at Leicester University, just prior to the annual BiCon conference. We're bringing together organisations from throughout the UK to learn and to share expertise about their work with bisexual communities, with a particular focus on mental health issues but also covering issues of inclusion and academic research. The day is intended to follow up some of the issues that came out of the 2007 critical sexology event on bisexuality (see www.criticalsexology.org.uk). Further information and a registration form can be found on: www.bicon2008.org.uk/BiReCon.html. |
| Age Concern LGB leaflet |
Age Concern's new full-colour Info Guide: Later life as an older lesbian, gay or bisexual person has just been published. The guide provides first step advice on issues such as care services, tenancy, safety, pensions, meeting others and partnership rights. The guide is free, including bulk orders, and can be ordered from the Age Concern Information Line on: 0800 00 99 66 (free call) or click here to download a copy
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Dominic Davies
Pink Therapy
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