Pink Therapy News
Keeping YOU in the Frame
December 2009
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Greetings!
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 Dear Colleagues
This will be our last Pink Therapy News of the year and I'm not sure where the year went.
It's not been an easy one for many of us and I am hoping that 2010 will be better and brighter.
We're in the process of growing the organisation from the virtual one man band it has been for the past decade into a more secure and dynamic organisation right in the middle of a recession! "Hey Ho! " As a certain obese gentleman dressed in red might say!
Thanks for your continued interest and support and we hope to see many of you on our training events in the forthcoming year.
Oh, and in case you weren't aware today is World AIDS Day, so if you see someone collecting, remember the pandemic hasn't gone away and here at home too there are still people in need of help. So why not wear one of those cute little red 'Hollywood Badges' and throw a couple of quid in a collecting box!
Dominic Davies
Director
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Introduction to Psychosexual Therapy
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February 2010
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Now in it's fifth year, 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, as well as clients involved in Kink/BDSM practices.
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.
By widening our understanding of sex, sexuality and sexual difficulties we will give workshop participants an opportunity to explore some of the multiple contexts (sexuality, gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion etc) that shape both clinicians and clients views of sexual difficulties and diverse sexual practices.
We will then move on to interactive exercises with the aim of helping participants develop practical skills in assessment and therapeutic interventions with individual clients and couples.
We hope that by the end of the two days, participants will feel a greater sense of confidence in incorporating discussions of sex and sexual functioning into their general clinical work and/or developing their psychosexual therapy.
Click here to find out more and see how previous participants rated the course.
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PR intern position
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 We are looking for a reliable PR graduate to join our specialist team as a PR intern.
This
will be an excellent opportunity to develop professional skills in
developing a media campaign and gaining valuable experience to augment
your CV
We need someone who has the ability to write press releases, liaise
with editors and journalists working print, and new media promoting the
relaunch of a service. Experience in PR in the health field is desirable.
The right person will be reliable, diligent, enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills both written and spoken. A good knowledge of gender and sexual minorities in contemporary British culture would be an asset.
Familiarity with a Mac (Pages/Numbers) desirable but not essential. You'll need to set and achieve targets, working flexibly from home is possible.
Academic qualifications
Educated to at least Degree level in Communications - eg. Public Relations, Journalism, Media & Communications etc
For enquires, please contact jack@pinktherapy.com
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NAZ Project
Free counselling for women and men aged 18+ from Black and Minority Ethnic communities
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There is an increasing focus on mental well-being in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The Department of Health's Delivering Race Equality (DRE) in Mental Health Care (2005) really highlighted the improvements needed for mental health services to meet the needs of BME groups more effectively. Many BME people do not engage with mental health services at the onset of a mental distress.
So this is a great time to set up a counselling service with such a unique focus: working with BME clients to understand how their anxiety, stress, feelings of depression, isolation, addictions and self harming behaviour may be linked to sex and sexual relationships. We know many of our clients felt they had nowhere to go to talk about how sex is affecting their mental health, due to family pressure, shame, guilt, or cultural and religious beliefs.
The service which is currently open from Monday to Friday and operates from NPL's headquarters in Hammersmith provides individuals with a safe space to discuss issues around their sexual health and how these may be causing their emotional distress.
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Couples Counselling for People impacted by the Recession
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 PACE is London's leading charity promoting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
We are able to offer no cost or very low cost couples counselling to people who have become unemployed or who have been impacted by the recession.
Please call Flavio on 0207-715-0370 for more information.
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Age Concern Counselling
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Age Concern Camden will be providing free weekly counselling groups to support Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people over 50 years old. There will be separate women's and men's groups running from January to April 2010 in Central London. The counselling aims to support people who have experienced: harassment, discrimination or abuse because of their sexuality and is targeted at 50+ LGBT people who identify as Lesbian Gay or Bisexual. We hope to support people to come to term with their experiences, develop personal skills, develop coping strategies and find out useful information. The contacts are:
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Loving Men New Year's gathering
29th Dec 2009 to 1st Jan 2010
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There are still a few places remaining on Loving Men at New Year, a
three-day event over the new year holidays at Buckland Hall in the
Brecon Beacons. Now in its third, year this a great way to celebrate
the passing of the year, in the company of kindred spirits, with a host
of optional workshops, great food, and in the comfortable splendour of
Buckland Hall.
The Loving Men team are experienced and responsive
workshop leaders, and include Pink Therapy Associate, Tim Foskett.
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South-Asian British gay men's experiences of therapy: call for Participants
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Tony Kainth is a DPsych Counselling Psychology student at City University, London, and he is carrying out research on South-Asian British gay men's experiences of therapy. He is currently looking to recruit gay men (18 years+) of South-Asian descent (including Indian, Pakistani, SriLankan and Bangladeshi) who have experienced some form of counselling/therapy. Participants will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire and take part in an interview which usually lasts about an hour.
Any identifiable material will be appropriately anonymised. The data will be subject to grounded theory analysis.
If you are interested in taking part in this research, know of any individuals/organisations who might be interested, or would like further information/a recruitment poster, please get in touch on research.tkainth@googlemail.com
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That's all for this month, thanks for your attention, and please do send us things that have a specific relevance to people working with gender and sexual minority clients. |
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Dominic Davies
Pink Therapy
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